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Medford, OR

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86,315 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 15 indicators

Where Medford, OR shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$73,230
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
$50,116 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.6%
2020-24
▼ 38%
relative change
9.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
53.8%
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
39.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
13.8%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
21.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
136 /100k
May 2026
▼ 26%
relative change
184 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
13.0%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
17.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.8%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
8.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
30.1%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
25.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
308 /100k
May 2026
▼ 19%
relative change
379 a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
21.1%
2019-23
▼ 12%
relative change
23.9% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
56.3%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
51.4% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.6%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
85.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.9%
2020-24
▼ 35%
relative change
4.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.7%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
8.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Medford, OR shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Property crime
Property crime rate
3,520 /100k
May 2026
flat
relative change
3,515 a year earlier
Behind peers, dropping too slowly Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.9%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
41.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 3 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
86,315
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
81,145 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,721
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,663 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
58.6%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
65.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 19% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 308 in May 2026, down from 379 a year earlier.
308 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Danbury, CT 93 (May 26) 1st -68.2% 1st 64% below peers
Bloomington, MN 226 (May 26) 8th -21.0% 2nd 12% below peers
Sioux City, IA 448 (May 26) 15th -19.9% 3rd 75% above peers
Medford, OR 308 (May 26) 10th -18.7% 4th 20% above peers
Mission, TX 124 (May 26) 3rd -18.4% 5th 51% below peers
Folsom, CA 142 (May 26) 4th -17.4% 6th 44% below peers
Troy, MI 94 (May 26) 2nd -15.2% 7th 63% below peers
Livermore, CA 183 (Apr 26) 6th -12.0% 8th 28% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 357 (May 26) 12th -9.1% 9th 40% above peers
Lawrence, MA 402 (May 26) 13th -0.8% 10th 57% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 325 (May 26) 11th -0.4% 11th 27% above peers
Baytown, TX 439 (May 26) 14th +1.3% 12th 71% above peers
Ogden, UT 470 (May 26) 16th +1.5% 13th 84% above peers
Georgetown, TX 150 (May 26) 5th +8.4% 14th 41% below peers
Duluth, MN 256 (May 26) 9th +14.7% 15th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 188 (May 26) 7th +25.0% 16th 27% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • Appleton, WI down about 34% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2023-2026
  • Janesville, WI down about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3,520 in May 2026, up from 3,515 a year earlier.
3,520 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Danbury, CT 885 (May 26) 4th -30.7% 1st 48% below peers
Franklin, TN 677 (May 26) 1st -25.0% 2nd 60% below peers
Livermore, CA 1,688 (Apr 26) 9th -23.7% 3rd on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 803 (May 26) 3rd -21.9% 4th 52% below peers
Georgetown, TX 745 (May 26) 2nd -19.8% 5th 56% below peers
Baytown, TX 2,236 (May 26) 12th -19.8% 6th 32% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 1,763 (May 26) 10th -19.5% 7th 4% above peers
Troy, MI 930 (May 26) 5th -17.9% 8th 45% below peers
Mission, TX 1,083 (May 26) 6th -16.6% 9th 36% below peers
Folsom, CA 1,117 (May 26) 7th -13.8% 10th 34% below peers
Sioux City, IA 2,729 (May 26) 13th -11.7% 11th 62% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 1,810 (May 26) 11th -8.8% 12th 7% above peers
Ogden, UT 1,685 (May 26) 8th -5.2% 13th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 2,872 (May 26) 14th -3.5% 14th 70% above peers
Bloomington, MN 2,896 (May 26) 15th -2.2% 15th 72% above peers
Medford, OR 3,520 (May 26) 16th +0.2% 16th 109% above peers
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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 →
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2022-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 25% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide held steady from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1 in May 2026, down from 2 a year earlier.
1 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Danbury, CT 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Troy, MI 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Franklin, TN 1 (May 26) 4th -66.6% 4th 7% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 1 (May 26) 7th -50.2% 5th 3% below peers
Medford, OR 1 (May 26) 8th -50.0% 6th 3% below peers
Mission, TX 1 (May 26) 6th -50.0% 7th 6% below peers
Folsom, CA 1 (May 26) 5th -50.0% 8th 7% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 2 (May 26) 10th -33.2% 9th 105% above peers
Lawrence, MA 4 (May 26) 12th -20.1% 10th 276% above peers
Duluth, MN 6 (May 26) 13th -16.6% 11th 376% above peers
Sioux City, IA 3 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 12th 189% above peers
Livermore, CA 1 (Apr 26) 9th +0.0% 13th on par with peers
Baytown, TX 7 (May 26) 14th +41.2% 14th 485% above peers
Ogden, UT 8 (May 26) 15th +133.5% 15th 561% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9 (May 26) 16th 652% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 26% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 136 in May 2026, down from 184 a year earlier.
136 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 16 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Mission, TX 26 (May 26) 1st -42.5% 1st 77% below peers
Livermore, CA 250 (Apr 26) 15th -39.3% 2nd 126% above peers
Danbury, CT 74 (May 26) 6th -33.3% 3rd 33% below peers
Baytown, TX 297 (May 26) 16th -28.9% 4th 170% above peers
Lawrence, MA 76 (May 26) 7th -27.7% 5th 31% below peers
Medford, OR 136 (May 26) 10th -26.4% 6th 23% above peers
Georgetown, TX 55 (May 26) 4th -26.2% 7th 50% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 208 (May 26) 13th -25.3% 8th 89% above peers
Bloomington, MN 110 (May 26) 9th -23.0% 9th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 102 (May 26) 8th -22.4% 10th 8% below peers
Franklin, TN 54 (May 26) 3rd -15.5% 11th 51% below peers
Sioux City, IA 244 (May 26) 14th -13.1% 12th 122% above peers
Troy, MI 62 (May 26) 5th -12.5% 13th 43% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 176 (May 26) 12th -11.0% 14th 60% above peers
Folsom, CA 48 (May 26) 2nd -8.5% 15th 57% below peers
Ogden, UT 149 (May 26) 11th -8.3% 16th 36% above peers
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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 →
  • Bellingham, WA down about 58% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 28% a year · 2021-2026
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 46% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $50,116 to $73,230 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,013). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 73% from 2014 to 2024 ($42,366 to $73,230).
$73,230
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref $83,011 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Medford, OR $73,230 21st +46% 1st 12% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 22nd +45% 2nd 13% below peers
Hawthorne, CA $75,848 18th +40% 3rd 9% below peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 23rd +39% 4th 16% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 8th +39% 5th 27% above peers
Melbourne, FL $66,991 26th +38% 6th 20% below peers
Lehi, UT $131,299 5th +37% 7th 57% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 28th +35% 8th 28% below peers
North Port, FL $84,049 15th +35% 9th 1% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL $73,538 20th +35% 10th 12% below peers
Auburn, WA $97,884 10th +34% 11th 17% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $82,314 17th +32% 12th 1% below peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 25th +31% 13th 17% below peers
San Leandro, CA $101,420 9th +30% 14th 22% above peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 31st +30% 15th 29% below peers
Georgetown, TX $95,062 12th +29% 16th 14% above peers
Livermore, CA $160,775 2nd +26% 17th 93% above peers
Whittier, CA $97,201 11th +26% 18th 17% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 27th +24% 19th 27% below peers
Sioux City, IA $68,906 24th +24% 20th 17% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 30th +24% 21st 28% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 13th +24% 22nd 12% above peers
Kennewick, WA $73,576 19th +24% 23rd 12% below peers
Lake Forest, CA $135,175 4th +23% 24th 62% above peers
Folsom, CA $139,804 3rd +22% 25th 68% above peers
San Ramon, CA $196,161 1st +22% 26th 135% above peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 7th +22% 27th 43% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $89,891 14th +22% 28th 8% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 6th +18% 29th 44% above peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 16th +14% 30th on par with peers
Baytown, TX $59,910 29th +5% 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,573 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 55% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.3% in May 2026, unchanged from 5.3% a year earlier.
5.3%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 5.2% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Citrus Heights, CA 4.0% (May 26) 12th -0.6pp 1st 5% below peers
San Leandro, CA 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.5pp 2nd 5% below peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.4pp 3rd 17% below peers
Lawrence, MA 5.9% (May 26) 29th -0.4pp 4th 40% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.3% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 5th 21% below peers
Sioux City, IA 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 6th 29% below peers
Livermore, CA 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 7th 17% below peers
San Ramon, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 8th 5% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 9th 36% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 10th 40% below peers
Lehi, UT 3.3% (May 26) 6th -0.1pp 11th 21% below peers
Whittier, CA 5.2% (May 26) 25th -0.1pp 12th 24% above peers
Medford, OR 5.3% (May 26) 27th +0.0pp 13th 26% above peers
Mission, TX 5.3% (May 26) 28th +0.0pp 14th 26% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 5.2% (May 26) 26th +0.0pp 15th 24% above peers
Ogden, UT 3.8% (May 26) 10th +0.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.0% (May 26) 4th +0.1pp 17th 29% below peers
Kennewick, WA 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +0.2pp 18th 17% above peers
Bryan, TX 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.2pp 19th 17% below peers
Bloomington, MN 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Georgetown, TX 4.4% (May 26) 19th +0.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Auburn, WA 5.1% (May 26) 23rd +0.6pp 22nd 21% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 4.3% (May 26) 17th +0.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Baytown, TX 6.9% (May 26) 30th +0.6pp 24th 64% above peers
Troy, MI 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.7pp 25th 7% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.2% (May 26) 16th +0.8pp 26th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 4.5% (May 26) 20th +1.0pp 27th 7% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.3% (May 26) 18th +1.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Melbourne, FL 4.7% (May 26) 21st +1.1pp 29th 12% above peers
North Port, FL 5.1% (May 26) 24th +1.3pp 30th 21% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.0% to 13.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.0% to 13.0%).
13.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 11.7% -1.0pp
United States ref 12.0%
Franklin, TN 4.6% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 59% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 11.2% 16th -4.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 8.5% 11th -2.9pp 3rd 24% below peers
Springdale, AR 13.2% 19th -4.2pp 4th 18% above peers
Medford, OR 13.0% 18th -4.0pp 5th 16% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.0% 4th -1.4pp 6th 56% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.3% 20th -3.5pp 7th 19% above peers
Lawrence, MA 17.4% 28th -3.6pp 8th 55% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.8% 12th -1.7pp 9th 21% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.2% 9th -1.3pp 10th 27% below peers
Mission, TX 19.3% 30th -3.1pp 11th 72% above peers
North Port, FL 6.7% 7th -0.8pp 12th 41% below peers
Whittier, CA 8.9% 13th -0.8pp 13th 21% below peers
Kennewick, WA 14.1% 22nd -1.2pp 14th 25% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.8% 23rd -1.1pp 15th 31% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.9% 27th -1.1pp 16th 42% above peers
Melbourne, FL 15.1% 25th -0.4pp 17th 35% above peers
Folsom, CA 5.0% 5th -0.1pp 18th 55% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 15.4% 26th +0.1pp 19th 37% above peers
Bryan, TX 22.1% 31st +0.4pp 20th 97% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.4% 17th +0.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 52% below peers
Sioux City, IA 14.8% 24th +1.0pp 23rd 32% above peers
Livermore, CA 4.8% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 57% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 13.9% 21st +1.5pp 25th 24% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 9.5% 15th +1.1pp 26th 16% below peers
Georgetown, TX 7.8% 8th +1.0pp 27th 31% below peers
San Ramon, CA 4.3% 1st +0.6pp 28th 61% below peers
Baytown, TX 18.1% 29th +3.1pp 29th 61% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 8.5% 10th +1.5pp 30th 25% below peers
Bloomington, MN 9.1% 14th +1.7pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.9% to 13.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 17.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.1% to 13.8%).
13.8%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 13.2% -3.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 73% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 11.0% 12th -13.3pp 2nd 16% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 7.4% 9th -6.5pp 3rd 43% below peers
San Leandro, CA 7.0% 8th -5.7pp 4th 46% below peers
Livermore, CA 2.7% 1st -2.1pp 5th 79% below peers
Medford, OR 13.8% 17th -8.1pp 6th 5% above peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 22nd -8.7pp 7th 39% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.5% 6th -2.5pp 8th 58% below peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 5th -1.9pp 9th 68% below peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 3rd -1.4pp 10th 72% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 20th -6.5pp 11th 27% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 28th -7.2pp 12th 88% above peers
Georgetown, TX 6.2% 7th -1.5pp 13th 52% below peers
Kennewick, WA 18.6% 23rd -2.7pp 14th 42% above peers
Auburn, WA 13.1% 16th -1.8pp 15th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 27th -2.7pp 16th 84% above peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 31st -3.3pp 17th 126% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 24th -1.9pp 18th 48% above peers
North Port, FL 7.8% 10th -0.4pp 19th 40% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 21.2% 26th -0.8pp 20th 62% above peers
Whittier, CA 11.3% 13th -0.4pp 21st 14% below peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 21st -0.4pp 22nd 28% above peers
Sioux City, IA 20.4% 25th +1.0pp 23rd 56% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 10.3% 11th +0.7pp 24th 21% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 12.4% 14th +1.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Melbourne, FL 25.9% 29th +3.3pp 26th 98% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 18th +2.2pp 27th 19% above peers
Baytown, TX 26.8% 30th +5.2pp 28th 105% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 15th +3.2pp 29th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 19th +4.4pp 30th 21% above peers
San Ramon, CA 3.6% 4th +1.0pp 31st 72% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.4% to 91.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 11.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.2% to 91.6%).
91.6%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 92.6% +6.2pp
United States ref 91.1%
Springdale, AR 91.2% 23rd +18.5pp 1st 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 31st +12.7pp 2nd 9% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 25th +12.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Baytown, TX 91.7% 20th +12.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 13th +12.4pp 5th on par with peers
Hawthorne, CA 93.7% 14th +10.1pp 6th on par with peers
Whittier, CA 92.3% 19th +9.8pp 7th 1% below peers
Sioux City, IA 87.1% 29th +9.0pp 8th 7% below peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 27th +8.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 30th +8.4pp 10th 7% below peers
Kennewick, WA 91.2% 24th +7.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 95.5% 8th +7.8pp 12th 2% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 93.7% 15th +7.1pp 13th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 90.4% 26th +6.5pp 14th 3% below peers
San Leandro, CA 93.5% 16th +6.4pp 15th on par with peers
Medford, OR 91.6% 21st +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
North Port, FL 94.8% 10th +6.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 12th +5.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 92.4% 18th +5.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 17th +5.1pp 20th 1% below peers
Georgetown, TX 95.1% 9th +5.2pp 21st 2% above peers
Auburn, WA 94.7% 11th +5.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 22nd +4.5pp 23rd 2% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 28th +4.2pp 24th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 5th +3.9pp 25th 3% above peers
Livermore, CA 96.9% 4th +3.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 97.1% 1st +3.2pp 27th 4% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 6th +2.4pp 28th 3% above peers
Lehi, UT 97.1% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 4% above peers
Folsom, CA 95.8% 7th +1.1pp 30th 2% above peers
San Ramon, CA 97.1% 2nd +0.5pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.43).
0.43
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 0.46 +0.004
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Citrus Heights, CA 0.38 2nd -0.022 1st 12% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 13th -0.024 2nd 1% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 29th -0.021 3rd 11% above peers
Medford, OR 0.43 12th -0.018 4th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 0.44 20th -0.013 5th 2% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 0.40 3rd -0.010 6th 7% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 0.44 19th -0.010 7th 1% above peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 24th -0.010 8th 5% above peers
Auburn, WA 0.40 4th -0.005 9th 7% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.42 6th -0.002 10th 4% below peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 27th +0.002 11th 8% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 28th +0.002 12th 10% above peers
Lehi, UT 0.37 1st +0.004 13th 15% below peers
Whittier, CA 0.43 14th +0.006 14th 1% below peers
Sioux City, IA 0.44 18th +0.008 15th 1% above peers
Georgetown, TX 0.43 10th +0.007 16th 2% below peers
Troy, MI 0.42 9th +0.009 17th 2% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 16th +0.009 18th on par with peers
Kennewick, WA 0.44 17th +0.009 19th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 15th +0.011 20th on par with peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 23rd +0.012 21st 5% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 0.46 25th +0.015 22nd 6% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 31st +0.019 23rd 15% above peers
Baytown, TX 0.45 21st +0.019 24th 4% above peers
San Leandro, CA 0.45 22nd +0.020 25th 4% above peers
San Ramon, CA 0.41 5th +0.019 26th 6% below peers
North Port, FL 0.42 7th +0.021 27th 3% below peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 26th +0.029 28th 8% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.42 8th +0.027 29th 3% below peers
Livermore, CA 0.43 11th +0.027 30th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 30th +0.031 31st 14% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 23.9% to 21.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (24.2% to 21.1%).
21.1%
20102023
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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
Lehi, UT 2.0% 1st -2.1pp 1st 81% below peers
Springdale, AR 6.0% 10th -5.2pp 2nd 46% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 3rd -1.4pp 3rd 77% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 18th -4.4pp 4th 6% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 10.7% 14th -1.8pp 5th 2% below peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 16th -1.5pp 6th on par with peers
Medford, OR 21.1% 30th -2.8pp 7th 93% above peers
Auburn, WA 14.5% 23rd -1.9pp 8th 32% above peers
Sioux City, IA 13.8% 22nd -1.8pp 9th 26% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 15.2% 25th -1.8pp 10th 39% above peers
Melbourne, FL 11.8% 19th -1.3pp 11th 8% above peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 29th -1.2pp 12th 84% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 21st +0.1pp 13th 20% above peers
Kennewick, WA 18.2% 27th +0.5pp 14th 66% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 24th +0.4pp 15th 32% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 9th +0.2pp 16th 46% below peers
Baytown, TX 16.7% 26th +0.8pp 17th 52% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 18th 301% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 15th +1.4pp 19th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 12.0% 20th +1.6pp 20th 10% above peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 6th +0.9pp 21st 52% below peers
North Port, FL 9.8% 13th +1.9pp 22nd 10% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.3% 8th +1.1pp 23rd 51% below peers
San Leandro, CA 11.3% 17th +2.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Livermore, CA 4.3% 5th +1.1pp 25th 61% below peers
Whittier, CA 6.8% 11th +1.8pp 26th 38% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 5.3% 7th +1.6pp 27th 52% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 12th +2.5pp 28th 33% below peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 4th +1.7pp 29th 61% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 18.7% 28th +8.0pp 30th 71% above peers
San Ramon, CA 2.4% 2nd +1.2pp 31st 78% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $412,749 in June 2026, up from $408,527 a year earlier.
$412,749
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref $504,432 (Jun 26) -0.5%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Duluth, MN $303,635 (Jun 26) 24th +6.2% 1st 36% below peers
Springdale, AR $342,727 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.9% 2nd 27% below peers
Danbury, CT $496,969 (Jun 26) 13th +3.8% 3rd 5% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,834,551 (Jun 26) 1st +3.0% 4th 288% above peers
Sioux City, IA $202,782 (Jun 26) 30th +2.9% 5th 57% below peers
Troy, MI $472,471 (Jun 26) 15th +2.6% 6th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN $370,580 (Jun 26) 20th +2.3% 7th 22% below peers
Lawrence, MA $521,895 (Jun 26) 12th +2.2% 8th 10% above peers
Lehi, UT $575,370 (Jun 26) 11th +1.7% 9th 22% above peers
Whittier, CA $827,319 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 10th 75% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $881,067 (Jun 26) 6th +1.5% 11th 86% above peers
Franklin, TN $928,567 (Jun 26) 5th +1.4% 12th 97% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $354,606 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.2% 13th 25% below peers
Medford, OR $412,749 (Jun 26) 18th +1.0% 14th 13% below peers
Bryan, TX $277,011 (Jun 26) 26th +0.9% 15th 41% below peers
Ogden, UT $401,774 (Jun 26) 19th +0.6% 16th 15% below peers
Kennewick, WA $435,176 (Jun 26) 16th +0.4% 17th 8% below peers
Mission, TX $221,111 (Jun 26) 29th -0.2% 18th 53% below peers
Auburn, WA $612,290 (Jun 26) 10th -0.6% 19th 30% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $1,199,098 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.7% 20th 154% above peers
Baytown, TX $247,381 (Jun 26) 28th -1.1% 21st 48% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $478,999 (Jun 26) 14th -1.4% 22nd 1% above peers
Folsom, CA $767,454 (Jun 26) 9th -1.7% 23rd 62% above peers
Melbourne, FL $359,920 (Jun 26) 21st -2.2% 24th 24% below peers
San Leandro, CA $815,011 (Jun 26) 8th -3.1% 25th 72% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,664 (Jun 26) 27th -5.0% 26th 42% below peers
Livermore, CA $1,109,911 (Jun 26) 4th -5.1% 27th 135% above peers
Georgetown, TX $427,647 (Jun 26) 17th -5.2% 28th 9% below peers
San Ramon, CA $1,502,416 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.5% 29th 218% above peers
North Port, FL $303,256 (Jun 26) 25th -5.7% 30th 36% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $324,532 in June 2026, up from $321,680 a year earlier.
$324,532
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref $355,884 (Jun 26) +0.0%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Duluth, MN $204,230 (Jun 26) 25th +8.0% 1st 40% below peers
Springdale, AR $263,332 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.0% 2nd 23% below peers
Sioux City, IA $135,195 (Jun 26) 29th +4.6% 3rd 61% below peers
Danbury, CT $340,302 (Jun 26) 16th +3.5% 4th 1% below peers
Troy, MI $342,306 (Jun 26) 15th +3.3% 5th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA $379,426 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 6th 11% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,225,066 (Jun 26) 1st +2.9% 7th 258% above peers
Whittier, CA $732,050 (Jun 26) 5th +2.6% 8th 114% above peers
Mission, TX $147,222 (Jun 26) 28th +2.5% 9th 57% below peers
Bloomington, MN $272,110 (Jun 26) 21st +2.2% 10th 21% below peers
Franklin, TN $609,863 (Jun 26) 8th +2.1% 11th 78% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $729,205 (Jun 26) 6th +2.0% 12th 113% above peers
Lehi, UT $437,618 (Jun 26) 11th +1.5% 13th 28% above peers
Kennewick, WA $344,173 (Jun 26) 14th +1.4% 14th 1% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $277,471 (Jun 26) 20th +1.2% 15th 19% below peers
Bryan, TX $189,999 (Jun 26) 26th +1.1% 16th 44% below peers
Ogden, UT $322,385 (Jun 26) 19th +1.0% 17th 6% below peers
Medford, OR $324,532 (Jun 26) 18th +0.9% 18th 5% below peers
Auburn, WA $465,022 (Jun 26) 10th -0.4% 19th 36% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $752,330 (Jun 26) 4th -1.5% 20th 120% above peers
Folsom, CA $609,152 (Jun 26) 9th -1.5% 21st 78% above peers
Baytown, TX $174,370 (Jun 26) 27th -1.7% 22nd 49% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $400,283 (Jun 26) 12th -1.8% 23rd 17% above peers
Melbourne, FL $232,849 (Jun 26) 24th -2.5% 24th 32% below peers
San Leandro, CA $654,632 (Jun 26) 7th -2.9% 25th 91% above peers
Georgetown, TX $328,911 (Jun 26) 17th -4.8% 26th 4% below peers
Livermore, CA $849,878 (Jun 26) 3rd -4.8% 27th 148% above peers
San Ramon, CA $972,202 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.0% 28th 184% above peers
North Port, FL $237,674 (Jun 26) 23rd -6.3% 29th 31% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $124,254 (Jun 26) 30th -11.2% 30th 64% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership rose 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 51.4% to 56.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.2% to 56.3%).
56.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 63.3% +0.9pp
United States ref 65.2%
Medford, OR 56.3% 24th +4.9pp 1st 8% below peers
Springdale, AR 53.4% 26th +4.0pp 2nd 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 13th +4.4pp 3rd 4% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 60.7% 17th +3.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 60.2% 19th +3.8pp 5th 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 16th +3.5pp 6th on par with peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 5th +3.7pp 7th 17% above peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 28th +2.5pp 8th 17% below peers
North Port, FL 80.9% 1st +3.3pp 9th 32% above peers
Sioux City, IA 65.3% 12th +2.5pp 10th 7% above peers
San Leandro, CA 58.1% 22nd +2.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Melbourne, FL 59.7% 20th +1.6pp 12th 3% below peers
Auburn, WA 60.6% 18th +1.5pp 13th 1% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 70.5% 7th +1.2pp 14th 15% above peers
Whittier, CA 57.9% 23rd +0.4pp 15th 6% below peers
Folsom, CA 69.8% 9th +0.2pp 16th 14% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 27.2% 31st -0.1pp 17th 56% below peers
Livermore, CA 72.0% 4th -0.5pp 18th 17% above peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 3rd -0.5pp 19th 20% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 21st -1.0pp 20th 3% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 29th -0.8pp 21st 35% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 70.2% 8th -1.5pp 22nd 15% above peers
San Ramon, CA 70.9% 6th -1.5pp 23rd 16% above peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 11th -1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Kennewick, WA 61.3% 15th -2.1pp 25th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 14th -2.6pp 26th 4% above peers
Georgetown, TX 69.5% 10th -2.8pp 27th 13% above peers
Lehi, UT 75.2% 2nd -4.7pp 28th 23% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 25th -4.3pp 29th 12% below peers
Baytown, TX 52.3% 27th -4.5pp 30th 15% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,721 in June 2026, up from $1,663 a year earlier.
$1,721
2021June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Brooklyn Park, MN $1,649 (Jun 26) 21st +10.4% 1st 15% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,458 (Jun 26) 26th +3.9% 2nd 25% below peers
San Leandro, CA $2,468 (Jun 26) 6th +3.6% 3rd 28% above peers
San Ramon, CA $3,352 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 4th 74% above peers
Medford, OR $1,721 (Jun 26) 19th +3.5% 5th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,347 (Jun 26) 10th +3.1% 6th 22% above peers
Livermore, CA $3,082 (Jun 26) 4th +3.1% 7th 60% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,967 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 8th 105% above peers
Folsom, CA $2,655 (Jun 26) 5th +3.1% 9th 37% above peers
Whittier, CA $2,388 (Jun 26) 9th +3.0% 10th 24% above peers
Baytown, TX $1,586 (Jun 26) 24th +2.4% 11th 18% below peers
Bloomington, MN $1,684 (Jun 26) 20th +2.2% 12th 13% below peers
Kennewick, WA $1,621 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.2% 13th 16% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,132 (Jun 26) 13th +2.2% 14th 10% above peers
Sioux City, IA $1,216 (Jun 26) 30th +2.1% 15th 37% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $1,931 (Jun 26) 15th +1.8% 16th on par with peers
Springdale, AR $1,513 (Jun 26) 25th +1.4% 17th 22% below peers
Lehi, UT $2,265 (Jun 26) 11th +1.3% 18th 17% above peers
Troy, MI $1,861 (Jun 26) 18th +1.3% 19th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT $2,439 (Jun 26) 8th +1.1% 20th 26% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $2,138 (Jun 26) 12th +1.1% 21st 11% above peers
Auburn, WA $1,953 (Jun 26) 14th +0.9% 22nd 1% above peers
Georgetown, TX $1,643 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.7% 23rd 15% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,440 (Jun 26) 7th +0.7% 24th 26% above peers
Bryan, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 27th +0.5% 25th 26% below peers
Lake Forest, CA $3,299 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.3% 26th 71% above peers
Ogden, UT $1,310 (Jun 26) 29th +0.1% 27th 32% below peers
Melbourne, FL $1,862 (Jun 26) 17th -0.3% 28th 4% below peers
Mission, TX $1,341 (Jun 26) 28th -1.6% 29th 31% below peers
North Port, FL $1,903 (Jun 26) 16th -3.0% 30th 1% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.2% then, 39.9% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 39.9%).
39.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 35.0% +0.5pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Mission, TX 29.2% 7th -3.5pp 1st 16% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 29.0% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 17% below peers
Lehi, UT 22.0% 2nd -1.3pp 3rd 37% below peers
Medford, OR 39.9% 23rd -1.2pp 4th 15% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 28th -0.6pp 5th 30% above peers
Whittier, CA 43.1% 27th -0.3pp 6th 24% above peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 3rd +0.2pp 7th 28% below peers
San Leandro, CA 41.7% 26th +0.4pp 8th 20% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 40.5% 24th +0.6pp 9th 16% above peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 25th +0.8pp 10th 20% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 52.6% 30th +1.1pp 11th 51% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 12th 56% above peers
San Ramon, CA 33.7% 15th +1.0pp 13th 3% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 22nd +1.3pp 14th 14% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 12th +1.3pp 15th 6% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 38.6% 20th +1.6pp 16th 11% above peers
Kennewick, WA 32.0% 10th +1.5pp 17th 8% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 38.2% 18th +1.9pp 18th 10% above peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 5th +1.6pp 19th 17% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 29th +2.9pp 20th 39% above peers
Auburn, WA 38.1% 17th +2.7pp 21st 10% above peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 22nd 40% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.3% 4th +2.2pp 23rd 24% below peers
Folsom, CA 31.3% 9th +2.7pp 24th 10% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.5% 19th +3.4pp 25th 11% above peers
Livermore, CA 34.8% 16th +3.2pp 26th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 13th +3.4pp 27th 4% below peers
Georgetown, TX 33.4% 14th +3.8pp 28th 4% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 8th +5.4pp 29th 15% below peers
North Port, FL 32.8% 11th +6.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Baytown, TX 38.9% 21st +9.6pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.8% to 6.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20102024
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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
Springdale, AR 3.9% 9th -1.9pp 1st 42% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 3.5% 7th -1.5pp 2nd 48% below peers
Sioux City, IA 7.0% 19th -2.1pp 3rd 4% above peers
Medford, OR 6.8% 17th -2.0pp 4th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.1% 10th -1.1pp 5th 39% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.6pp 6th 64% below peers
North Port, FL 2.5% 3rd -0.5pp 7th 63% below peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 31st -3.9pp 8th 201% above peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% 6th -0.5pp 9th 48% below peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 30th -1.2pp 10th 51% above peers
Auburn, WA 6.9% 18th -0.6pp 11th 2% above peers
Georgetown, TX 3.5% 5th -0.3pp 12th 49% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 29th -0.6pp 13th 40% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 21st -0.3pp 14th 17% above peers
Melbourne, FL 8.7% 24th -0.3pp 15th 29% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 28th +0.0pp 16th 32% above peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 4th +0.0pp 17th 54% below peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 15th +0.2pp 18th 3% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 7.8% 20th +0.3pp 19th 15% above peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 22nd +0.5pp 20th 24% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.2% 14th +0.4pp 21st 8% below peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 13th +0.3pp 22nd 19% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 8.4% 23rd +0.9pp 23rd 24% above peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 11th +0.6pp 24th 32% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 16th +0.9pp 25th on par with peers
San Ramon, CA 3.7% 8th +0.5pp 26th 45% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.9% 26th +1.9pp 27th 31% above peers
Baytown, TX 8.7% 25th +2.1pp 28th 29% above peers
Livermore, CA 5.2% 12th +1.4pp 29th 24% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.9% 27th +2.5pp 30th 31% above peers
Lehi, UT 1.8% 1st +1.1pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.0% to 5.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 11.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.6% to 5.6%).
5.6%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 5.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Medford, OR 5.6% 12th -3.4pp 1st 31% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% 5th -1.9pp 2nd 50% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.6% 7th -1.5pp 3rd 43% below peers
North Port, FL 10.8% 23rd -2.9pp 4th 32% above peers
Melbourne, FL 9.7% 20th -2.4pp 5th 19% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 16th -1.8pp 6th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 10th -1.2pp 7th 33% below peers
Livermore, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.5pp 8th 70% below peers
San Ramon, CA 1.9% 1st -0.4pp 9th 76% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 10.6% 22nd -2.0pp 10th 29% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 13.5% 25th -2.4pp 11th 66% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 28th -1.8pp 12th 105% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.6% 26th -1.4pp 13th 79% above peers
Bryan, TX 16.4% 27th -1.4pp 14th 101% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.0% 13th -0.3pp 15th 27% below peers
Mission, TX 26.4% 30th -1.3pp 16th 224% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.1% 8th -0.2pp 17th 38% below peers
San Leandro, CA 5.1% 9th -0.2pp 18th 37% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.4% 24th -0.0pp 19th 64% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.4% 18th -0.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 4th +0.0pp 21st 66% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 6.6% 14th +0.1pp 22nd 19% below peers
Folsom, CA 2.4% 2nd +0.1pp 23rd 71% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.7% 19th +0.7pp 24th 6% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.5% 11th +0.5pp 25th 32% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 6.6% 15th +0.8pp 26th 19% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.8% 29th +3.3pp 27th 155% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.5% 6th +0.9pp 28th 45% below peers
Baytown, TX 27.7% 31st +6.0pp 29th 240% above peers
Sioux City, IA 8.3% 17th +1.9pp 30th 2% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9.7% 21st +2.7pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

35.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 31.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Livermore, CA 20.2% 1st 35% below peers
San Leandro, CA 20.3% 2nd 35% below peers
San Ramon, CA 20.5% 3rd 35% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 24.5% 4th 22% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 5th 20% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 6th 13% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 7th 12% below peers
Auburn, WA 27.7% 8th 12% below peers
Whittier, CA 27.8% 9th 11% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 10th 8% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.8% 11th 8% below peers
Lehi, UT 29.3% 12th 6% below peers
Folsom, CA 29.4% 13th 6% below peers
North Port, FL 29.5% 14th 6% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 30.6% 15th 2% below peers
Georgetown, TX 31.3% 16th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 17th 1% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 32.2% 18th 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 19th 4% above peers
Melbourne, FL 34.2% 20th 9% above peers
Medford, OR 35.5% 21st 13% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 35.6% 22nd 14% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 23rd 18% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 24th 19% above peers
Baytown, TX 37.4% 25th 19% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 26th 20% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 27th 22% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 28th 27% above peers
Sioux City, IA 39.9% 29th 27% above peers
Kennewick, WA 41.7% 30th 33% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 43% 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 →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.5% then, 2.9% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 2.9%).
2.9%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 3.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lake Forest, CA 0.8% 2nd -3.5pp 1st 79% below peers
Folsom, CA 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 2nd 80% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 5th -2.0pp 3rd 60% below peers
Whittier, CA 2.0% 7th -2.0pp 4th 50% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 6th -1.4pp 5th 56% below peers
Auburn, WA 3.1% 13th -2.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 3.9% 15th -2.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Medford, OR 2.9% 12th -1.6pp 8th 26% below peers
Lehi, UT 3.4% 14th -1.1pp 9th 14% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 20th -1.2pp 10th 36% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 17th -0.9pp 11th 31% above peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 25th -1.2pp 12th 153% above peers
San Ramon, CA 1.4% 3rd -0.2pp 13th 66% below peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 24th -0.2pp 14th 128% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 28th -0.3pp 15th 232% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 6.5% 21st -0.1pp 16th 65% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 2.0% 8th +0.0pp 17th 49% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 26th +0.2pp 18th 187% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.2% 18th +0.4pp 19th 31% above peers
Livermore, CA 1.4% 4th +0.2pp 20th 66% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 29th +2.4pp 21st 243% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 30th +3.6pp 22nd 387% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 43% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 10th +0.5pp 24th 30% below peers
North Port, FL 13.1% 27th +4.3pp 25th 232% above peers
San Leandro, CA 2.8% 11th +0.9pp 26th 29% below peers
Melbourne, FL 7.0% 22nd +2.7pp 27th 76% above peers
Baytown, TX 22.7% 31st +9.5pp 28th 475% above peers
Sioux City, IA 5.3% 19th +3.2pp 29th 35% above peers
Kennewick, WA 4.0% 16th +2.7pp 30th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 7.9% 23rd +5.5pp 31st 100% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.2% to 30.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 18 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.2% to 30.1%).
30.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 36.8% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 30th +6.0pp 1st 47% below peers
North Port, FL 29.9% 19th +8.1pp 2nd 5% below peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 25th +5.1pp 3rd 18% below peers
Melbourne, FL 34.7% 12th +6.2pp 4th 10% above peers
Medford, OR 30.1% 18th +4.9pp 5th 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 27th +3.9pp 6th 23% below peers
Livermore, CA 52.3% 5th +8.3pp 7th 66% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 23.9% 28th +3.6pp 8th 24% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 26.0% 24th +3.7pp 9th 18% below peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 11th +6.1pp 10th 40% above peers
Georgetown, TX 47.8% 9th +6.2pp 11th 52% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 21st +3.5pp 12th 7% below peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 17th +3.5pp 13th 4% below peers
Whittier, CA 29.5% 20th +3.1pp 14th 6% below peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 10th +4.2pp 15th 46% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 31.5% 16th +2.5pp 16th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 22nd +2.1pp 17th 9% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 32.7% 15th +2.4pp 18th 4% above peers
Lehi, UT 50.0% 8th +3.6pp 19th 58% above peers
Folsom, CA 54.9% 4th +3.7pp 20th 74% above peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 13th +2.2pp 21st 8% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 2nd +4.0pp 22nd 106% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 6th +2.7pp 23rd 65% above peers
San Leandro, CA 33.3% 14th +1.6pp 24th 6% above peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 3rd +3.0pp 25th 104% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 50.8% 7th +2.1pp 26th 61% above peers
Sioux City, IA 22.9% 29th +0.8pp 27th 27% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.2% 23rd +0.6pp 28th 17% below peers
San Ramon, CA 71.6% 1st +1.0pp 29th 127% above peers
Baytown, TX 14.8% 31st -0.2pp 30th 53% below peers
Auburn, WA 25.6% 26th -0.8pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 14.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.1% to 53.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±14.3pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 10.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.0% to 53.8%).
53.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 41.8% -4.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Auburn, WA 47.0% 15th +21.8pp 1st 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 4th +23.0pp 2nd 29% above peers
Medford, OR 53.8% 8th +14.6pp 3rd 16% above peers
Kennewick, WA 36.0% 25th +9.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 7th +14.2pp 5th 17% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 3rd +17.0pp 6th 41% above peers
Livermore, CA 75.3% 1st +16.7pp 7th 63% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 23rd +6.9pp 8th 20% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 52.0% 9th +8.5pp 9th 12% above peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 18th +7.1pp 10th 4% below peers
Sioux City, IA 37.6% 22nd +2.9pp 11th 19% below peers
Whittier, CA 50.4% 14th +1.3pp 12th 9% above peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 19th +0.9pp 13th 8% below peers
Lehi, UT 51.3% 10th +0.7pp 14th 11% above peers
Georgetown, TX 45.6% 17th +0.1pp 15th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 57.9% 5th -1.7pp 16th 25% above peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 2nd -4.4pp 17th 45% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 28th -5.2pp 18th 37% below peers
San Leandro, CA 50.6% 13th -10.0pp 19th 9% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 12th -13.1pp 20th 10% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 6th -14.6pp 21st 20% above peers
North Port, FL 39.3% 21st -10.5pp 22nd 15% below peers
Folsom, CA 51.1% 11th -14.7pp 23rd 10% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 34.7% 26th -15.8pp 24th 25% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 26.5% 30th -12.1pp 25th 43% below peers
Baytown, TX 19.1% 31st -9.8pp 26th 59% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 29th -15.0pp 27th 38% below peers
San Ramon, CA 46.3% 16th -26.0pp 28th on par with peers
Hawthorne, CA 33.6% 27th -19.4pp 29th 27% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 40.3% 20th -24.6pp 30th 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 24th -29.0pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±12.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.0% then, 5.7% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.6% to 5.7%).
5.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 8.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Folsom, CA 1.1% 2nd -3.0pp 1st 84% below peers
Livermore, CA 1.5% 3rd -3.0pp 2nd 78% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.0% 9th -6.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
San Ramon, CA 0.9% 1st -1.0pp 4th 87% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 5th -1.9pp 5th 61% below peers
Auburn, WA 7.6% 18th -4.1pp 6th 11% above peers
Medford, OR 5.7% 13th -2.3pp 7th 17% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 29th -4.0pp 8th 67% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.5% 6th -1.2pp 9th 49% below peers
Baytown, TX 8.1% 21st -1.6pp 10th 18% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.5% 11th -1.0pp 11th 20% below peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 23rd -1.0pp 12th 28% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 9.0% 24th -0.3pp 13th 31% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 7th +0.2pp 14th 40% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 17th +0.4pp 15th 6% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 4th +0.1pp 16th 62% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 7.7% 19th +0.5pp 17th 13% above peers
Kennewick, WA 8.2% 22nd +0.8pp 18th 20% above peers
Lehi, UT 4.5% 8th +1.1pp 19th 34% below peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 20th +2.0pp 20th 18% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 6.8% 16th +2.3pp 21st on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 5.7% 12th +2.1pp 22nd 18% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 10th +2.1pp 23rd 26% below peers
North Port, FL 9.2% 25th +4.2pp 24th 34% above peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 14th +2.7pp 25th 13% below peers
Sioux City, IA 6.8% 15th +3.1pp 26th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 30th +5.7pp 27th 77% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 27th +5.0pp 28th 50% above peers
Whittier, CA 9.6% 26th +4.7pp 29th 40% above peers
San Leandro, CA 10.9% 28th +5.9pp 30th 60% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 127% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81,145 to 86,315 - more than the combined survey margin (±62). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (76,648 to 86,315).
86,315
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Lehi, UT 85,173 28th +33% 1st 1% below peers
North Port, FL 84,605 29th +27% 2nd 2% below peers
Georgetown, TX 85,999 20th +21% 3rd on par with peers
San Ramon, CA 85,993 21st +14% 4th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 11th +12% 5th 1% above peers
Baytown, TX 85,205 26th +11% 6th 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 1st +11% 7th 3% above peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 3rd +11% 8th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 4th +10% 9th 2% above peers
Folsom, CA 83,916 30th +7% 10th 3% below peers
Auburn, WA 85,676 23rd +7% 11th 1% below peers
Medford, OR 86,315 16th +6% 12th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 86,576 15th +6% 13th on par with peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 83,876 31st +5% 14th 3% below peers
Kennewick, WA 85,295 25th +5% 15th 1% below peers
Troy, MI 87,898 6th +5% 16th 2% above peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 5th +5% 17th 2% above peers
Sioux City, IA 86,101 19th +4% 18th on par with peers
Mission, TX 87,038 13th +4% 19th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 2nd +4% 20th 3% above peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 10th +3% 21st 1% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 86,281 17th +3% 22nd on par with peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 12th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 9th +1% 24th 1% above peers
Whittier, CA 86,165 18th +0% 25th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 86,995 14th -0% 26th 1% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 85,928 22nd -2% 27th on par with peers
Hawthorne, CA 85,191 27th -2% 28th 1% below peers
San Leandro, CA 87,826 7th -2% 29th 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 8th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Livermore, CA 85,522 24th -5% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±42 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.6% then, 22.9% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.4% to 22.9%).
22.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 19.9% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Georgetown, TX 19.8% 23rd +1.2pp 1st 13% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 28th +0.8pp 2nd 22% below peers
Melbourne, FL 17.6% 29th +0.2pp 3rd 22% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 22nd +0.1pp 4th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 6th +0.0pp 5th 16% above peers
Baytown, TX 27.6% 5th +0.0pp 6th 21% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.0% 4th -0.1pp 7th 24% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 20.4% 21st -0.2pp 8th 10% below peers
Whittier, CA 22.7% 17th -0.3pp 9th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 31st -0.2pp 10th 23% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.1% 8th -0.3pp 11th 15% above peers
Auburn, WA 24.9% 10th -0.4pp 12th 10% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 27th -0.3pp 13th 21% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 21.3% 19th -0.5pp 14th 6% below peers
Livermore, CA 23.0% 14th -0.6pp 15th 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 24th -0.5pp 16th 14% below peers
Medford, OR 22.9% 15th -0.7pp 17th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 2nd -0.9pp 18th 31% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 24.7% 11th -1.0pp 19th 9% above peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 20th -0.9pp 20th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 12th -1.2pp 21st 3% above peers
San Leandro, CA 18.1% 26th -1.0pp 22nd 20% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.1% 7th -1.5pp 23rd 15% above peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 13th -1.5pp 24th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 22.7% 16th -1.5pp 25th on par with peers
San Ramon, CA 25.8% 9th -2.5pp 26th 14% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 18.7% 25th -2.4pp 27th 18% below peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 3rd -4.3pp 28th 25% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 18th -3.6pp 29th on par with peers
North Port, FL 17.6% 30th -3.0pp 30th 23% below peers
Lehi, UT 35.2% 1st -7.1pp 31st 55% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.4% then, 31.3% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.6% to 31.3%).
31.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 28.2% +1.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 7th +6.8pp 1st 22% above peers
Whittier, CA 28.0% 19th +4.7pp 2nd 11% below peers
Auburn, WA 31.7% 15th +5.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Hawthorne, CA 41.0% 2nd +5.5pp 4th 30% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 38.3% 8th +4.9pp 5th 22% above peers
Baytown, TX 40.9% 3rd +4.7pp 6th 30% above peers
San Ramon, CA 10.8% 30th +1.2pp 7th 66% below peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 1st +3.5pp 8th 97% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 29th +0.6pp 9th 64% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.8% 31st +0.2pp 10th 81% below peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 14th +0.9pp 11th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 13th +0.5pp 12th 4% above peers
Kennewick, WA 35.5% 11th +0.5pp 13th 13% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 12th +0.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 21st -0.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 39.4% 4th -1.8pp 16th 25% above peers
Melbourne, FL 38.9% 6th -2.2pp 17th 24% above peers
Medford, OR 31.3% 17th -2.1pp 18th 1% below peers
Livermore, CA 13.0% 27th -1.0pp 19th 59% below peers
Sioux City, IA 38.2% 9th -3.3pp 20th 21% above peers
Folsom, CA 13.2% 25th -1.3pp 21st 58% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 27.6% 20th -2.8pp 22nd 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 10th -4.0pp 23rd 18% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 16th -4.0pp 24th on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 23.6% 22nd -3.9pp 25th 25% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 5th -7.2pp 26th 25% above peers
Georgetown, TX 22.0% 23rd -4.2pp 27th 30% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 18th -6.8pp 28th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 28th -2.9pp 29th 61% below peers
North Port, FL 21.2% 24th -7.5pp 30th 33% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 13.2% 26th -6.6pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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6 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.6% then, 58.6% now; margin ±11.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.9% to 58.6%).
58.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oregon ref 66.2% +1.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lehi, UT 49.3% 31st +13.0pp 1st 28% below peers
Folsom, CA 76.2% 4th +13.3pp 2nd 10% above peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 13th +10.8pp 3rd 1% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 79.1% 3rd +11.0pp 4th 15% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 74.9% 6th +8.3pp 5th 9% above peers
Livermore, CA 72.0% 10th +6.0pp 6th 4% above peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 2nd +5.3pp 7th 16% above peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 29th +3.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 84.5% 1st +5.0pp 9th 23% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 69.4% 14th +3.8pp 10th 1% above peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 23rd +3.4pp 11th 9% below peers
Georgetown, TX 72.2% 9th +3.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Auburn, WA 63.1% 22nd +2.9pp 13th 9% below peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 20th +2.9pp 14th 4% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 19th +2.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Baytown, TX 59.0% 26th +1.9pp 16th 14% below peers
Kennewick, WA 62.1% 24th +1.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 21st +1.3pp 18th 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 11th +1.2pp 19th 4% above peers
San Ramon, CA 69.0% 15th +0.7pp 20th on par with peers
North Port, FL 61.7% 25th -0.1pp 21st 11% below peers
Melbourne, FL 66.1% 18th -1.0pp 22nd 4% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 12th -3.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 16th -3.4pp 24th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 72.7% 8th -3.8pp 25th 5% above peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 7th -4.4pp 26th 7% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 66.3% 17th -4.2pp 27th 4% below peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 5th -5.0pp 28th 10% above peers
Medford, OR 58.6% 27th -7.0pp 29th 15% below peers
Whittier, CA 56.4% 30th -12.6pp 30th 18% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.5% 28th -14.5pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 18 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 ±6.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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