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Albany, OR
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56,894 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 5 indicators

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

What needs attention 8 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 2 indicators

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

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 16% higher than in 2021 (137 then, 160 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 196 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 151 in July 2026, down from 160 a year earlier.
151 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Bartlett, TN 197 (Jul 26) -31.5% 1st
Royal Oak, MI 125 (Jul 26) -25.0% 2nd
Oak Lawn, IL 87 (Jul 26) -22.2% 3rd
Mooresville, NC 192 (Jul 26) -21.9% 4th
Monterey Park, CA 252 (Jul 26) -14.2% 5th
St. Clair Shores, MI 199 (Jul 26) -13.5% 6th
Kingsport, TN 443 (Jul 26) -10.5% 7th
DeSoto, TX 288 (Jul 26) -7.4% 8th
Albany, OR 151 (Jul 26) -5.5% 9th
Southaven, MS 272 (Jul 26) -5.4% 10th
Lincoln, CA 101 (Jul 26) -4.9% 11th
Kettering, OH 54 (Apr 26) -3.2% 12th
Burleson, TX 167 (Jul 26) -1.0% 13th
Anderson, IN 399 (Jun 26) +0.4% 14th
Twin Falls, ID 390 (Jul 26) +10.1% 15th
National City, CA 749 (Jul 26) +14.5% 16th
Tigard, OR 264 (Jun 26) +20.4% 17th
Peabody, MA 302 (Apr 26) +25.2% 18th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 7% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. Albany started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,763 in July 2026, up from 1,643 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,763 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Bartlett, TN 769 (Jul 26) -39.8% 1st
Burleson, TX 617 (Jul 26) -30.4% 2nd
Peabody, MA 570 (Apr 26) -28.9% 3rd
St. Clair Shores, MI 802 (Jul 26) -24.9% 4th
Mooresville, NC 1,644 (Jul 26) -20.5% 5th
DeSoto, TX 1,343 (Jul 26) -20.0% 6th
Kingsport, TN 2,032 (Jul 26) -18.3% 7th
Lincoln, CA 439 (Jul 26) -17.6% 8th
Monterey Park, CA 1,674 (Jul 26) -17.1% 9th
National City, CA 1,578 (Jul 26) -15.8% 10th
Royal Oak, MI 682 (Jul 26) -14.8% 11th
Anderson, IN 1,893 (Jun 26) -14.6% 12th
Kettering, OH 1,268 (Jul 26) -12.5% 13th
Twin Falls, ID 1,060 (Jul 26) -7.3% 14th
Oak Lawn, IL 1,504 (Jul 26) -6.2% 15th
Southaven, MS 1,676 (Jul 26) -6.1% 16th
Tigard, OR 3,534 (Jun 26) +4.0% 17th
Albany, OR 1,763 (Jul 26) +7.3% 18th
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Peers worth a call

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

Homicide rate

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

Homicide is about where it was in 2021 (0 then, 0 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 7 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.

Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in July 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Monterey Park, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
St. Clair Shores, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Anderson, IN 2 (Jun 26) -66.7% 3rd
Twin Falls, ID 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 4th
Royal Oak, MI 2 (Jul 26) -49.9% 5th
Lincoln, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 6th
Southaven, MS 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Mooresville, NC 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
National City, CA 7 (Jul 26) +33.3% 9th
Kingsport, TN 5 (Jul 26) +199.4% 10th
Burleson, TX 5 (Jul 26) +199.4% 11th
DeSoto, TX 5 (Jul 26) +200.6% 12th
Albany, OR 0 (Jul 26)
Oak Lawn, IL 4 (Jul 26)
Bartlett, TN 0 (Jul 26)
Kettering, OH 2 (Jul 26)
Peabody, MA 0 (Apr 26)
Tigard, OR 0 (Jun 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% 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 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 76 in July 2026, down from 90 a year earlier.
76 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Bartlett, TN 62 (Jul 26) -69.3% 1st
Burleson, TX 37 (Jul 26) -63.2% 2nd
Royal Oak, MI 66 (Jul 26) -43.3% 3rd
National City, CA 311 (Jul 26) -35.7% 4th
Kingsport, TN 163 (Jul 26) -35.2% 5th
Anderson, IN 276 (Jun 26) -22.9% 6th
Monterey Park, CA 317 (Jul 26) -18.4% 7th
St. Clair Shores, MI 114 (Jul 26) -16.5% 8th
Albany, OR 76 (Jul 26) -15.7% 9th
Oak Lawn, IL 156 (Jul 26) -15.4% 10th
Lincoln, CA 31 (Jul 26) -14.3% 11th
Southaven, MS 190 (Jul 26) -10.6% 12th
Mooresville, NC 95 (Jul 26) -10.2% 13th
DeSoto, TX 316 (Jul 26) -8.2% 14th
Peabody, MA 54 (Apr 26) +3.5% 15th
Tigard, OR 162 (Jun 26) +17.4% 16th
Kettering, OH 172 (Jul 26) +26.9% 17th
Twin Falls, ID 91 (Jul 26) +41.7% 18th
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Peers worth a call

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

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 29% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $60,624 to $78,114 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,134).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Albany started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 72% from 2014 to 2024 ($45,478 to $78,114).
Bright spot $78,114
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref $83,011 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
San Jacinto, CA $80,647 18th +55% 1st 1% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $85,908 13th +52% 2nd 5% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 26th +50% 3rd 20% below peers
National City, CA $66,841 25th +42% 4th 18% below peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 5th 44% below peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 2nd +36% 6th 33% above peers
Olympia, WA $81,302 17th +36% 7th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 8th +36% 8th 16% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 16th +32% 9th on par with peers
Peabody, MA $96,657 7th +32% 10th 18% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $93,188 10th +32% 11th 14% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 5th +31% 12th 22% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 12th +30% 13th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 14th +30% 14th 3% above peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 11th +30% 15th 10% above peers
Albany, OR $78,114 20th +29% 16th 5% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 19th +29% 17th 4% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 30th +27% 18th 43% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 23rd +27% 19th 9% below peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 1st +26% 20th 37% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY $77,679 21st +24%* 21st 5% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 4th +24% 22nd 24% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 29th +22% 23rd 36% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 24th +21% 24th 10% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 28th +21% 25th 25% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 3rd +21% 26th 25% above peers
Highland, CA $77,120 22nd +19% 27th 6% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $61,977 27th +18% 28th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 9th +18% 29th 15% above peers
DeSoto, TX $82,782 15th +16% 30th 1% above peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 6th +9% 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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6 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,524 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.6 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.3% in July 2026, down from 5.8% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.3%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 5.2% (Jul 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Perth Amboy, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 30th -3.0pp 1st 62% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 5.5% (Jul 26) 25th -1.9pp 2nd 17% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st -1.8pp 3rd 13% above peers
Kettering, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -1.3pp 4th 30% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 5th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.8pp 6th 28% below peers
Highland, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 7th 17% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 29th -0.8pp 8th 34% above peers
Kingsport, TN 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th -0.7pp 9th 26% below peers
Valdosta, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.6pp 10th 15% below peers
Albany, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 11th 13% above peers
Anderson, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 12th 13% below peers
Mooresville, NC 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 13th 21% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.4pp 14th 23% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 15th 28% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.3pp 16th 4% below peers
National City, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th -0.3pp 17th 21% above peers
Bartlett, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 18th 19% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 19th 19% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.1pp 20th 15% above peers
Tigard, OR 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th -0.1pp 21st 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 22nd 34% below peers
Peabody, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th +0.1pp 23rd 4% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.1pp 24th 6% below peers
Burleson, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 25th 11% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.2pp 26th 34% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th +0.3pp 27th 11% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th +0.3pp 28th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 6.1% (Jul 26) 28th +0.4pp 29th 30% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th +0.6pp 30th 11% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.0% then, 13.5% now; margin ±2.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.4% to 13.5%).
Needs attention 13.5%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 11.9% -1.2pp
United States ref 12.4%
Mooresville, NC 7.3% 6th -2.8pp 1st 31% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 15.5% 24th -5.7pp 2nd 46% above peers
DeSoto, TX 7.6% 8th -2.6pp 3rd 28% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.3% 10th -2.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 3rd -2.1pp 5th 36% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.4% 17th -3.4pp 6th 8% above peers
National City, CA 14.6% 23rd -3.7pp 7th 38% above peers
Valdosta, GA 26.1% 30th -6.1pp 8th 146% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.1% 1st -1.1pp 9th 52% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 12.8% 20th -2.4pp 10th 21% above peers
Lincoln, CA 6.9% 4th -1.0pp 11th 35% below peers
Anderson, IN 21.0% 29th -2.8pp 12th 98% above peers
Peabody, MA 7.7% 9th -1.0pp 13th 28% below peers
Olympia, WA 14.0% 22nd -1.7pp 14th 32% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.9% 12th -0.8pp 15th 16% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 32.0% 31st -2.4pp 16th 201% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 16.1% 25th -1.0pp 17th 52% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 2nd -0.3pp 18th 42% below peers
Highland, CA 17.1% 26th -0.8pp 19th 61% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.4% 18th -0.5pp 20th 17% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.6% 14th -0.1pp 21st 9% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.2% 27th +1.2pp 22nd 90% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.7% 28th +1.8pp 23rd 95% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.4% 11th +0.8pp 24th 21% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 13th +1.0pp 25th 10% below peers
Albany, OR 13.5% 21st +1.5pp 26th 27% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.6% 16th +1.2pp 27th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 12.6% 19th +2.2pp 28th 18% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 10.0% 15th +1.8pp* 29th 5% below peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 5th +1.4pp 30th 33% below peers
Orland Park, IL 7.3% 7th +3.0pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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6 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.5% then, 18.8% now; margin ±4.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 14.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.5% to 18.8%).
Needs attention 18.8%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 13.2% -3.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 2nd -5.3pp 1st 70% below peers
Peabody, MA 6.2% 4th -6.7pp 2nd 57% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 6th -6.1pp 3rd 56% below peers
DeSoto, TX 9.1% 10th -8.2pp 4th 37% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 1st -2.7pp 5th 76% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 9th -6.6pp 6th 39% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 5th -4.6pp 7th 57% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 3rd -4.0pp 8th 57% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 12th -5.9pp 9th 30% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.5% 16th -8.1pp 10th on par with peers
National City, CA 18.0% 20th -8.3pp 11th 24% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 11th -2.9pp 12th 30% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 17th -4.1pp 13th 3% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.8% 25th -6.0pp 14th 57% above peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 30th -8.9pp 15th 130% above peers
Olympia, WA 15.0% 18th -3.3pp 16th 3% above peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 28th -5.2pp 17th 115% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 14th -1.0pp 18th 3% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 26.2% 27th -1.6pp 19th 80% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 29th +0.1pp 20th 129% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 26th +0.2pp 21st 61% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 21.6% 24th +0.2pp 22nd 49% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 19th +0.7pp 23rd 9% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 7th +0.5pp 24th 48% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 23rd +1.7pp 25th 35% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 13th +1.2pp 26th 15% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 27th 200% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 21st +2.3pp 28th 30% above peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 22nd +5.7pp 29th 32% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 14.4% 15th +5.5pp* 30th 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 8th +3.9pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.0% to 92.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Albany started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 9.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (82.5% to 92.4%).
Bright spot 92.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 92.6% +6.2pp
United States ref 91.1%
Perth Amboy, NJ 89.4% 26th +29.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 95.0% 6th +24.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 31st +19.7pp 3rd 13% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 28th +12.5pp 4th 5% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 22nd +12.7pp 5th 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 30th +11.9pp 6th 6% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 29th +11.8pp 7th 5% below peers
Olympia, WA 94.8% 7th +11.9pp 8th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 27th +11.0pp 9th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 24th +10.5pp 10th 2% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 92.8% 18th +9.7pp 11th on par with peers
Peabody, MA 91.4% 21st +9.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 14th +9.1pp 13th 1% above peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 2nd +8.7pp 14th 4% above peers
DeSoto, TX 93.8% 12th +8.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 9th +7.6pp 16th 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 20th +6.8pp 17th 1% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 94.6% 8th +6.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 25th +6.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 11th +6.5pp 20th 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 23rd +6.2pp 21st 2% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 93.0% 17th +5.9pp* 22nd on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 3rd +6.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 4th +5.9pp 24th 2% above peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 19th +5.4pp 25th 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 15th +5.2pp 26th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 16th +4.9pp 27th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 10th +4.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 5th +4.5pp 29th 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 13th +4.3pp 30th 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 1st +4.4pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.04).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.42).
Bright spot 0.42
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 0.46 +0.004
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Plainfield, NJ 0.41 9th -0.070 1st 6% below peers
Valdosta, GA 0.51 31st -0.050 2nd 18% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 0.40 3rd -0.026 3rd 9% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 30th -0.033 4th 17% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 28th -0.024 5th 15% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 6th -0.019 6th 7% below peers
Lincoln, CA 0.40 7th -0.017 7th 7% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 0.44 18th -0.018 8th 1% above peers
Olympia, WA 0.44 17th -0.015 9th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 15th -0.015 10th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 10th -0.010 11th 5% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 21st -0.007 12th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 0.46 24th -0.006 13th 5% above peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 11th -0.005 14th 4% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 0.44 20th -0.005 15th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 2nd -0.003 16th 13% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 14th -0.002 17th 2% below peers
DeSoto, TX 0.41 8th -0.001 18th 7% below peers
Peabody, MA 0.44 22nd +0.000 19th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 25th +0.003 20th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 1st +0.003 21st 14% below peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 4th +0.003 22nd 9% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 29th +0.005 23rd 17% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 13th +0.005 24th 3% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 16th +0.006 25th on par with peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 0.42 12th +0.012* 26th 3% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 23rd +0.017 27th 2% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 26th +0.019 28th 11% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 19th +0.020 29th 1% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 5th +0.028 30th 9% below peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 27th +0.036 31st 12% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (18.8% then, 18.5% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 3.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (21.6% to 18.5%).
Needs attention 18.5%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 15.4% -1.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 1st -1.8pp 1st 62% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 58% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 38% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.4% 20th -3.8pp 4th 29% above peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 7th -1.5pp 5th 46% below peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 23rd -3.6pp 6th 53% above peers
Burleson, TX 4.9% 5th -1.1pp 7th 53% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 10th -1.2pp 8th 35% below peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 13th -1.6pp 9th 11% below peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 12th -1.3pp 10th 25% below peers
Peabody, MA 10.3% 16th -1.6pp 11th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 17th -1.3pp 12th 6% above peers
Olympia, WA 15.3% 22nd -1.4pp 13th 48% above peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 24th -1.1pp 14th 69% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 11th -0.4pp 15th 26% below peers
Anderson, IN 20.7% 28th -0.9pp 16th 100% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.2% 14th -0.3pp 17th 11% below peers
Albany, OR 18.5% 25th -0.3pp 18th 79% above peers
Valdosta, GA 23.8% 31st +0.1pp 19th 130% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 6th +0.1pp 20th 53% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 12.6% 19th +0.6pp 21st 22% above peers
Mooresville, NC 6.6% 9th +0.8pp 22nd 36% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 19.8% 27th +2.6pp 23rd 91% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 20.7% 29th +2.9pp 24th 100% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 26th +3.0pp 25th 87% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.8% 21st +2.5pp 26th 43% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 23.1% 30th +4.4pp 27th 123% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 4th +1.0pp 28th 55% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.3% 3rd +1.3pp 29th 58% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 15th +4.0pp 30th 9% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 11.6% 18th 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $434,335 in August 2026, up from $433,369 a year earlier.
$434,335
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref $496,113 (Aug 26) -0.1%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Orland Park, IL $413,308 (Aug 26) 18th +6.2% 1st 8% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $301,042 (Aug 26) 24th +6.1% 2nd 33% below peers
Valdosta, GA $214,117 (Aug 26) 28th +4.0% 3rd 52% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $372,848 (Aug 26) 19th +3.3% 4th 17% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $500,079 (Aug 26) 11th +2.6% 5th 12% above peers
Kettering, OH $247,139 (Aug 26) 27th +2.5% 6th 45% below peers
National City, CA $695,171 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 7th 55% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $330,955 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 8th 26% below peers
Anderson, IN $135,767 (Aug 26) 29th +2.0% 9th 70% below peers
Highland, CA $539,248 (Aug 26) 6th +1.6% 10th 20% above peers
Southaven, MS $273,007 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 11th 39% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $911,771 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 12th 103% above peers
Peabody, MA $696,552 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.1% 13th 55% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $492,974 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 14th 10% above peers
Lincoln, CA $640,640 (Aug 26) 4th +0.7% 15th 43% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $448,096 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 16th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ $519,451 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 17th 16% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $483,140 (Aug 26) 13th +0.6% 18th 8% above peers
Albany, OR $434,335 (Aug 26) 17th +0.2% 19th 3% below peers
Olympia, WA $529,479 (Aug 26) 7th -0.2% 20th 18% above peers
Mooresville, NC $478,099 (Aug 26) 14th -0.3% 21st 7% above peers
Bartlett, TN $320,892 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.9% 22nd 28% below peers
Kingsport, TN $257,154 (Aug 26) 26th -0.9% 23rd 43% below peers
Burleson, TX $337,266 (Aug 26) 20th -0.9% 24th 25% below peers
Tigard, OR $602,382 (Aug 26) 5th -1.4% 25th 34% above peers
DeSoto, TX $320,428 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.4% 26th 28% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $524,205 (Aug 26) 8th -2.1% 27th 17% above peers
Smyrna, GA $443,309 (Aug 26) 16th -2.2% 28th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $502,803 (Aug 26) 10th -3.2% 29th 12% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $343,606 in August 2026, up from $342,630 a year earlier.
$343,606
2003August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref $350,089 (Aug 26) +0.2%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Oak Lawn, IL $201,303 (Aug 26) 25th +5.2% 1st 38% below peers
Orland Park, IL $289,176 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 2nd 10% below peers
National City, CA $571,379 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.4% 3rd 77% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $289,674 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 4th 10% below peers
Valdosta, GA $113,771 (Aug 26) 28th +4.4% 5th 65% below peers
Kettering, OH $182,217 (Aug 26) 26th +3.7% 6th 43% below peers
Highland, CA $425,262 (Aug 26) 8th +3.4% 7th 32% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $415,835 (Aug 26) 9th +3.2% 8th 29% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $352,436 (Aug 26) 13th +3.1% 9th 9% above peers
Anderson, IN $80,917 (Aug 26) 29th +2.7% 10th 75% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $438,088 (Aug 26) 6th +2.7% 11th 36% above peers
Southaven, MS $203,427 (Aug 26) 24th +2.1% 12th 37% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $243,482 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.7% 13th 24% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $412,639 (Aug 26) 10th +0.9% 14th 28% above peers
Peabody, MA $554,211 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 15th 72% above peers
Bartlett, TN $253,907 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.7% 16th 21% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $728,534 (Aug 26) 1st +0.6% 17th 126% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $395,812 (Aug 26) 12th +0.4% 18th 23% above peers
Olympia, WA $430,487 (Aug 26) 7th +0.3% 19th 34% above peers
Albany, OR $343,606 (Aug 26) 14th +0.3% 20th 7% above peers
Lincoln, CA $522,636 (Aug 26) 4th +0.3% 21st 62% above peers
Mooresville, NC $322,437 (Aug 26) 15th +0.2% 22nd on par with peers
Kingsport, TN $158,764 (Aug 26) 27th -0.6% 23rd 51% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $403,850 (Aug 26) 11th -0.6% 24th 25% above peers
DeSoto, TX $264,683 (Aug 26) 20th -0.7% 25th 18% below peers
Tigard, OR $469,424 (Aug 26) 5th -1.5% 26th 46% above peers
Burleson, TX $259,821 (Aug 26) 21st -2.2% 27th 19% below peers
Smyrna, GA $306,933 (Aug 26) 17th -2.3% 28th 5% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $308,838 (Aug 26) 16th -4.1% 29th 4% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.8% then, 58.9% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.0% to 58.9%).
Needs attention 58.9%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 63.3% +0.9pp
United States ref 65.2%
Perth Amboy, NJ 35.4% 29th +6.8pp 1st 45% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 75.0% 7th +10.6pp 2nd 17% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 3rd 67% below peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 28th +4.1pp 4th 35% below peers
DeSoto, TX 69.6% 12th +6.1pp 5th 9% above peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 9th +5.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 21st +4.1pp 7th 7% below peers
Olympia, WA 49.8% 26th +2.8pp 8th 22% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 60.2% 19th +3.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Lincoln, CA 83.9% 3rd +4.2pp 10th 31% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 15th +2.5pp 11th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 5th +3.0pp 12th 29% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 4th +2.2pp 13th 30% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 10th +1.5pp 14th 12% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 16th +1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 6th +1.3pp 16th 28% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 11th +1.0pp 17th 11% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 44.8% 27th +0.6pp 18th 30% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 13th +0.6pp 19th 6% above peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 2nd +0.4pp 20th 34% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 18th +0.1pp 21st 4% below peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 22nd +0.1pp 22nd 8% below peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 23rd +0.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
Peabody, MA 65.6% 14th -0.2pp 24th 2% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 73.1% 8th -0.6pp* 25th 14% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 25th -0.5pp 26th 20% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 27th 34% above peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 28th 46% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 24th -1.4pp 29th 13% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 20th -2.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 17th -2.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,738 in August 2026, up from $1,714 a year earlier.
$1,738
2022August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Orland Park, IL $2,759 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.9% 1st 49% above peers
Valdosta, GA $1,349 (Aug 26) 27th +4.0% 2nd 27% below peers
San Jacinto, CA $2,459 (Aug 26) 7th +3.9% 3rd 33% above peers
Highland, CA $2,593 (Aug 26) 6th +3.9% 4th 40% above peers
Anderson, IN $1,079 (Aug 26) 29th +3.8% 5th 42% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,085 (Aug 26) 14th +3.7% 6th 13% above peers
Smyrna, GA $1,665 (Aug 26) 21st +3.4% 7th 10% below peers
Kingsport, TN $1,294 (Aug 26) 28th +3.2% 8th 30% below peers
Kettering, OH $1,383 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 25% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $1,557 (Aug 26) 24th +2.9% 10th 16% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $1,744 (Aug 26) 18th +2.8% 11th 6% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $2,263 (Aug 26) 11th +2.4% 12th 22% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $2,731 (Aug 26) 4th +2.4% 13th 47% above peers
Olympia, WA $2,005 (Aug 26) 15th +2.3% 14th 8% above peers
National City, CA $2,457 (Aug 26) 8th +1.9% 15th 33% above peers
Lincoln, CA $2,922 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 16th 58% above peers
Albany, OR $1,738 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 17th 6% below peers
Peabody, MA $2,857 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.3% 18th 54% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,616 (Aug 26) 5th +1.3% 19th 41% above peers
Mooresville, NC $1,655 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.7% 20th 11% below peers
Southaven, MS $1,560 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.5% 21st 16% below peers
Tigard, OR $1,852 (Aug 26) 16th +0.2% 22nd on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL $2,428 (Aug 26) 9th -0.3% 23rd 31% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,470 (Aug 26) 25th -0.4% 24th 21% below peers
DeSoto, TX $2,130 (Aug 26) 13th -0.7% 25th 15% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,844 (Aug 26) 17th -0.9% 26th on par with peers
Burleson, TX $1,731 (Aug 26) 20th -1.0% 27th 7% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10th 28% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 12th 16% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.2% to 36.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.9% to 36.6%).
Needs attention 36.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 35.0% +0.5pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Oak Lawn, IL 31.0% 10th -3.8pp 1st 6% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 30th -6.2pp 2nd 61% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 46.6% 28th -4.6pp 3rd 42% above peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 13th -3.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 1st -2.0pp 5th 35% below peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 6th -2.6pp 6th 14% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 15th -2.6pp 7th on par with peers
San Jacinto, CA 41.1% 25th -2.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 23% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 25.1% 4th -0.5pp* 10th 24% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 24th +0.0pp 11th 24% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 12th 36% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 29th +0.3pp 13th 54% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 5th +0.2pp 14th 22% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 7th +0.3pp 15th 11% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55.1% 31st +1.1pp 16th 67% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 37.7% 20th +1.0pp 17th 15% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 8th +0.8pp 18th 10% below peers
Olympia, WA 40.5% 23rd +1.4pp 19th 23% above peers
Peabody, MA 38.1% 21st +2.0pp 20th 16% above peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 19th +2.4pp 21st 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 3rd +2.4pp 22nd 24% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 16th +3.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 2nd +2.5pp 24th 33% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 11th +3.6pp 25th 5% below peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 18th +4.4pp 26th 11% above peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 14th +4.0pp 27th 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 17th +4.3pp 28th 1% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 9th +5.1pp 29th 6% below peers
DeSoto, TX 45.2% 27th +10.0pp 30th 37% above peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 12th +7.8pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 5.5% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.0% to 5.5%).
5.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 7.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Jacinto, CA 3.5% 6th -3.4pp 1st 34% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 12.7% 29th -8.3pp 2nd 143% above peers
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 46% below peers
DeSoto, TX 4.0% 10th -1.9pp 4th 23% below peers
Peabody, MA 8.5% 23rd -3.6pp 5th 63% above peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 14th -1.9pp 6th 12% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 5th -1.2pp 7th 34% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 26th -3.3pp 8th 82% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 25th -2.8pp 9th 71% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 20th -2.2pp 10th 40% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 19th -1.6pp 11th 17% above peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 1st -0.5pp 12th 64% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 7th -0.8pp 13th 30% below peers
Olympia, WA 7.6% 21st -1.3pp 14th 45% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 8th -0.6pp 15th 26% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 4th -0.4pp 16th 46% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 17th 403% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 17th -0.4pp 18th 5% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 15th -0.3pp 19th 12% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 12th -0.2pp 20th 21% below peers
National City, CA 10.9% 27th -0.3pp 21st 108% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 7.7% 22nd -0.2pp 22nd 47% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.9% 30th -0.3pp 23rd 298% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 18th -0.0pp 24th 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 9th +0.3pp 25th 23% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 16th +0.4pp 26th on par with peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.7% 24th +1.4pp* 27th 65% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 28th +1.9pp 28th 117% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 13th +1.2pp 29th 15% below peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 59% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 11th +1.4pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.8% then, 6.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.4% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 5.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Tigard, OR 3.1% 5th -4.3pp 1st 60% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 8th -2.4pp 2nd 45% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.9% 20th -3.9pp 3rd 15% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 4th 67% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 1st -0.7pp 5th 70% below peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 6th -1.0pp 6th 51% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 13th -1.6pp 7th 21% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 24th -2.7pp 8th 40% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 8.2% 18th -2.0pp 9th 5% above peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 17th -1.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.2% 21st -1.3pp 11th 18% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 22nd -1.1pp 12th 37% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 15th -0.7pp 13th 4% below peers
Olympia, WA 5.6% 11th -0.4pp 14th 27% below peers
Peabody, MA 2.4% 2nd -0.1pp 15th 69% below peers
National City, CA 12.2% 26th -0.5pp 16th 58% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.7% 4th -0.1pp* 17th 65% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.8% 28th -0.2pp 18th 117% above peers
Albany, OR 6.8% 14th -0.0pp 19th 12% below peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 23rd +0.0pp 20th 37% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.8% 16th +0.0pp 21st on par with peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 10th +0.2pp 22nd 27% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 25th +0.8pp 23rd 54% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.8% 19th +0.7pp 24th 14% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 7th +0.3pp 25th 46% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 28.0% 31st +2.3pp 26th 261% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.0% 29th +2.8pp 27th 158% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.5% 9th +1.1pp 28th 29% below peers
Bartlett, TN 5.8% 12th +1.2pp 29th 26% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.6% 30th +4.8pp 30th 192% above peers
DeSoto, TX 13.1% 27th +3.8pp 31st 69% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.2%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 31.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 1st 46% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 2nd 22% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 3rd 16% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 4th 16% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 29.0% 5th 15% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 6th 14% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 7th 14% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 8th 13% below peers
Peabody, MA 29.9% 9th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 10th 11% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 11th 9% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 12th 7% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 13th 3% below peers
Olympia, WA 33.6% 14th 2% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 15th on par with peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ 35.0% 17th 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 18th 3% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 19th 5% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 20th 5% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 21st 9% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 37.4% 22nd 9% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 23rd 10% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.7% 24th 10% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 25th 11% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 26th 12% above peers
DeSoto, TX 38.4% 27th 12% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 28th 18% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 29th 23% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 30th 24% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.5% then, 2.8% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 2.8%).
2.8%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 3.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 18th -8.6pp 2nd 25% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 2.5% 8th -3.9pp 3rd 23% below peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 14th -2.7pp 4th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 7th -2.2pp 5th 27% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 11th -2.2pp 6th 16% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 5th -1.4pp 7th 34% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 19th -2.2pp 8th 33% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 9th 35% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 21st -2.0pp 10th 38% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 3rd -0.7pp 11th 35% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 16th -0.8pp 12th on par with peers
National City, CA 5.9% 23rd -1.2pp 13th 84% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 10th -0.5pp 14th 18% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 6th -0.3pp 15th 28% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.6% 30th -0.5pp 16th 324% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 24th -0.1pp 17th 120% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 28th +0.3pp 18th 266% above peers
Peabody, MA 1.7% 2nd +0.2pp 19th 48% below peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 22nd +0.7pp 20th 55% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 25th +1.7pp 21st 209% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 26th +2.3pp 22nd 218% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 12.1% 29th +2.7pp 23rd 277% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 15th +0.7pp 24th 8% below peers
Olympia, WA 3.7% 17th +1.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 20th +1.5pp 26th 38% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 13th +1.0pp 27th 14% below peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 27th +5.1pp 28th 256% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.5% 9th +1.2pp* 29th 22% below peers
DeSoto, TX 13.9% 31st +7.8pp 30th 336% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 2.7% 12th +2.6pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.4% then, 29.4% now; margin ±3.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.6% to 29.4%).
Needs attention 29.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 36.8% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Burleson, TX 34.0% 15th +7.6pp 1st 8% above peers
National City, CA 18.1% 28th +3.9pp 2nd 43% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 23rd +4.0pp 3rd 23% below peers
Olympia, WA 51.8% 3rd +8.1pp 4th 64% above peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 8th +6.2pp 5th 32% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 19th +4.4pp 6th 6% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 34.5% 14th +5.1pp 7th 9% above peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 9th +5.8pp 8th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 17th +4.4pp 9th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 7th +5.7pp 10th 36% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 4th +6.8pp 11th 61% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 21st +3.7pp 12th 9% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 11th +4.4pp 13th 15% above peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 5th +5.3pp 14th 44% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.0% 27th +2.5pp 15th 30% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 14.2% 31st +1.5pp 16th 55% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 2nd +5.9pp 17th 88% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 1st +6.2pp 18th 103% above peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 22nd +2.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 20th +2.1pp 20th 7% below peers
DeSoto, TX 30.1% 18th +1.9pp 21st 5% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 39.4% 10th +2.0pp* 22nd 25% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 16th +1.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 26th +0.8pp 24th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 25th +0.8pp 25th 26% below peers
Peabody, MA 35.0% 13th +1.0pp 26th 11% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 15.7% 30th +0.3pp 27th 50% below peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 6th +1.0pp 28th 44% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 24th -0.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 29th -0.3pp 30th 50% below peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 12th -0.6pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.9% then, 29.4% now; margin ±15.8pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.3% to 29.4%).
Needs attention 29.4%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 41.8% -4.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Anderson, IN 26.6% 29th +5.2pp 1st 45% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 77.3% 2nd +13.9pp* 2nd 61% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 17th +6.0pp 3rd 14% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 67.7% 3rd +9.3pp 4th 41% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 18th +5.0pp 5th 15% below peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 7th +7.0pp 6th 21% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 14th +3.6pp 7th 3% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 4th +2.6pp 8th 29% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 78.3% 1st +1.5pp 9th 63% above peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 15th +0.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 26th +0.1pp 11th 35% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 10th -1.5pp 12th 13% above peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 16th -1.4pp 13th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 5th -2.5pp 14th 29% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 8th -5.8pp 15th 19% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 11th -6.3pp 16th 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 13th -6.1pp 17th 6% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 22nd -5.3pp 18th 26% below peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 19th -6.5pp 19th 15% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 38.4% 20th -8.6pp 20th 20% below peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 12th -14.5pp 21st 8% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 9th -15.6pp 22nd 14% above peers
DeSoto, TX 59.9% 6th -17.6pp 23rd 25% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 27th -9.6pp 24th 39% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 21st -12.5pp 25th 23% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 24th -13.8pp 26th 30% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 23rd -15.1pp 27th 27% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 24.3% 31st -11.6pp 28th 49% below peers
Peabody, MA 31.9% 25th -15.5pp 29th 33% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 30th -19.2pp 30th 49% below peers
Olympia, WA 28.5% 28th -25.6pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 8.8% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 8.8%).
Needs attention 8.8%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 8.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 2nd -5.3pp 1st 56% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 5th -3.1pp 2nd 44% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 16th -5.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 19th -5.4pp 4th 6% above peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 3rd -2.3pp 5th 50% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 7th -1.8pp 6th 37% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 18th -1.1pp 7th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 6th -0.3pp 8th 42% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 10.3% 25th -0.6pp 9th 44% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 1st -0.1pp 10th 66% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 12th -0.0pp 11th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 31st +0.1pp 12th 99% above peers
Peabody, MA 5.3% 11th +0.1pp 13th 25% below peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 24th +0.6pp 14th 39% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 15th +0.5pp 15th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 16th 35% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 17th 36% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10.9% 26th +1.5pp 18th 53% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.2% 30th +2.2pp 19th 99% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 20th +1.5pp 20th 22% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 13th +1.2pp 21st 15% below peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 14th +1.8pp 22nd 6% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 17th +2.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.9% 22nd +2.8pp* 24th 25% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 21st +3.0pp 25th 23% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 23rd +3.3pp 26th 33% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 12.3% 28th +4.8pp 27th 73% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 10th +2.4pp 28th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 4th +1.8pp 29th 47% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 13.2% 29th +6.8pp 30th 84% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 27th +6.9pp 31st 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53,521 to 56,839 - more than the combined survey margin (±113).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 11% from 2014 to 2024 (51,210 to 56,839).
Big move 56,839
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mooresville, NC 52,381 31st +38% 1st 7% below peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 30th +15% 2nd 6% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 55,180 25th +15% 3rd 2% below peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 29th +12% 4th 6% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 28th +11% 5th 4% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 55,236 24th +10% 6th 2% below peers
Olympia, WA 55,951 19th +9% 7th on par with peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55,855 21st +8% 8th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 56,839 10th +6% 9th 1% above peers
DeSoto, TX 56,211 17th +6% 10th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 15th +5% 11th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 18th +5% 12th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 16th +4% 13th on par with peers
Peabody, MA 54,695 27th +3% 14th 3% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 54,927 26th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 7th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 56,675 12th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 9th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 22nd +2% 19th 2% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 14th +1% 20th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 13th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 20th +0% 22nd 1% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 56,806 11th -0%* 23rd 1% above peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 6th -1% 24th 3% above peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 23rd -2% 25th 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 5th -2% 26th 3% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 1st -2% 27th 5% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 4th -2% 28th 3% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 3rd -2% 29th 4% above peers
National City, CA 58,893 2nd -4% 30th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 8th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±47 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.7% to 24.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children rose 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.8% to 24.4%).
Big move 24.5%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 19.9% -1.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Plainfield, NJ 28.9% 1st +2.9pp 1st 34% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 12th +2.1pp 2nd 8% above peers
Peabody, MA 18.7% 25th +1.6pp 3rd 13% below peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 9th +1.7pp 4th 13% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 17th +1.0pp 5th on par with peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 13th +0.7pp 6th 6% above peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 2nd +0.9pp 7th 33% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 21st +0.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 22nd +0.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 11th +0.2pp 10th 8% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 19th +0.2pp 11th 3% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 27th +0.1pp 12th 19% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 5th +0.1pp 13th 21% above peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 14th -0.2pp 14th 5% above peers
Olympia, WA 17.8% 26th -0.2pp 15th 18% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 17.4% 28th -0.4pp* 16th 19% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 29th -0.5pp 17th 22% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 25.3% 7th -0.8pp 18th 17% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 19th 31% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 20th -0.8pp 20th 3% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 16th -0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 6th -1.1pp 22nd 18% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 18th -1.3pp 23rd 1% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 27.6% 4th -1.7pp 24th 28% above peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 24th -1.3pp 25th 7% below peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 10th -1.9pp 26th 12% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 8th -2.3pp 27th 16% above peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 3rd -2.7pp 28th 29% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 29th 50% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 22.6% 15th -4.4pp 30th 5% above peers
DeSoto, TX 20.6% 23rd -6.1pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.6% then, 30.5% now; margin ±7.3pp). 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.*

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 9.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.7% to 30.5%).
30.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 28.2% +1.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 21st +12.4pp 1st 14% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 13th +10.4pp 2nd 5% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 14th +7.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 7th +8.9pp 4th 47% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 15th +5.6pp* 5th 2% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 6th 46% below peers
Olympia, WA 39.5% 10th +6.5pp 7th 29% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 9th +4.9pp 8th 34% above peers
DeSoto, TX 43.7% 8th +5.2pp 9th 43% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 6th +5.1pp 10th 48% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 11th 98% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 55.8% 2nd +5.9pp 12th 83% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.1% 11th +3.4pp 13th 22% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 30.2% 17th +2.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 54.0% 3rd +3.2pp 15th 77% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 23rd +0.6pp 16th 21% below peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 18th -0.0pp 17th 6% below peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 4th -0.3pp 18th 71% above peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 24th -0.2pp 19th 23% below peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 19th -0.3pp 20th 10% below peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 16th -1.1pp 21st on par with peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 5th -2.0pp 22nd 59% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 28th -1.1pp 23rd 39% below peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 29th -1.0pp 24th 45% below peers
Peabody, MA 24.4% 22nd -1.5pp 25th 20% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 20th -2.8pp 26th 13% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 12th -3.5pp 27th 9% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 27th -2.6pp 28th 36% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 26th -3.9pp 29th 32% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 25th -7.2pp 30th 26% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 31st -5.2pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.2% then, 68.3% now; margin ±13.5pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.6% to 68.3%).
68.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 66.2% +1.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
New Brunswick, NJ 83.7% 2nd +26.1pp 1st 21% above peers
Olympia, WA 69.1% 16th +19.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 21st +14.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 54.2% 31st +10.9pp 4th 22% below peers
National City, CA 69.4% 15th +13.0pp 5th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 5th +14.1pp 6th 16% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 14th +10.9pp 7th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 11th +11.2pp 8th 9% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 7th +10.6pp 9th 16% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 84.9% 1st +10.7pp* 10th 23% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 81.0% 4th +9.5pp 11th 17% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 6th +8.9pp 12th 16% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 3rd +9.0pp 13th 18% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 9th +7.5pp 14th 12% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 13th +6.5pp 15th 4% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 72.3% 12th +5.8pp 16th 5% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 18th +5.1pp 17th 1% below peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 22nd +1.8pp 18th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 17th +1.2pp 19th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 75.2% 10th +0.9pp 20th 9% above peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 20th +0.6pp 21st 2% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 27th +0.2pp 22nd 8% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 23rd -0.5pp 23rd 5% below peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 24th -0.5pp 24th 5% below peers
Peabody, MA 78.3% 8th -3.5pp 25th 13% above peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 19th -3.8pp 26th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 29th -4.2pp 27th 13% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 63.7% 26th -4.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 28th -7.0pp 29th 12% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 25th -10.8pp 30th 7% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 30th -19.8pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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6 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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