The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than Portland.
Violent crime fell about 4% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||
| Memphis, TN | 1,439 (Aug 26) | -35.1% | 1st | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 479 (Aug 26) | -18.5% | 2nd | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 828 (Aug 26) | -18.3% | 3rd | ||
| Denver, CO | 801 (Aug 26) | -12.0% | 4th | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 1,092 (Jul 26) | -11.5% | 5th | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 506 (Aug 26) | -10.9% | 6th | ||
| El Paso, TX | 274 (Jul 26) | -8.9% | 7th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 1,321 (Aug 26) | -7.6% | 8th | ||
| Fresno, CA | 675 (Jun 26) | -7.1% | 9th | ||
| Detroit, MI | 1,615 (Aug 26) | -6.2% | 10th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 618 (Aug 26) | -5.8% | 11th | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 1,504 (Aug 26) | -5.6% | 12th | ||
| Portland, OR | 695 (Apr 26) | -3.9% | 13th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 436 (Aug 26) | -1.4% | 14th | ||
| Boston, MA | 589 (Jul 26) | -0.8% | 15th | ||
| Seattle, WA | 651 (Aug 26) | -0.4% | 16th | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 679 (Aug 26) | +1.1% | 17th |
This badge answers one question: can Portland's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? The trend is moving the right way, but at least one check failed, so not yet.
Property crime was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||
| Memphis, TN | 3,566 (Aug 26) | -38.9% | 1st | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 2,223 (Aug 26) | -27.1% | 2nd | ||
| Washington, DC | 2,669 (Aug 26) | -25.8% | 3rd | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 5,055 (Apr 26) | -22.5% | 4th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 3,275 (Aug 26) | -22.4% | 5th | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 3,388 (Aug 26) | -17.2% | 6th | ||
| El Paso, TX | 1,203 (Jul 26) | -16.2% | 7th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 1,159 (Aug 26) | -16.2% | 8th | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 3,121 (Apr 26) | -14.8% | 9th | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 2,220 (Jul 26) | -14.7% | 10th | ||
| Detroit, MI | 3,612 (Aug 26) | -12.9% | 11th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 2,062 (Aug 26) | -11.9% | 12th | ||
| Fresno, CA | 2,542 (Jun 26) | -10.4% | 13th | ||
| Denver, CO | 3,958 (Aug 26) | -9.7% | 14th | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 3,061 (Aug 26) | -6.6% | 15th | ||
| Seattle, WA | 4,567 (Aug 26) | -6.4% | 16th | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 2,559 (Aug 26) | -5.6% | 17th | ||
| Boston, MA | 1,893 (Jul 26) | -4.0% | 18th | ||
| Portland, OR | 5,351 (Aug 26) | +0.3% | 19th | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 4,356 (Aug 26) | +5.8% | 20th |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. Portland is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicides rose about 10% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 5 (Aug 26) | -58.2% | 1st | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 6 (Aug 26) | -46.8% | 2nd | ||
| Washington, DC | 14 (Aug 26) | -43.1% | 3rd | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 5 (Aug 26) | -40.4% | 4th | ||
| Boston, MA | 3 (Jul 26) | -38.2% | 5th | ||
| Memphis, TN | 23 (Aug 26) | -34.4% | 6th | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 10 (Aug 26) | -31.7% | 7th | ||
| Seattle, WA | 3 (Aug 26) | -31.4% | 8th | ||
| El Paso, TX | 2 (Jul 26) | -26.1% | 9th | ||
| Detroit, MI | 21 (Aug 26) | -24.6% | 10th | ||
| Fresno, CA | 4 (Jun 26) | -22.6% | 11th | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 21 (Aug 26) | -20.3% | 12th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 22 (Aug 26) | -19.4% | 13th | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 12 (Apr 26) | -18.5% | 14th | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 17 (Aug 26) | -17.8% | 15th | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 21 (Jul 26) | -16.3% | 16th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 3 (Aug 26) | -11.1% | 17th | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 12 (Aug 26) | -9.7% | 18th | ||
| Denver, CO | 6 (Aug 26) | +0.0% | 19th | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 9 (Aug 26) | +1.5% | 20th | ||
| Portland, OR | 7 (Aug 26) | +9.5% | 21st |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than Portland.
Vehicle theft fell about 12% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 95% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||
| Memphis, TN | 470 (Aug 26) | -59.1% | 1st | ||
| Washington, DC | 342 (Aug 26) | -52.6% | 2nd | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 193 (Aug 26) | -51.6% | 3rd | ||
| Boston, MA | 74 (Jul 26) | -44.2% | 4th | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 409 (Aug 26) | -37.9% | 5th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 843 (Aug 26) | -36.8% | 6th | ||
| El Paso, TX | 190 (Jul 26) | -34.3% | 7th | ||
| Denver, CO | 623 (Aug 26) | -32.9% | 8th | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 469 (Apr 26) | -31.6% | 9th | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 988 (Apr 26) | -31.3% | 10th | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 465 (Aug 26) | -29.9% | 11th | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 703 (Jul 26) | -28.7% | 12th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 131 (Aug 26) | -25.3% | 13th | ||
| Fresno, CA | 405 (Jun 26) | -22.4% | 14th | ||
| Seattle, WA | 639 (Aug 26) | -21.7% | 15th | ||
| Detroit, MI | 869 (Aug 26) | -19.9% | 16th | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 274 (Aug 26) | -16.1% | 17th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 377 (Aug 26) | -13.3% | 18th | ||
| Portland, OR | 603 (Aug 26) | -11.6% | 19th | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 827 (Aug 26) | +0.4% | 20th |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 28% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $71,005 to $90,919 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,868).
| 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% | |||||
| Atlanta, GA | $85,652 | 7th | +43% | 1st | 21% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | $82,752 | 8th | +42% | 2nd | 17% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | $70,991 | 11th | +41% | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | $87,321 | 6th | +40% | 4th | 23% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | $94,718 | 4th | +38% | 5th | 33% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | $97,344 | 3rd | +37% | 6th | 37% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | $123,860 | 1st | +34% | 7th | 74% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | $57,073 | 18th | +31% | 8th | 20% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | $73,877 | 10th | +31% | 9th | 4% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | $54,234 | 19th | +30% | 10th | 24% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | $77,371 | 9th | +29% | 11th | 9% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | $39,938 | 21st | +29% | 12th | 44% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | $68,317 | 14th | +29% | 13th | 4% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | $90,919 | 5th | +28% | 14th | 28% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | $69,166 | 12th | +28% | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | $109,870 | 2nd | +27% | 16th | 55% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | $59,745 | 17th | +26% | 17th | 16% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | $51,736 | 20th | +25% | 18th | 27% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | $66,849 | 15th | +25% | 19th | 6% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | $68,656 | 13th | +24% | 20th | 3% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | $62,177 | 16th | +23% | 21st | 12% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Portland is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Unemployment fell 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon ref | 5.2% (Jul 26) | -0.1pp | ||||
| United States ref | 4.0% (2024) | |||||
| Washington, DC | 5.9% (Jul 26) | 17th | -0.9pp | 1st | 11% above peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | 3.7% (Jul 26) | 2nd | -0.8pp | 2nd | 30% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | 5.3% (Jul 26) | 10th | -0.6pp | 3rd | on par with peers | |
| Fresno, CA | 6.9% (Jul 26) | 18th | -0.6pp | 4th | 30% above peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | 5.3% (Jul 26) | 11th | -0.2pp | 5th | on par with peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | 3.5% (Jul 26) | 1st | -0.2pp | 6th | 34% below peers | |
| Portland, OR | 5.3% (Jul 26) | 12th | -0.1pp | 7th | on par with peers | |
| Memphis, TN | 5.6% (Jul 26) | 14th | -0.1pp | 8th | 6% above peers | |
| Boston, MA | 4.7% (Jul 26) | 8th | -0.1pp | 9th | 11% below peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | 5.7% (Jul 26) | 16th | +0.0pp | 10th | 8% above peers | |
| Milwaukee, WI | 4.9% (Jul 26) | 9th | +0.0pp | 11th | 8% below peers | |
| El Paso, TX | 4.6% (Jul 26) | 5th | +0.1pp | 12th | 13% below peers | |
| Denver, CO | 4.3% (Jul 26) | 3rd | +0.1pp | 13th | 19% below peers | |
| Seattle, WA | 4.6% (Jul 26) | 6th | +0.4pp | 14th | 13% below peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | 4.6% (Jul 26) | 7th | +0.5pp | 15th | 13% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | 5.3% (Jul 26) | 13th | +0.6pp | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | 5.6% (Jul 26) | 15th | +0.6pp | 17th | 6% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | 12.0% (Jul 26) | 19th | +0.7pp | 18th | 126% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 4.3% (Jul 26) | 4th | +1.1pp | 19th | 19% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Poverty fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.7% to 12.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon ref | 11.9% | -1.2pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.4% | ||||||
| Mesa, AZ | 10.3% | 2nd | -4.5pp | 1st | 33% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 20.1% | 18th | -5.1pp | 2nd | 29% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 16.9% | 14th | -3.9pp | 3rd | 9% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 18.9% | 16th | -3.6pp | 4th | 21% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 13.9% | 5th | -2.6pp | 5th | 10% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 11.2% | 3rd | -1.6pp | 6th | 28% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 16.6% | 13th | -2.3pp | 7th | 7% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 22.8% | 19th | -2.6pp | 8th | 47% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 9.9% | 1st | -1.1pp | 9th | 36% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 14.7% | 8th | -1.5pp | 10th | 6% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 13.9% | 6th | -1.3pp | 11th | 10% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 15.5% | 11th | -1.3pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 23.1% | 20th | -2.0pp | 13th | 49% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 12.8% | 4th | -1.0pp | 14th | 18% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 19.8% | 17th | -1.5pp | 15th | 27% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 32.7% | 21st | -2.3pp | 16th | 111% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 14.1% | 7th | -0.9pp | 17th | 9% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 15.1% | 9th | -0.9pp | 18th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 15.4% | 10th | -0.8pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 18.4% | 15th | -0.7pp | 20th | 18% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 15.8% | 12th | -0.1pp | 21st | 2% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child poverty fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.5% to 13.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Mesa, AZ | 13.4% | 2nd | -8.8pp | 1st | 37% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 23.3% | 14th | -10.2pp | 2nd | 9% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 21.1% | 10th | -6.6pp | 3rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 27.4% | 18th | -8.1pp | 4th | 28% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 17.0% | 5th | -4.9pp | 5th | 20% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 24.2% | 15th | -6.3pp | 6th | 13% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 25.5% | 17th | -5.5pp | 7th | 19% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 19.9% | 7th | -4.1pp | 8th | 7% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 20.3% | 8th | -3.9pp | 9th | 5% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 9.3% | 1st | -1.6pp | 10th | 56% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 20.4% | 9th | -3.4pp | 11th | 5% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 31.7% | 19th | -5.0pp | 12th | 48% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 35.6% | 20th | -5.1pp | 13th | 67% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 16.0% | 4th | -2.2pp | 14th | 25% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 21.4% | 11th | -2.8pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 13.8% | 3rd | -1.7pp | 16th | 36% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 24.4% | 16th | -2.7pp | 17th | 14% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 19.2% | 6th | -2.1pp | 18th | 10% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 46.5% | 21st | -3.7pp | 19th | 117% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 22.4% | 12th | -1.6pp | 20th | 5% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 22.8% | 13th | -1.2pp | 21st | 7% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 5.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.6% to 94.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Detroit, MI | 85.8% | 20th | +21.2pp | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 87.6% | 19th | +17.9pp | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 88.4% | 18th | +13.2pp | 3rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 91.8% | 9th | +11.5pp | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 85.5% | 21st | +10.7pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 89.4% | 16th | +10.6pp | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 91.7% | 10th | +10.5pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 90.6% | 12th | +9.7pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 90.5% | 15th | +8.9pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 92.1% | 7th | +9.0pp | 10th | 1% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 91.3% | 11th | +8.5pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 90.6% | 13th | +7.9pp | 12th | 1% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 92.7% | 6th | +7.6pp | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 88.9% | 17th | +7.1pp | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 90.5% | 14th | +6.7pp | 15th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 93.7% | 3rd | +6.8pp | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 92.1% | 8th | +6.5pp | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 93.3% | 4th | +6.4pp | 18th | 2% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 93.0% | 5th | +6.1pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 94.0% | 2nd | +5.5pp | 20th | 3% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 94.5% | 1st | +3.9pp | 21st | 4% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 5 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.47 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.01). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Atlanta, GA | 0.56 | 21st | -0.024 | 1st | 16% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 0.43 | 1st | -0.017 | 2nd | 10% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 0.45 | 2nd | -0.016 | 3rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 0.52 | 18th | -0.010 | 4th | 8% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 0.46 | 4th | -0.009 | 5th | 4% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 0.48 | 10th | -0.008 | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 0.53 | 20th | -0.008 | 7th | 11% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 0.51 | 16th | -0.006 | 8th | 6% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 0.47 | 5th | -0.004 | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 0.47 | 6th | -0.004 | 10th | 2% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 0.47 | 7th | -0.003 | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 0.48 | 12th | -0.000 | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 0.49 | 15th | -0.000 | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 0.46 | 3rd | +0.001 | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 0.52 | 19th | +0.002 | 15th | 9% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 0.51 | 17th | +0.002 | 16th | 7% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 0.49 | 14th | +0.004 | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 0.48 | 11th | +0.005 | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 0.48 | 9th | +0.005 | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 0.48 | 8th | +0.011 | 20th | 1% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 0.48 | 13th | +0.011 | 21st | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 3 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.0% then, 15.8% now; margin ±0.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon ref | 16.0% | +0.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.1% | +0.3pp | |||||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 8.3% | 3rd | -2.5pp | 1st | 45% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.0% | 2nd | -1.6pp | 2nd | 48% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 10.4% | 5th | -1.8pp | 3rd | 32% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 7.4% | 1st | -0.7pp | 4th | 51% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 19.9% | 17th | -1.9pp | 5th | 31% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 13.9% | 7th | -1.0pp | 6th | 9% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 16.4% | 13th | -0.9pp | 7th | 8% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 18.6% | 15th | -0.9pp | 8th | 22% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 23.1% | 18th | -0.9pp | 9th | 52% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 12.4% | 6th | -0.4pp | 10th | 18% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 39.0% | 21st | +1.0pp | 11th | 156% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 27.9% | 20th | +1.3pp | 12th | 83% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 15.8% | 12th | +0.8pp | 13th | 4% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 14.3% | 8th | +0.8pp | 14th | 6% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 15.1% | 10th | +0.9pp | 15th | 1% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 8.8% | 4th | +0.6pp | 16th | 42% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 17.2% | 14th | +1.3pp | 17th | 13% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 19.5% | 16th | +2.1pp | 18th | 28% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 24.8% | 19th | +2.7pp | 19th | 63% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 14.3% | 9th | +1.6pp | 20th | 6% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 15.2% | 11th | +3.1pp | 21st | on par with peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. Portland is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon ref | $492,753 (Sep 26) | +0.0% | ||||
| United States ref | $366,157 (Sep 26) | +1.2% | ||||
| Milwaukee, WI | $223,304 (Sep 26) | 17th | +3.0% | 1st | 41% below peers | |
| El Paso, TX | $237,556 (Sep 26) | 16th | +2.6% | 2nd | 38% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $250,185 (Sep 26) | 15th | +1.9% | 3rd | 34% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | $344,199 (Sep 26) | 12th | +1.7% | 4th | 10% below peers | |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | $261,376 (Sep 26) | 14th | +1.3% | 5th | 31% below peers | |
| Fresno, CA | $384,885 (Sep 26) | 10th | +0.6% | 6th | 1% above peers | |
| Portland, OR | $524,318 (Sep 26) | 4th | +0.5% | 7th | 38% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $204,979 (Sep 26) | 18th | +0.3% | 8th | 46% below peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $470,552 (Sep 26) | 6th | -0.6% | 9th | 24% above peers | |
| Washington, DC | $566,961 (Sep 26) | 3rd | -0.7% | 10th | 49% above peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $428,871 (Sep 26) | 7th | -0.7% | 11th | 13% above peers | |
| Boston, MA | $761,236 (Sep 26) | 2nd | -1.6% | 12th | 100% above peers | |
| Seattle, WA | $822,572 (Sep 26) | 1st | -1.8% | 13th | 116% above peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $380,331 (Sep 26) | 11th | -1.9% | 14th | on par with peers | |
| Denver, CO | $520,947 (Sep 26) | 5th | -1.9% | 15th | 37% above peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | $318,760 (Sep 26) | 13th | -1.9% | 16th | 16% below peers | |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | $425,889 (Sep 26) | 8th | -2.5% | 17th | 12% above peers | |
| Memphis, TN | $151,794 (Sep 26) | 20th | -2.8% | 18th | 60% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | $417,475 (Sep 26) | 9th | -2.8% | 19th | 10% above peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | $184,804 (Sep 26) | 19th | -3.7% | 20th | 51% below peers | |
| Detroit, MI | $74,742 (Sep 26) | 21st | -5.9% | 21st | 80% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge only reports which way it is moving and how fast next to the selected peers. Portland is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending September 2026.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon ref | $346,721 (Sep 26) | +0.2% | ||||
| United States ref | $197,716 (Sep 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Milwaukee, WI | $138,086 (Sep 26) | 16th | +4.1% | 1st | 49% below peers | |
| El Paso, TX | $181,445 (Sep 26) | 14th | +3.9% | 2nd | 33% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | $269,328 (Sep 26) | 11th | +2.2% | 3rd | on par with peers | |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | $169,622 (Sep 26) | 15th | +1.4% | 4th | 37% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $133,126 (Sep 26) | 17th | +1.3% | 5th | 51% below peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $121,994 (Sep 26) | 18th | +1.1% | 6th | 55% below peers | |
| Boston, MA | $540,193 (Sep 26) | 2nd | +1.0% | 7th | 101% above peers | |
| Fresno, CA | $277,744 (Sep 26) | 10th | +0.8% | 8th | 3% above peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $367,618 (Sep 26) | 4th | +0.1% | 9th | 36% above peers | |
| Portland, OR | $374,976 (Sep 26) | 3rd | -0.0% | 10th | 39% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | $46,602 (Sep 26) | 21st | -1.0% | 11th | 83% below peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $322,538 (Sep 26) | 7th | -1.4% | 12th | 20% above peers | |
| Seattle, WA | $547,745 (Sep 26) | 1st | -2.4% | 13th | 103% above peers | |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | $298,987 (Sep 26) | 8th | -2.6% | 14th | 11% above peers | |
| Washington, DC | $334,311 (Sep 26) | 6th | -2.8% | 15th | 24% above peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | $238,522 (Sep 26) | 12th | -2.8% | 16th | 11% below peers | |
| Denver, CO | $346,755 (Sep 26) | 5th | -3.0% | 17th | 29% above peers | |
| Memphis, TN | $78,079 (Sep 26) | 20th | -3.2% | 18th | 71% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | $295,641 (Sep 26) | 9th | -3.5% | 19th | 10% above peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $211,854 (Sep 26) | 13th | -4.1% | 20th | 21% below peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | $97,663 (Sep 26) | 19th | -4.5% | 21st | 64% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Homeownership fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.4% to 52.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That is movement in the wrong 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% | ||||||
| Las Vegas, NV | 56.6% | 6th | +3.9pp | 1st | 10% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 50.1% | 13th | +3.4pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 46.4% | 16th | +2.9pp | 3rd | 10% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 51.7% | 11th | +3.2pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 50.4% | 12th | +3.1pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 64.4% | 1st | +3.3pp | 6th | 25% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 55.4% | 7th | +2.1pp | 7th | 7% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 61.8% | 2nd | +2.1pp | 8th | 20% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 60.8% | 3rd | +1.9pp | 9th | 18% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 51.9% | 10th | +1.2pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 35.7% | 21st | +0.7pp | 11th | 31% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 41.8% | 19th | +0.4pp | 12th | 19% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 60.7% | 4th | +0.6pp | 13th | 17% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 47.5% | 15th | +0.0pp | 14th | 8% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 41.5% | 20th | -0.1pp | 15th | 20% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 58.5% | 5th | -0.4pp | 16th | 13% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 48.8% | 14th | -1.1pp | 17th | 6% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 52.0% | 9th | -1.4pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 52.4% | 8th | -1.5pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 44.9% | 17th | -1.7pp | 20th | 13% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 43.7% | 18th | -2.0pp | 21st | 15% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending September 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,932 (Sep 26) | +2.7% | ||||
| Detroit, MI | $1,328 (Sep 26) | 19th | +5.1% | 1st | 22% below peers | |
| Milwaukee, WI | $1,443 (Sep 26) | 16th | +4.8% | 2nd | 15% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $1,446 (Sep 26) | 15th | +4.3% | 3rd | 15% below peers | |
| Fresno, CA | $1,945 (Sep 26) | 5th | +3.9% | 4th | 14% above peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | $1,762 (Sep 26) | 9th | +3.6% | 5th | 4% above peers | |
| El Paso, TX | $1,508 (Sep 26) | 13th | +3.4% | 6th | 11% below peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $1,942 (Sep 26) | 6th | +3.2% | 7th | 14% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $1,285 (Sep 26) | 20th | +2.8% | 8th | 24% below peers | |
| Boston, MA | $3,271 (Sep 26) | 1st | +2.1% | 9th | 92% above peers | |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | $1,330 (Sep 26) | 18th | +2.0% | 10th | 22% below peers | |
| Memphis, TN | $1,259 (Sep 26) | 21st | +1.7% | 11th | 26% below peers | |
| Portland, OR | $1,719 (Sep 26) | 10th | +1.6% | 12th | 1% above peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | $1,428 (Sep 26) | 17th | +1.4% | 13th | 16% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | $1,452 (Sep 26) | 14th | +1.4% | 14th | 15% below peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $2,045 (Sep 26) | 4th | +1.2% | 15th | 20% above peers | |
| Washington, DC | $2,484 (Sep 26) | 2nd | +1.0% | 16th | 46% above peers | |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | $1,820 (Sep 26) | 8th | +0.9% | 17th | 7% above peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | $1,700 (Sep 26) | 11th | +0.5% | 18th | on par with peers | |
| Seattle, WA | $2,227 (Sep 26) | 3rd | +0.5% | 19th | 31% above peers | |
| Denver, CO | $1,855 (Sep 26) | 7th | +0.1% | 20th | 9% above peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $1,532 (Sep 26) | 12th | -0.2% | 21st | 10% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Cost burden rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.3% to 38.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Milwaukee, WI | 40.3% | 15th | -1.5pp | 1st | 5% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 42.5% | 20th | -0.8pp | 2nd | 10% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 33.5% | 4th | -0.6pp | 3rd | 13% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 43.5% | 21st | -0.7pp | 4th | 13% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 34.5% | 6th | -0.5pp | 5th | 10% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 42.5% | 19th | -0.4pp | 6th | 10% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 36.1% | 8th | -0.2pp | 7th | 6% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 33.2% | 3rd | +0.4pp | 8th | 14% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 38.7% | 12th | +0.6pp | 9th | 1% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 36.1% | 9th | +0.7pp | 10th | 6% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 38.5% | 11th | +0.8pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 39.9% | 14th | +1.1pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 41.8% | 18th | +1.4pp | 13th | 9% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 41.4% | 16th | +1.4pp | 14th | 8% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 30.7% | 1st | +1.2pp | 15th | 20% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 38.8% | 13th | +1.5pp | 16th | 1% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 41.7% | 17th | +2.2pp | 17th | 8% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 36.0% | 7th | +2.2pp | 18th | 7% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 33.9% | 5th | +2.1pp | 19th | 12% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 31.5% | 2nd | +2.4pp | 20th | 18% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 36.9% | 10th | +3.8pp | 21st | 4% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.2% then, 13.7% now; margin ±0.7pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Fresno, CA | 8.2% | 6th | -2.3pp | 1st | 19% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 5.2% | 1st | -1.2pp | 2nd | 49% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 20.1% | 18th | -3.6pp | 3rd | 99% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 9.0% | 9th | -1.3pp | 4th | 11% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 10.1% | 11th | -1.5pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 8.9% | 8th | -1.1pp | 6th | 12% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 10.3% | 12th | -1.3pp | 7th | 2% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 14.2% | 15th | -1.6pp | 8th | 40% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 9.7% | 10th | -0.9pp | 9th | 5% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 26.7% | 19th | -2.2pp | 10th | 164% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 16.2% | 16th | -1.2pp | 11th | 60% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 7.1% | 5th | -0.4pp | 12th | 30% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 13.7% | 14th | -0.5pp | 13th | 36% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 7.0% | 4th | -0.2pp | 14th | 31% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 33.2% | 20th | -1.0pp | 15th | 229% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 8.4% | 7th | -0.2pp | 16th | 17% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 6.7% | 3rd | -0.0pp | 17th | 34% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 36.0% | 21st | +0.1pp | 18th | 256% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 10.3% | 13th | +0.5pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 19.0% | 17th | +1.2pp | 20th | 88% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 6.5% | 2nd | +0.4pp | 21st | 36% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.4% to 5.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.3pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon ref | 5.9% | -0.9pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.4% | -0.4pp | |||||
| Fresno, CA | 6.1% | 8th | -2.1pp | 1st | 32% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 5.2% | 4th | -1.2pp | 2nd | 42% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.9% | 1st | -0.6pp | 3rd | 68% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 10.6% | 15th | -1.7pp | 4th | 17% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 7.4% | 9th | -1.0pp | 5th | 18% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 5.9% | 6th | -0.6pp | 6th | 34% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 5.4% | 5th | -0.5pp | 7th | 41% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 10.6% | 14th | -0.9pp | 8th | 17% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 11.0% | 16th | -0.8pp | 9th | 22% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 13.8% | 19th | -0.9pp | 10th | 52% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 9.0% | 11th | -0.3pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 9.1% | 12th | -0.2pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 10.1% | 13th | -0.2pp | 13th | 12% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 3.6% | 2nd | -0.0pp | 14th | 60% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 4.2% | 3rd | +0.0pp | 15th | 54% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 12.8% | 17th | +0.7pp | 16th | 41% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 14.7% | 20th | +1.0pp | 17th | 63% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 20.6% | 21st | +1.6pp | 18th | 128% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 8.6% | 10th | +0.7pp | 19th | 5% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 13.4% | 18th | +1.1pp | 20th | 48% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 6.0% | 7th | +0.6pp | 21st | 33% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon ref | 31.9% | |||
| United States ref | 32.9% | |||
| Denver, CO | 21.6% | 1st | 34% below peers | |
| Seattle, WA | 22.2% | 2nd | 33% below peers | |
| Boston, MA | 23.4% | 3rd | 29% below peers | |
| Washington, DC | 24.6% | 4th | 25% below peers | |
| Portland, OR | 28.5% | 5th | 13% below peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | 29.3% | 6th | 11% below peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | 30.0% | 7th | 9% below peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | 30.7% | 8th | 7% below peers | |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 32.0% | 9th | 3% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | 32.4% | 10th | 2% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | 32.9% | 11th | on par with peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | 33.5% | 12th | 2% above peers | |
| El Paso, TX | 33.8% | 13th | 3% above peers | |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 36.3% | 14th | 10% above peers | |
| Fresno, CA | 37.5% | 15th | 14% above peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | 38.1% | 16th | 16% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 38.3% | 17th | 16% above peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | 38.5% | 18th | 17% above peers | |
| Milwaukee, WI | 41.8% | 19th | 27% above peers | |
| Memphis, TN | 42.1% | 20th | 28% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | 45.6% | 21st | 39% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child uninsured fell 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.8% to 1.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Portland, OR | 1.9% | 1st | -0.9pp | 1st | 66% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.3% | 17th | -1.7pp | 2nd | 45% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 2.8% | 6th | -0.4pp | 3rd | 51% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 2.5% | 4th | -0.2pp | 4th | 56% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 7.8% | 14th | -0.2pp | 5th | 38% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 3.3% | 8th | +0.0pp | 6th | 41% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8.0% | 15th | +0.9pp | 7th | 41% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 4.6% | 10th | +0.6pp | 8th | 19% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 5.8% | 12th | +0.9pp | 9th | 2% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 11.2% | 21st | +2.1pp | 10th | 97% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 8.1% | 16th | +1.5pp | 11th | 43% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 9.6% | 19th | +2.4pp | 12th | 70% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 5.7% | 11th | +1.5pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 8.7% | 18th | +2.4pp | 14th | 53% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 1.9% | 2nd | +0.5pp | 15th | 66% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 3.1% | 7th | +0.9pp | 16th | 46% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 2.8% | 5th | +0.8pp | 17th | 51% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 3.9% | 9th | +1.1pp | 18th | 32% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 10.6% | 20th | +3.7pp | 19th | 86% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.0% | 3rd | +0.7pp | 20th | 64% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 5.9% | 13th | +2.5pp | 21st | 4% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.4% to 53.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Mesa, AZ | 32.5% | 14th | +5.1pp | 1st | 10% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 18.1% | 21st | +2.8pp | 2nd | 50% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 48.0% | 7th | +6.9pp | 3rd | 33% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 25.5% | 20th | +3.6pp | 4th | 29% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 59.2% | 3rd | +7.4pp | 5th | 64% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 56.5% | 4th | +7.1pp | 6th | 56% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 31.1% | 15th | +3.7pp | 7th | 14% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 34.7% | 12th | +4.1pp | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 36.1% | 11th | +4.2pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 33.8% | 13th | +3.9pp | 10th | 7% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 27.6% | 18th | +3.1pp | 11th | 23% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 28.1% | 16th | +3.1pp | 12th | 22% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 37.1% | 10th | +4.0pp | 13th | 3% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 27.4% | 19th | +2.8pp | 14th | 24% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 39.2% | 8th | +4.0pp | 15th | 9% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 54.9% | 5th | +5.2pp | 16th | 52% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 64.2% | 2nd | +5.7pp | 17th | 78% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 38.4% | 9th | +3.1pp | 18th | 6% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 28.0% | 17th | +1.9pp | 19th | 22% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 68.5% | 1st | +4.4pp | 20th | 89% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 53.8% | 6th | +3.3pp | 21st | 49% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Preschool enrollment fell 7.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.8% to 54.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong 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% | ||||||
| El Paso, TX | 47.3% | 7th | +6.8pp | 1st | 19% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 39.9% | 11th | +2.7pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 65.1% | 3rd | +4.0pp | 3rd | 63% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 70.3% | 2nd | +1.0pp | 4th | 76% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 38.6% | 14th | +0.4pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 79.0% | 1st | +0.3pp | 6th | 98% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 62.2% | 4th | -0.9pp | 7th | 56% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 39.4% | 12th | -0.7pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 32.1% | 19th | -1.2pp | 9th | 20% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 42.2% | 9th | -2.4pp | 10th | 6% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 37.0% | 16th | -2.2pp | 11th | 7% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 52.5% | 6th | -3.2pp | 12th | 32% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 35.5% | 17th | -3.9pp | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 54.4% | 5th | -7.4pp | 14th | 36% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 38.7% | 13th | -5.9pp | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 32.7% | 18th | -5.9pp | 16th | 18% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 42.3% | 8th | -7.8pp | 17th | 6% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 38.0% | 15th | -8.4pp | 18th | 5% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 42.0% | 10th | -9.8pp | 19th | 5% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 31.9% | 20th | -9.6pp | 20th | 20% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 31.0% | 21st | -9.8pp | 21st | 22% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.1% then, 5.7% now; margin ±1.5pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Kansas City, MO | 5.7% | 5th | -3.3pp | 1st | 28% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 9.0% | 18th | -2.7pp | 2nd | 13% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 5.2% | 4th | -1.5pp | 3rd | 35% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 8.0% | 11th | -0.9pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 7.2% | 8th | -0.7pp | 5th | 10% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 4.5% | 3rd | -0.4pp | 6th | 43% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.9% | 1st | -0.2pp | 7th | 63% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 3.1% | 2nd | -0.2pp | 8th | 60% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 7.2% | 9th | -0.4pp | 9th | 9% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8.2% | 12th | -0.4pp | 10th | 3% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 8.4% | 13th | -0.4pp | 11th | 5% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 8.9% | 17th | -0.4pp | 12th | 12% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 7.3% | 10th | -0.0pp | 13th | 9% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.5% | 14th | +0.3pp | 14th | 7% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 5.7% | 7th | +0.3pp | 15th | 28% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 8.8% | 16th | +0.7pp | 16th | 11% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 8.5% | 15th | +0.7pp | 17th | 7% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 5.7% | 6th | +0.6pp | 18th | 28% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 13.1% | 20th | +1.8pp | 19th | 64% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 16.7% | 21st | +2.7pp | 20th | 109% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 11.9% | 19th | +2.2pp | 21st | 50% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population fell about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 645,291 to 641,165 - more than the combined survey margin (±880). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City, OK | 697,125 | 3rd | +8% | 1st | 10% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 528,706 | 18th | +6% | 2nd | 16% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 510,612 | 20th | +5% | 3rd | 19% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 754,195 | 1st | +4% | 4th | 19% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 660,400 | 8th | +4% | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 545,970 | 17th | +4% | 6th | 14% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 690,130 | 4th | +4% | 7th | 9% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 505,268 | 21st | +3% | 8th | 20% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 511,764 | 19th | +2% | 9th | 19% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 631,818 | 11th | +2% | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 718,877 | 2nd | +2% | 11th | 14% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 547,073 | 16th | +1% | 12th | 13% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 562,218 | 15th | +1% | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 680,130 | 6th | +0% | 14th | 8% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 641,165 | 9th | -1% | 15th | 1% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 681,294 | 5th | -2% | 16th | 8% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 666,442 | 7th | -3% | 17th | 5% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 566,973 | 14th | -5% | 18th | 10% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 618,980 | 12th | -5% | 19th | 2% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 638,530 | 10th | -5% | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 573,243 | 13th | -6% | 21st | 9% below peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Single-parent rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.6% to 31.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.
| 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 | |||||
| Portland, OR | 31.3% | 18th | +2.8pp | 1st | 23% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 36.9% | 15th | +2.8pp | 2nd | 9% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 42.2% | 9th | +2.4pp | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 61.4% | 2nd | +2.9pp | 4th | 51% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 37.6% | 14th | +1.6pp | 5th | 7% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 38.0% | 13th | +1.6pp | 6th | 6% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 40.5% | 11th | +0.6pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 30.9% | 19th | +0.3pp | 8th | 24% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 34.6% | 17th | +0.2pp | 9th | 15% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 59.9% | 3rd | -0.2pp | 10th | 48% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 67.1% | 1st | -1.0pp | 11th | 65% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 30.4% | 20th | -0.5pp | 12th | 25% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 36.3% | 16th | -0.9pp | 13th | 10% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 38.8% | 12th | -1.3pp | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 43.2% | 7th | -1.7pp | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 21.1% | 21st | -1.0pp | 16th | 48% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 45.3% | 6th | -2.3pp | 17th | 12% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 54.2% | 4th | -3.8pp | 18th | 34% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 40.9% | 10th | -3.3pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 42.6% | 8th | -3.9pp | 20th | 5% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 46.5% | 5th | -6.6pp | 21st | 15% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (70.5% then, 70.6% now; margin ±4.2pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Sacramento, CA | 71.9% | 7th | +7.6pp | 1st | 3% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 68.8% | 14th | +4.6pp | 2nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 65.0% | 16th | +3.6pp | 3rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 69.9% | 10th | +3.8pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 72.9% | 5th | +3.8pp | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 74.6% | 4th | +3.8pp | 6th | 7% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 63.5% | 17th | +1.6pp | 7th | 9% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 75.7% | 3rd | +1.7pp | 8th | 9% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 77.5% | 2nd | +1.4pp | 9th | 11% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 72.5% | 6th | +1.3pp | 10th | 4% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 78.6% | 1st | +0.9pp | 11th | 13% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 69.7% | 11th | +0.6pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 70.6% | 9th | +0.1pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 69.3% | 12th | -0.3pp | 14th | 1% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 71.9% | 8th | -0.3pp | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 66.7% | 15th | -1.8pp | 16th | 4% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 62.4% | 19th | -2.0pp | 17th | 11% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 58.5% | 21st | -2.2pp | 18th | 16% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 62.5% | 18th | -3.9pp | 19th | 10% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 69.0% | 13th | -4.6pp | 20th | 1% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 61.8% | 20th | -5.1pp | 21st | 11% below peers |