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Middletown, OH
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52,146 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 10 indicators

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

What needs attention 7 indicators

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

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 →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 11% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. Middletown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 10% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 136 in July 2025, down from 198 a year earlier.
Bright spot 136 per 100k
2018July 2025
▸ Compare all 8 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%
Dunwoody, GA 106 (Jul 26) -40.2% 1st
Middletown, OH 136 (Jul 25) -31.1% 2nd
Milford, CT 68 (Jul 26) -28.6% 3rd
Battle Creek, MI 1,109 (Jul 26) -17.6% 4th
Novato, CA 223 (Jun 26) +0.9% 5th
Newark, OH 315 (Dec 25) +4.9% 6th
Collierville, TN 156 (Jul 26) +8.0% 7th
Prescott Valley, AZ 355 (Jul 26) +60.3% 8th
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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. 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
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2025, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 9% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 86% of similar-size cities. Middletown started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,672 in July 2025, down from 1,756 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,672 per 100k
2018July 2025
▸ Compare all 8 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%
Collierville, TN 855 (Jul 26) -21.7% 1st
Newark, OH 1,377 (Dec 25) -18.9% 2nd
Milford, CT 1,642 (Jul 26) -16.4% 3rd
Dunwoody, GA 2,668 (Jul 26) -11.1% 4th
Middletown, OH 1,672 (Jul 25) -4.8% 5th
Battle Creek, MI 2,657 (Jul 26) -3.4% 6th
Novato, CA 1,249 (Jun 26) -0.6% 7th
Prescott Valley, AZ 683 (Jul 26) +3.2% 8th
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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
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 20% a year from 2020 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.

Broader trend
Improving faster than 100% of similar-size cities over 2020-2025.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 17% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in July 2025, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
Bright spot 0 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 8 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%
Prescott Valley, AZ 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Newark, OH 0 (Dec 25) -100.0% 2nd
Battle Creek, MI 6 (Jul 26) +50.3% 3rd
Milford, CT 4 (Jul 26) +100.5% 4th
Middletown, OH 0 (Jul 25)
Novato, CA 0 (Jun 26)
Collierville, TN 0 (Jul 26)
Dunwoody, GA 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
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft rose about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2025, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 8% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 86% of similar-size cities. Middletown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 152 in July 2025, up from 136 a year earlier.
Bright spot 152 per 100k
2018July 2025
▸ Compare all 8 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%
Collierville, TN 52 (Jul 26) -51.8% 1st
Newark, OH 117 (Dec 25) -40.2% 2nd
Dunwoody, GA 112 (Jul 26) -36.3% 3rd
Milford, CT 180 (Jul 26) -22.7% 4th
Battle Creek, MI 254 (Jul 26) +10.9% 5th
Middletown, OH 152 (Jul 25) +11.2% 6th
Prescott Valley, AZ 52 (Jul 26) +28.6% 7th
Novato, CA 167 (Jun 26) +33.9% 8th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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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 42% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $40,347 to $57,102 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,016).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Middletown 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 59% from 2014 to 2024 ($35,828 to $57,102).
Bright spot $57,102
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref $71,389 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Cathedral City, CA $73,572 20th +58% 1st 11% below peers
Country Club, FL $75,212 18th +56% 2nd 9% below peers
Delano, CA $67,010 23rd +54% 3rd 19% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $74,569 19th +44% 4th 9% below peers
Middletown, OH $57,102 28th +42% 5th 31% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $59,996 26th +41% 6th 27% below peers
Bothell, WA $140,427 3rd +40% 7th 71% above peers
Newark, OH $61,670 25th +37% 8th 25% below peers
Burien, WA $91,318 14th +35% 9th 11% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $47,072 31st +34% 10th 43% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $55,693 29th +32% 11th 32% below peers
Ocoee, FL $98,911 13th +31% 12th 20% above peers
Aloha, OR $101,934 12th +30% 13th 24% above peers
Wheaton, MD $111,478 8th +30% 14th 35% above peers
Westchester, FL $72,262 21st +30% 15th 12% below peers
Goose Creek, SC $88,178 15th +28% 16th 7% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL $63,432 24th +28% 17th 23% below peers
Clermont, FL $82,306 16th +27% 18th on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA $121,903 5th +27% 19th 48% above peers
Mishawaka, IN $54,291 30th +26% 20th 34% below peers
Sherman, TX $58,859 27th +24% 21st 28% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ $115,304 7th +24% 22nd 40% above peers
Columbus, IN $77,456 17th +22% 23rd 6% below peers
Collierville, TN $138,598 4th +22% 24th 68% above peers
Milford, CT $111,201 9th +21% 25th 35% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL $71,621 22nd +21% 26th 13% below peers
East Honolulu, HI $159,518 1st +20% 27th 94% above peers
Oak Park, IL $110,820 10th +17% 28th 35% above peers
Levittown, NY $146,068 2nd +17% 29th 77% above peers
Novato, CA $115,736 6th +14% 30th 41% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $108,281 11th +9% 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,498 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 1.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in July 2026, down from 5.8% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.2%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
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
Delano, CA 17.0% (Jul 26) 22nd -2.1pp 1st 262% above peers
Middletown, OH 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th -1.6pp 2nd 11% below peers
Newark, OH 3.6% (Jul 26) 3rd -1.4pp 3rd 23% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 14th -1.1pp 4th 6% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 19th -1.0pp 5th 36% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 6th -0.8pp 6th 13% below peers
Novato, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th -0.7pp 7th 6% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 4.0% (Jul 26) 5th -0.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 12th -0.6pp 9th on par with peers
Cathedral City, CA 6.6% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 10th 40% above peers
Columbus, IN 3.6% (Jul 26) 4th -0.5pp 11th 23% below peers
Collierville, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 12th 34% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.1pp 13th 45% below peers
Burien, WA 5.1% (Jul 26) 15th +0.2pp 14th 9% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.9% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 15th 4% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th +0.5pp 16th 11% below peers
Sherman, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 17th 9% below peers
Ocoee, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th +0.6pp 18th 6% below peers
Clermont, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 19th 11% above peers
Oak Park, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 17th +0.7pp 20th 11% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 5.2% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 21st 11% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 7.3% (Jul 26) 21st +1.0pp 22nd 55% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.2% to 17.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Middletown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.9% to 17.1%).
Bright spot 17.1%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 13.3% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Clermont, FL 5.4% 7th -4.7pp 1st 48% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 6.5% 9th -4.1pp 2nd 37% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.1% 24th -7.0pp 3rd 27% above peers
Aloha, OR 7.8% 11th -4.0pp 4th 25% below peers
Middletown, OH 17.1% 27th -8.1pp 5th 66% above peers
Westchester, FL 10.0% 13th -4.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Delano, CA 16.0% 25th -6.6pp 7th 55% above peers
Country Club, FL 11.8% 19th -4.8pp 8th 14% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 4.5% 2nd -1.3pp 9th 56% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 18.3% 30th -5.3pp 10th 78% above peers
Sherman, TX 12.7% 20th -3.4pp 11th 23% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 17.6% 29th -4.6pp 12th 71% above peers
Columbus, IN 11.3% 17th -2.5pp 13th 10% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.3% 16th -2.3pp 14th on par with peers
Collierville, TN 3.2% 1st -0.6pp 15th 69% below peers
Bothell, WA 4.8% 4th -0.9pp 16th 54% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.1% 8th -0.9pp 17th 41% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 26.2% 31st -3.2pp 18th 155% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 11.7% 18th -1.2pp 19th 14% above peers
Levittown, NY 4.7% 3rd -0.3pp 20th 55% below peers
Newark, OH 17.1% 28th -1.1pp 21st 66% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 12.9% 22nd -0.8pp 22nd 25% above peers
Oak Park, IL 7.4% 10th -0.2pp 23rd 28% below peers
Burien, WA 12.9% 21st +0.4pp 24th 25% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 16.4% 26th +0.7pp 25th 59% above peers
Ocoee, FL 10.3% 15th +0.5pp 26th on par with peers
Milford, CT 5.2% 5th +0.5pp 27th 50% below peers
Wheaton, MD 13.1% 23rd +2.8pp 28th 27% above peers
Novato, CA 9.6% 12th +2.7pp 29th 7% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 5.3% 6th +2.0pp 30th 48% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 10.0% 14th +3.9pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 19.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.4% to 24.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.4pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Middletown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 14.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.3% to 24.3%).
Bright spot 24.3%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 17.8% -2.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.2% 1st -5.4pp 1st 83% below peers
Westchester, FL 10.0% 11th -10.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 7.8% 8th -7.9pp 3rd 41% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 14th -11.0pp 4th 16% below peers
Collierville, TN 3.0% 2nd -2.5pp 5th 77% below peers
Middletown, OH 24.3% 28th -19.1pp 6th 83% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.4% 7th -4.4pp 7th 52% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.4% 13th -6.2pp 8th 21% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 18.6% 22nd -10.5pp 9th 40% above peers
Aloha, OR 10.2% 12th -5.7pp 10th 23% below peers
Country Club, FL 13.2% 16th -7.2pp 11th on par with peers
Battle Creek, MI 22.6% 25th -12.2pp 12th 71% above peers
Delano, CA 23.2% 26th -9.8pp 13th 75% above peers
Clermont, FL 9.5% 10th -3.7pp 14th 28% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 25.8% 29th -8.7pp 15th 95% above peers
Sherman, TX 19.1% 24th -5.0pp 16th 44% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 13.3% 17th -2.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Burien, WA 16.7% 20th -2.4pp 18th 26% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.5% 3rd -0.5pp 19th 66% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 37.5% 31st -4.4pp 20th 183% above peers
Newark, OH 23.4% 27th -2.7pp 21st 76% above peers
Ocoee, FL 12.9% 15th +0.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
Levittown, NY 5.6% 6th +0.5pp 23rd 58% below peers
Milford, CT 5.1% 5th +0.6pp 24th 61% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 26.5% 30th +4.2pp 25th 100% above peers
Wheaton, MD 18.6% 23rd +3.0pp 26th 40% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 17.6% 21st +4.4pp 27th 33% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 4.8% 4th +2.2pp 28th 64% below peers
Novato, CA 13.4% 18th +6.3pp 29th 1% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 13.6% 19th +7.2pp 30th 3% above peers
Oak Park, IL 8.6% 9th +4.9pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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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 →
  • 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 10.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.8% to 88.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Middletown 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 17.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (70.9% to 88.4%).
Bright spot 88.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 90.3% +7.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Delano, CA 88.0% 29th +24.4pp 1st 7% below peers
Sherman, TX 91.5% 21st +17.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 89.3% 27th +13.9pp 3rd 5% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 85.9% 31st +13.0pp 4th 9% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 96.2% 6th +13.9pp 5th 2% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 90.3% 25th +12.1pp 6th 4% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 90.6% 24th +11.8pp 7th 4% below peers
Middletown, OH 88.4% 28th +10.6pp 8th 6% below peers
Westchester, FL 91.4% 22nd +10.7pp 9th 3% below peers
Columbus, IN 94.3% 16th +9.9pp 10th on par with peers
Country Club, FL 95.5% 11th +9.4pp 11th 1% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 92.8% 20th +8.7pp 12th 2% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 91.4% 23rd +8.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Newark, OH 89.9% 26th +8.2pp 14th 5% below peers
Oak Park, IL 94.4% 15th +6.7pp 15th on par with peers
Wheaton, MD 95.9% 9th +6.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Milford, CT 94.1% 17th +5.9pp 17th on par with peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 96.8% 3rd +5.9pp 18th 3% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 87.7% 30th +5.1pp 19th 7% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 96.3% 5th +4.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Bothell, WA 96.6% 4th +4.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Collierville, TN 97.8% 1st +4.1pp 22nd 4% above peers
Ocoee, FL 95.5% 10th +3.9pp 23rd 1% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 94.8% 13th +3.6pp 24th 1% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 96.8% 2nd +3.3pp 25th 3% above peers
Burien, WA 92.9% 18th +3.2pp 26th 1% below peers
Levittown, NY 95.2% 12th +3.2pp 27th 1% above peers
Novato, CA 94.7% 14th +3.0pp 28th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 96.1% 7th +2.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 96.1% 8th +2.1pp 30th 2% above peers
Clermont, FL 92.9% 19th +0.8pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 (0.46 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.45).
Needs attention 0.45
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 0.47 +0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Cathedral City, CA 0.46 24th -0.059 1st 4% above peers
Country Club, FL 0.39 5th -0.036 2nd 10% below peers
Newark, OH 0.44 16th -0.025 3rd on par with peers
Milford, CT 0.42 11th -0.023 4th 4% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 0.45 20th -0.018 5th 2% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.49 31st -0.018 6th 11% above peers
Delano, CA 0.42 10th -0.015 7th 6% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 0.36 3rd -0.011 8th 18% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 0.41 9th -0.007 9th 7% below peers
Middletown, OH 0.45 19th -0.008 10th 2% above peers
Oak Park, IL 0.48 30th -0.006 11th 10% above peers
Wheaton, MD 0.41 7th -0.005 12th 7% below peers
Burien, WA 0.45 22nd -0.005 13th 3% above peers
Collierville, TN 0.41 8th -0.004 14th 7% below peers
Aloha, OR 0.36 2nd -0.002 15th 18% below peers
Levittown, NY 0.35 1st +0.002 16th 20% below peers
Westchester, FL 0.44 15th +0.002 17th on par with peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 0.39 4th +0.003 18th 11% below peers
Sherman, TX 0.44 18th +0.006 19th 1% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 0.44 14th +0.008 20th 1% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 0.48 29th +0.010 21st 10% above peers
Novato, CA 0.47 27th +0.014 22nd 6% above peers
Columbus, IN 0.46 25th +0.015 23rd 4% above peers
Clermont, FL 0.41 6th +0.014 24th 8% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 0.43 12th +0.020 25th 2% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 0.45 21st +0.024 26th 3% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 0.45 23rd +0.030 27th 3% above peers
Bothell, WA 0.43 13th +0.033 28th 1% below peers
Ocoee, FL 0.44 17th +0.035 29th on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 0.48 28th +0.038 30th 9% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 0.47 26th +0.038 31st 6% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP fell 4.2 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 23.7% to 19.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Middletown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 5.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (24.8% to 19.5%).
Bright spot 19.5%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Goose Creek, SC 4.5% 7th -5.0pp 1st 57% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 1.3% 1st -0.8pp 2nd 87% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 7.1% 11th -4.0pp 3rd 31% below peers
Sherman, TX 11.1% 17th -5.9pp 4th 6% above peers
Levittown, NY 2.9% 4th -1.1pp 5th 72% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 17.6% 24th -4.6pp 6th 69% above peers
Columbus, IN 7.5% 13th -1.9pp 7th 28% below peers
Bothell, WA 3.6% 6th -0.8pp 8th 65% below peers
Middletown, OH 19.5% 27th -4.2pp 9th 88% above peers
Country Club, FL 22.6% 28th -4.5pp 10th 117% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 16.8% 23rd -3.2pp 11th 62% above peers
Westchester, FL 23.4% 29th -3.5pp 12th 125% above peers
Aloha, OR 12.1% 19th -1.8pp 13th 16% above peers
Burien, WA 13.5% 21st -1.7pp 14th 30% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 13.4% 20th -1.6pp 15th 29% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.2% 15th -1.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Clermont, FL 8.7% 14th -0.8pp 17th 17% below peers
Newark, OH 19.1% 26th -0.7pp 18th 84% above peers
Ocoee, FL 11.2% 18th -0.2pp 19th 8% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 27.4% 31st +0.2pp 20th 164% above peers
Oak Park, IL 7.3% 12th +0.6pp 21st 30% below peers
Collierville, TN 3.3% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 68% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 16th +0.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.4% 2nd +0.2pp 24th 77% below peers
Delano, CA 18.9% 25th +2.2pp 25th 82% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.6% 3rd +0.4pp 26th 75% below peers
Milford, CT 5.3% 8th +1.0pp 27th 49% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.0% 30th +4.9pp 28th 130% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.7% 22nd +4.7pp 29th 32% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 6.2% 9th +3.4pp 30th 41% below peers
Novato, CA 6.8% 10th +3.7pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $263,528 in August 2026, up from $255,655 a year earlier.
Big move $263,528
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
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%
Oak Park, IL $486,880 (Aug 26) 9th +10.7% 1st 14% above peers
Mishawaka, IN $216,127 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.8% 2nd 50% below peers
Levittown, NY $737,380 (Aug 26) 4th +4.2% 3rd 72% above peers
Battle Creek, MI $183,528 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.6% 4th 57% below peers
Newark, OH $248,729 (Aug 26) 21st +3.4% 5th 42% below peers
Middletown, OH $263,528 (Aug 26) 19th +3.1% 6th 39% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $672,389 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 7th 57% above peers
Columbus, IN $280,503 (Aug 26) 17th +2.3% 8th 35% below peers
Novato, CA $1,061,654 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 9th 148% above peers
Delano, CA $334,193 (Aug 26) 14th +1.2% 10th 22% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA $1,007,680 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.2% 11th 135% above peers
Huntington Park, CA $663,724 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 12th 55% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $457,059 (Aug 26) 11th +0.0% 13th 7% above peers
Goose Creek, SC $321,691 (Aug 26) 15th -0.1% 14th 25% below peers
Burien, WA $631,188 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 15th 47% above peers
Collierville, TN $505,746 (Aug 26) 8th -1.4% 16th 18% above peers
Ocoee, FL $412,826 (Aug 26) 13th -1.4% 17th 4% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL $302,985 (Aug 26) 16th -1.6% 18th 29% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL $277,504 (Aug 26) 18th -1.7% 19th 35% below peers
Clermont, FL $428,604 (Aug 26) 12th -2.3% 20th on par with peers
Cathedral City, CA $474,971 (Aug 26) 10th -2.9% 21st 11% above peers
Bothell, WA $994,964 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.3% 22nd 132% above peers
Sherman, TX $252,838 (Aug 26) 20th -6.8% 23rd 41% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 17% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $147,231 in August 2026, up from $145,649 a year earlier.
Big move $147,231
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
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%
Mishawaka, IN $157,183 (Aug 26) 21st +9.0% 1st 48% below peers
Oak Park, IL $250,053 (Aug 26) 15th +6.4% 2nd 18% below peers
Levittown, NY $670,839 (Aug 26) 4th +4.6% 3rd 121% above peers
Newark, OH $172,527 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 4th 43% below peers
Delano, CA $272,944 (Aug 26) 13th +3.2% 5th 10% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $109,099 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.8% 6th 64% below peers
Columbus, IN $196,669 (Aug 26) 17th +2.7% 7th 35% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $458,777 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 8th 51% above peers
Goose Creek, SC $261,761 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 9th 14% below peers
Middletown, OH $147,231 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.1% 10th 51% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $379,982 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 11th 25% above peers
Novato, CA $711,382 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.8% 12th 135% above peers
Huntington Park, CA $559,026 (Aug 26) 5th +0.1% 13th 84% above peers
Burien, WA $482,129 (Aug 26) 6th -0.0% 14th 59% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $705,571 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.3% 15th 133% above peers
Collierville, TN $369,146 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 16th 22% above peers
Ocoee, FL $303,361 (Aug 26) 12th -2.3% 17th on par with peers
Pinellas Park, FL $213,714 (Aug 26) 16th -2.5% 18th 30% below peers
Clermont, FL $337,837 (Aug 26) 11th -2.6% 19th 11% above peers
Cathedral City, CA $353,921 (Aug 26) 10th -3.1% 20th 17% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $176,056 (Aug 26) 18th -3.1% 21st 42% below peers
Bothell, WA $733,201 (Aug 26) 1st -4.5% 22nd 142% above peers
Sherman, TX $162,882 (Aug 26) 20th -7.8% 23rd 46% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (51.2% then, 54.0% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.8% to 54.0%).
Needs attention 54.0%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 67.2% +1.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Battle Creek, MI 66.0% 16th +6.4pp 1st on par with peers
Country Club, FL 45.6% 30th +4.4pp 2nd 31% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 66.5% 14th +5.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 71.0% 9th +5.3pp 4th 8% above peers
Delano, CA 62.8% 20th +4.6pp 5th 5% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49.5% 28th +3.4pp 6th 25% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 72.3% 8th +4.5pp 7th 9% above peers
Middletown, OH 54.0% 26th +2.8pp 8th 18% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 76.5% 5th +2.7pp 9th 16% above peers
Ocoee, FL 73.2% 7th +2.5pp 10th 11% above peers
Burien, WA 56.6% 23rd +1.7pp 11th 14% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 84.5% 2nd +1.5pp 12th 28% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 77.3% 4th +1.3pp 13th 17% above peers
Milford, CT 75.5% 6th +1.1pp 14th 14% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 69.0% 10th +1.0pp 15th 4% above peers
Newark, OH 55.8% 25th +0.8pp 16th 16% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 56.2% 24th +0.6pp 17th 15% below peers
Collierville, TN 79.9% 3rd +0.7pp 18th 21% above peers
Oak Park, IL 60.0% 22nd +0.5pp 19th 9% below peers
Wheaton, MD 64.6% 19th +0.1pp 20th 2% below peers
Bothell, WA 65.5% 17th -0.7pp 21st 1% below peers
Sherman, TX 52.7% 27th -0.9pp 22nd 20% below peers
Levittown, NY 92.2% 1st -1.7pp 23rd 40% above peers
Columbus, IN 60.8% 21st -1.1pp 24th 8% below peers
Novato, CA 66.1% 15th -2.0pp 25th on par with peers
Mishawaka, IN 49.3% 29th -1.7pp 26th 25% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 68.2% 11th -2.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Westchester, FL 65.2% 18th -2.9pp 28th 1% below peers
Aloha, OR 67.1% 13th -3.1pp 29th 2% above peers
Clermont, FL 68.1% 12th -3.4pp 30th 3% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.2% 31st -3.0pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,317 in August 2026, up from $1,260 a year earlier.
Big move $1,317
2022August 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Huntington Park, CA $1,762 (Aug 26) 15th +7.1% 1st 6% below peers
Goose Creek, SC $1,871 (Aug 26) 12th +6.1% 2nd on par with peers
Oak Park, IL $2,025 (Aug 26) 9th +5.3% 3rd 8% above peers
Battle Creek, MI $1,138 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.0% 4th 39% below peers
Novato, CA $3,889 (Aug 26) 1st +5.0% 5th 108% above peers
Middletown, OH $1,317 (Aug 26) 20th +4.6% 6th 30% below peers
Newark, OH $1,387 (Aug 26) 18th +3.1% 7th 26% below peers
Cathedral City, CA $2,301 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 8th 23% above peers
Burien, WA $1,783 (Aug 26) 14th +2.9% 9th 5% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA $3,202 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 10th 71% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $1,980 (Aug 26) 11th +2.4% 11th 6% above peers
Dunwoody, GA $1,758 (Aug 26) 16th +2.3% 12th 6% below peers
Bothell, WA $2,613 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 13th 40% above peers
Mishawaka, IN $1,234 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.5% 14th 34% below peers
Columbus, IN $1,390 (Aug 26) 17th +1.4% 15th 26% below peers
Collierville, TN $1,992 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 16th 6% above peers
Ocoee, FL $2,189 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 17th 17% above peers
Clermont, FL $2,058 (Aug 26) 8th -0.3% 18th 10% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $1,825 (Aug 26) 13th -0.5% 19th 2% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL $2,064 (Aug 26) 7th -0.9% 20th 10% above peers
Sherman, TX $1,269 (Aug 26) 21st -2.6% 21st 32% below peers
Delano, CA 19th 30% below peers
Levittown, NY 3rd 56% above peers
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 (34.3% then, 32.7% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.5% to 32.7%).
32.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 26.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Delano, CA 34.0% 18th -11.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Wheaton, MD 32.2% 13th -7.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Country Club, FL 46.8% 29th -10.6pp 3rd 40% above peers
Newark, OH 26.4% 4th -5.5pp 4th 21% below peers
Aloha, OR 29.0% 6th -5.3pp 5th 13% below peers
Collierville, TN 19.0% 1st -2.9pp 6th 43% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.1% 31st -4.8pp 7th 53% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 30.2% 7th -2.6pp 8th 9% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 26.6% 5th -2.0pp 9th 20% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 23.7% 2nd -1.6pp 10th 29% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 45.0% 27th -3.0pp 11th 35% above peers
Milford, CT 31.9% 9th -2.0pp 12th 4% below peers
Burien, WA 37.4% 21st -2.1pp 13th 12% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 32.0% 10th -1.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Middletown, OH 32.7% 15th -1.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Levittown, NY 33.4% 16th -1.1pp 16th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 32.1% 12th -0.4pp 17th 4% below peers
Westchester, FL 45.4% 28th -0.5pp 18th 36% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 42.5% 25th +0.3pp 19th 27% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 32.0% 11th +0.7pp 20th 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49.5% 30th +2.1pp 21st 48% above peers
Novato, CA 44.5% 26th +2.6pp 22nd 33% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 40.8% 24th +2.7pp 23rd 22% above peers
Bothell, WA 32.5% 14th +2.2pp 24th 3% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 36.0% 20th +2.6pp 25th 8% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 30.3% 8th +2.2pp 26th 9% below peers
Columbus, IN 24.2% 3rd +2.0pp 27th 27% below peers
Ocoee, FL 34.0% 17th +3.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 34.4% 19th +4.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 39.3% 22nd +5.6pp 30th 18% above peers
Sherman, TX 40.3% 23rd +6.9pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.8% then, 8.7% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.0% to 8.7%).
Needs attention 8.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 7.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Prescott Valley, AZ 1.6% 1st -1.6pp 1st 68% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 3.5% 9th -1.3pp 2nd 31% below peers
Sherman, TX 4.7% 14th -1.4pp 3rd 6% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.0% 6th -0.9pp 4th 40% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.3% 8th -0.9pp 5th 34% below peers
Bothell, WA 4.4% 12th -0.9pp 6th 13% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 2.6% 4th -0.5pp 7th 48% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 10.7% 27th -1.9pp 8th 112% above peers
Oak Park, IL 11.7% 29th -1.7pp 9th 133% above peers
Middletown, OH 8.7% 25th -1.1pp 10th 73% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.8% 5th -0.4pp 11th 45% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 5.0% 16th -0.6pp 12th on par with peers
Delano, CA 4.5% 13th -0.5pp 13th 11% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 14th 53% below peers
Newark, OH 8.5% 24th -0.5pp 15th 70% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.7% 23rd -0.2pp 16th 53% above peers
Country Club, FL 5.7% 19th -0.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 11.1% 28th -0.2pp 18th 120% above peers
Clermont, FL 3.5% 10th +0.1pp 19th 31% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 7.5% 22nd +0.3pp 20th 50% above peers
Aloha, OR 4.2% 11th +0.2pp 21st 16% below peers
Burien, WA 8.9% 26th +0.7pp 22nd 77% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.3% 31st +1.4pp 23rd 185% above peers
Milford, CT 4.8% 15th +0.5pp 24th 5% below peers
Levittown, NY 3.3% 7th +0.4pp 25th 35% below peers
Novato, CA 5.0% 17th +0.7pp 26th on par with peers
Collierville, TN 2.6% 3rd +0.5pp 27th 49% below peers
Columbus, IN 6.0% 20th +1.3pp 28th 20% above peers
Westchester, FL 6.9% 21st +1.8pp 29th 36% above peers
Wheaton, MD 12.1% 30th +3.2pp 30th 141% above peers
Ocoee, FL 5.6% 18th +3.2pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.8% then, 9.0% now; margin ±1.6pp). 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
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.3% to 9.0%).
9.0%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 6.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Kendale Lakes, FL 8.0% 16th -6.3pp 1st on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 3.4% 5th -2.4pp 2nd 58% below peers
Westchester, FL 9.5% 21st -4.4pp 3rd 19% above peers
Columbus, IN 5.7% 11th -2.3pp 4th 29% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 9.1% 19th -3.5pp 5th 15% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 15.6% 29th -5.0pp 6th 96% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.9% 15th -2.2pp 7th 1% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 7.7% 14th -2.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Clermont, FL 4.8% 7th -1.0pp 9th 40% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.5% 2nd -0.4pp 10th 69% below peers
Milford, CT 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 11th 69% below peers
Sherman, TX 17.4% 30th -1.8pp 12th 118% above peers
Country Club, FL 14.5% 28th -1.3pp 13th 82% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 5.3% 10th -0.3pp 14th 33% below peers
Burien, WA 10.3% 24th -0.6pp 15th 30% above peers
Oak Park, IL 3.1% 4th -0.1pp 16th 62% below peers
Ocoee, FL 13.6% 26th +0.0pp 17th 70% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 17.9% 31st +0.5pp 18th 125% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 9.5% 22nd +0.2pp 19th 19% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.9% 9th +0.3pp 20th 38% below peers
Newark, OH 6.9% 13th +0.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 11.9% 25th +1.0pp 22nd 50% above peers
Wheaton, MD 14.4% 27th +1.4pp 23rd 81% above peers
Middletown, OH 9.0% 18th +1.2pp 24th 13% above peers
Delano, CA 9.6% 23rd +1.6pp 25th 20% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.5% 6th +0.7pp 26th 56% below peers
Aloha, OR 8.7% 17th +2.0pp 27th 9% above peers
Novato, CA 4.9% 8th +1.4pp 28th 39% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 9.4% 20th +2.9pp 29th 18% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 2.1% 1st +0.7pp 30th 74% below peers
Collierville, TN 6.0% 12th +2.1pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 ±1.3pp 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

40.4%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 39.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Diamond Bar, CA 17.6% 1st 43% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 22.1% 2nd 28% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 25.0% 3rd 19% below peers
Bothell, WA 25.3% 4th 18% below peers
Novato, CA 25.3% 5th 18% below peers
Levittown, NY 26.2% 6th 15% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 26.3% 7th 15% below peers
Burien, WA 27.2% 8th 12% below peers
Wheaton, MD 27.4% 9th 11% below peers
Milford, CT 28.1% 10th 9% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 28.3% 11th 8% below peers
Westchester, FL 28.7% 12th 7% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 29.0% 13th 6% below peers
Oak Park, IL 29.3% 14th 5% below peers
Country Club, FL 29.7% 15th 4% below peers
Collierville, TN 30.9% 16th on par with peers
Pinellas Park, FL 31.8% 17th 3% above peers
Aloha, OR 32.5% 18th 5% above peers
Ocoee, FL 32.7% 19th 6% above peers
Clermont, FL 33.3% 20th 8% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 33.4% 21st 8% above peers
Columbus, IN 34.1% 22nd 10% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 35.8% 23rd 16% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 36.2% 24th 17% above peers
Delano, CA 37.3% 25th 21% above peers
Sherman, TX 38.1% 26th 23% above peers
Newark, OH 38.1% 27th 23% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 38.2% 28th 24% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 40.3% 29th 30% above peers
Middletown, OH 40.4% 30th 31% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 41.1% 31st 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal)
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 (4.1% then, 5.4% now; margin ±3.1pp). 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
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.7% to 5.4%).
Needs attention 5.4%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 4.9% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Columbus, IN 1.5% 3rd -6.1pp 1st 67% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.0% 4th -2.6pp 2nd 57% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 3.0% 11th -3.8pp 3rd 37% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.9% 10th -2.9pp 4th 40% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 3.6% 12th -3.4pp 5th 24% below peers
Newark, OH 1.4% 2nd -1.2pp 6th 70% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 5.1% 17th -1.0pp 7th 8% above peers
Levittown, NY 2.1% 5th -0.3pp 8th 56% below peers
Milford, CT 0.9% 1st -0.1pp 9th 81% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 8.9% 28th -0.8pp 10th 89% above peers
Burien, WA 2.8% 9th -0.2pp 11th 41% below peers
Sherman, TX 13.6% 31st -0.6pp 12th 187% above peers
Country Club, FL 6.8% 23rd +0.1pp 13th 43% above peers
Ocoee, FL 9.1% 29th +1.2pp 14th 92% above peers
Westchester, FL 5.5% 21st +0.9pp 15th 16% above peers
Aloha, OR 5.5% 20th +0.9pp 16th 15% above peers
Middletown, OH 5.4% 19th +1.3pp 17th 14% above peers
Clermont, FL 2.7% 8th +0.7pp 18th 42% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 10.3% 30th +3.9pp 19th 119% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.0% 26th +3.0pp 20th 69% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.3% 22nd +2.7pp 21st 34% above peers
Oak Park, IL 2.7% 7th +1.2pp 22nd 43% below peers
Delano, CA 2.5% 6th +1.1pp 23rd 48% below peers
Wheaton, MD 7.0% 24th +3.2pp 24th 48% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 4.7% 16th +2.2pp 25th on par with peers
Pinellas Park, FL 8.7% 27th +4.6pp 26th 84% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.1% 14th +2.5pp 27th 14% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 5.4% 18th +3.5pp 28th 14% above peers
Novato, CA 4.5% 15th +3.4pp 29th 4% below peers
Collierville, TN 7.2% 25th +5.7pp 30th 52% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.6% 13th +3.2pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.8% then, 17.6% now; margin ±2.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.9% to 17.6%).
Needs attention 17.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 31.5% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Country Club, FL 33.3% 15th +10.2pp 1st on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.5% 30th +2.1pp 2nd 74% below peers
Burien, WA 33.2% 16th +5.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Milford, CT 50.3% 8th +7.7pp 4th 51% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 31.6% 18th +4.7pp 5th 5% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 25.5% 22nd +3.6pp 6th 23% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 29.2% 21st +4.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Sherman, TX 24.2% 25th +3.4pp 8th 27% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 18.7% 28th +2.6pp 9th 44% below peers
Bothell, WA 59.8% 6th +7.1pp 10th 80% above peers
Levittown, NY 38.6% 12th +4.5pp 11th 16% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 24.5% 23rd +2.8pp 12th 26% below peers
Newark, OH 23.0% 26th +2.5pp 13th 31% below peers
Middletown, OH 17.6% 29th +1.8pp 14th 47% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 24.4% 24th +2.4pp 15th 27% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.5% 14th +3.4pp 16th 4% above peers
Clermont, FL 37.8% 13th +3.7pp 17th 14% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 29.7% 20th +2.7pp 18th 10% below peers
Collierville, TN 62.5% 4th +5.1pp 19th 88% above peers
Wheaton, MD 38.7% 11th +3.1pp 20th 17% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 71.4% 3rd +3.7pp 21st 115% above peers
Novato, CA 48.9% 9th +2.4pp 22nd 47% above peers
Westchester, FL 30.2% 19th +1.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
Oak Park, IL 72.5% 1st +2.5pp 24th 118% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 59.9% 5th +1.6pp 25th 80% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 21.9% 27th +0.0pp 26th 34% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 72.2% 2nd -0.1pp 27th 117% above peers
Columbus, IN 40.0% 10th -1.3pp 28th 21% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 52.8% 7th -2.1pp 29th 59% above peers
Delano, CA 7.3% 31st -0.4pp 30th 78% below peers
Ocoee, FL 32.5% 17th -2.4pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 ±1.8pp 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 27.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48.8% to 21.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.0% to 21.6%).
Needs attention 21.6%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 41.2% -4.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Wheaton, MD 50.5% 14th +15.9pp 1st 7% above peers
Delano, CA 45.6% 18th +12.9pp 2nd 3% below peers
Ocoee, FL 61.3% 5th +12.9pp 3rd 30% above peers
Sherman, TX 39.0% 25th +6.1pp 4th 17% below peers
Country Club, FL 54.0% 12th +6.9pp 5th 15% above peers
Burien, WA 42.9% 20th +5.5pp 6th 9% below peers
Columbus, IN 48.5% 15th +6.2pp 7th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 67.7% 1st +8.4pp 8th 44% above peers
Bothell, WA 59.0% 8th +6.0pp 9th 25% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 47.0% 16th +4.4pp 10th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 62.1% 4th +4.4pp 11th 32% above peers
Collierville, TN 47.0% 17th -0.4pp 12th on par with peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 38.0% 26th -2.7pp 13th 19% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.4% 29th -2.5pp 14th 27% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 35.2% 28th -3.0pp 15th 25% below peers
Westchester, FL 56.4% 11th -5.6pp 16th 20% above peers
Newark, OH 39.0% 24th -4.0pp 17th 17% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 41.3% 21st -4.3pp 18th 12% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 52.8% 13th -6.2pp 19th 12% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 39.4% 22nd -4.8pp 20th 16% below peers
Milford, CT 60.1% 7th -8.9pp 21st 28% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 60.6% 6th -10.0pp 22nd 29% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 37.5% 27th -6.6pp 23rd 20% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 29.5% 30th -5.6pp 24th 37% below peers
Oak Park, IL 62.2% 3rd -13.3pp 25th 32% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 56.7% 10th -12.4pp 26th 21% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 63.0% 2nd -16.7pp 27th 34% above peers
Levittown, NY 58.5% 9th -15.7pp 28th 24% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 45.1% 19th -20.2pp 29th 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 39.2% 23rd -17.9pp 30th 17% below peers
Middletown, OH 21.6% 31st -27.3pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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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 ±8.2pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.5% then, 11.4% now; margin ±6.6pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.4% to 11.4%).
Needs attention 11.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 6.4% +0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.0% 1st -3.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Ocoee, FL 0.9% 2nd -9.3pp 2nd 86% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 1.9% 4th -5.9pp 3rd 70% below peers
Westchester, FL 4.0% 10th -9.9pp 4th 36% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.7% 8th -4.4pp 5th 56% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.5% 7th -2.1pp 6th 60% below peers
Oak Park, IL 1.3% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 80% below peers
Novato, CA 4.7% 13th -3.3pp 8th 26% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 5.9% 15th -3.0pp 9th 6% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.0% 5th -0.7pp 10th 69% below peers
Burien, WA 4.6% 12th -1.7pp 11th 28% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 6.5% 17th -1.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Columbus, IN 8.8% 20th -1.1pp 13th 39% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 7.6% 19th -1.0pp 14th 21% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 12.1% 26th -0.9pp 15th 92% above peers
Aloha, OR 6.3% 16th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Country Club, FL 11.6% 25th -0.1pp 17th 84% above peers
Newark, OH 6.7% 18th +0.5pp 18th 6% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 13.1% 28th +3.1pp 19th 109% above peers
Middletown, OH 11.4% 24th +2.9pp 20th 82% above peers
Milford, CT 5.7% 14th +1.8pp 21st 10% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.6% 23rd +3.4pp 22nd 69% above peers
Sherman, TX 10.1% 21st +3.3pp 23rd 61% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.2% 29th +5.0pp 24th 126% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.2% 9th +1.3pp 25th 48% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 13.1% 27th +5.9pp 26th 109% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.3% 6th +1.1pp 27th 64% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 22nd +5.0pp 28th 65% above peers
Delano, CA 14.4% 30th +7.6pp 29th 130% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.1% 11th +2.5pp 30th 35% below peers
Clermont, FL 18.0% 31st +13.9pp 31st 186% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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

Population

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

Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48,621 to 51,617 - more than the combined survey margin (±844).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (48,256 to 51,617).
Big move 51,617
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Westchester, FL 52,032 12th +75% 1st 1% above peers
Clermont, FL 46,853 30th +33% 2nd 9% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 48,078 29th +15% 3rd 7% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 49,179 26th +11% 4th 5% below peers
Sherman, TX 46,397 31st +9% 5th 10% below peers
Bothell, WA 49,610 25th +8% 6th 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49,082 27th +8% 7th 5% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 51,360 20th +8% 8th 1% below peers
Columbus, IN 51,824 14th +8% 9th on par with peers
Middletown, OH 51,617 17th +6% 10th on par with peers
Ocoee, FL 49,033 28th +6% 11th 5% below peers
Wheaton, MD 52,926 5th +5% 12th 2% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 51,758 15th +5% 13th on par with peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 52,593 7th +4% 14th 2% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 51,021 23rd +4% 15th 1% below peers
Collierville, TN 51,515 18th +3% 16th on par with peers
Newark, OH 50,783 24th +3% 17th 2% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 52,374 10th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Oak Park, IL 53,292 3rd +2% 19th 3% above peers
Country Club, FL 51,296 21st +2% 20th 1% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 53,560 1st +1% 21st 4% above peers
Levittown, NY 51,904 13th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Burien, WA 51,513 19th +0% 23rd on par with peers
Delano, CA 51,679 16th -2% 24th on par with peers
Milford, CT 51,023 22nd -3% 25th 1% below peers
Aloha, OR 52,389 9th -3% 26th 1% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 52,267 11th -4% 27th 1% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 53,355 2nd -5% 28th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 52,546 8th -6% 29th 2% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 52,622 6th -6% 30th 2% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 53,108 4th -9% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±594 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.6% then, 21.8% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.2% to 21.8%).
21.8%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 22.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Clermont, FL 22.0% 14th +2.2pp 1st 6% above peers
Novato, CA 20.5% 20th +1.8pp 2nd 1% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 25.2% 2nd +1.4pp 3rd 21% above peers
Levittown, NY 20.5% 21st +1.0pp 4th 1% below peers
Bothell, WA 23.5% 10th +1.0pp 5th 13% above peers
Collierville, TN 26.8% 1st +0.8pp 6th 29% above peers
Milford, CT 17.3% 27th +0.2pp 7th 17% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 19.6% 24th +0.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Columbus, IN 23.8% 9th -0.1pp 9th 15% above peers
Oak Park, IL 23.9% 7th -0.4pp 10th 15% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 24.9% 4th -0.6pp 11th 20% above peers
Newark, OH 22.2% 13th -0.6pp 12th 7% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 20.8% 16th -1.1pp 13th on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 19.0% 26th -1.1pp 14th 9% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 24.6% 6th -1.5pp 15th 18% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 15.6% 29th -1.1pp 16th 25% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 19.1% 25th -1.4pp 17th 8% below peers
Ocoee, FL 25.1% 3rd -1.9pp 18th 21% above peers
Sherman, TX 23.9% 8th -1.9pp 19th 15% above peers
Middletown, OH 21.8% 15th -1.8pp 20th 5% above peers
Burien, WA 20.6% 18th -1.9pp 21st 1% below peers
Wheaton, MD 22.5% 12th -2.1pp 22nd 8% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 17.1% 28th -1.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.7% 5th -3.4pp 24th 19% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 20.7% 17th -2.9pp 25th on par with peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 15.2% 30th -2.1pp 26th 27% below peers
Delano, CA 22.9% 11th -3.4pp 27th 10% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 20.0% 22nd -3.2pp 28th 4% below peers
Country Club, FL 19.7% 23rd -3.3pp 29th 5% below peers
Aloha, OR 20.5% 19th -4.2pp 30th 1% below peers
Westchester, FL 13.4% 31st -2.7pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (53.1% then, 56.1% now; margin ±9.1pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.9% to 56.1%).
Big move 56.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 32.6% -1.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Burien, WA 39.1% 7th +10.4pp 1st 35% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 34.4% 12th +8.7pp 2nd 18% above peers
Delano, CA 37.5% 10th +9.2pp 3rd 29% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 20.8% 25th +5.0pp 4th 28% below peers
Oak Park, IL 22.7% 21st +5.5pp 5th 22% below peers
Novato, CA 23.8% 20th +5.2pp 6th 18% below peers
Milford, CT 21.4% 24th +4.1pp 7th 26% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 66.4% 1st +10.3pp 8th 129% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.4% 3rd +7.2pp 9th 77% above peers
Westchester, FL 35.7% 11th +3.5pp 10th 23% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 18.8% 26th +1.6pp 11th 35% below peers
Country Club, FL 45.1% 5th +2.7pp 12th 55% above peers
Middletown, OH 56.1% 2nd +3.1pp 13th 93% above peers
Ocoee, FL 21.5% 23rd +0.9pp 14th 26% below peers
Newark, OH 43.1% 6th +1.6pp 15th 49% above peers
Sherman, TX 38.8% 8th +0.4pp 16th 34% above peers
Columbus, IN 27.8% 17th +0.0pp 17th 4% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 29.0% 16th -0.7pp 18th on par with peers
Mishawaka, IN 37.8% 9th -1.0pp 19th 30% above peers
Wheaton, MD 31.2% 15th -1.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Aloha, OR 25.1% 19th -1.0pp 21st 14% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 49.1% 4th -2.3pp 22nd 69% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 33.2% 13th -1.7pp 23rd 15% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 33.2% 14th -2.1pp 24th 14% above peers
Levittown, NY 9.5% 30th -2.1pp 25th 67% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 12.8% 29th -3.4pp 26th 56% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 26.3% 18th -7.3pp 27th 9% below peers
Bothell, WA 13.1% 28th -4.3pp 28th 55% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 14.3% 27th -4.8pp 29th 51% below peers
Clermont, FL 21.6% 22nd -8.9pp 30th 25% below peers
Collierville, TN 8.6% 31st -4.5pp 31st 70% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.6% then, 74.9% now; margin ±11.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 14.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.1% to 74.9%).
74.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 69.7% -0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Dunwoody, GA 78.7% 7th +25.5pp 1st 8% above peers
Sherman, TX 70.8% 20th +19.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 72.6% 17th +15.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Country Club, FL 84.3% 1st +16.0pp 4th 16% above peers
Aloha, OR 72.3% 18th +13.7pp 5th 1% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 74.6% 13th +13.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 69.8% 21st +12.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Collierville, TN 64.5% 28th +10.9pp 8th 11% below peers
Columbus, IN 67.7% 24th +11.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 72.8% 16th +10.0pp 10th on par with peers
Burien, WA 78.8% 6th +10.8pp 11th 8% above peers
Delano, CA 75.3% 10th +9.7pp 12th 3% above peers
Oak Park, IL 79.5% 5th +10.1pp 13th 9% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 64.8% 26th +7.6pp 14th 11% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 82.0% 3rd +9.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 64.5% 27th +6.4pp 16th 11% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 77.0% 8th +6.1pp 17th 6% above peers
Milford, CT 83.5% 2nd +6.4pp 18th 15% above peers
Middletown, OH 74.9% 11th +5.3pp 19th 3% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 63.1% 30th +4.0pp 20th 13% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 74.2% 15th +3.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 68.6% 23rd +2.5pp 22nd 6% below peers
Bothell, WA 63.8% 29th +1.7pp 23rd 12% below peers
Wheaton, MD 74.7% 12th +1.7pp 24th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 62.2% 31st +0.6pp 25th 14% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 71.2% 19th -0.5pp 26th 2% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 75.8% 9th -0.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Westchester, FL 81.7% 4th -1.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Levittown, NY 74.5% 14th -3.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Newark, OH 69.4% 22nd -5.4pp 30th 5% below peers
Ocoee, FL 65.3% 25th -6.5pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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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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