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95,242 people (2024) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Reading, PA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.1%
2020-24
▲ 64%
relative change
22.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$44,091
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
$32,176 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
86.6%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
74.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
253 /100k
May 2026
▼ 15%
relative change
297 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
39.0%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
45.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
27.8%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
31.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
38.5%
2019-23
▼ 12%
relative change
43.9% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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What needs attention 12 indicators

Where Reading, PA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.8%
2020-24
▲ 119%
relative change
3.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
14.6%
2020-24
▲ 49%
relative change
9.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.3%
May 2026
▲ 26%
relative change
5.0% a year earlier
Behind peers, standing still Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
45.7%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
44.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
23.4%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
25.5% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
11.4%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
10.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
11 /100k
May 2026
▲ 83%
relative change
6 a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
40.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
39.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,313 /100k
May 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
1,255 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
195 /100k
May 2026
▲ 12%
relative change
174 a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.9%
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
6.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.46 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 7 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
95,242
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
88,232 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$176,564
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$167,403 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,395
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,337 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$268,714
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$260,357 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
28.4%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
29.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
66.1%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
61.0% 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
64.0%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
71.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 15% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 253 in May 2026, down from 297 a year earlier.
253 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Roswell, GA 86 (May 26) 2nd -41.5% 1st 62% below peers
Bellingham, WA 46 (May 26) 1st -36.6% 2nd 79% below peers
Beaverton, OR 223 (Apr 26) 10th -25.7% 3rd on par with peers
Yakima, WA 437 (Apr 26) 14th -24.5% 4th 96% above peers
Tracy, CA 193 (May 26) 7th -21.5% 5th 13% below peers
Reading, PA 253 (May 26) 11th -14.9% 6th 13% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 725 (May 26) 16th -10.3% 7th 225% above peers
Livonia, MI 203 (May 26) 8th -9.6% 8th 9% below peers
Erie, PA 327 (May 26) 13th -8.5% 9th 46% above peers
Edmond, OK 141 (May 26) 4th -6.6% 10th 37% below peers
Orem, UT 144 (May 26) 5th -4.1% 11th 35% below peers
Greenville, NC 442 (May 26) 15th +0.9% 12th 98% above peers
Chino, CA 316 (May 26) 12th +3.1% 13th 41% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 147 (May 26) 6th +9.2% 14th 34% below peers
Fall River, MA 777 (Apr 26) 17th +9.7% 15th 248% above peers
Asheville, NC 793 (May 26) 18th +10.7% 16th 255% above peers
Sandy, UT 221 (May 26) 9th +17.3% 17th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 97 (May 26) 3rd +17.7% 18th 57% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 5% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,313 in May 2026, up from 1,255 a year earlier.
1,313 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Roswell, GA 663 (May 26) 2nd -30.9% 1st 62% below peers
Bellingham, WA 2,356 (May 26) 14th -17.4% 2nd 35% above peers
Livonia, MI 1,085 (May 26) 4th -16.8% 3rd 38% below peers
Yakima, WA 1,748 (Apr 26) 11th -15.5% 4th on par with peers
Orem, UT 1,131 (May 26) 5th -13.4% 5th 35% below peers
Beaverton, OR 2,487 (Apr 26) 16th -10.7% 6th 43% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 961 (May 26) 3rd -10.1% 7th 45% below peers
Edmond, OK 1,149 (May 26) 6th -9.9% 8th 34% below peers
Tracy, CA 1,342 (May 26) 8th -8.5% 9th 23% below peers
Erie, PA 1,858 (May 26) 12th -7.0% 10th 7% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 3,405 (May 26) 17th -6.9% 11th 95% above peers
Greenville, NC 2,481 (May 26) 15th -4.4% 12th 42% above peers
Chino, CA 1,988 (May 26) 13th -4.1% 13th 14% above peers
Sandy, UT 1,744 (May 26) 10th -1.6% 14th on par with peers
Reading, PA 1,313 (May 26) 7th +4.7% 15th 25% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 528 (May 26) 1st +8.1% 16th 70% below peers
Asheville, NC 4,447 (May 26) 18th +9.4% 17th 155% above peers
Fall River, MA 1,539 (Apr 26) 9th +11.3% 18th 12% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 83% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 8% 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 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 11 in May 2026, up from 6 a year earlier.
11 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Beaverton, OR 0 (Apr 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Roswell, GA 1 (May 26) 6th -50.2% 2nd 46% below peers
Asheville, NC 5 (May 26) 13th -50.0% 3rd 162% above peers
Sandy, UT 1 (May 26) 8th -50.0% 4th 45% below peers
Yakima, WA 7 (Apr 26) 15th -50.0% 5th 259% above peers
Chino, CA 1 (May 26) 5th -49.8% 6th 47% below peers
Bellingham, WA 2 (May 26) 11th -33.5% 7th 3% above peers
Erie, PA 5 (May 26) 14th -16.6% 8th 170% above peers
Greenville, NC 7 (May 26) 16th -12.4% 9th 264% above peers
Fall River, MA 3 (Apr 26) 12th +0.0% 10th 58% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 1 (May 26) 4th +0.0% 11th 48% below peers
Edmond, OK 2 (May 26) 10th +0.0% 12th on par with peers
Portsmouth, VA 22 (May 26) 18th +5.0% 13th 990% above peers
Reading, PA 11 (May 26) 17th +83.4% 14th 454% above peers
Tracy, CA 2 (May 26) 9th +99.6% 15th 2% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 1 (May 26) 3rd 48% below peers
Livonia, MI 1 (May 26) 7th 46% below peers
Orem, UT 0 (May 26) 2nd 100% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft rose about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 195 in May 2026, up from 174 a year earlier.
195 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Bellingham, WA 66 (May 26) 4th -57.6% 1st 47% below peers
Chino, CA 125 (May 26) 10th -39.5% 2nd on par with peers
Livonia, MI 93 (May 26) 8th -38.6% 3rd 25% below peers
Yakima, WA 199 (Apr 26) 16th -34.9% 4th 60% above peers
Tracy, CA 173 (May 26) 14th -30.4% 5th 39% above peers
Beaverton, OR 147 (Apr 26) 12th -29.3% 6th 18% above peers
Erie, PA 80 (May 26) 6th -27.5% 7th 36% below peers
Sandy, UT 102 (May 26) 9th -26.0% 8th 18% below peers
Fall River, MA 126 (Apr 26) 11th -21.7% 9th 1% above peers
Roswell, GA 49 (May 26) 3rd -21.1% 10th 61% below peers
Greenville, NC 159 (May 26) 13th -5.0% 11th 28% above peers
Edmond, OK 47 (May 26) 2nd +2.2% 12th 62% below peers
Asheville, NC 336 (May 26) 17th +6.0% 13th 170% above peers
Orem, UT 88 (May 26) 7th +9.0% 14th 29% below peers
Reading, PA 195 (May 26) 15th +12.1% 15th 57% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 484 (May 26) 18th +14.5% 16th 288% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43 (May 26) 1st +20.6% 17th 66% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 70 (May 26) 5th +21.4% 18th 44% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Eagan, MN down about 55% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 37% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Davis, CA down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $32,176 to $44,091 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,716). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 64% from 2014 to 2024 ($26,867 to $44,091).
$44,091
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 $77,971 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Arden-Arcade, CA $77,321 19th +53% 1st 7% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 17th +48% 2nd 6% below peers
Deltona, FL $76,924 20th +46% 3rd 8% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 21st +42% 4th 15% below peers
Sunrise, FL $77,652 18th +42% 5th 7% below peers
Yakima, WA $62,815 26th +40% 6th 25% below peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 7th +39% 7th 31% above peers
Beaverton, OR $98,622 13th +37% 8th 18% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $63,732 25th +37% 9th 24% below peers
Reading, PA $44,091 31st +37% 10th 47% below peers
Carson, CA $108,703 9th +32% 11th 30% above peers
Tracy, CA $121,119 4th +32% 12th 45% above peers
Fall River, MA $56,673 28th +30% 13th 32% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 22nd +30% 14th 15% below peers
Orem, UT $83,342 16th +29% 15th on par with peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 2nd +29% 16th 54% above peers
Kirkland, WA $150,414 1st +28% 17th 80% above peers
Chino, CA $104,682 10th +28% 18th 26% above peers
Edmond, OK $103,183 11th +27% 19th 24% above peers
Toms River, NJ $100,137 12th +25% 20th 20% above peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 23rd +25% 21st 20% below peers
Plantation, FL $92,541 15th +24% 22nd 11% above peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 14th +23% 23rd 18% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 6th +23% 24th 33% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 8th +22% 25th 31% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 29th +22% 26th 40% below peers
Erie, PA $46,113 30th +22% 27th 45% below peers
Lawrence, KS $65,009 24th +21% 28th 22% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $124,755 3rd +21% 29th 50% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 5th +19% 30th 35% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $60,491 27th +16% 31st 27% 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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2 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,478 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat from 2022 to 2025.

Essentially flat over this window.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 6.3% in May 2026, up from 5.0% a year earlier.
6.3%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 4.2% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Asheville, NC 3.4% (May 26) 6th -1.6pp 1st 19% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 2nd 33% below peers
Fall River, MA 5.4% (May 26) 25th -0.3pp 3rd 29% above peers
Tracy, CA 4.4% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 4th 5% above peers
Redding, CA 4.2% (May 26) 15th -0.3pp 5th on par with peers
Compton, CA 5.9% (May 26) 27th -0.2pp 6th 40% above peers
San Marcos, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 7th 14% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.4% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 8th 19% below peers
Chino, CA 4.0% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 9th 5% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.8% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 10th 33% below peers
Orem, UT 3.4% (May 26) 8th +0.0pp 11th 19% below peers
Greenville, NC 4.3% (May 26) 16th +0.0pp 12th 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 2.9% (May 26) 4th +0.1pp 13th 31% below peers
Beaverton, OR 4.7% (May 26) 22nd +0.1pp 14th 12% above peers
Carson, CA 5.5% (May 26) 26th +0.2pp 15th 31% above peers
Lawrence, KS 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.3pp 16th 17% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.3% (May 26) 5th +0.3pp 17th 21% below peers
Yakima, WA 5.9% (May 26) 28th +0.3pp 18th 40% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 4.4% (May 26) 18th +0.3pp 19th 5% above peers
Bellingham, WA 4.1% (May 26) 13th +0.4pp 20th 2% below peers
Erie, PA 4.6% (May 26) 20th +0.6pp 21st 10% above peers
Hoover, AL 2.6% (May 26) 1st +0.7pp 22nd 38% below peers
Kirkland, WA 4.6% (May 26) 21st +0.8pp 23rd 10% above peers
Plantation, FL 4.1% (May 26) 14th +1.0pp 24th 2% below peers
Deltona, FL 5.0% (May 26) 23rd +1.0pp 25th 19% above peers
Sunrise, FL 4.4% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 26th 5% above peers
Edmond, OK 3.9% (May 26) 11th +1.2pp 27th 7% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 5.0% (May 26) 24th +1.2pp 28th 19% above peers
Reading, PA 6.3% (May 26) 29th +1.3pp 29th 50% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.8% to 27.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 11.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.9% to 27.8%).
27.8%
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 11.3% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.0%
Arden-Arcade, CA 16.8% 24th -5.0pp 1st 67% above peers
Toms River, NJ 5.8% 5th -1.7pp 2nd 43% below peers
Edmond, OK 8.0% 11th -2.0pp 3rd 21% below peers
San Marcos, CA 9.0% 13th -2.2pp 4th 10% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.2% 17th -2.4pp 5th 1% above peers
Redding, CA 13.8% 20th -3.3pp 6th 37% above peers
Yakima, WA 16.3% 23rd -3.6pp 7th 62% above peers
Greenville, NC 23.2% 30th -5.0pp 8th 131% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 2nd -1.1pp 9th 50% below peers
Lawrence, KS 16.0% 22nd -3.1pp 10th 60% above peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 11th 54% below peers
Sunrise, FL 10.6% 18th -1.6pp 12th 5% above peers
Compton, CA 17.8% 27th -2.6pp 13th 77% above peers
Reading, PA 27.8% 31st -3.9pp 14th 177% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 15th -1.4pp 15th on par with peers
Erie, PA 21.9% 29th -3.0pp 16th 117% above peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 9th -1.0pp 17th 23% below peers
Beaverton, OR 10.1% 16th -1.2pp 18th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 17.8% 26th -2.0pp 19th 77% above peers
Tracy, CA 7.7% 10th -0.3pp 20th 23% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.8% 21st -0.4pp 21st 57% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 8th -0.1pp 22nd 26% below peers
Carson, CA 8.6% 12th -0.1pp 23rd 15% below peers
Kirkland, WA 6.0% 6th -0.0pp 24th 40% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.3% 28th -0.1pp 25th 92% above peers
Asheville, NC 13.8% 19th +0.4pp 26th 37% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 16.9% 25th +0.8pp 27th 68% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 4th +0.3pp 28th 46% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.9% 14th +1.6pp 29th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.3% 3rd +0.9pp 30th 47% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% 7th +1.5pp 31st 40% 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp 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
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Child poverty fell 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45.2% to 39.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp). 16 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 16.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.2% to 39.0%).
39.0%
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%
Toms River, NJ 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 67% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 2nd 70% below peers
Chino, CA 8.8% 11th -5.3pp 3rd 18% below peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 10th -4.7pp 4th 23% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 9th -4.1pp 5th 29% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 3rd -2.8pp 6th 52% below peers
Yakima, WA 21.5% 23rd -10.8pp 7th 99% above peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 24th -10.8pp 8th 101% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 8th -3.7pp 9th 31% below peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 20th -7.5pp 10th 42% above peers
Beaverton, OR 11.3% 17th -5.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Orem, UT 9.4% 12th -4.4pp 12th 13% below peers
Lawrence, KS 9.8% 15th -3.0pp 13th 9% below peers
Sunrise, FL 13.2% 19th -3.9pp 14th 22% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 25.5% 26th -7.1pp 15th 136% above peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 13th -2.6pp 16th 13% below peers
Edmond, OK 9.6% 14th -2.6pp 17th 11% below peers
Deltona, FL 12.5% 18th -3.1pp 18th 16% above peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 21st -3.1pp 19th 50% above peers
Fall River, MA 26.6% 29th -4.8pp 20th 146% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.9% 25th -4.0pp 21st 131% above peers
Reading, PA 39.0% 31st -6.2pp 22nd 261% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 6th -0.6pp 23rd 47% below peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 28th -2.6pp 24th 140% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 25.7% 27th -2.3pp 25th 138% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 30th -3.1pp 26th 222% above peers
Tracy, CA 10.8% 16th -0.3pp 27th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 5.3% 4th +0.2pp 28th 51% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 7th +0.5pp 29th 42% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 5.4% 5th +1.9pp 30th 50% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 22nd +6.9pp 31st 74% 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 12.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.3% to 86.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 17.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (69.2% to 86.6%).
86.6%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 90.0% +7.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Fall River, MA 86.5% 29th +16.1pp 1st 8% below peers
Sunrise, FL 92.1% 19th +15.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 30th +14.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Reading, PA 86.6% 28th +12.3pp 4th 8% below peers
Yakima, WA 89.3% 25th +11.1pp 5th 5% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 26th +10.7pp 6th 6% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 14th +11.0pp 7th on par with peers
Deltona, FL 94.7% 12th +10.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 90.0% 23rd +9.1pp 9th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 24th +8.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 88.0% 27th +8.1pp 11th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 22nd +6.6pp 12th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 9th +6.8pp 13th 1% above peers
Plantation, FL 95.2% 8th +6.4pp 14th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 93.8% 16th +6.2pp 15th on par with peers
Chino, CA 95.9% 6th +6.0pp 16th 2% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 15th +5.4pp 17th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 13th +5.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Edmond, OK 96.3% 4th +4.7pp 19th 3% above peers
Toms River, NJ 91.7% 21st +4.4pp 20th 2% below peers
Beaverton, OR 94.8% 11th +4.2pp 21st 1% above peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 5th +4.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 1st +3.9pp 23rd 3% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 17th +3.7pp 24th on par with peers
Lawrence, KS 91.7% 20th +3.4pp 25th 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 10th +3.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 2nd +3.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Orem, UT 92.5% 18th +2.7pp 28th 1% below peers
Kirkland, WA 96.4% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Tracy, CA 95.2% 7th +2.1pp 30th 1% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 84.1% 31st -8.8pp 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.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.46 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.47).
0.47
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 0.47 +0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Yakima, WA 0.43 8th -0.028 1st 5% below peers
Edmond, OK 0.47 22nd -0.021 2nd 5% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 0.51 30th -0.017 3rd 14% above peers
Deltona, FL 0.38 1st -0.011 4th 16% below peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 14th -0.011 5th 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 2nd -0.009 6th 15% below peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 17th -0.009 7th 1% above peers
Lawrence, KS 0.48 23rd -0.009 8th 6% above peers
Sunrise, FL 0.44 12th -0.006 9th 3% below peers
Toms River, NJ 0.43 11th -0.005 10th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 0.46 18th -0.003 11th 2% above peers
Fall River, MA 0.46 19th -0.003 12th 2% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 0.51 29th -0.001 13th 14% above peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 4th +0.000 14th 13% below peers
Beaverton, OR 0.43 10th +0.001 15th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 31st +0.001 16th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 20th +0.003 17th 3% above peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 15th +0.005 18th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 6th +0.004 19th 8% below peers
Chino, CA 0.40 5th +0.005 20th 12% below peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 24th +0.005 21st 6% above peers
Reading, PA 0.47 21st +0.013 22nd 5% above peers
Tracy, CA 0.38 3rd +0.014 23rd 15% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 0.45 16th +0.017 24th on par with peers
Orem, UT 0.44 13th +0.017 25th 2% below peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 27th +0.026 26th 10% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 9th +0.028 27th 5% below peers
Plantation, FL 0.48 25th +0.033 28th 7% above peers
Carson, CA 0.43 7th +0.031 29th 5% below peers
Kirkland, WA 0.49 28th +0.043 30th 10% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 0.49 26th +0.045 31st 8% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 5.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 43.9% to 38.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys. 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (40.3% to 38.5%).
38.5%
20102023
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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
Roswell, GA 3.2% 3rd -2.8pp 1st 71% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 89% below peers
Orem, UT 4.9% 8th -2.3pp 3rd 56% below peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 4th 75% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 12.8% 21st -3.4pp 5th 15% above peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 18th -1.8pp 6th 9% above peers
Reading, PA 38.5% 31st -5.4pp 7th 244% above peers
Sunrise, FL 14.4% 22nd -1.6pp 8th 29% above peers
Yakima, WA 22.6% 27th -2.2pp 9th 102% above peers
Lawrence, KS 5.9% 10th -0.5pp 10th 48% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 13th -0.4pp 11th 32% below peers
Toms River, NJ 5.4% 9th -0.1pp 12th 52% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.6% 4th -0.1pp 13th 68% below peers
Beaverton, OR 11.2% 16th -0.0pp 14th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 23rd +0.1pp 15th 32% above peers
Deltona, FL 17.2% 24th +0.2pp 16th 54% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 29th +1.0pp 17th 170% above peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 5th +0.2pp 18th 63% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.1% 14th +0.7pp 19th 28% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 7th +0.4pp 20th 57% below peers
Edmond, OK 6.6% 11th +0.6pp 21st 41% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 17.5% 25th +1.8pp 22nd 57% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 17th +1.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Fall River, MA 31.6% 30th +4.0pp 24th 183% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 20th +1.8pp 25th 14% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 6th +0.6pp 26th 60% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 12th +1.4pp 27th 36% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 19.2% 26th +4.1pp 28th 72% above peers
Tracy, CA 9.7% 15th +2.1pp 29th 13% below peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 28th +5.7pp 30th 123% above peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 19th +5.1pp 31st 13% above 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.7pp 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 →

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 19% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $268,714 in June 2026, up from $260,357 a year earlier.
$268,714
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref $294,099 (Jun 26) +2.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Erie, PA $209,960 (Jun 26) 29th +5.9% 1st 55% below peers
Toms River, NJ $470,769 (Jun 26) 14th +3.7% 2nd 1% above peers
Lawrence, KS $341,775 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.6% 3rd 26% below peers
Reading, PA $268,714 (Jun 26) 27th +3.2% 4th 42% below peers
Orem, UT $511,940 (Jun 26) 12th +3.1% 5th 10% above peers
Hoover, AL $445,051 (Jun 26) 17th +2.9% 6th 4% below peers
Livonia, MI $323,035 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.8% 7th 30% below peers
Compton, CA $640,999 (Jun 26) 10th +2.6% 8th 38% above peers
Fall River, MA $459,250 (Jun 26) 16th +2.3% 9th 1% below peers
Sandy, UT $670,855 (Jun 26) 8th +1.8% 10th 45% above peers
Yakima, WA $367,991 (Jun 26) 19th +1.4% 11th 21% below peers
Greenville, NC $238,644 (Jun 26) 28th +1.3% 12th 49% below peers
Carson, CA $798,573 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 13th 72% above peers
Roswell, GA $666,641 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 14th 44% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $269,835 (Jun 26) 26th +0.8% 15th 42% below peers
Edmond, OK $358,374 (Jun 26) 21st +0.6% 16th 23% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $887,149 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.4% 17th 91% above peers
Bellingham, WA $674,798 (Jun 26) 7th -0.3% 18th 45% above peers
Chino, CA $758,989 (Jun 26) 5th -0.7% 19th 64% above peers
Redding, CA $394,739 (Jun 26) 18th -1.0% 20th 15% below peers
San Marcos, CA $957,606 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.1% 21st 106% above peers
Deltona, FL $300,807 (Jun 26) 25th -1.8% 22nd 35% below peers
Beaverton, OR $532,257 (Jun 26) 11th -3.0% 23rd 15% above peers
Plantation, FL $498,545 (Jun 26) 13th -3.3% 24th 7% above peers
Sunrise, FL $363,431 (Jun 26) 20th -4.1% 25th 22% below peers
Asheville, NC $464,131 (Jun 26) 15th -5.2% 26th on par with peers
Tracy, CA $688,735 (Jun 26) 6th -5.3% 27th 48% above peers
Kirkland, WA $1,227,283 (Jun 26) 1st -5.3% 28th 164% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $309,562 (Jun 26) 24th -7.3% 29th 33% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 32% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $176,564 in June 2026, up from $167,403 a year earlier.
$176,564
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref $161,687 (Jun 26) +2.9%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Erie, PA $129,940 (Jun 26) 29th +6.8% 1st 60% below peers
Reading, PA $176,564 (Jun 26) 26th +5.5% 2nd 46% below peers
Lawrence, KS $246,413 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.3% 3rd 24% below peers
Compton, CA $570,408 (Jun 26) 5th +3.9% 4th 75% above peers
Hoover, AL $316,421 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 5th 3% below peers
Fall River, MA $370,359 (Jun 26) 13th +3.4% 6th 14% above peers
Livonia, MI $248,896 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.4% 7th 23% below peers
Toms River, NJ $329,204 (Jun 26) 14th +2.2% 8th 1% above peers
Yakima, WA $265,615 (Jun 26) 18th +1.8% 9th 18% below peers
Orem, UT $382,402 (Jun 26) 12th +1.7% 10th 18% above peers
Sandy, UT $511,817 (Jun 26) 8th +1.3% 11th 57% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $203,980 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 12th 37% below peers
Greenville, NC $157,988 (Jun 26) 27th +0.9% 13th 51% below peers
Edmond, OK $254,750 (Jun 26) 19th +0.8% 14th 22% below peers
Bellingham, WA $486,485 (Jun 26) 9th +0.6% 15th 50% above peers
Roswell, GA $477,657 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 16th 47% above peers
Carson, CA $668,515 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.4% 17th 106% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $557,254 (Jun 26) 6th -0.1% 18th 71% above peers
Chino, CA $619,935 (Jun 26) 4th -0.4% 19th 91% above peers
Redding, CA $304,862 (Jun 26) 17th -0.8% 20th 6% below peers
San Marcos, CA $706,614 (Jun 26) 1st -1.1% 21st 117% above peers
Deltona, FL $251,065 (Jun 26) 20th -2.1% 22nd 23% below peers
Beaverton, OR $407,484 (Jun 26) 11th -4.2% 23rd 25% above peers
Asheville, NC $325,051 (Jun 26) 15th -4.7% 24th on par with peers
Tracy, CA $557,108 (Jun 26) 7th -5.2% 25th 71% above peers
Kirkland, WA $698,475 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.2% 26th 115% above peers
Plantation, FL $250,872 (Jun 26) 21st -5.6% 27th 23% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $191,148 (Jun 26) 25th -9.5% 28th 41% below peers
Sunrise, FL $140,986 (Jun 26) 28th -9.6% 29th 57% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.4% then, 40.6% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.8% to 40.6%).
40.6%
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%
Arden-Arcade, CA 46.1% 26th +4.7pp 1st 24% below peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 23rd +3.7pp 2nd 15% below peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 21st +3.3pp 3rd 11% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 57.9% 17th +2.9pp 4th 5% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 8th +3.6pp 5th 18% above peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 19th +2.6pp 6th 7% below peers
Deltona, FL 80.2% 4th +3.1pp 7th 32% above peers
Tracy, CA 65.0% 12th +2.2pp 8th 7% above peers
Sunrise, FL 68.8% 11th +2.3pp 9th 13% above peers
Toms River, NJ 81.8% 2nd +2.5pp 10th 35% above peers
Edmond, OK 70.3% 10th +2.1pp 11th 16% above peers
Reading, PA 40.6% 29th +1.2pp 12th 33% below peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 9th +1.7pp 13th 17% above peers
Beaverton, OR 50.5% 24th +1.2pp 14th 17% below peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 15th +1.4pp 15th 5% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 73.6% 7th +1.2pp 16th 21% above peers
Chino, CA 64.0% 14th +0.9pp 17th 5% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 18th 43% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 6th +0.9pp 19th 22% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 20th +0.6pp 20th 10% below peers
Plantation, FL 64.3% 13th +0.5pp 21st 6% above peers
Yakima, WA 53.9% 22nd -0.4pp 22nd 11% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 49.1% 25th -0.5pp 23rd 19% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 3rd -1.1pp 24th 33% above peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 31st -0.5pp 25th 46% below peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 27th -0.8pp 26th 27% below peers
Fall River, MA 35.3% 30th -1.0pp 27th 42% below peers
Lawrence, KS 43.6% 28th -1.3pp 28th 28% below peers
Orem, UT 57.8% 18th -2.2pp 29th 5% below peers
Kirkland, WA 60.8% 16th -2.6pp 30th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 5th -3.4pp 31st 24% 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,395 in June 2026, up from $1,337 a year earlier.
$1,395
2016June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Lawrence, KS $1,288 (Jun 26) 28th +5.3% 1st 28% below peers
Greenville, NC $1,346 (Jun 26) 27th +4.5% 2nd 24% below peers
Reading, PA $1,395 (Jun 26) 24th +4.4% 3rd 22% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $1,617 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.3% 4th 9% below peers
Yakima, WA $1,369 (Jun 26) 26th +3.8% 5th 23% below peers
Orem, UT $1,520 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 6th 15% below peers
Deltona, FL $2,023 (Jun 26) 11th +3.3% 7th 14% above peers
Fall River, MA $1,811 (Jun 26) 14th +3.3% 8th 2% above peers
Erie, PA $1,036 (Jun 26) 29th +3.3% 9th 42% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,662 (Jun 26) 20th +3.2% 10th 7% below peers
Redding, CA $1,642 (Jun 26) 21st +2.9% 11th 8% below peers
Chino, CA $3,388 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 12th 90% above peers
Toms River, NJ $2,797 (Jun 26) 4th +2.4% 13th 57% above peers
Kirkland, WA $2,626 (Jun 26) 6th +2.2% 14th 48% above peers
San Marcos, CA $3,258 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.9% 15th 83% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $2,425 (Jun 26) 10th +1.6% 16th 36% above peers
Bellingham, WA $1,976 (Jun 26) 12th +1.2% 17th 11% above peers
Edmond, OK $1,701 (Jun 26) 17th +1.1% 18th 4% below peers
Hoover, AL $1,378 (Jun 26) 25th +1.0% 19th 23% below peers
Plantation, FL $2,514 (Jun 26) 8th +0.9% 20th 41% above peers
Asheville, NC $1,688 (Jun 26) 18th +0.5% 21st 5% below peers
Sunrise, FL $2,566 (Jun 26) 7th +0.3% 22nd 44% above peers
Roswell, GA $1,730 (Jun 26) 16th +0.3% 23rd 3% below peers
Carson, CA $2,953 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.1% 24th 66% above peers
Tracy, CA $2,717 (Jun 26) 5th -0.5% 25th 53% above peers
Beaverton, OR $1,871 (Jun 26) 13th -0.5% 26th 5% above peers
Sandy, UT $1,681 (Jun 26) 19th -0.9% 27th 5% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $1,779 (Jun 26) 15th -1.6% 28th on par with peers
Compton, CA $2,500 (Jun 26) 9th -3.8% 29th 40% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 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 →

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.7% then, 45.7% now; margin ±3.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.7% to 45.7%).
45.7%
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
Toms River, NJ 30.6% 8th -6.2pp 1st 15% below peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 31st -4.4pp 2nd 33% above peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 16th -3.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 20th -2.9pp 4th 13% above peers
Deltona, FL 32.7% 10th -2.2pp 5th 9% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 44.8% 26th -1.7pp 6th 24% above peers
Tracy, CA 35.3% 14th -1.2pp 7th 2% below peers
Yakima, WA 33.8% 12th -0.5pp 8th 6% below peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 13th -0.4pp 9th 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 5th -0.3pp 10th 26% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 19th -0.2pp 11th 10% above peers
Beaverton, OR 35.7% 15th -0.1pp 12th 1% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 3rd +0.0pp 13th 33% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 22nd +0.6pp 14th 22% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.6% 18th +0.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Reading, PA 45.7% 28th +1.0pp 16th 27% above peers
Edmond, OK 27.7% 6th +0.6pp 17th 23% below peers
Chino, CA 42.5% 21st +1.2pp 18th 18% above peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 17th +1.5pp 19th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 4th +1.1pp 20th 32% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 21st 43% below peers
Sunrise, FL 47.6% 30th +2.7pp 22nd 32% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 23rd 42% below peers
Orem, UT 30.0% 7th +1.8pp 24th 17% below peers
Fall River, MA 44.8% 27th +3.8pp 25th 24% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 31.2% 9th +2.8pp 26th 14% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 44.8% 25th +4.3pp 27th 24% above peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 29th +4.9pp 28th 30% above peers
Plantation, FL 44.7% 24th +4.9pp 29th 24% above peers
Kirkland, WA 32.9% 11th +4.0pp 30th 9% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 44.6% 23rd +5.7pp 31st 24% 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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▸

Peers worth a call

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.5% then, 23.4% now; margin ±3.1pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 10 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.1% to 23.4%).
23.4%
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
Sandy, UT 2.5% 1st -1.8pp 1st 58% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.6% 3rd -1.6pp 2nd 55% below peers
Sunrise, FL 5.9% 16th -2.0pp 3rd on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 4th 41% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 8th -0.9pp 5th 41% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 25th -2.3pp 6th 62% above peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 4th -0.7pp 7th 46% below peers
Deltona, FL 2.6% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 55% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 10.2% 26th -1.7pp 9th 73% above peers
Edmond, OK 3.3% 5th -0.5pp 10th 44% below peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 21st -1.1pp 11th 30% above peers
Yakima, WA 7.3% 19th -0.9pp 12th 25% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 29th -2.0pp 13th 179% above peers
Reading, PA 23.4% 31st -2.2pp 14th 296% above peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 30th -1.4pp 15th 191% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 18th -0.6pp 16th 19% above peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 27th -0.4pp 17th 82% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% 14th -0.2pp 18th 19% below peers
Toms River, NJ 6.1% 17th -0.2pp 19th 3% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 8.4% 23rd -0.2pp 20th 43% above peers
Tracy, CA 3.4% 6th -0.0pp 21st 43% below peers
Beaverton, OR 8.7% 24th -0.0pp 22nd 47% above peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 20th +0.0pp 23rd 29% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.0% 28th +0.8pp 24th 104% above peers
Plantation, FL 5.3% 15th +0.9pp 25th 11% below peers
Orem, UT 3.7% 10th +0.7pp 26th 38% below peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 11th +1.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 28th 43% below peers
Chino, CA 4.6% 12th +1.2pp 29th 22% below peers
Lawrence, KS 8.4% 22nd +2.6pp 30th 42% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 13th +1.6pp 31st 20% 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.5pp 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
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.8% to 14.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.6% to 14.6%).
14.6%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 5.5% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Roswell, GA 8.4% 20th -3.8pp 1st 26% above peers
Beaverton, OR 6.0% 13th -2.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.3% 9th -1.9pp 3rd 21% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 7.0% 17th -2.4pp 4th 4% above peers
Sunrise, FL 9.8% 24th -3.2pp 5th 45% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.8% 5th -1.0pp 6th 28% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 18th -1.4pp 7th 5% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.0% 4th -0.7pp 8th 40% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 23rd -1.6pp 9th 40% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.1% 7th -0.9pp 10th 24% below peers
Tracy, CA 5.4% 10th -0.8pp 11th 19% below peers
Erie, PA 5.7% 11th -0.8pp 12th 16% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.0% 26th -1.3pp 13th 64% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 25th -1.1pp 14th 49% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.2pp 15th 63% below peers
Chino, CA 6.7% 16th -0.5pp 16th on par with peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 15th -0.5pp 17th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 3rd -0.3pp 18th 42% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 6th -0.3pp 19th 25% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.8% 2nd -0.1pp 20th 43% below peers
Greenville, NC 9.4% 22nd +0.0pp 21st 39% above peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 8th +0.2pp 22nd 22% below peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 85% above peers
Redding, CA 6.5% 14th +0.5pp 24th 3% below peers
Edmond, OK 7.7% 19th +0.6pp 25th 15% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.6% 27th +1.0pp 26th 72% above peers
Deltona, FL 12.3% 28th +1.4pp 27th 83% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 17.3% 31st +2.1pp 28th 158% above peers
Lawrence, KS 8.8% 21st +1.1pp 29th 31% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.7% 12th +1.4pp 30th 15% below peers
Reading, PA 14.6% 30th +4.8pp 31st 118% 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.
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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

43.3%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 34.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Kirkland, WA 22.4% 1st 31% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 25.3% 2nd 22% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 3rd 21% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 4th 20% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 5th 18% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 6th 13% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 7th 10% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 8th 10% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 9th 9% below peers
Plantation, FL 29.5% 10th 9% below peers
Toms River, NJ 31.1% 11th 4% below peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 12th 4% below peers
Beaverton, OR 31.1% 13th 4% below peers
Chino, CA 31.9% 14th 2% below peers
Sunrise, FL 32.2% 15th 1% below peers
Tracy, CA 32.4% 16th on par with peers
Orem, UT 32.5% 17th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 18th on par with peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.9% 19th 5% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 20th 6% above peers
Edmond, OK 34.7% 21st 7% above peers
Deltona, FL 35.2% 22nd 9% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 23rd 10% above peers
Fall River, MA 36.0% 24th 11% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 36.3% 25th 12% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.5% 26th 13% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 27th 20% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 28th 26% above peers
Yakima, WA 41.8% 29th 29% above peers
Reading, PA 43.3% 30th 34% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 45.6% 31st 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.5% to 7.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.1% to 7.8%).
7.8%
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
Roswell, GA 3.8% 16th -3.9pp 1st on par with peers
Chino, CA 3.4% 11th -3.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 75% below peers
Beaverton, OR 3.0% 8th -1.7pp 4th 22% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 3rd -1.2pp 5th 44% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 12th -1.9pp 6th 8% below peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 5th -1.0pp 7th 38% below peers
Yakima, WA 3.8% 17th -1.4pp 8th 1% above peers
Plantation, FL 6.5% 26th -2.1pp 9th 71% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 1.6% 2nd -0.4pp 10th 57% below peers
Tracy, CA 3.3% 10th -0.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 18th -0.4pp 12th 3% above peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 7th -0.1pp 13th 32% below peers
Toms River, NJ 3.5% 13th -0.1pp 14th 7% below peers
Orem, UT 8.1% 29th +0.3pp 15th 112% above peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 6th +0.4pp 16th 34% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 15th +0.6pp 17th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 22nd +1.0pp 18th 21% above peers
Fall River, MA 2.3% 4th +0.6pp 19th 39% below peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 21st +1.2pp 20th 20% above peers
Lawrence, KS 5.8% 25th +1.5pp 21st 54% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.2% 31st +4.2pp 22nd 301% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 5.7% 24th +1.6pp 23rd 49% above peers
Edmond, OK 5.0% 23rd +1.6pp 24th 32% above peers
Sunrise, FL 7.9% 28th +3.0pp 25th 107% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 14th +1.4pp 26th 6% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2% 20th +1.6pp 27th 9% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 19th +1.8pp 28th 4% above peers
Reading, PA 7.8% 27th +4.2pp 29th 104% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 9th +1.9pp 30th 18% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.6% 30th +6.8pp 31st 178% 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.8% then, 11.4% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 11.4%).
11.4%
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 35.2% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Tracy, CA 28.5% 22nd +6.5pp 1st 27% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.6% 19th +6.9pp 2nd 14% below peers
Deltona, FL 19.9% 28th +3.7pp 3rd 49% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 4th 73% below peers
Chino, CA 27.2% 23rd +4.2pp 5th 30% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 12th +6.8pp 6th 12% above peers
Toms River, NJ 36.4% 18th +4.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 3rd +7.9pp 8th 69% above peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 15th +4.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.3% 25th +2.4pp 10th 38% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 38.5% 17th +3.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 10th +4.2pp 12th 18% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 9th +4.2pp 13th 24% above peers
Yakima, WA 20.8% 27th +1.8pp 14th 47% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 7th +4.5pp 15th 37% above peers
Orem, UT 43.6% 13th +3.6pp 16th 12% above peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 4th +5.0pp 17th 60% above peers
Kirkland, WA 66.3% 2nd +5.0pp 18th 70% above peers
Edmond, OK 57.6% 5th +4.2pp 19th 47% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 32.0% 20th +2.3pp 20th 18% below peers
Beaverton, OR 50.1% 8th +3.6pp 21st 28% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 68.4% 1st +4.5pp 22nd 75% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 26th +1.5pp 23rd 41% below peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 29th +1.0pp 24th 58% below peers
Plantation, FL 45.9% 11th +2.6pp 25th 17% above peers
Reading, PA 11.4% 30th +0.6pp 26th 71% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 24th +1.2pp 27th 31% below peers
Lawrence, KS 55.8% 6th +2.5pp 28th 43% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 14th +1.8pp 29th 11% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 21st +1.1pp 30th 25% below peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 16th +1.4pp 31st on par with 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 14.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.1% to 36.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.4pp). None of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.9% to 36.1%).
36.1%
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 44.3% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Reading, PA 36.1% 27th +14.0pp 1st 23% below peers
Toms River, NJ 70.6% 1st +11.2pp 2nd 51% above peers
Beaverton, OR 46.7% 16th +4.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Greenville, NC 53.1% 9th +4.9pp 4th 14% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 3rd +5.2pp 5th 34% above peers
Chino, CA 45.2% 17th +3.2pp 6th 3% below peers
Edmond, OK 52.5% 10th +3.5pp 7th 12% above peers
Plantation, FL 60.9% 5th +2.2pp 8th 30% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 2nd +2.3pp 9th 42% above peers
Deltona, FL 36.5% 25th +1.0pp 10th 22% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 43.5% 20th +1.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 7th +1.1pp 12th 21% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 18th -1.2pp 13th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 13th -2.2pp 14th 7% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 8th -3.5pp 15th 19% above peers
Orem, UT 39.0% 21st -3.2pp 16th 17% below peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 11th -4.6pp 17th 9% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 62.6% 4th -8.9pp 18th 34% above peers
Sunrise, FL 48.9% 14th -8.2pp 19th 5% above peers
Tracy, CA 37.7% 23rd -7.0pp 20th 19% below peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 19th -8.1pp 21st 6% below peers
Lawrence, KS 48.6% 15th -9.3pp 22nd 4% above peers
Kirkland, WA 57.9% 6th -11.4pp 23rd 24% above peers
Yakima, WA 26.9% 31st -6.5pp 24th 42% below peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 12th -14.5pp 25th 8% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 22nd -11.7pp 26th 19% below peers
Fall River, MA 37.1% 24th -11.9pp 27th 21% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 29.8% 30th -11.5pp 28th 36% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 26th -20.9pp 29th 23% below peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 28th -24.8pp 30th 23% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.2% 29th -23.2pp 31st 29% 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.1% then, 8.9% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.6% to 8.9%).
8.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 6.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chino, CA 2.7% 4th -7.8pp 1st 59% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 14th -3.2pp 2nd 21% below peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 74% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.7% 7th -2.0pp 4th 43% below peers
Lawrence, KS 1.4% 1st -0.8pp 5th 78% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 6th -1.5pp 6th 46% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 9th -1.5pp 7th 35% below peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 3rd -0.5pp 8th 60% below peers
Fall River, MA 7.2% 19th -1.4pp 9th 9% above peers
Beaverton, OR 4.5% 12th -0.6pp 10th 31% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 8.6% 24th -0.5pp 11th 31% above peers
Sunrise, FL 6.6% 16th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 31st -0.3pp 13th 100% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.5% 11th -0.0pp 14th 31% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.2% 22nd +0.5pp 15th 25% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 5th +0.3pp 16th 53% below peers
Orem, UT 6.7% 17th +0.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 26th +1.6pp 18th 48% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 23rd +1.4pp 19th 27% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 27th +2.1pp 20th 52% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 15th +1.4pp 21st 14% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.9% 29th +3.0pp 22nd 80% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 23% below peers
Reading, PA 8.9% 25th +2.8pp 24th 36% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 18th +2.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Deltona, FL 7.3% 20th +2.4pp 26th 12% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 8th +1.5pp 27th 36% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.9% 21st +2.8pp 28th 19% above peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 10th +1.6pp 29th 32% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.1% 30th +6.2pp 30th 83% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 10.8% 28th +9.9pp 31st 64% 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.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88,232 to 95,242 - more than the combined survey margin (±110). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (88,051 to 95,242).
95,242
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Fort Myers, FL 95,051 12th +19% 1st 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 29th +9% 2nd 2% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 93,993 19th +8% 3rd 1% below peers
Reading, PA 95,242 11th +8% 4th 1% above peers
Deltona, FL 97,334 3rd +8% 5th 3% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 22nd +8% 6th 1% below peers
Tracy, CA 96,966 6th +7% 7th 3% above peers
Toms River, NJ 94,956 14th +6% 8th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 23rd +5% 9th 1% below peers
Fall River, MA 94,082 18th +5% 10th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 96,825 8th +5% 11th 2% above peers
Sunrise, FL 97,918 1st +4% 12th 4% above peers
Yakima, WA 96,961 7th +4% 13th 3% above peers
Kirkland, WA 92,621 30th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Chino, CA 92,652 28th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 16th +3% 16th on par with peers
Plantation, FL 96,293 9th +3% 17th 2% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 97,190 4th +2% 18th 3% above peers
Redding, CA 93,409 24th +2% 19th 1% below peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 26th +1% 20th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 92,871 25th +1% 21st 2% below peers
Orem, UT 97,182 5th +0% 22nd 3% above peers
Beaverton, OR 97,812 2nd -0% 23rd 3% above peers
Lawrence, KS 96,051 10th -0% 24th 2% above peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 20th -0% 25th 1% below peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 15th -0% 26th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 17th -2% 27th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 31st -2% 28th 2% below peers
Erie, PA 93,850 21st -4% 29th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 92,698 27th -4% 30th 2% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 94,994 13th -8% 31st on par with 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.3% then, 28.4% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (30.1% to 28.4%).
28.4%
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 21.6% -0.7pp
Chino, CA 24.6% 9th +4.4pp 1st 8% above peers
Beaverton, OR 20.5% 22nd +1.0pp 2nd 10% below peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 5th +1.2pp 3rd 16% above peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 27th +0.6pp 4th 18% below peers
Plantation, FL 20.9% 20th +0.5pp 5th 8% below peers
Toms River, NJ 22.3% 17th +0.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 28th +0.2pp 7th 18% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 18th +0.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Yakima, WA 27.8% 2nd +0.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Edmond, OK 25.4% 7th -0.1pp 10th 11% above peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 23rd -0.1pp 11th 12% below peers
Deltona, FL 23.1% 13th -0.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Sunrise, FL 20.7% 21st -0.3pp 13th 9% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 23.0% 14th -0.4pp 14th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 22.8% 15th -0.4pp 15th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 10th -0.6pp 16th 7% above peers
Reading, PA 28.4% 1st -0.9pp 17th 25% above peers
Lawrence, KS 16.3% 29th -0.6pp 18th 28% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.9% 24th -0.8pp 19th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 8th -1.0pp 20th 11% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 22.8% 16th -1.0pp 21st on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 19.3% 25th -1.1pp 22nd 15% below peers
Tracy, CA 26.5% 4th -1.6pp 23rd 16% above peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 3rd -1.9pp 24th 20% above peers
Orem, UT 26.4% 6th -1.9pp 25th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 19th -1.6pp 26th 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 11th -1.8pp 27th 7% above peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 28th 39% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 19.1% 26th -1.6pp 29th 16% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 12th -2.9pp 30th 6% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.8% 30th -3.0pp 31st 35% 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.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.0% then, 66.1% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.5% to 66.1%).
66.1%
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 30.6% -0.4pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sandy, UT 20.5% 21st +5.2pp 1st 27% below peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 26th +3.6pp 2nd 31% below peers
Orem, UT 15.1% 30th +2.3pp 3rd 46% below peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 4th +8.4pp 4th 100% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 5th 123% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 55.0% 5th +4.8pp 6th 97% above peers
Reading, PA 66.1% 1st +5.1pp 7th 136% above peers
Tracy, CA 19.0% 28th +1.2pp 8th 32% below peers
Fall River, MA 57.9% 3rd +3.5pp 9th 107% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 12th +2.0pp 10th 15% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 9th +2.1pp 11th 25% above peers
Lawrence, KS 29.0% 15th +1.7pp 12th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 23rd +1.2pp 13th 29% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 14th +1.3pp 14th 4% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 22nd +0.7pp 15th 27% below peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 16th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Yakima, WA 42.6% 7th +0.1pp 17th 53% above peers
Kirkland, WA 15.2% 29th +0.0pp 18th 46% below peers
Deltona, FL 34.2% 10th -0.3pp 19th 23% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 13.9% 31st -0.3pp 20th 50% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 8th -1.2pp 21st 36% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 45.2% 6th -1.8pp 22nd 62% above peers
Beaverton, OR 26.7% 17th -1.6pp 23rd 4% below peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 20th -2.5pp 24th 26% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.7% 11th -4.3pp 25th 21% above peers
Chino, CA 21.2% 19th -2.7pp 26th 24% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 30.9% 13th -5.6pp 27th 11% above peers
Edmond, OK 19.1% 27th -4.0pp 28th 32% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 25th -4.1pp 29th 31% below peers
Toms River, NJ 19.3% 24th -5.3pp 30th 31% below peers
Plantation, FL 26.3% 18th -10.9pp 31st 6% 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.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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2 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 ±4.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.7% then, 64.0% now; margin ±10.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.5% to 64.0%).
64.0%
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 70.1% +0.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3% 16th +14.3pp 1st on par with peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 2nd +15.2pp 2nd 15% above peers
Deltona, FL 82.2% 1st +13.8pp 3rd 19% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 24th +10.8pp 4th 6% below peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 4th +9.3pp 5th 11% above peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 7th +8.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Yakima, WA 72.9% 13th +7.6pp 7th 5% above peers
Kirkland, WA 65.8% 21st +6.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 18th +6.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 11th +7.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Fall River, MA 75.5% 8th +7.1pp 11th 9% above peers
Orem, UT 49.8% 31st +4.3pp 12th 28% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 3rd +6.2pp 13th 11% above peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 15th +5.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 25th +4.9pp 15th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 17th +5.1pp 16th 1% below peers
Chino, CA 63.5% 29th +4.0pp 17th 8% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 6th +4.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Plantation, FL 72.0% 14th +4.0pp 19th 4% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 65.6% 22nd +3.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Toms River, NJ 76.0% 5th +3.0pp 21st 10% above peers
Edmond, OK 64.3% 27th +2.5pp 22nd 7% below peers
Tracy, CA 57.8% 30th +2.1pp 23rd 17% below peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 10th +2.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Beaverton, OR 66.7% 19th +1.2pp 25th 4% below peers
Sunrise, FL 75.5% 9th -4.9pp 26th 9% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 20th -4.5pp 27th 4% below peers
Lawrence, KS 73.1% 12th -5.6pp 28th 5% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 64.4% 26th -6.0pp 29th 7% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 65.4% 23rd -7.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Reading, PA 64.0% 28th -7.6pp 31st 8% 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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2 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 ±8.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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