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Allentown, PA

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126,044 people (2025) 100k-250k Northeast

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Allentown, PA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$55,494
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$41,167 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
19.1%
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
15.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
30.4%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
37.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
21.0%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
25.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
236 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 17%
relative change
284 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
86.7%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
77.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
0.47 in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
43.2%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
40.8% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,438 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
1,514 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Allentown, PA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
192 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 17%
relative change
164 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.7%
Jul 2026
▲ 10%
relative change
5.2% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
46.7%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
45.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
31.4%
2019-23
▲ 6%
relative change
29.7% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
26.5%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
22.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.9%
2020-24
▲ 41%
relative change
7.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
16.5%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
18.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
11.4%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
11.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
5 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 25%
relative change
4 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.2%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
5.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 7 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
24.4%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
26.4% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$235,210
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$223,991 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
125,976
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
120,915 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$317,498
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$305,652 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,710
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,649 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
59.1%
2020-24
high
vs peers
57.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
76.0%
2020-24
high
vs peers
72.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 19% lower than in 2021 (292 then, 237 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 329 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 236 in July 2026, down from 284 a year earlier.
Bright spot 236 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Pearland, TX 65 (Jul 26) -30.3% 1st
Concord, CA 376 (Jul 26) -21.8% 2nd
Broken Arrow, OK 175 (Jun 26) -20.7% 3rd
Billings, MT 662 (Jul 26) -16.9% 4th
Allentown, PA 236 (Jul 26) -16.8% 5th
Wilmington, NC 385 (Jul 26) -14.5% 6th
North Charleston, SC 631 (Jul 26) -12.5% 7th
Cambridge, MA 408 (Jul 26) -12.0% 8th
Norman, OK 260 (May 26) -10.3% 9th
Arvada, CO 276 (Jul 26) -9.4% 10th
College Station, TX 137 (Jul 26) -9.3% 11th
Berkeley, CA 593 (Jun 26) -7.3% 12th
Hartford, CT 453 (Jul 26) -5.5% 13th
Independence, MO 558 (Jul 26) -1.2% 14th
Buckeye, AZ 151 (Jul 26) -1.0% 15th
Columbia, MO 362 (Jul 26) +1.3% 16th
Lafayette, LA 1,096 (Jul 26) +1.4% 17th
Clovis, CA 264 (Jun 26) +1.5% 18th
Thousand Oaks, CA 119 (Jul 26) +2.1% 19th
New Braunfels, TX 204 (Jul 26) +3.3% 20th
Vallejo, CA 744 (Apr 26) +3.8% 21st
Ann Arbor, MI 291 (Jul 26) +6.6% 22nd
Odessa, TX 304 (Jul 26) +8.4% 23rd
Rochester, MN 161 (Jul 26) +10.5% 24th
Goodyear, AZ 238 (Jul 26) +11.2% 25th
Simi Valley, CA 135 (Jul 26) +15.9% 26th
Fairfield, CA 572 (Jul 26) +17.8% 27th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Charleston, SC down about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Garland, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities. Allentown started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,438 in July 2026, down from 1,514 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,438 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Concord, CA 2,247 (Jul 26) -26.3% 1st
Pearland, TX 985 (Jul 26) -25.1% 2nd
College Station, TX 783 (Jul 26) -24.0% 3rd
Vallejo, CA 2,768 (Apr 26) -23.6% 4th
Odessa, TX 1,121 (Jul 26) -23.3% 5th
Billings, MT 2,332 (Jul 26) -19.8% 6th
Norman, OK 1,895 (May 26) -18.6% 7th
Hartford, CT 2,059 (Jul 26) -16.9% 8th
North Charleston, SC 2,987 (Jul 26) -15.7% 9th
Goodyear, AZ 1,187 (Jul 26) -15.5% 10th
Clovis, CA 1,293 (Jun 26) -14.1% 11th
Arvada, CO 2,124 (Jul 26) -12.1% 12th
Cambridge, MA 2,404 (Jul 26) -11.8% 13th
Broken Arrow, OK 975 (Jun 26) -11.6% 14th
Columbia, MO 1,898 (Jul 26) -11.1% 15th
Wilmington, NC 2,922 (Jul 26) -9.5% 16th
Lafayette, LA 3,335 (Jul 26) -9.4% 17th
Berkeley, CA 4,022 (Jun 26) -9.0% 18th
Thousand Oaks, CA 960 (Jul 26) -7.0% 19th
Independence, MO 2,982 (Jul 26) -6.6% 20th
Fairfield, CA 1,647 (Jul 26) -6.0% 21st
Allentown, PA 1,438 (Jul 26) -5.0% 22nd
Rochester, MN 1,262 (Jul 26) -2.4% 23rd
Buckeye, AZ 680 (Jul 26) -1.3% 24th
Simi Valley, CA 819 (Jul 26) -0.6% 25th
New Braunfels, TX 1,181 (Jul 26) +1.0% 26th
Ann Arbor, MI 1,726 (Jul 26) +10.9% 27th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 25% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% 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 fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 5 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 4 in the prior 12 months. That is 4 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 5 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Concord, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Thousand Oaks, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Berkeley, CA 1 (Jun 26) -83.3% 3rd
Clovis, CA 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 4th
Broken Arrow, OK 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 5th
Billings, MT 2 (Jul 26) -66.7% 6th
North Charleston, SC 9 (Jul 26) -36.9% 7th
Columbia, MO 3 (Jul 26) -33.3% 8th
Rochester, MN 2 (Jul 26) -33.2% 9th
Independence, MO 7 (Jul 26) -20.1% 10th
Hartford, CT 12 (Jul 26) -11.8% 11th
Goodyear, AZ 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Simi Valley, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Odessa, TX 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Pearland, TX 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
Norman, OK 2 (May 26) +0.0% 16th
Vallejo, CA 15 (Jul 26) +11.7% 17th
Wilmington, NC 10 (Jul 26) +18.2% 18th
Allentown, PA 4 (Jul 26) +25.2% 19th
Lafayette, LA 4 (Jul 26) +66.7% 20th
New Braunfels, TX 2 (Jul 26) +99.7% 21st
Fairfield, CA 7 (Jul 26) +99.7% 22nd
Cambridge, MA 2 (Jul 26) +99.8% 23rd
Buckeye, AZ 5 (Jul 26) +200.6% 24th
College Station, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Arvada, CO 6 (Jul 26)
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oxnard, CA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft rose about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower 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
Vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 192 in July 2026, up from 164 a year earlier.
Needs attention 192 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
College Station, TX 45 (Jul 26) -49.1% 1st
Odessa, TX 147 (Jul 26) -41.9% 2nd
Buckeye, AZ 56 (Jul 26) -41.7% 3rd
Concord, CA 281 (Jul 26) -40.8% 4th
Columbia, MO 178 (Jul 26) -39.0% 5th
Goodyear, AZ 78 (Jul 26) -38.7% 6th
Lafayette, LA 202 (Jul 26) -37.6% 7th
Arvada, CO 225 (Jul 26) -36.7% 8th
Billings, MT 259 (Jul 26) -35.1% 9th
Broken Arrow, OK 75 (Jun 26) -30.9% 10th
Rochester, MN 54 (Jul 26) -26.4% 11th
New Braunfels, TX 69 (Jul 26) -23.4% 12th
North Charleston, SC 284 (Jul 26) -22.4% 13th
Norman, OK 165 (May 26) -22.3% 14th
Fairfield, CA 227 (Jul 26) -21.2% 15th
Independence, MO 496 (Jul 26) -20.3% 16th
Wilmington, NC 239 (Jul 26) -20.3% 17th
Berkeley, CA 460 (Jun 26) -19.0% 18th
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (Jul 26) -18.2% 19th
Hartford, CT 566 (Jul 26) -15.6% 20th
Vallejo, CA 578 (Apr 26) -14.9% 21st
Pearland, TX 77 (Jul 26) -13.0% 22nd
Clovis, CA 135 (Jun 26) -6.0% 23rd
Simi Valley, CA 90 (Jul 26) +0.0% 24th
Cambridge, MA 78 (Jul 26) +1.0% 25th
Ann Arbor, MI 76 (Jul 26) +5.7% 26th
Allentown, PA 192 (Jul 26) +16.9% 27th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yuma, AZ down about 36% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $41,167 to $55,494 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,003).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Allentown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 52% from 2014 to 2024 ($36,578 to $55,494).
Bright spot $55,494
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
Pennsylvania ref $77,971 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Wilmington, NC $66,738 21st +40% 1st 19% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 10th +39% 2nd 21% above peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 5th +39% 3rd 43% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 24th +38% 4th 23% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 5th 36% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 19th +35% 6th 11% below peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 23rd +35% 7th 22% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 8th 32% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 12th +30% 9th 10% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 22nd +30% 10th 19% below peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 11th 44% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 11th +27% 12th 21% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 2nd +27% 13th 59% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 7th +26% 14th 31% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 16th +25% 15th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 1st +24% 16th 65% above peers
Billings, MT $73,712 17th +24% 17th 10% below peers
Goodyear, AZ $103,319 8th +23% 18th 26% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 3rd +23% 19th 48% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 13th +22% 20th 9% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 21st 32% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 15th +21% 22nd 5% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 25th +21% 23rd 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 9th +21% 24th 24% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 26th +19% 25th 27% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 14th +19% 26th 6% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 27th +19% 27th 31% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 20th +16% 28th 18% below peers
Odessa, TX $73,472 18th +15% 29th 11% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 4th +14% 30th 45% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,358 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.7% in July 2026, up from 5.2% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.7%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 3.9% (Jul 26) -0.5pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Independence, MO 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -1.0pp 1st 12% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Berkeley, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st -0.6pp 3rd 9% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 17th -0.5pp 4th 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 5th 14% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.5% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.5pp 6th 19% below peers
Wilmington, NC 3.5% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 7th 19% below peers
Clovis, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th -0.4pp 8th 26% above peers
Vallejo, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 26th -0.3pp 9th 33% above peers
Cambridge, MA 3.6% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 10th 16% below peers
Billings, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 11th 30% below peers
Concord, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th -0.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.2pp 13th 23% above peers
Columbia, MO 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Topeka, KS 4.3% (Jul 26) 16th -0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.0pp 16th 7% below peers
College Station, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th +0.1pp 17th 7% above peers
Arvada, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Odessa, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.2pp 19th 5% below peers
Allentown, PA 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 20th 33% above peers
Rochester, MN 3.6% (Jul 26) 5th +0.5pp 21st 16% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 18th +0.5pp 22nd 2% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.6pp 23rd 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 24th 14% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th +0.7pp 25th 26% above peers
Norman, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th +0.8pp 26th 5% below peers
Lakeland, FL 5.9% (Jul 26) 28th +0.9pp 27th 37% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.0% (Jul 26) 29th +1.0pp 28th 40% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +1.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 9.0% (Jul 26) 30th +2.1pp 30th 109% 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 →
What changed

Poverty fell 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.7% to 21.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Allentown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.3% to 21.0%).
Bright spot 21.0%
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
Pennsylvania ref 11.7% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Goodyear, AZ 5.2% 2nd -2.7pp 1st 60% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.4% 18th -6.5pp 2nd 10% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.0% 21st -6.2pp 3rd 21% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.0% 6th -2.5pp 4th 39% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 8.0% 7th -1.9pp 5th 39% below peers
Lakeland, FL 13.2% 16th -3.2pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 21.0% 27th -4.7pp 7th 59% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 8th -1.5pp 8th 37% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.5% 9th -1.6pp 9th 35% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.2% 17th -2.4pp 10th 7% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.4% 5th -1.2pp 11th 44% below peers
Columbia, MO 19.2% 26th -2.5pp 12th 46% above peers
Athens, GA 26.5% 30th -3.4pp 13th 101% above peers
Berkeley, CA 17.3% 24th -1.9pp 14th 31% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.3% 25th -1.3pp 15th 39% above peers
Hartford, CT 26.3% 29th -1.8pp 16th 99% above peers
Norman, OK 16.8% 23rd -0.8pp 17th 28% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.2% 14th -0.4pp 18th 7% below peers
Billings, MT 9.8% 12th -0.2pp 19th 25% below peers
College Station, TX 29.2% 31st -0.4pp 20th 122% above peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 21st 56% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.4% 4th +0.0pp 22nd 52% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.8% 15th +0.1pp 23rd 3% below peers
Independence, MO 15.8% 20th +0.8pp 24th 20% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 23.8% 28th +1.5pp 25th 81% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.7% 19th +1.3pp 26th 19% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.8% 10th +0.8pp 27th 33% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 28th 69% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.2% 13th +1.6pp 29th 23% below peers
Odessa, TX 16.2% 22nd +5.1pp 30th 23% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.9% 11th +3.7pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.4% to 30.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Allentown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 9.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.6% to 30.4%).
Bright spot 30.4%
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
Pennsylvania ref 15.6% -2.0pp
United States ref 16.1%
Goodyear, AZ 5.9% 2nd -5.7pp 1st 57% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 4th -4.6pp 2nd 54% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 24th -13.7pp 3rd 56% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 8th -5.0pp 4th 43% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 23rd -11.1pp 5th 39% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 9th -4.7pp 6th 40% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 6th -4.1pp 7th 46% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 17th -5.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 9th 79% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 22nd -5.8pp 10th 31% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 25th -6.5pp 11th 65% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 12th 123% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 14th -2.8pp 13th 9% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 14th 55% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 15th 81% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 16th 81% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 12th -1.1pp 17th 22% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 11th -1.0pp 18th 23% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 26th -1.3pp 19th 75% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 20th 162% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 5th -0.2pp 21st 48% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 13th -0.2pp 22nd 21% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 21st -0.2pp 23rd 30% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 18th +0.4pp 24th 9% above peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 16th +1.9pp 25th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 19th +2.5pp 26th 12% above peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 7th +1.9pp 27th 44% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 20th +4.2pp 28th 21% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 15th +3.4pp 29th 3% below peers
Odessa, TX 23.8% 27th +9.4pp 30th 75% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.5% to 86.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Allentown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 14.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.6% to 86.7%).
Bright spot 86.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 90.0% +7.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 24th +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 26th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 29th +14.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 16th +10.2pp 5th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 6th 6% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 23rd +9.0pp 7th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 21st +9.0pp 8th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 25th +8.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 19th +7.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 22nd +7.2pp 11th 2% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 7th +7.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 20th +6.9pp 13th 1% below peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 5th +6.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 4th +6.3pp 15th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 9th +5.9pp 16th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 12th +5.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Odessa, TX 88.7% 27th +4.9pp 18th 4% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 18th +5.0pp 19th 1% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 17th +4.5pp 20th on par with peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 6th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 2nd +4.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 14th +3.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 8th +3.6pp 24th 3% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 96.7% 3rd +3.1pp 25th 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 11th +2.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 10th +2.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 13th +1.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 15th +0.9pp 30th on par with peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality fell about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.47 to 0.43 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.43).
Bright spot 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
Pennsylvania ref 0.47 +0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 8th -0.033 1st 5% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 20th -0.020 2nd 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 14th -0.018 3rd 3% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 24th -0.020 4th 10% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 21st -0.016 5th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 26th -0.012 6th 11% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 10th -0.007 7th 5% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 0.38 2nd -0.006 8th 18% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 9th 18% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 23rd +0.002 10th 8% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 28th +0.002 11th 13% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 4th +0.002 12th 11% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 25th +0.002 13th 10% above peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 22nd +0.003 14th 8% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 15th 20% below peers
Billings, MT 0.46 19th +0.008 16th 1% above peers
Odessa, TX 0.46 17th +0.009 17th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 16th +0.009 18th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 7th +0.009 19th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 27th +0.011 20th 12% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 30th +0.012 21st 17% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 22nd 5% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 23rd 2% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 5th +0.011 24th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 12th +0.011 25th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 26th 14% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 9th +0.012 27th 5% below peers
Concord, CA 0.43 6th +0.014 28th 7% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 18th +0.016 29th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 13th +0.030 30th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 3rd +0.027 31st 13% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (29.7% then, 31.4% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 5.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (25.6% to 31.4%).
Needs attention 31.4%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 14.0% +0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 11th -4.5pp 1st 19% below peers
Athens, GA 9.2% 18th -5.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 20th -5.4pp 3rd 23% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 9th -2.4pp 4th 24% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 12th -1.3pp 5th 14% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 25th -1.3pp 6th 35% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 7th 313% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 17th -0.7pp 8th 3% above peers
Odessa, TX 10.1% 19th -0.8pp 9th 14% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 47% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 4th -0.3pp 11th 45% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 8th -0.3pp 12th 35% below peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 13th -0.4pp 13th 9% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 23rd -0.6pp 14th 31% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 29th -0.5pp 15th 64% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 24th -0.3pp 16th 34% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 16th -0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 21st -0.0pp 18th 24% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 28th +0.6pp 19th 63% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 20th 255% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 27th +0.9pp 21st 50% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 6th +0.5pp 22nd 40% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 3rd +0.6pp 23rd 46% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 22nd +1.4pp 24th 25% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 15th +1.4pp 25th 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 26th +2.1pp 26th 37% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 5th +1.4pp 27th 43% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 10th +2.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 1st +1.5pp 29th 50% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.5% 7th +2.0pp 30th 37% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 14th +3.7pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.8pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $317,498 in August 2026, up from $305,652 a year earlier.
Big move $317,498
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref $290,401 (Aug 26) +2.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Berkeley, CA $1,445,049 (Aug 26) 1st +6.9% 1st 269% above peers
Odessa, TX $251,624 (Aug 26) 26th +4.4% 2nd 36% below peers
Allentown, PA $317,498 (Aug 26) 21st +3.9% 3rd 19% below peers
Rochester, MN $342,187 (Aug 26) 19th +3.7% 4th 13% below peers
Independence, MO $212,613 (Aug 26) 28th +3.6% 5th 46% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $526,592 (Aug 26) 8th +3.2% 6th 35% above peers
Columbia, MO $324,526 (Aug 26) 20th +2.7% 7th 17% below peers
Billings, MT $400,819 (Aug 26) 14th +2.5% 8th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $288,709 (Aug 26) 24th +2.2% 9th 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA $226,811 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 10th 42% below peers
Hartford, CT $203,792 (Aug 26) 29th +1.9% 11th 48% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,035,291 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 12th 165% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $404,294 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 13th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA $516,830 (Aug 26) 10th +1.0% 14th 32% above peers
Norman, OK $263,046 (Aug 26) 25th +0.9% 15th 33% below peers
Wilmington, NC $419,038 (Aug 26) 12th -0.1% 16th 7% above peers
Topeka, KS $198,041 (Aug 26) 30th -0.1% 17th 49% below peers
College Station, TX $345,836 (Aug 26) 18th -0.2% 18th 12% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $833,306 (Aug 26) 4th -0.3% 19th 113% above peers
Concord, CA $722,165 (Aug 26) 5th -0.5% 20th 85% above peers
Cambridge, MA $1,031,739 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.6% 21st 164% above peers
Pearland, TX $380,787 (Aug 26) 16th -0.6% 22nd 3% below peers
Goodyear, AZ $462,929 (Aug 26) 11th -0.8% 23rd 18% above peers
Fairfield, CA $599,253 (Aug 26) 7th -1.2% 24th 53% above peers
Lakeland, FL $309,954 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.3% 25th 21% below peers
North Charleston, SC $310,134 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.4% 26th 21% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $391,351 (Aug 26) 15th -1.7% 27th on par with peers
Arvada, CO $600,934 (Aug 26) 6th -2.1% 28th 54% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $346,475 (Aug 26) 17th -2.1% 29th 11% below peers
Vallejo, CA $519,461 (Aug 26) 9th -2.8% 30th 33% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 22% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $235,210 in August 2026, up from $223,991 a year earlier.
Big move $235,210
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref $158,769 (Aug 26) +2.6%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Berkeley, CA $979,123 (Aug 26) 1st +6.1% 1st 233% above peers
Odessa, TX $172,358 (Aug 26) 26th +5.5% 2nd 41% below peers
Allentown, PA $235,210 (Aug 26) 19th +5.0% 3rd 20% below peers
Independence, MO $156,466 (Aug 26) 27th +4.7% 4th 47% below peers
Columbia, MO $229,248 (Aug 26) 20th +4.4% 5th 22% below peers
Rochester, MN $249,868 (Aug 26) 18th +4.2% 6th 15% below peers
Billings, MT $299,452 (Aug 26) 14th +3.4% 7th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $226,640 (Aug 26) 21st +2.8% 8th 23% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $346,265 (Aug 26) 11th +1.9% 9th 18% above peers
Lafayette, LA $135,442 (Aug 26) 28th +1.6% 10th 54% below peers
Clovis, CA $400,701 (Aug 26) 9th +1.4% 11th 36% above peers
Norman, OK $181,291 (Aug 26) 25th +1.3% 12th 38% below peers
Cambridge, MA $689,486 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 13th 134% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $775,327 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 14th 163% above peers
College Station, TX $260,687 (Aug 26) 17th +0.6% 15th 11% below peers
Hartford, CT $108,951 (Aug 26) 29th +0.5% 16th 63% below peers
Pearland, TX $305,575 (Aug 26) 13th -0.2% 17th 4% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $700,965 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.2% 18th 138% above peers
Wilmington, NC $294,307 (Aug 26) 15th -0.4% 19th on par with peers
North Charleston, SC $222,009 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.7% 20th 25% below peers
Goodyear, AZ $380,397 (Aug 26) 10th -1.1% 21st 29% above peers
Fairfield, CA $479,655 (Aug 26) 6th -1.4% 22nd 63% above peers
Vallejo, CA $420,111 (Aug 26) 8th -1.5% 23rd 43% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $261,219 (Aug 26) 16th -2.0% 24th 11% below peers
Concord, CA $487,042 (Aug 26) 5th -2.1% 25th 65% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $336,328 (Aug 26) 12th -2.1% 26th 14% above peers
Lakeland, FL $219,972 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.1% 27th 25% below peers
Arvada, CO $472,905 (Aug 26) 7th -2.7% 28th 61% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,242 (Aug 26) 30th -3.4% 29th 64% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $211,301 (Aug 26) 24th -3.6% 30th 28% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.8% to 43.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.2% to 43.2%).
Bright spot 43.2%
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
Pennsylvania ref 69.3% +0.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 46% above peers
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 22nd +5.0pp 2nd 16% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 3rd 56% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 24th +3.1pp 4th 19% below peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 27th +2.4pp 5th 27% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 28th +2.2pp 6th 31% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 9th +3.1pp 7th 11% above peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 16th +2.7pp 8th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 21st +1.7pp 9th 14% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 13th +2.0pp 10th 4% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 17th +1.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 8th +1.9pp 12th 11% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 12th +1.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 11th +1.8pp 14th 10% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 26th +1.2pp 15th 25% below peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 23rd +1.3pp 16th 17% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 4th +1.2pp 17th 28% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 18th +0.8pp 18th 4% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 19th 20% above peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 20th 10% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 5th +0.7pp 21st 24% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 25th +0.3pp 22nd 23% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 77.7% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 32% above peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 29% above peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 14th +0.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Odessa, TX 59.8% 15th +0.1pp 26th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 6th -1.6pp 27th 22% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 28th 43% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 10th -2.7pp 29th 10% above peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 29th -2.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 20th -3.5pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,710 in August 2026, up from $1,649 a year earlier.
Big move $1,710
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Columbia, MO $1,444 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 1st 16% below peers
Topeka, KS $1,285 (Aug 26) 30th +4.8% 2nd 25% below peers
Wilmington, NC $1,706 (Aug 26) 17th +4.3% 3rd 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,377 (Aug 26) 7th +3.9% 4th 38% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $1,583 (Aug 26) 21st +3.8% 5th 8% below peers
Allentown, PA $1,710 (Aug 26) 16th +3.7% 6th 1% below peers
Billings, MT $1,426 (Aug 26) 25th +3.2% 7th 17% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,818 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.0% 8th 64% above peers
Hartford, CT $1,600 (Aug 26) 20th +2.9% 9th 7% below peers
Concord, CA $2,572 (Aug 26) 5th +2.8% 10th 49% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,476 (Aug 26) 1st +2.7% 11th 102% above peers
Clovis, CA $2,349 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 12th 36% above peers
Independence, MO $1,385 (Aug 26) 27th +2.6% 13th 20% below peers
North Charleston, SC $1,757 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 14th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA $2,213 (Aug 26) 9th +2.4% 15th 29% above peers
Norman, OK $1,357 (Aug 26) 28th +2.2% 16th 21% below peers
Fairfield, CA $2,389 (Aug 26) 6th +2.1% 17th 39% above peers
Rochester, MN $1,650 (Aug 26) 19th +1.9% 18th 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL $1,722 (Aug 26) 15th +1.7% 19th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,361 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 20th 95% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,760 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 21st 60% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,086 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 22nd 21% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,898 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 23rd 10% above peers
College Station, TX $1,419 (Aug 26) 26th +0.6% 24th 18% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,150 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 25th 25% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $1,683 (Aug 26) 18th +0.5% 26th 2% below peers
Lafayette, LA $1,329 (Aug 26) 29th +0.3% 27th 23% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,570 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.5% 28th 9% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $1,975 (Aug 26) 12th -1.0% 29th 15% above peers
Odessa, TX $1,553 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.3% 30th 10% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.2% then, 46.7% now; margin ±3.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.8% to 46.7%).
Needs attention 46.7%
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
Pennsylvania ref 28.1% -0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Columbia, MO 33.2% 11th -1.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 20th -1.7pp 2nd 16% above peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 23rd -0.9pp 3rd 21% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 5th -0.4pp 4th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 19th -0.5pp 5th 16% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 7th -0.2pp 6th 14% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 18th -0.1pp 7th 11% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 17th +0.1pp 8th 7% above peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 26th +0.2pp 9th 27% above peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 25th +0.3pp 10th 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 13th +0.4pp 11th 2% below peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 4th +0.6pp 12th 19% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 28th +1.3pp 13th 33% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 14th 35% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 16th +1.1pp 15th on par with peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 22nd +1.7pp 16th 20% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 17th 57% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 18th 32% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 3rd +1.6pp 19th 21% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 12th +2.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 21st 28% below peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 9th +2.6pp 22nd 6% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 23rd 44% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 21st +4.0pp 24th 19% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 2nd +2.8pp 25th 22% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 14th +4.5pp 26th 2% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 24th +6.0pp 27th 24% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 30.9% 8th +4.3pp 28th 11% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 10th +5.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 6th +6.5pp 30th 16% below peers
Odessa, TX 34.4% 15th +8.2pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.2% then, 16.5% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 16.5%).
Needs attention 16.5%
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
Pennsylvania ref 10.4% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 4th -2.1pp 1st 62% below peers
Athens, GA 6.4% 14th -3.3pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 19th -2.4pp 3rd 8% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 5th -0.6pp 4th 58% below peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 11th -0.9pp 5th 24% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 23rd -1.3pp 6th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 21st -1.2pp 7th 19% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 28th -1.7pp 8th 147% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 20th -0.7pp 9th 11% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 3rd -0.2pp 10th 64% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 25th -0.6pp 11th 39% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 8th -0.3pp 12th 35% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 16th -0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 18th -0.2pp 14th 6% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 10th -0.1pp 15th 28% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 13th -0.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 27th -0.1pp 17th 91% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 18th 358% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 2.0% 1st +0.1pp 19th 71% below peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 20th 396% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 7th +0.1pp 21st 50% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 22nd 210% above peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 12th +0.2pp 23rd 13% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 26th +0.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 24th +0.8pp 25th 25% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 6th +0.4pp 26th 52% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 22nd +1.2pp 27th 22% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 15th +1.1pp 28th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 9th +0.9pp 29th 32% below peers
Odessa, TX 7.0% 17th +2.4pp 30th 5% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.2% then, 11.4% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.6% to 11.4%).
Needs attention 11.4%
20132024
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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
Pennsylvania ref 5.6% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Athens, GA 11.3% 26th -2.2pp 1st 39% above peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 2nd 79% below peers
North Charleston, SC 15.4% 30th -2.6pp 3rd 89% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.9% 10th -1.0pp 4th 28% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.6% 24th -1.7pp 5th 31% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 4th -0.6pp 6th 53% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 6th -0.6pp 7th 46% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 5th -0.4pp 8th 52% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.2% 29th -1.0pp 9th 87% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.6% 7th -0.2pp 10th 44% below peers
Concord, CA 6.2% 11th -0.3pp 11th 24% below peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 65% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.4% 14th -0.3pp 13th 9% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 68% below peers
Norman, OK 9.6% 18th -0.1pp 15th 18% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.5% 15th -0.0pp 16th 8% below peers
Allentown, PA 11.4% 27th +0.1pp 17th 40% above peers
Odessa, TX 18.3% 31st +0.3pp 18th 125% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 19th +0.2pp 19th 21% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 8th +0.1pp 20th 40% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 7.3% 13th +0.2pp 21st 10% below peers
Wilmington, NC 10.9% 25th +0.6pp 22nd 34% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 17th +0.5pp 23rd 5% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.6% 23rd +0.6pp 24th 31% above peers
Independence, MO 12.6% 28th +1.0pp 25th 55% above peers
Billings, MT 8.1% 16th +1.2pp 26th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 10.6% 22nd +1.5pp 27th 30% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.3% 21st +1.5pp 28th 26% above peers
Topeka, KS 10.2% 20th +1.9pp 29th 25% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.8% 9th +1.3pp 30th 28% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 12th +1.5pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

39.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 34.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 40% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 35% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 30% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 4th 25% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 5th 23% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 6th 20% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 7th 16% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 8th 9% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 9th 8% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 10th 7% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 32.9% 11th 6% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 12th 3% below peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 13th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 14th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 15th 1% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 35.1% 16th on par with peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 17th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 18th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 19th 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 20th 2% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 21st 3% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 22nd 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 23rd 5% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 24th 6% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 25th 11% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 26th 13% above peers
Odessa, TX 39.9% 27th 14% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 14% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 17% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 18% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 20% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.0% then, 6.2% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 6.2%).
Needs attention 6.2%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 5.1% +0.7pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Clovis, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.6pp 1st 64% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 6.7% 24th -1.8pp 2nd 20% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 5th -0.6pp 3rd 51% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 15th -1.1pp 4th 2% below peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 22nd -1.1pp 5th 15% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 23rd -1.1pp 6th 17% above peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 6th -0.2pp 7th 49% below peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 8th -0.1pp 8th 37% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 9th 13% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 13th +0.1pp 10th 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 29th +0.5pp 11th 83% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 1st +0.2pp 12th 68% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 26th +0.7pp 13th 40% above peers
Odessa, TX 15.4% 31st +1.6pp 14th 178% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 3rd +0.2pp 15th 59% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 28th +0.9pp 16th 48% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 17th +0.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 21st +1.0pp 18th 11% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 30th +2.1pp 19th 119% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 20th +1.2pp 20th 11% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 14th +1.9pp 21st 4% below peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 19th +2.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 23rd 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 18th +2.6pp 24th 2% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 27th +3.8pp 25th 40% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 9th +1.8pp 26th 34% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 10th +2.1pp 28th 31% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 4th +1.4pp 29th 56% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 7th +1.6pp 30th 49% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 25th +4.3pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.3% to 19.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Allentown started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 19.1%).
Bright spot 19.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 35.2% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 6th +10.4pp 1st 34% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 30th +3.9pp 2nd 50% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 25th +5.8pp 3rd 26% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 27th +4.9pp 4th 36% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 15th +5.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 29th +2.5pp 6th 50% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 14th +4.8pp 7th 2% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 35.5% 21st +4.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 22nd +3.5pp 9th 24% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 11th +5.3pp 10th 21% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 19th +4.0pp 11th 5% below peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 12th 43% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 24th +3.0pp 13th 25% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 16th +3.8pp 14th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 8th +4.2pp 15th 32% above peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 4th +4.5pp 16th 47% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 20th +2.5pp 17th 7% below peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 13th +2.9pp 18th 6% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 9th +3.3pp 19th 23% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 12th +2.9pp 20th 19% above peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 18th +1.8pp 21st 4% below peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 17th +1.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
Odessa, TX 19.0% 31st +0.5pp 23rd 51% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 24th 102% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 25th 109% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 26th 94% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 23rd +0.4pp 27th 25% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 7th +0.6pp 28th 33% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 10th -0.0pp 29th 22% above peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 5th -2.1pp 30th 47% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 26th -1.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.3% then, 26.5% now; margin ±9.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.2% to 26.5%).
Needs attention 26.5%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 44.3% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 15th +14.2pp 1st 3% above peers
Odessa, TX 51.9% 8th +16.0pp 2nd 18% above peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 14th +8.8pp 3rd 3% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 20th +7.0pp 4th 3% below peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 29th +4.2pp 5th 40% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 11th +7.6pp 6th 15% above peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 17th +4.6pp 7th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 10th +2.0pp 8th 16% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 9th 77% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 10th 41% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 23rd +0.4pp 11th 14% below peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 5th +0.4pp 12th 31% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 12th +0.3pp 13th 5% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 24th +0.0pp 14th 16% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 6th -1.4pp 15th 26% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 16th 77% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 7th -4.7pp 17th 21% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 16th -4.1pp 18th on par with peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 13th -4.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 3rd -8.2pp 20th 46% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 30th -4.1pp 21st 40% below peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 22nd -6.6pp 22nd 12% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 28th -5.4pp 23rd 33% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 21st -8.1pp 24th 6% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 18th -8.8pp 25th 3% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 27th -9.7pp 26th 31% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 26th -10.7pp 27th 24% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 9th -18.7pp 28th 16% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 19th -16.1pp 29th 3% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 25th -20.4pp 30th 23% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 19.5% 31st -13.6pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.0% then, 9.9% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% to 9.9%).
Needs attention 9.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 6.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 3.9% 9th -7.7pp 2nd 35% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 15th -4.3pp 3rd 10% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 16th -2.6pp 4th on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 19th -2.6pp 5th 6% above peers
Odessa, TX 4.6% 12th -1.8pp 6th 23% below peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 20th -2.4pp 7th 6% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 73% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 17th -2.0pp 9th 4% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 8th -0.7pp 10th 37% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 27th -1.5pp 11th 54% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 4th -0.2pp 12th 59% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 11th -0.1pp 13th 23% below peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 28th +0.4pp 14th 55% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 18th +0.3pp 15th 5% above peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 26th +1.6pp 16th 52% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 24th +1.6pp 17th 42% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 5th +0.6pp 18th 46% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 30th +2.6pp 19th 116% above peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 14th +1.2pp 20th 14% below peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 10th +1.2pp 21st 24% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 29th +2.9pp 22nd 66% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 21st +2.0pp 23rd 17% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 23rd +2.3pp 24th 32% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 25th +3.8pp 25th 49% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 26th 78% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 22nd +3.4pp 27th 25% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 6th +1.6pp 28th 44% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 13th +2.7pp 29th 17% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 30th 129% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 7th +2.4pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 120,915 to 125,976 - more than the combined survey margin (±94).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (118,793 to 125,976).
Big move 125,976
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 30th +50% 1st 14% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 107,645 29th +34% 2nd 12% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 31st +32% 3rd 14% below peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 9th +14% 4th 2% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 15th +11% 5th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 23rd +11% 6th 2% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 10th +10% 7th 2% above peers
Billings, MT 119,434 25th +9% 8th 2% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 27th +9% 9th 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 24th +8% 10th 2% below peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 2nd +6% 11th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 14th +6% 12th on par with peers
Norman, OK 129,672 1st +6% 13th 6% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 21st +5% 14th 1% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 3rd +4% 15th 4% above peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 5th +4% 16th 3% above peers
Independence, MO 121,740 17th +4% 17th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 13th +3% 18th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 11th +2% 19th 2% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 4th +2% 20th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 26th +2% 21st 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 16th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 20th +1% 23rd 1% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 7th -0% 24th 3% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 6th -0% 25th 3% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 22nd -1% 26th 1% below peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 19th -2% 27th 1% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 8th -2% 28th 3% above peers
Odessa, TX 115,322 28th -4% 29th 6% below peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 18th -4% 30th on par with peers
Concord, CA 124,035 12th -4% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±76 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.4% to 24.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.6% to 24.4%).
Big move 24.4%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 20.4% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 26th +0.6pp 1st 21% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 16th +0.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.9pp 3rd 34% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 23rd +0.4pp 4th 12% below peers
Odessa, TX 29.4% 1st +0.4pp 5th 38% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 6th 41% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 7th 42% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 17th -0.0pp 8th 2% below peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 10th -0.2pp 9th 7% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 22nd -0.3pp 10th 11% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 5th -0.5pp 11th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 12th -0.5pp 12th 5% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 13th 42% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 3rd -0.8pp 14th 28% above peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 9th -0.7pp 15th 9% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 18th -0.7pp 16th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 11th -0.8pp 17th 7% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 4th -1.0pp 18th 25% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 24th -0.7pp 19th 17% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 27th -0.7pp 20th 22% below peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 13th -1.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 7th -1.3pp 22nd 13% above peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 19th -1.3pp 23rd 8% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 8th -1.7pp 24th 10% above peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 6th -2.0pp 25th 14% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 26th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 20th -2.1pp 27th 9% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 21st -2.1pp 28th 9% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 22.0% 14th -2.5pp 29th 3% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 25th -2.1pp 30th 20% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 15th -2.7pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.5% then, 59.1% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.6% to 59.1%).
Big move 59.1%
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
Pennsylvania ref 30.6% -0.4pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 30th +7.3pp 1st 36% below peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 14th +6.8pp 2nd 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 3rd +11.6pp 3rd 95% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 23.3% 21st +4.5pp 4th 18% below peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 7th +6.3pp 5th 45% above peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 4th +4.6pp 6th 69% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 18th +2.0pp 7th 5% below peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 13th +1.8pp 8th 4% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 19th +1.0pp 9th 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 10th 109% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 27th +0.4pp 11th 29% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 20th +0.4pp 12th 13% below peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 16th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 26th +0.1pp 14th 29% below peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 9th -0.5pp 15th 34% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 25th -0.4pp 16th 28% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 28th -0.4pp 17th 32% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 5th -0.9pp 18th 51% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 8th -1.0pp 19th 43% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 22nd -1.3pp 20th 21% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 17th -2.1pp 21st 3% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 22nd 119% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 6th -4.7pp 23rd 50% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 23rd -2.4pp 24th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 31st -1.8pp 25th 50% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 15th -3.7pp 26th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 24th -2.8pp 27th 24% below peers
Odessa, TX 30.0% 12th -4.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 10th -5.5pp 29th 31% above peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 29th -3.8pp 30th 32% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 11th -7.4pp 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.7% then, 76.0% now; margin ±11.2pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 8.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.2% to 76.0%).
Big move 76.0%
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
Pennsylvania ref 70.1% +0.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 11th +18.0pp 1st 4% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 9th +9.8pp 2nd 7% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 5th +9.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 15th +9.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 11% above peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 4th +4.8pp 6th 10% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 7th 12% above peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 10th +3.4pp 8th 6% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 19th +3.0pp 9th 4% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 6th +3.3pp 10th 9% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 12th +3.0pp 11th 3% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 64.3% 25th +2.5pp 12th 8% below peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 18th +2.6pp 13th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 21st +1.9pp 14th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 24th +1.6pp 15th 7% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 22nd +1.3pp 16th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 3rd +1.5pp 17th 10% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 17th +1.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 14th +1.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 8th +0.2pp 20th 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 7th +0.0pp 21st 9% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 27th -0.2pp 22nd 10% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 13th -0.9pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 23rd -2.2pp 24th 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 16th -3.4pp 25th on par with peers
Odessa, TX 58.8% 29th -3.3pp 26th 16% below peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 30th -3.7pp 27th 16% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 20th -5.9pp 28th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 26th -5.7pp 29th 9% below peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 28th -7.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 31st -8.4pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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4 of 28 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 ±9.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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