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95,832 people (2025) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 8 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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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
163 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 23%
relative change
211 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
244 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 22%
relative change
313 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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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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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
28.7%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
32.7% 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 10 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
14.7%
2020-24
▲ 49%
relative change
9.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.1%
Jul 2026
▲ 9%
relative change
5.6% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising 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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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
40.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
39.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
11 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 57%
relative change
7 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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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 moves & big gaps 7 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
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)
$175,228
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$165,699 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$267,494
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$257,790 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,439
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,394 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
66.1%
2020-24
high
vs peers
61.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
28.4%
2020-24
high
vs peers
29.3% 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
low
vs peers
71.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Violent crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. Reading 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 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 244 in July 2026, down from 313 a year earlier.
Bright spot 244 per 100k
2018July 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Yakima, WA 370 (Jul 26) -35.8% 1st
Reading, PA 244 (Jul 26) -22.0% 2nd
Temple, TX 309 (Jan 25) -15.5% 3rd
Beaverton, OR 251 (Jun 26) -14.0% 4th
Livonia, MI 201 (Jul 26) -11.8% 5th
Roanoke, VA 512 (Jul 26) -9.9% 6th
Orem, UT 137 (Jul 26) -9.1% 7th
Portsmouth, VA 747 (Jul 26) -6.8% 8th
Greenville, NC 431 (Jul 26) -2.1% 9th
Norwalk, CT 56 (Jun 26) -1.9% 10th
O'Fallon, MO 97 (Jul 26) -1.1% 11th
Chino, CA 311 (Jul 26) +4.5% 12th
Fall River, MA 768 (Jun 26) +8.9% 13th
Asheville, NC 796 (Jul 26) +10.7% 14th
Manteca, CA 324 (Jul 26) +11.8% 15th
Mount Pleasant, SC 154 (Jul 26) +23.5% 16th
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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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Champaign, IL down about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 2% higher than in 2021 (1,336 then, 1,361 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,771 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,323 in July 2026, down from 1,325 a year earlier.
1,323 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 16 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Norwalk, CT 1,044 (Jun 26) -18.4% 1st
Orem, UT 1,099 (Jul 26) -18.0% 2nd
Yakima, WA 1,636 (Jul 26) -17.8% 3rd
Livonia, MI 1,085 (Jul 26) -16.8% 4th
Roanoke, VA 3,181 (Jul 26) -16.0% 5th
Beaverton, OR 2,454 (Jun 26) -12.7% 6th
Mount Pleasant, SC 956 (Jul 26) -10.0% 7th
Greenville, NC 2,384 (Jul 26) -5.0% 8th
Reading, PA 1,323 (Jul 26) -0.2% 9th
Portsmouth, VA 3,484 (Jul 26) +0.5% 10th
Chino, CA 1,970 (Jul 26) +0.8% 11th
Fall River, MA 1,496 (Jun 26) +2.7% 12th
Asheville, NC 4,449 (Jul 26) +5.2% 13th
Manteca, CA 1,389 (Jul 26) +9.6% 14th
O'Fallon, MO 529 (Jul 26) +10.7% 15th
Temple, TX 2,260 (Jan 25) +14.0% 16th
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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 →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 57% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% 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 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 11 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 7 in the prior 12 months. That is 11 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 11 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Mount Pleasant, SC 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Yakima, WA 2 (Jul 26) -86.7% 2nd
Greenville, NC 4 (Jul 26) -60.0% 3rd
Roanoke, VA 11 (Jul 26) -15.4% 4th
Portsmouth, VA 20 (Jul 26) -5.0% 5th
O'Fallon, MO 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 6th
Beaverton, OR 2 (Jun 26) +0.0% 7th
Asheville, NC 7 (Jul 26) +16.5% 8th
Fall River, MA 4 (Jun 26) +33.3% 9th
Reading, PA 11 (Jul 26) +57.3% 10th
Temple, TX 11 (Jan 25) +78.6% 11th
Bellingham, WA 2 (Jul 26) +99.0% 12th
Orem, UT 0 (Jul 26)
Manteca, CA 1 (Jul 26)
Chino, CA 1 (Jul 26)
Norwalk, CT 0 (Jun 26)
Livonia, MI 5 (Jul 26)
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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 July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 163 in July 2026, down from 211 a year earlier.
Bright spot 163 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Bellingham, WA 74 (Jul 26) -46.6% 1st
Chino, CA 122 (Jul 26) -36.6% 2nd
Livonia, MI 96 (Jul 26) -35.0% 3rd
Roanoke, VA 236 (Jul 26) -34.5% 4th
Yakima, WA 196 (Jul 26) -29.8% 5th
Beaverton, OR 145 (Jun 26) -25.7% 6th
Reading, PA 163 (Jul 26) -22.8% 7th
Greenville, NC 132 (Jul 26) -22.6% 8th
Fall River, MA 130 (Jun 26) -15.7% 9th
Orem, UT 83 (Jul 26) -13.2% 10th
Asheville, NC 319 (Jul 26) -5.7% 11th
Norwalk, CT 134 (Jun 26) -5.3% 12th
Temple, TX 330 (Jan 25) -3.8% 13th
Manteca, CA 221 (Jul 26) +2.4% 14th
Portsmouth, VA 462 (Jul 26) +17.3% 15th
O'Fallon, MO 43 (Jul 26) +28.1% 16th
Mount Pleasant, SC 79 (Jul 26) +56.2% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Reading started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 64% from 2014 to 2024 ($26,867 to $44,091).
Bright spot $44,091
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref $77,971 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Arden-Arcade, CA $77,321 18th +53% 1st 7% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 27th +45% 2nd 31% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 19th +44% 3rd 7% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 20th +42% 4th 15% below peers
Sunrise, FL $77,652 17th +42% 5th 7% below peers
Norwalk, CA $100,085 10th +42% 6th 20% above peers
Yakima, WA $62,815 25th +40% 7th 25% below peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 5th +39% 8th 31% above peers
Lehi, UT $131,299 2nd +37% 9th 58% above peers
Beaverton, OR $98,622 11th +37% 10th 18% above peers
Reading, PA $44,091 31st +37% 11th 47% below peers
North Port, FL $84,049 15th +35% 12th 1% above peers
Manteca, CA $97,055 13th +33% 13th 16% above peers
Vista, CA $94,975 14th +32% 14th 14% above peers
Fall River, MA $56,673 28th +30% 15th 32% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 21st +30% 16th 15% below peers
Orem, UT $83,342 16th +29% 17th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA $150,414 1st +28% 18th 80% above peers
Chino, CA $104,682 8th +28% 19th 26% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 7th +25% 20th 29% above peers
Toms River, NJ $100,137 9th +25% 21st 20% above peers
Roanoke, VA $55,378 29th +25% 22nd 34% below peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 23rd +25% 23rd 20% below peers
Temple, TX $68,204 22nd +24% 24th 18% below peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 12th +23% 25th 18% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 4th +23% 26th 33% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 6th +22% 27th 31% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 30th +22% 28th 40% below peers
Lawrence, KS $65,009 24th +21% 29th 22% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $124,755 3rd +21% 30th 50% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $60,491 26th +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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment rose 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment was essentially flat from 2022 to 2025.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.1% in July 2026, up from 5.6% a year earlier.
Needs attention 6.1%
1990July 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
Pennsylvania ref 3.9% (Jul 26) -0.5pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Asheville, NC 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -1.3pp 1st 29% below peers
Norwalk, CA 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd -1.0pp 2nd 8% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -0.9pp 3rd 31% below peers
Yakima, WA 4.6% (Jul 26) 12th -0.8pp 4th 4% below peers
Manteca, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th -0.7pp 5th 23% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.8% (Jul 26) 15th -0.6pp 6th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -0.5pp 7th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 28th -0.5pp 8th 48% above peers
Redding, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 20th -0.4pp 9th 6% above peers
Vista, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 10th 4% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 11th 40% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 12th 35% below peers
Indio, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 29th -0.3pp 13th 50% above peers
Chino, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 14th 4% above peers
Beaverton, OR 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 15th 6% above peers
Fall River, MA 6.1% (Jul 26) 26th +0.0pp 16th 27% above peers
Lawrence, KS 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.0pp 17th 10% below peers
Orem, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 18th 25% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th +0.3pp 19th 21% below peers
Reading, PA 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 20th 27% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 21st on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 4.2% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 22nd 12% below peers
Lehi, UT 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.6pp 23rd 27% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th +0.6pp 24th 2% above peers
Temple, TX 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 25th 6% above peers
Hoover, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.7pp 26th 40% below peers
North Port, FL 5.3% (Jul 26) 24th +0.8pp 27th 10% above peers
Sunrise, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 14th +0.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Norwalk, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 19th +1.3pp 29th 4% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.7% to 28.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Reading started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 11.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.1% to 28.7%).
Bright spot 28.7%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 11.7% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Indio, CA 11.5% 18th -5.0pp 1st 9% above peers
Hemet, CA 14.9% 21st -6.3pp 2nd 42% above peers
Chino, CA 8.0% 9th -2.4pp 3rd 24% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 16.9% 24th -5.0pp 4th 61% above peers
Toms River, NJ 5.8% 5th -1.7pp 5th 44% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.0% 2nd -1.4pp 6th 53% below peers
Redding, CA 14.1% 19th -3.3pp 7th 34% above peers
San Marcos, CA 9.2% 11th -2.1pp 8th 13% below peers
Yakima, WA 16.6% 23rd -3.8pp 9th 58% above peers
Greenville, NC 24.6% 30th -5.6pp 10th 134% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.1% 3rd -1.1pp 11th 52% below peers
Norwalk, CA 9.3% 12th -1.9pp 12th 11% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.5% 13th -1.9pp 13th 10% below peers
Lawrence, KS 17.4% 26th -3.3pp 14th 65% above peers
Vista, CA 10.5% 16th -1.9pp 15th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 16th 55% below peers
Sunrise, FL 10.7% 17th -1.6pp 17th 1% above peers
Reading, PA 28.7% 31st -4.0pp 18th 173% above peers
Orem, UT 10.2% 15th -1.4pp 19th 3% below peers
Roanoke, VA 18.3% 27th -2.4pp 20th 74% above peers
North Port, FL 6.7% 8th -0.8pp 21st 36% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.6% 28th -2.2pp 22nd 77% above peers
Beaverton, OR 10.1% 14th -1.2pp 23rd 4% below peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 10th -1.0pp 24th 13% below peers
Kirkland, WA 6.1% 6th -0.0pp 25th 42% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.6% 29th -0.1pp 26th 86% above peers
Temple, TX 16.0% 22nd -0.1pp 27th 52% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.2% 20th +0.4pp 28th 35% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 17.3% 25th +0.5pp 29th 65% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.4% 4th +0.9pp 30th 49% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% 7th +1.5pp 31st 42% 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 7.3pp 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Reading started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 16.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.2% to 39.0%).
Bright spot 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 72% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 2nd 75% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.1% 11th -5.7pp 3rd 28% below peers
Chino, CA 8.8% 10th -5.3pp 4th 31% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 22nd -10.7pp 5th 39% above peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 8th -4.1pp 6th 40% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 3rd -2.8pp 7th 59% below peers
Yakima, WA 21.5% 25th -10.8pp 8th 69% above peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 26th -10.8pp 9th 71% above peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 19th -7.5pp 10th 21% above peers
Beaverton, OR 11.3% 15th -5.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Orem, UT 9.4% 12th -4.4pp 12th 26% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.5% 6th -2.5pp 13th 57% below peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 21st -6.4pp 14th 38% above peers
Vista, CA 13.8% 18th -4.6pp 15th 9% above peers
Norwalk, CA 10.9% 14th -3.4pp 16th 14% below peers
Lawrence, KS 9.8% 13th -3.0pp 17th 23% below peers
Sunrise, FL 13.2% 17th -3.9pp 18th 4% above peers
Roanoke, VA 24.6% 27th -7.2pp 19th 94% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 25.5% 29th -7.1pp 20th 101% above peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 20th -3.1pp 21st 28% above peers
Fall River, MA 26.6% 30th -4.8pp 22nd 109% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.9% 28th -4.0pp 23rd 96% above peers
Reading, PA 39.0% 31st -6.2pp 24th 207% above peers
Temple, TX 20.9% 24th -3.3pp 25th 65% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 16th -1.1pp 26th on par with peers
North Port, FL 7.8% 9th -0.4pp 27th 39% below peers
Kirkland, WA 5.3% 4th +0.2pp 28th 58% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 7th +0.5pp 29th 51% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 5.4% 5th +1.9pp 30th 58% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 23rd +6.9pp 31st 48% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Reading started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 17.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (69.2% to 86.6%).
Bright spot 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 7% below peers
Sunrise, FL 92.1% 19th +15.2pp 2nd 1% below peers
Reading, PA 86.6% 28th +12.3pp 3rd 7% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 26th +11.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Yakima, WA 89.3% 25th +11.1pp 5th 4% below peers
Roanoke, VA 85.9% 30th +10.5pp 6th 8% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 12th +11.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 16th +10.4pp 8th on par with peers
Norwalk, CA 94.1% 11th +10.0pp 9th 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 24th +8.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 90.6% 22nd +8.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 88.0% 27th +8.1pp 12th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 23rd +6.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 93.8% 14th +6.2pp 14th 1% above peers
North Port, FL 94.8% 9th +6.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Chino, CA 95.9% 5th +6.0pp 16th 3% above peers
Manteca, CA 93.6% 15th +5.4pp 17th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 13th +5.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 10th +5.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Vista, CA 95.3% 6th +4.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Toms River, NJ 91.7% 21st +4.4pp 21st 2% below peers
Beaverton, OR 94.8% 8th +4.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 4th +4.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lawrence, KS 91.7% 20th +3.4pp 24th 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 7th +3.4pp 25th 2% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 2nd +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Orem, UT 92.5% 18th +2.7pp 27th 1% below peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 17th +2.6pp 28th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 96.4% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Lehi, UT 97.1% 1st +2.3pp 30th 4% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.46 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.47).
Needs attention 0.47
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 0.47 +0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 9th -0.036 1st 4% below peers
Yakima, WA 0.43 8th -0.028 2nd 4% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 0.51 30th -0.017 3rd 14% above peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 14th -0.011 4th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 2nd -0.009 5th 15% below peers
Temple, TX 0.45 18th -0.010 6th 1% above peers
Lawrence, KS 0.48 23rd -0.009 7th 7% above peers
Sunrise, FL 0.44 12th -0.006 8th 2% below peers
Toms River, NJ 0.43 11th -0.005 9th 3% below peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 28th -0.006 10th 11% above peers
Redding, CA 0.46 19th -0.003 11th 2% above peers
Fall River, MA 0.46 20th -0.003 12th 3% above peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 3rd +0.000 13th 12% below peers
Beaverton, OR 0.43 10th +0.001 14th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 31st +0.001 15th 17% above peers
Lehi, UT 0.37 1st +0.004 16th 17% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 16th +0.005 17th on par with peers
Chino, CA 0.40 4th +0.005 18th 11% below peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 24th +0.005 19th 7% above peers
Manteca, CA 0.41 6th +0.008 20th 7% below peers
Reading, PA 0.47 21st +0.013 21st 5% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 0.45 17th +0.017 22nd 1% above peers
Orem, UT 0.44 13th +0.017 23rd 2% below peers
North Port, FL 0.42 7th +0.021 24th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 26th +0.026 25th 10% above peers
Norwalk, CA 0.40 5th +0.022 26th 10% below peers
Roanoke, VA 0.51 29th +0.028 27th 14% above peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 22nd +0.027 28th 6% above peers
Kirkland, WA 0.49 27th +0.043 29th 10% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 0.49 25th +0.045 30th 9% above peers
Vista, CA 0.44 15th +0.043 31st 1% below 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 →
What changed

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.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way. Reading started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (40.3% to 38.5%).
Bright spot 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
Lehi, UT 2.0% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 82% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 89% below peers
Orem, UT 4.9% 7th -2.3pp 3rd 56% below peers
Manteca, CA 8.8% 13th -2.0pp 4th 21% below peers
Vista, CA 7.6% 11th -1.4pp 5th 32% below peers
Temple, TX 14.2% 21st -2.3pp 6th 27% above peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 18th -1.8pp 7th 9% above peers
Reading, PA 38.5% 31st -5.4pp 8th 244% above peers
Sunrise, FL 14.4% 22nd -1.6pp 9th 29% above peers
Roanoke, VA 16.6% 24th -1.9pp 10th 48% above peers
Yakima, WA 22.6% 29th -2.2pp 11th 102% above peers
Lawrence, KS 5.9% 9th -0.5pp 12th 48% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 12th -0.4pp 13th 32% below peers
Toms River, NJ 5.4% 8th -0.1pp 14th 52% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.6% 3rd -0.1pp 15th 68% below peers
Beaverton, OR 11.2% 16th -0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 23rd +0.1pp 17th 32% above peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 4th +0.2pp 18th 63% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 6th +0.4pp 19th 57% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 17.5% 26th +1.8pp 20th 57% above peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 28th +2.5pp 21st 78% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 17th +1.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Fall River, MA 31.6% 30th +4.0pp 23rd 183% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 20th +1.8pp 24th 14% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 5th +0.6pp 25th 60% below peers
North Port, FL 9.8% 14th +1.9pp 26th 12% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 10th +1.4pp 27th 36% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 19.2% 27th +4.1pp 28th 72% above peers
Norwalk, CA 12.7% 19th +2.7pp 29th 13% above peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 15th +2.3pp 30th 9% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 25th +9.4pp 31st 54% 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.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.7pp 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 →
What changed

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 18% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $267,494 in August 2026, up from $257,790 a year earlier.
Big move $267,494
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref $290,401 (Aug 26) +2.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Norwalk, CT $676,843 (Aug 26) 7th +5.6% 1st 50% above peers
Toms River, NJ $464,685 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 2nd 3% above peers
Reading, PA $267,494 (Aug 26) 27th +3.8% 3rd 41% below peers
Lawrence, KS $334,684 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.4% 4th 26% below peers
Hoover, AL $438,571 (Aug 26) 18th +3.1% 5th 3% below peers
Orem, UT $501,606 (Aug 26) 13th +3.0% 6th 11% above peers
Roanoke, VA $279,227 (Aug 26) 25th +2.6% 7th 38% below peers
Livonia, MI $316,420 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.4% 8th 30% below peers
Fall River, MA $450,311 (Aug 26) 15th +2.3% 9th on par with peers
Portsmouth, VA $268,436 (Aug 26) 26th +1.9% 10th 40% below peers
Lehi, UT $569,889 (Aug 26) 10th +1.6% 11th 27% above peers
Norwalk, CA $756,744 (Aug 26) 5th +1.5% 12th 68% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $874,006 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 13th 94% above peers
Greenville, NC $237,040 (Aug 26) 29th +1.0% 14th 47% below peers
Vista, CA $877,415 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 15th 95% above peers
Yakima, WA $361,999 (Aug 26) 21st +0.8% 16th 20% below peers
Hemet, CA $443,910 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 17th 1% below peers
San Marcos, CA $958,381 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.3% 18th 113% above peers
Bellingham, WA $661,763 (Aug 26) 8th -0.3% 19th 47% above peers
Chino, CA $745,986 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 20th 66% above peers
Redding, CA $387,376 (Aug 26) 19th -0.5% 21st 14% below peers
Indio, CA $508,882 (Aug 26) 12th -1.0% 22nd 13% above peers
Beaverton, OR $523,970 (Aug 26) 11th -2.3% 23rd 16% above peers
Sunrise, FL $362,274 (Aug 26) 20th -3.0% 24th 20% below peers
Temple, TX $245,701 (Aug 26) 28th -3.1% 25th 45% below peers
Manteca, CA $576,719 (Aug 26) 9th -3.3% 26th 28% above peers
North Port, FL $301,967 (Aug 26) 24th -3.5% 27th 33% below peers
Asheville, NC $448,688 (Aug 26) 16th -5.0% 28th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA $1,178,291 (Aug 26) 1st -5.2% 29th 162% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
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 31% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $175,228 in August 2026, up from $165,699 a year earlier.
Big move $175,228
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref $158,769 (Aug 26) +2.6%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Reading, PA $175,228 (Aug 26) 26th +5.8% 1st 49% below peers
Norwalk, CT $438,898 (Aug 26) 9th +5.5% 2nd 29% above peers
Lawrence, KS $242,888 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.2% 3rd 29% below peers
Hoover, AL $311,104 (Aug 26) 18th +3.5% 4th 9% below peers
Fall River, MA $363,543 (Aug 26) 14th +3.2% 5th 6% above peers
Livonia, MI $243,684 (Aug 26) 21st +2.6% 6th 29% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $202,581 (Aug 26) 24th +2.5% 7th 41% below peers
Toms River, NJ $325,502 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 8th 5% below peers
Roanoke, VA $183,673 (Aug 26) 25th +1.9% 9th 46% below peers
Norwalk, CA $675,220 (Aug 26) 4th +1.6% 10th 98% above peers
Vista, CA $692,805 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 11th 103% above peers
Yakima, WA $262,135 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 12th 23% below peers
Orem, UT $374,823 (Aug 26) 13th +1.3% 13th 10% above peers
Lehi, UT $430,161 (Aug 26) 10th +1.0% 14th 26% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $548,711 (Aug 26) 6th +0.6% 15th 61% above peers
Bellingham, WA $479,935 (Aug 26) 7th +0.4% 16th 41% above peers
Greenville, NC $156,751 (Aug 26) 28th +0.3% 17th 54% below peers
San Marcos, CA $712,062 (Aug 26) 1st +0.1% 18th 109% above peers
Indio, CA $391,310 (Aug 26) 12th +0.1% 19th 15% above peers
Redding, CA $297,992 (Aug 26) 19th -0.0% 20th 13% below peers
Hemet, CA $341,454 (Aug 26) 15th -0.2% 21st on par with peers
Chino, CA $609,062 (Aug 26) 5th -0.3% 22nd 78% above peers
Manteca, CA $473,621 (Aug 26) 8th -3.0% 23rd 39% above peers
Beaverton, OR $400,906 (Aug 26) 11th -3.5% 24th 17% above peers
North Port, FL $235,869 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.6% 25th 31% below peers
Temple, TX $165,866 (Aug 26) 27th -3.7% 26th 51% below peers
Asheville, NC $312,675 (Aug 26) 17th -4.4% 27th 8% below peers
Kirkland, WA $687,695 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.3% 28th 101% above peers
Sunrise, FL $139,376 (Aug 26) 29th -7.8% 29th 59% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.8% to 40.6%).
Needs attention 40.6%
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 69.3% +0.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manteca, CA 72.4% 7th +10.6pp 1st 25% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 46.1% 26th +4.7pp 2nd 20% below peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 23rd +3.7pp 3rd 10% below peers
Norwalk, CA 68.3% 10th +4.7pp 4th 18% above peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 14th +3.8pp 5th 8% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 57.9% 16th +2.9pp 6th on par with peers
Vista, CA 51.7% 24th +2.5pp 7th 11% below peers
North Port, FL 80.9% 4th +3.3pp 8th 40% above peers
Sunrise, FL 68.8% 9th +2.3pp 9th 19% above peers
Toms River, NJ 81.8% 2nd +2.5pp 10th 41% above peers
Reading, PA 40.6% 29th +1.2pp 11th 30% below peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 8th +1.7pp 12th 23% above peers
Beaverton, OR 50.5% 25th +1.2pp 13th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 13th +1.4pp 14th 10% above peers
Roanoke, VA 52.4% 21st +1.0pp 15th 9% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 73.6% 6th +1.2pp 16th 27% above peers
Chino, CA 64.0% 12th +0.9pp 17th 10% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 18th 50% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 19th +0.6pp 19th 5% below peers
Yakima, WA 53.9% 20th -0.4pp 20th 7% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 3rd -1.1pp 21st 40% above peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 31st -0.5pp 22nd 44% below peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 27th -0.8pp 23rd 23% below peers
Fall River, MA 35.3% 30th -1.0pp 24th 39% below peers
Lawrence, KS 43.6% 28th -1.3pp 25th 25% below peers
Orem, UT 57.8% 17th -2.2pp 26th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 60.8% 15th -2.6pp 27th 5% above peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 18th -2.4pp 28th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 52.3% 22nd -2.3pp 29th 10% below peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 11th -3.5pp 30th 16% above peers
Lehi, UT 75.2% 5th -4.7pp 31st 30% 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 →
What changed

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,439 in August 2026, up from $1,394 a year earlier.
Big move $1,439
2016August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Indio, CA $2,349 (Aug 26) 11th +6.3% 1st 25% above peers
Lawrence, KS $1,479 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 2nd 21% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $1,629 (Aug 26) 21st +5.2% 3rd 13% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $2,446 (Aug 26) 10th +3.9% 4th 31% above peers
Redding, CA $1,704 (Aug 26) 19th +3.8% 5th 9% below peers
Roanoke, VA $1,413 (Aug 26) 26th +3.4% 6th 25% below peers
Reading, PA $1,439 (Aug 26) 24th +3.2% 7th 23% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,748 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 8th 7% below peers
Kirkland, WA $2,603 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 9th 39% above peers
Fall River, MA $1,850 (Aug 26) 17th +2.8% 10th 1% below peers
Orem, UT $1,517 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.8% 11th 19% below peers
Greenville, NC $1,428 (Aug 26) 25th +2.7% 12th 24% below peers
Bellingham, WA $1,951 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 13th 4% above peers
San Marcos, CA $3,357 (Aug 26) 1st +2.3% 14th 79% above peers
Manteca, CA $2,559 (Aug 26) 8th +2.1% 15th 37% above peers
Lehi, UT $2,203 (Aug 26) 12th +2.1% 16th 18% above peers
Toms River, NJ $2,934 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.9% 17th 57% above peers
Yakima, WA $1,329 (Aug 26) 29th +1.9% 18th 29% below peers
Norwalk, CT $2,743 (Aug 26) 4th +1.7% 19th 46% above peers
Chino, CA $3,296 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 20th 76% above peers
Vista, CA $2,724 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 21st 45% above peers
Hoover, AL $1,362 (Aug 26) 28th +0.6% 22nd 27% below peers
Sunrise, FL $2,457 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 23rd 31% above peers
Norwalk, CA $2,697 (Aug 26) 6th +0.2% 24th 44% above peers
Asheville, NC $1,704 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 25th 9% below peers
Temple, TX $1,381 (Aug 26) 27th +0.1% 26th 26% below peers
Beaverton, OR $1,874 (Aug 26) 15th -1.1% 27th on par with peers
Hemet, CA $1,859 (Aug 26) 16th -1.4% 28th 1% below peers
North Port, FL $1,923 (Aug 26) 14th -1.8% 29th 3% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (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.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.7% to 45.7%).
Needs attention 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% 6th -6.2pp 1st 20% below peers
Norwalk, CA 38.2% 16th -6.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 33.6% 10th -3.8pp 3rd 12% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 14th -3.0pp 4th 6% below peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 20th -3.4pp 5th 8% above peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 19th -2.9pp 6th 7% above peers
Lehi, UT 22.0% 3rd -1.3pp 7th 42% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 44.8% 25th -1.7pp 8th 17% above peers
Yakima, WA 33.8% 11th -0.5pp 9th 12% below peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 29th -0.5pp 10th 22% above peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 21st -0.4pp 11th 9% above peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 17th -0.2pp 12th 4% above peers
Beaverton, OR 35.7% 13th -0.1pp 13th 7% below peers
Vista, CA 45.0% 27th -0.1pp 14th 18% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 4th +0.0pp 15th 37% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 23rd +0.6pp 16th 15% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.6% 15th +0.7pp 17th 4% below peers
Reading, PA 45.7% 28th +1.0pp 18th 20% above peers
Chino, CA 42.5% 22nd +1.2pp 19th 11% above peers
Manteca, CA 40.8% 18th +1.7pp 20th 7% above peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 21st 46% below peers
Sunrise, FL 47.6% 31st +2.7pp 22nd 25% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 23rd 45% below peers
Orem, UT 30.0% 5th +1.8pp 24th 22% below peers
Fall River, MA 44.8% 26th +3.8pp 25th 17% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 31.2% 7th +2.8pp 26th 18% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 44.8% 24th +4.3pp 27th 17% above peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 30th +4.9pp 28th 23% above peers
Temple, TX 34.3% 12th +3.9pp 29th 10% below peers
Kirkland, WA 32.9% 9th +4.0pp 30th 14% below peers
North Port, FL 32.8% 8th +6.2pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
What changed

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.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.1% to 23.4%).
Needs attention 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
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.6% 3rd -1.6pp 1st 57% below peers
Sunrise, FL 5.9% 15th -2.0pp 2nd 3% below peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 7th -1.0pp 3rd 42% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 26th -2.3pp 4th 57% above peers
North Port, FL 2.5% 2nd -0.5pp 5th 59% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 5th -0.7pp 6th 47% below peers
Manteca, CA 3.2% 4th -0.7pp 7th 48% below peers
Roanoke, VA 11.0% 28th -2.1pp 8th 81% above peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 20th -1.1pp 9th 27% above peers
Yakima, WA 7.3% 18th -0.9pp 10th 21% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 30th -2.0pp 11th 171% above peers
Temple, TX 6.7% 17th -0.8pp 12th 10% above peers
Norwalk, CA 4.6% 10th -0.4pp 13th 24% below peers
Reading, PA 23.4% 31st -2.2pp 14th 285% above peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 27th -0.4pp 15th 76% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% 14th -0.2pp 16th 21% below peers
Toms River, NJ 6.1% 16th -0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 8.4% 22nd -0.2pp 18th 39% above peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 9th -0.0pp 19th 35% below peers
Beaverton, OR 8.7% 24th -0.0pp 20th 43% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 25th -0.0pp 21st 49% above peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 19th +0.0pp 22nd 26% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.0% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 98% above peers
Orem, UT 3.7% 8th +0.7pp 24th 39% below peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 23rd +1.7pp 25th 39% above peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 6th +0.9pp 26th 45% below peers
Chino, CA 4.6% 11th +1.2pp 27th 24% below peers
Vista, CA 4.6% 12th +1.4pp 28th 24% below peers
Lawrence, KS 8.4% 21st +2.6pp 29th 38% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 13th +1.6pp 30th 22% below peers
Lehi, UT 1.8% 1st +1.1pp 31st 70% 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 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.8% to 14.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.7% to 14.7%).
Needs attention 14.7%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 5.6% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 25th -6.3pp 1st 45% above peers
Beaverton, OR 6.0% 12th -2.4pp 2nd 15% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 7.4% 17th -2.6pp 3rd 4% above peers
Sunrise, FL 9.8% 23rd -3.2pp 4th 38% above peers
North Port, FL 10.8% 26th -3.0pp 5th 51% above peers
Chino, CA 7.0% 14th -1.7pp 6th 2% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% 15th -1.7pp 7th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 4.9% 6th -1.1pp 8th 32% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 16th -1.4pp 9th on par with peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.0% 4th -0.7pp 10th 43% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 9th -0.9pp 11th 27% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.2% 28th -1.4pp 12th 58% above peers
Orem, UT 10.1% 24th -1.1pp 13th 41% above peers
Roanoke, VA 9.8% 22nd -1.0pp 14th 38% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.3pp 15th 65% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 3rd -0.3pp 16th 45% below peers
Manteca, CA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 17th 41% below peers
Norwalk, CA 9.0% 19th -0.6pp 18th 27% above peers
Vista, CA 11.1% 27th -0.7pp 19th 56% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 7th -0.3pp 20th 29% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.1% 8th -0.2pp 21st 28% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.8% 2nd -0.1pp 22nd 46% below peers
Greenville, NC 9.5% 21st +0.1pp 23rd 33% above peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 10th +0.2pp 24th 25% below peers
Redding, CA 6.6% 13th +0.5pp 25th 7% below peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 29th +1.0pp 26th 65% above peers
Lawrence, KS 8.8% 18th +1.1pp 27th 24% above peers
Temple, TX 13.9% 30th +1.9pp 28th 96% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 20th +1.2pp 29th 28% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.8% 11th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Reading, PA 14.7% 31st +4.8pp 31st 106% 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp 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 99% 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 →
What changed

Adult obesity is about 50% 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 30% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 25.3% 2nd 21% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 3rd 20% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 4th 17% below peers
Norwalk, CA 27.5% 5th 15% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 6th 13% below peers
Vista, CA 28.1% 7th 13% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 8th 10% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 9th 10% below peers
Lehi, UT 29.3% 10th 9% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 11th 9% below peers
North Port, FL 29.5% 12th 8% below peers
Toms River, NJ 31.1% 13th 3% below peers
Beaverton, OR 31.1% 14th 3% below peers
Chino, CA 31.9% 15th 1% below peers
Sunrise, FL 32.2% 16th on par with peers
Orem, UT 32.5% 17th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 18th 1% above peers
Manteca, CA 33.9% 19th 5% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 20th 10% above peers
Fall River, MA 36.0% 21st 12% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 36.3% 22nd 13% above peers
Roanoke, VA 36.3% 23rd 13% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.5% 24th 13% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 25th 14% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 26th 19% above peers
Temple, TX 38.7% 27th 20% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 28th 20% above peers
Yakima, WA 41.8% 29th 30% above peers
Reading, PA 43.3% 30th 34% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 45.6% 31st 42% 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 →
What changed

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. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.1% to 7.8%).
Needs attention 7.8%
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 5.1% +0.7pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 23rd -17.1pp 1st 47% above peers
Chino, CA 3.4% 11th -3.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 76% below peers
Beaverton, OR 3.0% 8th -1.7pp 4th 23% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 4th -1.2pp 5th 44% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 20th -2.3pp 6th 14% above peers
Yakima, WA 3.8% 16th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
Lehi, UT 3.4% 12th -1.1pp 8th 11% below peers
Norwalk, CA 3.1% 9th -1.0pp 9th 19% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 1.6% 3rd -0.4pp 10th 57% below peers
Manteca, CA 1.4% 2nd -0.1pp 11th 64% below peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 17th -0.4pp 12th 2% above peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 7th -0.1pp 13th 33% below peers
Toms River, NJ 3.5% 14th -0.1pp 14th 8% below peers
Orem, UT 8.1% 29th +0.3pp 15th 110% above peers
Vista, CA 5.4% 22nd +0.3pp 16th 40% above peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 6th +0.4pp 17th 34% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 21st +1.0pp 18th 20% above peers
Fall River, MA 2.3% 5th +0.6pp 19th 40% below peers
Lawrence, KS 5.8% 25th +1.5pp 20th 52% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 5.7% 24th +1.6pp 21st 47% above peers
North Port, FL 13.1% 31st +4.3pp 22nd 241% above peers
Sunrise, FL 7.9% 28th +3.0pp 23rd 105% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 15th +1.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 13th +1.4pp 25th 8% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2% 19th +1.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Temple, TX 8.4% 30th +3.7pp 27th 120% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 18th +1.8pp 28th 3% above peers
Roanoke, VA 6.2% 26th +3.1pp 29th 62% above peers
Reading, PA 7.8% 27th +4.2pp 30th 102% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 10th +1.9pp 31st 19% 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 11.4%).
Needs attention 11.4%
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 35.2% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hemet, CA 15.5% 30th +4.4pp 1st 58% below peers
North Port, FL 29.9% 20th +8.1pp 2nd 18% below peers
Manteca, CA 21.7% 25th +5.0pp 3rd 41% below peers
Roanoke, VA 30.0% 19th +6.6pp 4th 18% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.6% 17th +6.9pp 5th 8% below peers
Vista, CA 29.3% 21st +5.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 28th +3.3pp 7th 44% below peers
Chino, CA 27.2% 22nd +4.2pp 8th 25% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 10th +6.8pp 9th 20% above peers
Toms River, NJ 36.4% 16th +4.8pp 10th on par with peers
Norwalk, CA 21.3% 26th +2.5pp 11th 42% below peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 13th +4.5pp 12th 15% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.3% 24th +2.4pp 13th 33% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 38.5% 15th +3.7pp 14th 6% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 8th +4.2pp 15th 33% above peers
Yakima, WA 20.8% 27th +1.8pp 16th 43% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 5th +4.5pp 17th 47% above peers
Orem, UT 43.6% 11th +3.6pp 18th 20% above peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 3rd +5.0pp 19th 72% above peers
Kirkland, WA 66.3% 2nd +5.0pp 20th 82% above peers
Lehi, UT 50.0% 7th +3.6pp 21st 37% above peers
Beaverton, OR 50.1% 6th +3.6pp 22nd 37% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 68.4% 1st +4.5pp 23rd 88% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 29th +1.0pp 24th 55% below peers
Temple, TX 30.6% 18th +1.7pp 25th 16% below peers
Reading, PA 11.4% 31st +0.6pp 26th 69% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 26% below peers
Lawrence, KS 55.8% 4th +2.5pp 28th 53% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 12th +1.8pp 29th 19% above peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 14th +1.4pp 30th 7% above peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 9th +1.4pp 31st 23% 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.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

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).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way. Reading started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.9% to 36.1%).
Bright spot 36.1%
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 44.3% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Reading, PA 36.1% 25th +14.0pp 1st 20% below peers
Toms River, NJ 70.6% 2nd +11.2pp 2nd 56% above peers
Roanoke, VA 49.8% 12th +7.3pp 3rd 10% above peers
Temple, TX 40.2% 18th +5.7pp 4th 11% below peers
Beaverton, OR 46.7% 15th +4.9pp 5th 3% above peers
Greenville, NC 53.1% 8th +4.9pp 6th 18% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 3rd +5.2pp 7th 39% above peers
Chino, CA 45.2% 16th +3.2pp 8th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 9th 67% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 43.5% 17th +1.2pp 10th 4% below peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 6th +1.1pp 11th 25% above peers
Lehi, UT 51.3% 9th +0.7pp 12th 14% above peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 11th -2.2pp 13th 11% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 7th -3.5pp 14th 23% above peers
Orem, UT 39.0% 20th -3.2pp 15th 14% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 62.6% 4th -8.9pp 16th 39% above peers
Sunrise, FL 48.9% 13th -8.2pp 17th 8% above peers
Lawrence, KS 48.6% 14th -9.3pp 18th 8% above peers
Kirkland, WA 57.9% 5th -11.4pp 19th 28% above peers
Vista, CA 36.3% 23rd -8.5pp 20th 20% below peers
Yakima, WA 26.9% 29th -6.5pp 21st 40% below peers
North Port, FL 39.3% 19th -10.5pp 22nd 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 10th -14.5pp 23rd 12% above peers
Norwalk, CA 38.8% 21st -11.6pp 24th 14% below peers
Fall River, MA 37.1% 22nd -11.9pp 25th 18% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 29.8% 28th -11.5pp 26th 34% below peers
Manteca, CA 31.2% 27th -12.5pp 27th 31% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 30th -11.4pp 28th 50% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 24th -20.9pp 29th 20% below peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 26th -24.8pp 30th 20% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 31st -16.3pp 31st 52% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.6% to 8.9%).
Needs attention 8.9%
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 6.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chino, CA 2.7% 5th -7.8pp 1st 58% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 3rd -5.1pp 2nd 69% below peers
Norwalk, CA 6.5% 17th -5.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 21st -5.8pp 4th 22% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 14th -3.2pp 5th 20% below peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 2nd -1.0pp 6th 74% below peers
Lawrence, KS 1.4% 1st -0.8pp 7th 78% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 7th -1.5pp 8th 45% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 9th -1.5pp 9th 33% below peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 4th -0.5pp 10th 59% below peers
Fall River, MA 7.2% 20th -1.4pp 11th 11% above peers
Beaverton, OR 4.5% 12th -0.6pp 12th 30% below peers
Sunrise, FL 6.6% 18th -0.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.5% 11th -0.0pp 14th 30% below peers
Manteca, CA 8.0% 22nd +0.4pp 15th 24% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 25th +0.6pp 16th 40% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 6th +0.3pp 17th 52% below peers
Orem, UT 6.7% 19th +0.8pp 18th 4% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 23rd +1.4pp 19th 29% above peers
Roanoke, VA 13.0% 31st +2.7pp 20th 101% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 15th +1.4pp 21st 12% below peers
Lehi, UT 4.5% 13th +1.1pp 22nd 30% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.9% 29th +3.0pp 23rd 84% above peers
Vista, CA 10.2% 27th +3.1pp 24th 59% above peers
Reading, PA 8.9% 24th +2.8pp 25th 38% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 8th +1.5pp 26th 34% below peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 10th +1.6pp 27th 30% below peers
Temple, TX 6.5% 16th +2.6pp 28th on par with peers
North Port, FL 9.2% 26th +4.2pp 29th 42% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.1% 30th +6.2pp 30th 87% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 10.8% 28th +9.9pp 31st 67% 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 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (88,051 to 95,242).
Big move 95,242
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Lehi, UT 85,173 30th +33% 1st 9% below peers
North Port, FL 84,605 31st +27% 2nd 10% below peers
Temple, TX 89,602 28th +20% 3rd 5% below peers
Manteca, CA 89,043 29th +13% 4th 5% below peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 23rd +9% 5th 1% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 93,993 16th +8% 6th on par with peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 27th +8% 7th 3% below peers
Reading, PA 95,242 10th +8% 8th 1% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 18th +8% 9th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 94,956 12th +6% 10th 1% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 19th +5% 11th 1% below peers
Fall River, MA 94,082 15th +5% 12th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL 97,918 4th +4% 13th 4% above peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 25th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Yakima, WA 96,961 8th +4% 15th 3% above peers
Kirkland, WA 92,621 24th +4% 16th 1% below peers
Chino, CA 92,652 22nd +3% 17th 1% below peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 14th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Indio, CA 91,950 26th +3% 19th 2% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 97,190 6th +2% 20th 3% above peers
Redding, CA 93,409 20th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 21st +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Orem, UT 97,182 7th +0% 23rd 3% above peers
Beaverton, OR 97,812 5th -0% 24th 4% above peers
Lawrence, KS 96,051 9th -0% 25th 2% above peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 17th -0% 26th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 13th -0% 27th 1% above peers
Roanoke, VA 98,355 3rd -1% 28th 5% above peers
Vista, CA 99,114 2nd -2% 29th 5% above peers
Norwalk, CA 99,789 1st -5% 30th 6% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 94,994 11th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±88 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

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).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (30.1% to 28.4%).
Big move 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 21.9% -0.7pp
Chino, CA 24.6% 9th +4.4pp 1st 8% above peers
Indio, CA 24.8% 8th +2.4pp 2nd 9% above peers
Beaverton, OR 20.5% 22nd +1.0pp 3rd 10% below peers
Roanoke, VA 22.6% 17th +0.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 26th +0.6pp 5th 18% below peers
Toms River, NJ 22.3% 18th +0.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 27th +0.2pp 7th 18% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 19th +0.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Yakima, WA 27.8% 3rd +0.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Temple, TX 26.6% 4th -0.2pp 10th 17% above peers
Sunrise, FL 20.7% 21st -0.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 23.0% 14th -0.4pp 12th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 22.8% 15th -0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Reading, PA 28.4% 2nd -0.9pp 14th 25% above peers
Manteca, CA 25.2% 6th -1.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Lawrence, KS 16.3% 29th -0.6pp 16th 28% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.9% 23rd -0.8pp 17th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 7th -1.0pp 18th 11% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 22.8% 16th -1.0pp 19th on par with peers
Vista, CA 24.3% 11th -1.2pp 20th 6% above peers
Kirkland, WA 19.3% 24th -1.1pp 21st 15% below peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 25th -1.3pp 22nd 17% below peers
Orem, UT 26.4% 5th -1.9pp 23rd 16% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 10th -1.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Norwalk, CA 21.7% 20th -2.5pp 26th 5% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 12th -2.9pp 27th 6% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 13th -3.1pp 28th 1% above peers
North Port, FL 17.6% 28th -3.0pp 29th 23% below peers
Lehi, UT 35.2% 1st -7.1pp 30th 54% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.0% then, 66.1% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.5% to 66.1%).
Big move 66.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 30.6% -0.4pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Vista, CA 30.9% 13th +7.0pp 1st 6% above peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 27th +3.6pp 2nd 34% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 7th +6.6pp 3rd 35% above peers
Manteca, CA 30.9% 14th +4.9pp 4th 6% above peers
Orem, UT 15.1% 29th +2.3pp 5th 48% below peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 3rd +8.4pp 6th 93% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 55.0% 4th +4.8pp 7th 90% above peers
Reading, PA 66.1% 1st +5.1pp 8th 128% above peers
Fall River, MA 57.9% 2nd +3.5pp 9th 100% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 11th +2.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 8th +2.1pp 11th 21% above peers
Lawrence, KS 29.0% 16th +1.7pp 12th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 25th +1.2pp 13th 32% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 15th +1.3pp 14th on par with peers
Lehi, UT 5.8% 31st +0.2pp 15th 80% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 24th +0.7pp 16th 29% below peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 17th +0.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Temple, TX 34.6% 9th +0.5pp 18th 19% above peers
Yakima, WA 42.6% 6th +0.1pp 19th 47% above peers
Kirkland, WA 15.2% 28th +0.0pp 20th 48% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 13.9% 30th -0.3pp 21st 52% below peers
Roanoke, VA 51.7% 5th -1.4pp 22nd 78% above peers
Beaverton, OR 26.7% 20th -1.6pp 23rd 8% below peers
Norwalk, CA 28.0% 19th -2.2pp 24th 4% below peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 23rd -2.5pp 25th 28% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.7% 10th -4.3pp 26th 16% above peers
Chino, CA 21.2% 21st -2.7pp 27th 27% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 30.9% 12th -5.6pp 28th 7% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 18th -5.4pp 29th 3% below peers
Toms River, NJ 19.3% 26th -5.3pp 30th 33% below peers
North Port, FL 21.2% 22nd -7.5pp 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: 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

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What changed

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.5% to 64.0%).
Big move 64.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Pennsylvania ref 70.1% +0.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lehi, UT 49.3% 31st +13.0pp 1st 29% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3% 16th +14.3pp 2nd on par with peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 1st +15.2pp 3rd 15% above peers
Vista, CA 74.0% 9th +14.1pp 4th 7% above peers
Norwalk, CA 70.2% 15th +11.4pp 5th 1% above peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 3rd +9.7pp 6th 11% above peers
Yakima, WA 72.9% 12th +7.6pp 7th 5% above peers
Kirkland, WA 65.8% 20th +6.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 18th +6.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 10th +7.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Manteca, CA 59.7% 29th +5.8pp 11th 14% below peers
Fall River, MA 75.5% 6th +7.1pp 12th 9% above peers
Orem, UT 49.8% 30th +4.3pp 13th 28% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 2nd +6.2pp 14th 11% above peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 13th +5.5pp 15th 3% above peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 17th +5.1pp 16th 1% below peers
Chino, CA 63.5% 26th +4.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 24th +3.6pp 18th 7% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 5th +4.2pp 19th 9% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 65.6% 21st +3.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Temple, TX 61.5% 28th +2.4pp 21st 11% below peers
Toms River, NJ 76.0% 4th +3.0pp 22nd 10% above peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 8th +2.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Beaverton, OR 66.7% 19th +1.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Roanoke, VA 70.4% 14th +1.2pp 25th 2% above peers
North Port, FL 61.7% 27th -0.1pp 26th 11% below peers
Sunrise, FL 75.5% 7th -4.9pp 27th 9% above peers
Lawrence, KS 73.1% 11th -5.6pp 28th 5% above peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 22nd -5.4pp 29th 7% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 64.4% 23rd -6.0pp 30th 7% below peers
Reading, PA 64.0% 25th -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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