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129,672 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Norman, OK shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
45.3%
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
31.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$67,704
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
$58,119 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
45.9%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
42.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.1%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
87.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.6%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
30.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.5%
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
3.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Norman, OK shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.0%
2020-24
▲ 69%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.0%
May 2026
▲ 38%
relative change
2.9% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
3 /100k
Dec 2025
▲ 300%
relative change
1 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.7%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
16.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
9.1%
2019-23
▼ 8%
relative change
9.9% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
290 /100k
Dec 2025
▲ 2%
relative change
283 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
53.3%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
52.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.5%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
9.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
17.0%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
19.1% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
129,672
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
122,837 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,383
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,341 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$183,406
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$180,510 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$265,751
Jun 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$262,397 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
61.6%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
68.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 2% over the 12 months ending December 2025, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime was essentially flat from 2020 to 2025.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 290 in December 2025, up from 283 a year earlier.
290 per 100k
2018December 2025
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Carrollton, TX 96 (May 26) 2nd -53.8% 1st 62% below peers
Pearland, TX 70 (May 26) 1st -31.9% 2nd 72% below peers
College Station, TX 115 (May 26) 4th -29.2% 3rd 54% below peers
Concord, CA 382 (May 26) 19th -23.9% 4th 51% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 138 (May 26) 7th -23.6% 5th 46% below peers
New Haven, CT 391 (Apr 26) 20th -19.8% 6th 54% above peers
Allentown, PA 234 (May 26) 12th -17.9% 7th 8% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 210 (May 26) 11th -11.9% 8th 17% below peers
Fargo, ND 370 (May 26) 18th -11.4% 9th 46% above peers
Pasadena, CA 406 (May 26) 21st -7.0% 10th 60% above peers
Arvada, CO 296 (Apr 26) 15th -5.9% 11th 17% above peers
Lewisville, TX 196 (May 26) 10th -5.6% 12th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 110 (May 26) 3rd -4.9% 13th 57% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 127 (May 26) 5th -1.2% 14th 50% below peers
Dayton, OH 1,337 (May 26) 24th -0.9% 15th 428% above peers
Columbia, MO 359 (May 26) 16th +0.0% 16th 42% above peers
Clovis, CA 253 (May 26) 13th +1.2% 17th on par with peers
Norman, OK 290 (Dec 25) 14th +2.4% 18th 14% above peers
Vallejo, CA 746 (Apr 26) 23rd +3.7% 19th 195% above peers
Meridian, ID 137 (May 26) 6th +4.7% 20th 46% below peers
Round Rock, TX 139 (May 26) 8th +10.0% 21st 45% below peers
Abilene, TX 476 (May 26) 22nd +11.6% 22nd 88% above peers
Midland, TX 369 (May 26) 17th +20.8% 23rd 46% above peers
Rochester, MN 174 (May 26) 9th +23.4% 24th 31% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Charleston, SC down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Edinburg, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending December 2025, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 52% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,095 in December 2025, down from 2,364 a year earlier.
2,095 per 100k
2018December 2025
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Carrollton, TX 954 (May 26) 4th -48.1% 1st 37% below peers
Round Rock, TX 1,275 (May 26) 8th -31.6% 2nd 15% below peers
Pearland, TX 1,033 (May 26) 6th -30.6% 3rd 31% below peers
College Station, TX 808 (May 26) 3rd -24.6% 4th 46% below peers
Vallejo, CA 2,778 (Apr 26) 21st -23.6% 5th 84% above peers
Meridian, ID 398 (May 26) 1st -21.0% 6th 74% below peers
Concord, CA 2,380 (May 26) 19th -20.2% 7th 58% above peers
Clovis, CA 1,291 (May 26) 9th -15.9% 8th 14% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 758 (May 26) 2nd -13.8% 9th 50% below peers
Columbia, MO 1,878 (May 26) 15th -13.7% 10th 25% above peers
Norman, OK 2,095 (Dec 25) 16th -11.4% 11th 39% above peers
Fargo, ND 3,012 (May 26) 22nd -10.5% 12th 100% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 1,038 (May 26) 7th -9.0% 13th 31% below peers
Arvada, CO 2,321 (Apr 26) 18th -8.4% 14th 54% above peers
New Haven, CT 3,154 (Apr 26) 23rd -7.4% 15th 109% above peers
Pasadena, CA 2,279 (May 26) 17th -4.2% 16th 51% above peers
Dayton, OH 4,087 (May 26) 24th -3.9% 17th 171% above peers
Allentown, PA 1,394 (May 26) 11th -3.3% 18th 8% below peers
Rochester, MN 1,307 (May 26) 10th +0.3% 19th 13% below peers
Abilene, TX 1,712 (May 26) 14th +1.0% 20th 14% above peers
Lewisville, TX 1,405 (May 26) 12th +1.6% 21st 7% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2,628 (May 26) 20th +2.7% 22nd 74% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 994 (May 26) 5th +3.3% 23rd 34% below peers
Midland, TX 1,507 (May 26) 13th +46.6% 24th on par with peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salem, OR down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 300% over the 12 months ending December 2025, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2020 to 2025.
Longer view: homicide held steady from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in December 2025, up from 1 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018December 2025
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Sterling Heights, MI 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Concord, CA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Clovis, CA 1 (May 26) 8th -80.0% 3rd 73% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 1 (May 26) 9th -75.0% 4th 72% below peers
New Haven, CT 8 (Apr 26) 22nd -35.3% 5th 174% above peers
Lewisville, TX 3 (May 26) 14th -34.0% 6th 1% above peers
Dayton, OH 19 (May 26) 24th -29.7% 7th 566% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12 (Apr 26) 23rd -28.6% 8th 325% above peers
Rochester, MN 2 (May 26) 12th -24.8% 9th 16% below peers
Pearland, TX 1 (May 26) 6th -11.0% 10th 73% below peers
Meridian, ID 1 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 11th 76% below peers
Columbia, MO 3 (May 26) 15th +0.0% 12th 6% above peers
Fargo, ND 4 (May 26) 18th +0.0% 13th 25% above peers
Pasadena, CA 1 (May 26) 4th +0.0% 14th 75% below peers
Abilene, TX 7 (May 26) 21st +7.6% 15th 138% above peers
Allentown, PA 4 (May 26) 20th +24.8% 16th 37% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2 (May 26) 11th +50.3% 17th 17% below peers
Midland, TX 3 (May 26) 17th +66.3% 18th 19% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3 (May 26) 13th +96.6% 19th on par with peers
Norman, OK 3 (Dec 25) 16th +300.5% 20th 6% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 1 (May 26) 5th 74% below peers
Carrollton, TX 4 (May 26) 19th 28% above peers
College Station, TX 1 (May 26) 7th 73% below peers
Arvada, CO 1 (Apr 26) 10th 71% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 75% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 25% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lee's Summit, MO down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2022-2026
  • Lynn, MA down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 22% over the 12 months ending December 2025, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 11% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 83% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 188 in December 2025, down from 241 a year earlier.
188 per 100k
2018December 2025
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Carrollton, TX 114 (May 26) 9th -53.1% 1st 30% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 106 (May 26) 8th -43.7% 2nd 36% below peers
College Station, TX 52 (May 26) 3rd -43.2% 3rd 69% below peers
Columbia, MO 176 (May 26) 15th -42.3% 4th 8% above peers
Lewisville, TX 171 (May 26) 14th -36.8% 5th 4% above peers
Arvada, CO 258 (Apr 26) 18th -32.9% 6th 58% above peers
Pasadena, CA 164 (May 26) 12th -32.1% 7th on par with peers
Concord, CA 322 (May 26) 21st -29.7% 8th 96% above peers
New Haven, CT 573 (Apr 26) 22nd -24.2% 9th 249% above peers
Rochester, MN 59 (May 26) 4th -24.0% 10th 64% below peers
Norman, OK 188 (Dec 25) 17th -21.8% 11th 15% above peers
Round Rock, TX 93 (May 26) 7th -21.0% 12th 44% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (May 26) 2nd -20.3% 13th 73% below peers
Dayton, OH 1,082 (May 26) 24th -16.5% 14th 560% above peers
Vallejo, CA 580 (Apr 26) 23rd -14.9% 15th 254% above peers
Meridian, ID 23 (May 26) 1st -12.8% 16th 86% below peers
Clovis, CA 129 (May 26) 10th -11.6% 17th 21% below peers
Fargo, ND 302 (May 26) 19th -10.4% 18th 84% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 311 (May 26) 20th -9.9% 19th 90% above peers
Pearland, TX 84 (May 26) 5th -1.0% 20th 49% below peers
Allentown, PA 164 (May 26) 13th +2.0% 21st on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 92 (May 26) 6th +3.6% 22nd 44% below peers
Abilene, TX 156 (May 26) 11th +23.8% 23rd 5% below peers
Midland, TX 185 (May 26) 16th +29.0% 24th 13% above peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Escondido, CA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 16% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $58,119 to $67,704 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,791). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 34% from 2014 to 2024 ($50,714 to $67,704).
$67,704
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref $65,039 +23%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 100% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 20th +41% 2nd 19% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 9th +41% 3rd 13% above peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 31st +39% 4th 49% below peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 5th +39% 5th 31% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 17th +38% 6th on par with peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 7th 41% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 23rd +38% 8th 25% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 19th +35% 9th 18% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 10th 38% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 27th +35% 11th 36% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 14th +30% 12th 1% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 24th +30% 13th 26% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 8th +29% 14th 13% above peers
Kent, WA $92,302 13th +28% 15th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 11th +27% 16th 11% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 7th +27% 17th 18% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 18th 52% above peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 25th +24% 19th 30% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 18th +23% 20th 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 3rd +23% 21st 37% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 16th +22% 22nd on par with peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 23rd 22% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 12th +21% 24th 5% above peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 22nd +21% 25th 25% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 10th +20% 26th 11% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 26th +19% 27th 36% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 21st +16% 28th 24% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 4th +14% 29th 33% above peers
Midland, TX $89,585 15th +13% 30th on par with peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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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14 of 33 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,898 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 61% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in May 2026, up from 2.9% a year earlier.
4.0%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 4.1% (May 26) +1.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Dayton, OH 3.7% (May 26) 13th -2.1pp 1st on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 4.7% (May 26) 23rd -0.6pp 2nd 27% above peers
Fargo, ND 1.9% (May 26) 1st -0.5pp 3rd 49% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 4th 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% (May 26) 16th -0.4pp 5th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 6th 14% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 7th 16% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 8th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 24th -0.3pp 9th 27% above peers
Concord, CA 3.7% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 10th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 11th 3% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3.4% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 12th 8% below peers
Topeka, KS 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.2pp 13th 11% above peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (May 26) 2nd +0.2pp 14th 19% below peers
Lewisville, TX 3.6% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Abilene, TX 3.6% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Midland, TX 3.2% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 17th 14% below peers
College Station, TX 3.9% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 18th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Kent, WA 5.1% (May 26) 26th +0.4pp 21st 38% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% (May 26) 27th +0.5pp 22nd 54% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.4% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 23rd 19% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.7pp 24th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.9% (May 26) 25th +1.0pp 25th 32% above peers
Norman, OK 4.0% (May 26) 18th +1.1pp 26th 8% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +1.2pp 27th 24% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.1% (May 26) 28th +1.4pp 28th 65% above peers
New Haven, CT 6.2% (May 26) 29th +1.5pp 29th 68% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.5% then, 15.7% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.9% to 15.7%).
15.7%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 14.6% -0.5pp
United States ref 12.0%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 3rd -2.6pp 1st 49% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 8th -2.6pp 2nd 33% below peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 9th -2.5pp 3rd 32% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.5% 6th -2.3pp 4th 35% below peers
Kent, WA 10.7% 14th -2.5pp 5th 8% below peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 27th -4.4pp 6th 73% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 11th -1.5pp 7th 30% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 12th -1.6pp 8th 28% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 21st -2.4pp 9th 18% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.0% 25th -2.9pp 10th 46% above peers
Columbia, MO 17.8% 26th -2.4pp 11th 53% above peers
Dayton, OH 24.6% 30th -3.2pp 12th 111% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 13th 109% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 5th -0.9pp 14th 39% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.6% 16th -1.3pp 15th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 22.4% 28th -2.4pp 16th 93% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.1% 20th -1.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Norman, OK 15.7% 24th -0.8pp 18th 35% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.3% 18th -0.5pp 19th 5% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 20th 121% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 17th -0.4pp 21st 4% above peers
Abilene, TX 14.7% 22nd -0.1pp 22nd 26% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 4th +0.0pp 23rd 46% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 2nd +0.0pp 24th 50% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.0% 15th +0.0pp 25th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 23rd +1.2pp 26th 31% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.7% 7th +0.8pp 27th 34% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 28th 65% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 10th +1.7pp 29th 30% below peers
Midland, TX 12.3% 19th +3.2pp 30th 6% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 13th +3.7pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.4% then, 14.9% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.5% to 14.9%).
14.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 20.1% -1.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 2nd -4.1pp 1st 64% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 9th -7.1pp 2nd 35% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 6th -5.0pp 3rd 47% below peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 7th -4.7pp 4th 45% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 5th 50% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 15th -5.4pp 6th 6% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 7th 65% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 11th -3.7pp 8th 29% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 26th -7.3pp 9th 50% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 27th -6.5pp 10th 51% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 29th -7.0pp 11th 105% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 14th -2.8pp 12th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 13th 59% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 24th -3.1pp 14th 18% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 20th -2.7pp 15th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 23rd -3.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 17th 82% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 30th -5.0pp 18th 110% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 19th -2.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 31st -4.0pp 20th 173% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 12th -1.1pp 21st 25% below peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 22nd 52% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 21st -0.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 25th -0.2pp 24th 19% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 17th +0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 13th +1.5pp 26th 25% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 18th +2.3pp 27th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 8th +1.5pp 28th 45% below peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 16th +3.3pp 29th on par with peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 22nd +4.2pp 30th 11% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oceanside, CA down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 →

Broadband rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.0% to 92.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.3% to 92.0%).
92.1%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 89.0% +10.0pp
United States ref 91.1%
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 1st 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 23rd +14.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 17th +10.7pp 3rd 1% below peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 20th +10.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 30th +9.3pp 5th 9% below peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 29th +9.2pp 6th 8% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 6th +9.8pp 7th 2% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 26th +8.3pp 8th 5% below peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 16th +8.2pp 9th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 18th +7.6pp 10th 1% below peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 24th +7.2pp 12th 4% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 9th +6.8pp 13th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 7th +6.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 4th +6.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 15th +5.9pp 16th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 13th +5.8pp 17th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 19th +5.6pp 18th 1% below peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 2nd +5.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 27th +4.9pp 20th 6% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 22nd +5.0pp 21st 2% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 21st +4.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 10th +4.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 8th +4.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 12th +3.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 3rd +2.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 27th 3% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 5th +2.8pp 28th 2% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 14th +1.2pp 29th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 11th +0.7pp 30th 1% above peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.47).
0.47
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 13th -0.033 1st 3% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 27th -0.020 2nd 13% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 23rd -0.016 3rd 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 22nd -0.012 4th 4% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 8th -0.006 5th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 24th -0.005 6th 8% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 4th -0.004 7th 7% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 8th 21% above peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 28th -0.002 9th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 16th -0.002 10th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 3rd +0.002 11th 9% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 29th +0.002 12th 13% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 1st +0.002 13th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 7th +0.003 14th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 25th +0.003 15th 11% above peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 30th +0.007 16th 18% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 20th +0.009 17th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 12th +0.009 18th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 15th +0.011 19th 2% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 19th +0.011 20th 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 10th +0.011 21st 4% below peers
Concord, CA 0.43 11th +0.014 22nd 4% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 5th +0.014 23rd 6% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 26th +0.017 24th 11% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 21st +0.016 25th 3% above peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 9th +0.019 26th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 2nd +0.027 27th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 18th +0.034 28th 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 6th +0.038 29th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 14th +0.047 30th 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 17th +0.049 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (9.9% then, 9.1% now; margin ±1.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.5% to 9.1%).
9.1%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 13.6% +0.5pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Athens, GA 9.2% 17th -5.1pp 1st 1% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 9th -2.4pp 2nd 26% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 6th -1.8pp 3rd 45% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 4th 59% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 5th 58% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 28th -4.9pp 6th 99% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 22nd -2.7pp 7th 35% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 11th -1.4pp 8th 22% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 12th -1.3pp 9th 22% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 13th -1.3pp 10th 17% below peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 29th -2.4pp 11th 182% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 16th -0.7pp 12th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 19th -0.6pp 13th 1% above peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 27th -0.6pp 14th 93% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 26th -0.5pp 15th 59% above peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 20th -0.0pp 16th 20% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 30th +0.1pp 17th 190% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 31st +1.6pp 18th 244% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 23rd +0.8pp 19th 44% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 24th +0.9pp 20th 46% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 8th +0.5pp 21st 42% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 5th +0.6pp 22nd 47% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 25th +1.7pp 23rd 55% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 15th +1.4pp 24th 6% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 14th +1.3pp 25th 14% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 21st +2.1pp 26th 33% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 27th 58% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 7th +1.4pp 28th 44% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 10th +2.0pp 29th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 4th +1.5pp 30th 52% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 18th +4.5pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 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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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $265,751 in June 2026, up from $262,397 a year earlier.
$265,751
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref $225,437 (Jun 26) +2.5%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Abilene, TX $222,043 (Jun 26) 28th +7.6% 1st 44% below peers
New Haven, CT $340,803 (Jun 26) 19th +5.6% 2nd 14% below peers
Rochester, MN $348,286 (Jun 26) 18th +4.0% 3rd 12% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,918 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.0% 4th 18% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.7% 5th 19% below peers
Columbia, MO $330,373 (Jun 26) 21st +2.7% 6th 16% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $315,750 (Jun 26) 24th +2.4% 7th 20% below peers
Midland, TX $331,824 (Jun 26) 20th +2.1% 8th 16% below peers
Norman, OK $265,751 (Jun 26) 27th +1.3% 9th 33% below peers
Dayton, OH $141,446 (Jun 26) 30th +1.3% 10th 64% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,052,875 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.5% 11th 166% above peers
Clovis, CA $522,797 (Jun 26) 11th +0.4% 12th 32% above peers
College Station, TX $349,845 (Jun 26) 17th +0.2% 13th 12% below peers
Meridian, ID $538,033 (Jun 26) 8th -0.1% 14th 36% above peers
Topeka, KS $199,788 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 15th 49% below peers
Pasadena, CA $1,213,522 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.4% 16th 207% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $403,887 (Jun 26) 14th -0.7% 17th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,710,119 (Jun 26) 1st -0.8% 18th 332% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 16th -0.8% 19th 2% below peers
Kent, WA $651,566 (Jun 26) 6th -1.6% 20th 65% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $842,921 (Jun 26) 4th -1.7% 21st 113% above peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 5th -1.9% 22nd 87% above peers
Arvada, CO $614,627 (Jun 26) 7th -2.5% 23rd 55% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $305,330 (Jun 26) 25th -2.6% 24th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX $409,845 (Jun 26) 12th -3.2% 25th 4% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $524,239 (Jun 26) 10th -3.5% 26th 33% above peers
Lewisville, TX $395,461 (Jun 26) 15th -4.1% 27th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 9th -4.3% 28th 33% above peers
Round Rock, TX $407,038 (Jun 26) 13th -6.2% 29th 3% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $281,935 (Jun 26) 26th -7.1% 30th 29% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $183,406 in June 2026, up from $180,510 a year earlier.
$183,406
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref $121,799 (Jun 26) +3.3%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
New Haven, CT $240,389 (Jun 26) 19th +7.3% 1st 9% below peers
Abilene, TX $132,930 (Jun 26) 28th +6.6% 2nd 50% below peers
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 20th +5.0% 3rd 10% below peers
Columbia, MO $233,249 (Jun 26) 21st +4.6% 4th 12% below peers
Rochester, MN $255,234 (Jun 26) 16th +4.6% 5th 3% below peers
Fargo, ND $229,082 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.4% 6th 13% below peers
Midland, TX $225,599 (Jun 26) 24th +2.7% 7th 14% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $249,711 (Jun 26) 17th +2.6% 8th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH $72,552 (Jun 26) 30th +1.6% 9th 72% below peers
Norman, OK $183,406 (Jun 26) 27th +1.6% 10th 30% below peers
Clovis, CA $405,000 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 11th 54% above peers
College Station, TX $263,669 (Jun 26) 15th +0.9% 12th on par with peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 13th 18% above peers
Meridian, ID $434,946 (Jun 26) 8th +0.0% 14th 65% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $788,586 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.1% 15th 199% above peers
Pasadena, CA $814,213 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.5% 16th 209% above peers
Kent, WA $482,714 (Jun 26) 7th -1.4% 17th 83% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $709,651 (Jun 26) 4th -1.5% 18th 169% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,097,008 (Jun 26) 1st -2.4% 19th 316% above peers
Arvada, CO $484,930 (Jun 26) 6th -3.1% 20th 84% above peers
Carrollton, TX $324,658 (Jun 26) 11th -3.2% 21st 23% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 9th -3.4% 22nd 62% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 5th -3.5% 23rd 89% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $241,602 (Jun 26) 18th -3.5% 24th 8% below peers
Lewisville, TX $316,037 (Jun 26) 12th -4.2% 25th 20% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,786 (Jun 26) 29th -4.2% 26th 59% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $212,464 (Jun 26) 26th -5.9% 27th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX $315,024 (Jun 26) 13th -6.4% 28th 19% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $230,341 (Jun 26) 22nd -7.6% 29th 13% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $220,094 (Jun 26) 25th -7.8% 30th 17% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.8% then, 53.3% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.6% to 53.3%).
53.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 65.8% +0.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 8th +7.5pp 1st 22% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 24th +4.2pp 2nd 19% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 3rd 39% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 26th +2.4pp 4th 25% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 29th +2.2pp 5th 29% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 14th +2.7pp 6th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 23rd +1.8pp 7th 16% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 3rd +2.8pp 8th 32% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 18th +2.1pp 9th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 17th +2.1pp 10th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 21st +1.7pp 11th 12% below peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 16th +1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 9th +1.9pp 13th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 12th +1.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 22nd +1.3pp 15th 15% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 4th +1.2pp 16th 31% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 31st +0.4pp 17th 51% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 27th +0.5pp 18th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 19th 23% above peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 20th +0.5pp 20th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 6th +0.7pp 21st 27% above peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 2nd +0.3pp 22nd 33% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 25th +0.0pp 23rd 24% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 10th +0.1pp 24th 13% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 13th -0.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 15th -0.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 5th -1.6pp 27th 30% above peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 11th -2.7pp 28th 13% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 28th -2.0pp 29th 29% below peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 30th -2.3pp 30th 38% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 19th -4.8pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently
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Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,383 in June 2026, up from $1,341 a year earlier.
$1,383
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Abilene, TX $1,947 (Jun 26) 14th +41.4% 1st 4% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,890 (Jun 26) 1st +7.2% 2nd 107% above peers
Topeka, KS $1,283 (Jun 26) 28th +5.7% 3rd 32% below peers
Meridian, ID $2,065 (Jun 26) 12th +4.1% 4th 10% above peers
Columbia, MO $1,424 (Jun 26) 26th +4.0% 5th 24% below peers
Clovis, CA $2,341 (Jun 26) 8th +4.0% 6th 24% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 18th +3.4% 7th 8% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,207 (Jun 26) 29th +3.4% 8th 36% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,274 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.4% 9th 74% above peers
Fargo, ND $1,088 (Jun 26) 30th +3.2% 10th 42% below peers
Norman, OK $1,383 (Jun 26) 27th +3.1% 11th 26% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 5th +2.9% 12th 37% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,392 (Jun 26) 6th +2.8% 13th 27% above peers
Rochester, MN $1,702 (Jun 26) 20th +2.2% 14th 9% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,591 (Jun 26) 24th +2.1% 15th 15% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,242 (Jun 26) 9th +2.1% 16th 19% above peers
College Station, TX $1,446 (Jun 26) 25th +2.0% 17th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX $1,618 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.3% 18th 14% below peers
Kent, WA $1,978 (Jun 26) 13th +0.8% 19th 5% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 17th +0.6% 20th 4% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,881 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 21st on par with peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 22nd 16% above peers
Arvada, CO $2,094 (Jun 26) 11th +0.0% 23rd 11% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,357 (Jun 26) 7th -0.0% 24th 25% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,718 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 25th 44% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 19th -0.7% 26th 9% below peers
Lewisville, TX $1,593 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.1% 27th 15% below peers
Pasadena, CA $2,939 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.3% 28th 56% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,856 (Jun 26) 16th -2.8% 29th 1% below peers
Midland, TX $1,634 (Jun 26) 21st -3.8% 30th 13% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.1% then, 32.6% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.6% to 32.6%).
32.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 27.3% +1.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 7th -5.6pp 1st 12% below peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 31st -2.7pp 2nd 48% above peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 13th -1.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 17th -1.3pp 4th 7% above peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 1st -0.9pp 5th 23% below peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 4th -0.4pp 6th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 22nd -0.5pp 7th 17% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 20th -0.1pp 8th 13% above peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 25th +0.2pp 9th 29% above peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 21st +0.2pp 10th 15% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 9th +0.2pp 11th 8% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 15th +0.4pp 12th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 3rd +0.6pp 13th 18% below peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 6th +0.8pp 14th 12% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 28th +1.3pp 15th 35% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 16th 37% above peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 26th +1.6pp 17th 34% above peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 23rd +1.7pp 18th 22% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 19th +1.6pp 19th 10% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 8th +1.5pp 20th 9% below peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 21st 34% above peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 10th +1.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 24th +2.8pp 23rd 29% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 14th +2.3pp 24th 2% below peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 11th +2.6pp 25th 4% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 26th 46% above peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 18th +3.9pp 27th 10% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 2nd +2.8pp 28th 21% below peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 12th +3.7pp 29th 4% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 16th +7.4pp 30th on par with peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 5th +6.5pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.9% to 5.8%).
5.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 5.6% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 18th -3.3pp 1st 9% above peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 8th -1.9pp 2nd 25% below peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 29th -3.9pp 3rd 172% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 52% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 7th -0.8pp 5th 35% below peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 30th -1.7pp 6th 183% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 26th -0.6pp 7th 59% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 9th -0.3pp 8th 25% below peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 9th 360% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 23rd -0.3pp 10th 23% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 20th -0.2pp 11th 15% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 27th -0.3pp 12th 60% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 21st -0.2pp 13th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 2nd -0.0pp 14th 59% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 17th -0.0pp 15th 4% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 4th +0.1pp 16th 43% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 15th +0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 13th +0.2pp 18th 20% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 28th +0.8pp 19th 63% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 25th +0.8pp 20th 43% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 10th +0.5pp 21st 24% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 16th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 12th +0.5pp 23rd 21% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 14th +0.7pp 24th 14% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 24th +1.3pp 25th 42% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 19th +1.1pp 26th 12% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 11th +0.9pp 27th 22% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 22nd +2.2pp 28th 22% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 6th +1.1pp 29th 40% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 5th +1.1pp 30th 41% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 9.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 9.5%).
9.5%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 12.4% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Pasadena, CA 5.6% 7th -1.7pp 1st 30% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.3% 14th -1.5pp 2nd 9% below peers
Athens, GA 11.2% 22nd -2.2pp 3rd 40% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.8% 13th -1.2pp 4th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 8th -1.0pp 5th 29% below peers
Columbia, MO 5.8% 9th -1.0pp 6th 28% below peers
Midland, TX 14.2% 27th -2.3pp 7th 78% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 2nd -0.6pp 8th 52% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 21st -1.6pp 9th 35% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.0% 16th -1.1pp 10th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 4th -0.6pp 11th 45% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 3rd -0.4pp 12th 52% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 13th 64% below peers
Fargo, ND 5.9% 10th -0.5pp 14th 26% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 29th -1.2pp 15th 91% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 28th -1.0pp 16th 87% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 5th -0.3pp 17th 43% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 11th -0.3pp 18th 24% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 31st -0.3pp 19th 136% above peers
Norman, OK 9.5% 19th -0.1pp 20th 19% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 15th -0.0pp 21st 7% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 30th +0.1pp 22nd 94% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.2% 23rd +0.2pp 23rd 40% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 6th +0.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.7% 25th +0.7pp 25th 58% above peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 18th +0.5pp 26th 9% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 17th +0.5pp 27th 6% above peers
Abilene, TX 13.6% 26th +1.2pp 28th 70% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.9% 20th +1.9pp 29th 24% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.8% 24th +2.5pp 30th 48% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 12th +1.5pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.1%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 40.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 1st 40% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 2nd 29% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 28% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 4th 24% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 5th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 6th 21% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 7th 17% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 14% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 9th 13% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 10th 13% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 11th 8% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 12th 6% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 13th 5% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 14th 4% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 15th 1% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 16th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 17th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 18th 2% above peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 19th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 20th 3% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 21st 3% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 22nd 4% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 23rd 6% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 24th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 25th 8% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 26th 8% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 27th 8% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 28th 14% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 29th 15% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 30th 22% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.5% to 6.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 8.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Clovis, CA 2.0% 1st -0.6pp 1st 62% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 29th -3.0pp 2nd 124% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 4th -0.6pp 3rd 48% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 19th -0.6pp 4th 11% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 7th -0.3pp 5th 43% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 6th -0.2pp 6th 45% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 16th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 9th -0.1pp 8th 33% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 23rd -0.2pp 9th 49% above peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 14th -0.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 26th -0.0pp 11th 61% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 15th +0.1pp 12th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 28th +0.5pp 13th 95% above peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 13th +0.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 2nd +0.2pp 15th 56% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 5th +0.3pp 16th 48% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 24th +0.9pp 17th 58% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 18th +0.8pp 18th 8% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 21st +1.2pp 19th 18% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 3rd +0.5pp 20th 54% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 25th +1.7pp 21st 60% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 8th +0.7pp 22nd 34% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 27th +2.4pp 23rd 72% above peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 24th 193% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 25th 172% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 12th +1.4pp 26th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 22nd +2.4pp 27th 41% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 20th +2.4pp 28th 15% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 29th 21% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 10th +1.8pp 30th 30% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 17th +2.8pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 42.9% to 45.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.9% to 45.9%).
45.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 28.4% +2.8pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 5th +10.4pp 1st 29% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 30th +3.9pp 2nd 52% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 28th +4.7pp 3rd 40% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 15th +6.6pp 4th 2% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 13th +6.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 29th +3.2pp 6th 46% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 22nd +4.8pp 7th 16% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 27th +3.8pp 8th 32% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 18th +5.5pp 9th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 24th +4.1pp 10th 25% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 11th +6.0pp 11th 13% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 17th +4.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 21st +4.0pp 13th 8% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 12th +4.8pp 14th 12% above peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 26th +3.0pp 15th 28% below peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 19th +4.0pp 16th 3% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 17th 65% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 23rd +2.7pp 18th 22% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 7th +4.2pp 19th 27% above peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 2nd +4.5pp 20th 42% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 8th +3.3pp 21st 18% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 14th +3.0pp 22nd 8% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 4th +3.8pp 23rd 40% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 10th +2.9pp 24th 15% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 16th +1.4pp 25th on par with peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 20th +1.1pp 26th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 25th +0.4pp 27th 27% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 6th +0.6pp 28th 29% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 9th -0.0pp 29th 18% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 31st -0.3pp 30th 64% below peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 3rd -2.1pp 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 14.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.1% to 45.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.8% to 45.3%).
45.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 40.5% -2.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 17th +14.2pp 1st on par with peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 14th +9.5pp 2nd 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 4th +11.1pp 3rd 32% above peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 30th +4.2pp 4th 41% below peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 21st +5.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 18th +4.6pp 6th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 2nd +6.0pp 7th 40% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 22nd +3.4pp 8th 11% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 10th +2.0pp 9th 13% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 3rd +2.0pp 10th 37% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 24th +0.4pp 11th 16% below peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 5th +0.4pp 12th 27% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 12th +0.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 28th +0.0pp 14th 36% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 26th +0.0pp 15th 19% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 6th -1.4pp 16th 22% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 25th -1.8pp 17th 18% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 11th -3.2pp 18th 12% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 16th -3.5pp 19th on par with peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 15th -4.5pp 20th 1% above peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 1st -7.9pp 21st 41% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 13th -7.1pp 22nd 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 23rd -6.6pp 23rd 14% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 20th -8.1pp 24th 8% below peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 8th -13.8pp 25th 14% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 7th -17.7pp 26th 19% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 9th -18.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 27th -11.0pp 28th 34% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 19th -16.1pp 29th 6% below peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 31st -12.6pp 30th 51% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 29th -19.0pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Odessa, TX up 16.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.2% then, 4.5% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 4.5%).
4.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 7.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 75% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 17th -3.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 5th -1.6pp 3rd 40% below peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 20th -2.4pp 4th 23% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 22nd -1.2pp 5th 36% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 9th -0.7pp 6th 27% below peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 10th -0.7pp 7th 21% below peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 3rd -0.2pp 8th 68% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 14th -0.5pp 9th 10% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 4th -0.2pp 10th 52% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 19th -0.3pp 11th 11% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 13th -0.1pp 12th 11% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 25th +0.0pp 13th 59% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 18th +0.4pp 14th 10% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 21st +0.6pp 15th 28% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 12th +0.6pp 16th 11% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 28th +1.6pp 17th 97% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 8th +0.6pp 18th 28% below peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 26th +1.6pp 19th 76% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 6th +0.6pp 20th 38% below peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 16th +1.2pp 21st on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 29th +2.4pp 22nd 109% above peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 11th +1.2pp 23rd 12% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 27th +2.9pp 24th 92% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 23rd +2.0pp 25th 36% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 26th 75% below peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 30th +5.1pp 27th 124% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 24th +3.4pp 28th 44% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 7th +1.6pp 29th 35% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 15th +2.7pp 30th 4% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 31st 165% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 122,837 to 129,672 - more than the combined survey margin (±124). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (115,521 to 129,672).
129,672
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 13th +28% 1st 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 11th +23% 2nd 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 14th +16% 3rd 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 25th +14% 4th 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 31st +11% 5th 5% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 26th +10% 6th 3% below peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 10th +8% 7th 2% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 9th +7% 8th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 16th +6% 9th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 30th +6% 10th 5% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 15th +6% 11th 1% above peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 19th +4% 12th 1% below peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 21st +4% 13th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 135,603 5th +3% 14th 5% above peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 29th +3% 15th 5% below peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 17th +3% 16th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 6th +3% 17th 5% above peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 18th +3% 18th 1% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 4th +3% 19th 6% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 27th +2% 20th 3% below peers
Athens, GA 127,345 20th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 12th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 8th +1% 23rd 4% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 23rd -0% 24th 2% below peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 22nd -0% 25th 2% below peers
Midland, TX 136,640 2nd -1% 26th 6% above peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 7th -2% 27th 4% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 24th -2% 28th 3% below peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 3rd -3% 29th 6% above peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 1st -3% 30th 7% above peers
Concord, CA 124,035 28th -4% 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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 ±65 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.1% to 17.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.4% to 17.0%).
17.0%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 23.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Midland, TX 29.8% 1st +2.2pp 1st 40% above peers
College Station, TX 16.9% 29th +0.6pp 2nd 21% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 16th +0.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.9pp 4th 34% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 25th +0.4pp 5th 12% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 3rd +0.1pp 6th 29% above peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 19th -0.1pp 7th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 12th -0.1pp 8th 8% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 14th -0.3pp 9th 4% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 8th -0.5pp 10th 11% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 13th -0.5pp 11th 5% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 5th -0.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 15th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 10th -0.7pp 14th 9% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 18th -0.7pp 15th 6% below peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 4th -1.0pp 16th 25% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 26th -0.7pp 17th 17% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 24th -0.8pp 18th 9% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 31st -0.7pp 19th 22% below peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 17th -1.2pp 20th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 11th -1.4pp 21st 8% above peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 21st -1.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 7th -2.0pp 23rd 14% above peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 30th -1.5pp 24th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 22nd -2.1pp 25th 9% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 23rd -2.1pp 26th 9% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 6th -3.0pp 27th 17% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 27th -2.1pp 28th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 9th -3.3pp 29th 10% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 20th -3.0pp 30th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 28th -2.8pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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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13 of 33 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.0% then, 28.3% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.5% to 28.3%).
28.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 31.0% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 27th +7.3pp 1st 36% below peers
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 10th +8.1pp 2nd 17% above peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 15th +6.8pp 3rd 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 4th +11.6pp 4th 95% above peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 6th +6.3pp 5th 45% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 21st +2.6pp 6th 12% below peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 5th +4.6pp 7th 69% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 19th +2.0pp 8th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 1st +1.8pp 9th 122% above peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 10th 109% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 3rd +1.3pp 11th 103% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 17th +0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 12th -0.4pp 13th 12% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 25th -0.4pp 14th 28% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 26th -0.4pp 15th 32% below peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 20th -0.6pp 16th 9% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 28th -0.4pp 17th 39% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 7th -1.8pp 18th 31% above peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 14th -1.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 22nd -1.3pp 20th 21% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 11th -2.2pp 21st 14% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 24th -2.4pp 22nd 23% below peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 13th -3.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 24th 50% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 16th -3.7pp 25th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 29th -1.9pp 26th 49% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 8th -5.5pp 27th 31% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 18th -5.3pp 28th 1% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 23rd -5.0pp 29th 23% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 50% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 9th -9.5pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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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15 of 33 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.9% then, 61.6% now; margin ±9.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.5% to 61.6%).
61.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma ref 64.1% +1.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 11th +18.0pp 1st 3% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 6th +9.8pp 2nd 5% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 3rd +9.7pp 3rd 8% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 18th +9.0pp 4th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 8th +9.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 23rd +6.1pp 6th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 14th +6.0pp 7th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 27th +5.0pp 8th 15% below peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 9th 10% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 10th +3.7pp 10th 4% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 24th +3.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 9th +3.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 19th +3.1pp 13th 3% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 4th +3.3pp 14th 7% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 12th +2.9pp 15th 2% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 20th +1.2pp 18th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 16th +1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 20th 21% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 17th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 5th +0.2pp 22nd 6% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 25th -0.2pp 23rd 12% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 28th -0.4pp 24th 16% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 15th -0.9pp 25th on par with peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 30th -1.7pp 26th 20% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 13th -2.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 21st -2.5pp 28th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 29th -5.5pp 29th 17% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 7th -7.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 26th -7.3pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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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14 of 33 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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