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Rapid City, SD

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80,589 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Rapid City, SD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$70,870
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$52,351 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
18.1%
2020-24
▼ 27%
relative change
24.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
12.5%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
16.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.8%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
11.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
37.0%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
32.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.5%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
82.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.2%
2020-24
▼ 46%
relative change
7.7% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
62.9%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
61.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.5%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
30.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
359 /100k
Jul 2026
flat
relative change
357 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Rapid City, SD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
1.9%
Jul 2026
▲ 12%
relative change
1.7% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
4,285 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
4,107 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
38.2%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
44.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
6 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 50%
relative change
4 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.47 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.7%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
6.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.0%
2020-24
flat
relative change
6.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
10.6%
2019-23
▼ 11%
relative change
11.9% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 3 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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
32.1%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
41.2% in 2019
Falling  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,484
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$1,414 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
77,946
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
75,258 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 8% lower than in 2021 (836 then, 771 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 713 in 2022 it has risen mostly since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 758 in July 2026, down from 759 a year earlier.
758 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%
Redwood City, CA 296 (Jul 26) -31.9% 1st
Cicero, IL 186 (Jul 26) -28.0% 2nd
Loveland, CO 178 (Jul 26) -26.4% 3rd
Miami Beach, FL 505 (Jul 26) -18.9% 4th
Broomfield, CO 163 (Jul 26) -16.9% 5th
Johns Creek, GA 32 (Jul 26) -16.1% 6th
Newport Beach, CA 195 (Jul 26) -15.8% 7th
Missoula, MT 545 (Jul 26) -13.5% 8th
Cedar Park, TX 87 (Jul 26) -8.0% 9th
Flower Mound, TX 45 (Jul 26) -7.7% 10th
Alhambra, CA 178 (Jul 26) -6.0% 11th
Bethlehem, PA 173 (Jul 26) -4.8% 12th
Rapid City, SD 758 (Jul 26) -0.2% 13th
Pharr, TX 225 (Jul 26) +0.5% 14th
Lynchburg, VA 345 (Jul 26) +2.6% 15th
Westland, MI 452 (Jul 26) +4.8% 16th
Woodbury, MN 65 (Jul 26) +6.0% 17th
Buena Park, CA 263 (Jun 26) +7.0% 18th
Lakeville, MN 92 (Jul 26) +12.3% 19th
Plymouth, MN 65 (Jul 26) +18.6% 20th
Apex, NC 53 (Jul 26) +79.2% 21st
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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
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime rose about 4% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 9% lower than in 2021 (4,612 then, 4,182 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 3,803 in 2023 it has risen mostly since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4,285 in July 2026, up from 4,107 a year earlier.
Needs attention 4,285 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 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Loveland, CO 1,293 (Jul 26) -26.4% 1st
Newport Beach, CA 1,359 (Jul 26) -22.5% 2nd
Johns Creek, GA 376 (Jul 26) -21.6% 3rd
Missoula, MT 2,599 (Jul 26) -19.5% 4th
Alhambra, CA 1,787 (Jul 26) -19.4% 5th
Plymouth, MN 770 (Jul 26) -16.6% 6th
Miami Beach, FL 5,078 (Jul 26) -14.2% 7th
Lynchburg, VA 1,494 (Jul 26) -13.6% 8th
Flower Mound, TX 515 (Jul 26) -10.9% 9th
Redwood City, CA 1,379 (Jul 26) -9.5% 10th
Bethlehem, PA 1,223 (Jul 26) -8.4% 11th
Buena Park, CA 1,983 (Jun 26) -7.8% 12th
Broomfield, CO 1,724 (Jul 26) -7.7% 13th
Woodbury, MN 1,135 (Jul 26) -1.4% 14th
Lakeville, MN 522 (Jul 26) -0.7% 15th
Westland, MI 1,238 (Jul 26) -0.1% 16th
Pharr, TX 1,087 (Jul 26) +2.3% 17th
Cicero, IL 1,038 (Jul 26) +3.0% 18th
Rapid City, SD 4,285 (Jul 26) +4.3% 19th
Cedar Park, TX 1,151 (Jul 26) +4.5% 20th
Apex, NC 668 (Jul 26) +30.0% 21st
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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 →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 56% 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 rose about 13% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 6 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 4 in the prior 12 months. That is 7 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 6 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 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%
Apex, NC 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Loveland, CO 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Woodbury, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Broomfield, CO 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Cedar Park, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 5th
Pharr, TX 1 (Jul 26) -74.9% 6th
Bethlehem, PA 1 (Jul 26) -49.8% 7th
Miami Beach, FL 1 (Jul 26) -49.8% 8th
Redwood City, CA 2 (Jul 26) -33.4% 9th
Lynchburg, VA 7 (Jul 26) -33.3% 10th
Alhambra, CA 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 11th
Westland, MI 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Rapid City, SD 7 (Jul 26) +50.2% 13th
Missoula, MT 3 (Jul 26) +99.2% 14th
Johns Creek, GA 4 (Jul 26) +200.8% 15th
Flower Mound, TX 0 (Jul 26)
Buena Park, CA 1 (Jun 26)
Cicero, IL 2 (Jul 26)
Lakeville, MN 0 (Jul 26)
Newport Beach, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Plymouth, MN 0 (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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. Rapid City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 359 in July 2026, up from 357 a year earlier.
Bright spot 359 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 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%
Loveland, CO 52 (Jul 26) -64.7% 1st
Lakeville, MN 11 (Jul 26) -60.9% 2nd
Johns Creek, GA 11 (Jul 26) -57.2% 3rd
Pharr, TX 45 (Jul 26) -52.0% 4th
Miami Beach, FL 186 (Jul 26) -48.5% 5th
Alhambra, CA 134 (Jul 26) -48.1% 6th
Broomfield, CO 134 (Jul 26) -40.8% 7th
Lynchburg, VA 164 (Jul 26) -31.8% 8th
Flower Mound, TX 34 (Jul 26) -28.9% 9th
Cedar Park, TX 51 (Jul 26) -25.9% 10th
Missoula, MT 113 (Jul 26) -25.8% 11th
Westland, MI 153 (Jul 26) -22.2% 12th
Newport Beach, CA 116 (Jul 26) -20.8% 13th
Redwood City, CA 150 (Jul 26) -19.1% 14th
Woodbury, MN 22 (Jul 26) -18.2% 15th
Buena Park, CA 280 (Jun 26) -15.8% 16th
Cicero, IL 226 (Jul 26) -15.5% 17th
Bethlehem, PA 99 (Jul 26) -11.2% 18th
Rapid City, SD 359 (Jul 26) +0.3% 19th
Plymouth, MN 51 (Jul 26) +21.2% 20th
Apex, NC 36 (Jul 26) +52.6% 21st
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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 →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% 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 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $52,351 to $70,870 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,797).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rapid City 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 53% from 2014 to 2024 ($46,392 to $70,870).
Bright spot $70,870
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
South Dakota ref $75,081 +29%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Missoula, MT $70,392 23rd +48% 1st 19% below peers
Upland, CA $105,830 12th +45% 2nd 21% above peers
Cicero, IL $70,842 22nd +44% 3rd 19% below peers
Pine Hills, FL $58,673 28th +43% 4th 33% below peers
Alhambra, CA $88,024 15th +43% 5th 1% above peers
Largo, FL $62,096 26th +40% 6th 29% below peers
Buena Park, CA $110,550 11th +40% 7th 27% above peers
Rapid City, SD $70,870 21st +35% 8th 19% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $72,856 20th +35% 9th 17% below peers
Redwood City, CA $157,814 3rd +35% 10th 81% above peers
Pharr, TX $52,814 30th +32% 11th 40% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $160,093 2nd +31% 12th 83% above peers
Flint, MI $37,646 31st +31% 13th 57% below peers
Apex, NC $144,135 5th +29% 14th 65% above peers
Plymouth, MN $136,534 7th +29% 15th 56% above peers
Broomfield, CO $123,874 10th +28% 16th 42% above peers
Lakeville, MN $139,041 6th +26% 17th 59% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $57,947 29th +25% 18th 34% below peers
Cedar Park, TX $129,545 8th +25% 19th 48% above peers
Bethlehem, PA $68,879 25th +23% 20th 21% below peers
Loveland, CO $84,604 17th +23% 21st 3% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $156,867 4th +23% 22nd 80% above peers
Westland, MI $62,076 27th +22% 23rd 29% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $70,074 24th +22% 24th 20% below peers
Doral, FL $94,164 14th +22% 25th 8% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $99,860 13th +19% 26th 14% above peers
Kendall, FL $87,325 16th +19% 27th on par with peers
Flower Mound, TX $161,235 1st +17% 28th 85% above peers
Woodbury, MN $125,310 9th +15% 29th 43% above peers
Bloomington, IL $77,384 19th +15% 30th 11% below peers
Mableton, GA $77,980 18th +12% 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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2 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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 →
  • 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 ±$3,555 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.2 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1.9% in July 2026, up from 1.7% a year earlier.
Needs attention 1.9%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 2.0% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Flint, MI 12.5% (Jul 26) 28th -2.8pp 1st 205% above peers
Bloomington, IL 3.3% (Jul 26) 7th -1.0pp 2nd 20% below peers
Pharr, TX 6.7% (Jul 26) 27th -0.7pp 3rd 63% above peers
Alhambra, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 26th -0.5pp 4th 24% above peers
Upland, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.4pp 5th 10% above peers
Redwood City, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 2.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 7th 49% below peers
Apex, NC 2.9% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 8th 29% below peers
Doral, FL 2.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 9th 44% below peers
Mableton, GA 3.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 10th 20% below peers
Buena Park, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Missoula, MT 2.6% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 12th 37% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 13th 7% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 6th +0.0pp 14th 24% below peers
Loveland, CO 4.3% (Jul 26) 19th +0.0pp 15th 5% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 4.5% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.1pp 16th 10% above peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% (Jul 26) 24th +0.2pp 17th 12% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 3.8% (Jul 26) 11th +0.2pp 18th 7% below peers
Rapid City, SD 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.2pp 19th 54% below peers
Broomfield, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 5.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.3pp 21st 22% above peers
Westland, MI 4.4% (Jul 26) 21st +0.3pp 22nd 7% above peers
Largo, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 24th 5% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 25th on par with peers
Lakeville, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 26th on par with peers
Woodbury, MN 3.9% (Jul 26) 12th +0.6pp 27th 5% below peers
Plymouth, MN 4.2% (Jul 26) 17th +0.7pp 28th 2% 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 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.2% to 12.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Rapid City 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 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.1% to 12.5%).
Bright spot 12.5%
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
South Dakota ref 11.9% -1.2pp
United States ref 12.4%
Apex, NC 2.2% 1st -3.0pp 1st 79% below peers
Missoula, MT 11.8% 18th -5.7pp 2nd 7% above peers
Redwood City, CA 6.3% 9th -2.7pp 3rd 43% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 17.5% 28th -7.6pp 4th 60% above peers
Buena Park, CA 8.8% 12th -3.6pp 5th 20% below peers
Lakeville, MN 2.9% 2nd -1.0pp 6th 74% below peers
Upland, CA 9.3% 13th -3.2pp 7th 15% below peers
Rapid City, SD 12.5% 19th -3.7pp 8th 14% above peers
Doral, FL 10.3% 14th -2.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Bloomington, IL 11.0% 16th -1.6pp 10th on par with peers
Flint, MI 34.1% 31st -4.7pp 11th 211% above peers
Cicero, IL 14.7% 26th -1.5pp 12th 34% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 6.6% 10th -0.5pp 13th 40% below peers
Pharr, TX 27.6% 30th -1.6pp 14th 151% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 18.6% 29th -0.9pp 15th 70% above peers
Alhambra, CA 12.6% 20th -0.1pp 16th 15% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 13.7% 23rd -0.1pp 17th 25% above peers
Westland, MI 14.3% 24th -0.0pp 18th 31% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 10.6% 15th +0.1pp 19th 3% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 15.7% 27th +0.3pp 20th 43% above peers
Loveland, CO 8.5% 11th +0.2pp 21st 22% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.4% 25th +0.4pp 22nd 31% above peers
Largo, FL 13.1% 21st +0.5pp 23rd 19% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.2% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 61% below peers
Broomfield, CO 6.2% 8th +0.6pp 25th 44% below peers
Plymouth, MN 4.3% 4th +0.7pp 26th 61% below peers
Kendall, FL 11.2% 17th +1.9pp 27th 2% above peers
Mableton, GA 13.5% 22nd +2.5pp 28th 23% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 5.9% 7th +1.1pp 29th 46% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 4.3% 5th +1.4pp 30th 61% below peers
Woodbury, MN 5.3% 6th +2.1pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp 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 ±1.3pp 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 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.9% to 18.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Rapid City 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 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.1% to 18.1%).
Bright spot 18.1%
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
South Dakota ref 14.3% -3.0pp
United States ref 16.1%
Apex, NC 2.1% 2nd -3.9pp 1st 83% below peers
Lakeville, MN 2.0% 1st -2.5pp 2nd 84% below peers
Redwood City, CA 5.7% 6th -5.9pp 3rd 54% below peers
Missoula, MT 8.3% 11th -7.6pp 4th 33% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.9% 13th -8.3pp 5th 20% below peers
Upland, CA 10.4% 14th -5.8pp 6th 15% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 25.3% 29th -13.3pp 7th 105% above peers
Rapid City, SD 18.1% 22nd -6.8pp 8th 47% above peers
Doral, FL 12.4% 17th -4.0pp 9th 1% above peers
Loveland, CO 9.3% 12th -1.8pp 10th 25% below peers
Cicero, IL 19.9% 23rd -3.4pp 11th 61% above peers
Pharr, TX 35.5% 30th -4.1pp 12th 188% above peers
Flint, MI 49.3% 31st -5.5pp 13th 300% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 5.3% 5th -0.4pp 14th 57% below peers
Alhambra, CA 12.3% 16th -0.9pp 15th on par with peers
Bloomington, IL 10.9% 15th -0.5pp 16th 12% below peers
Westland, MI 23.1% 26th -0.4pp 17th 87% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 22.8% 25th -0.2pp 18th 85% above peers
Largo, FL 15.8% 20th +0.0pp 19th 28% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 23.3% 27th +0.1pp 20th 89% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 21.9% 24th +0.2pp 21st 78% above peers
Broomfield, CO 6.5% 9th +0.3pp 22nd 47% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.9% 19th +0.7pp 23rd 21% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.3% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 65% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.1% 21st +1.8pp 25th 31% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 6.1% 7th +0.7pp 26th 50% below peers
Kendall, FL 13.6% 18th +2.7pp 27th 11% above peers
Mableton, GA 24.4% 28th +5.4pp 28th 98% above peers
Plymouth, MN 4.6% 4th +1.8pp 29th 63% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 6.7% 10th +3.3pp 30th 45% below peers
Woodbury, MN 6.2% 8th +3.3pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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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 ±2.5pp 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 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.9% to 90.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rapid City 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 11.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.7% to 90.5%).
Bright spot 90.5%
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
South Dakota ref 89.9% +8.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Pharr, TX 88.5% 27th +34.4pp 1st 6% below peers
Flint, MI 83.2% 31st +21.7pp 2nd 12% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 91.5% 22nd +13.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 92.5% 19th +12.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Cicero, IL 88.0% 28th +11.5pp 5th 7% below peers
Upland, CA 96.5% 7th +9.8pp 6th 2% above peers
Largo, FL 87.5% 30th +8.4pp 7th 8% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 87.6% 29th +8.3pp 8th 7% below peers
Westland, MI 91.6% 21st +8.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Rapid City, SD 90.5% 24th +7.6pp 10th 4% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 88.6% 26th +7.3pp 11th 6% below peers
Mableton, GA 95.6% 11th +7.8pp 12th 1% above peers
Bloomington, IL 90.9% 23rd +7.1pp 13th 4% below peers
Alhambra, CA 94.4% 17th +7.1pp 14th on par with peers
Kendall, FL 94.6% 16th +6.8pp 15th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 89.1% 25th +6.0pp 16th 6% below peers
Missoula, MT 93.3% 18th +6.0pp 17th 1% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 95.4% 15th +5.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Buena Park, CA 95.4% 14th +4.9pp 19th 1% above peers
Redwood City, CA 95.4% 13th +4.8pp 20th 1% above peers
Broomfield, CO 96.8% 6th +3.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Lakeville, MN 96.3% 8th +3.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
Doral, FL 97.1% 4th +3.3pp 23rd 3% above peers
Plymouth, MN 96.2% 9th +3.2pp 24th 2% above peers
Loveland, CO 92.3% 20th +3.0pp 25th 2% below peers
Woodbury, MN 98.1% 1st +3.1pp 26th 4% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 96.0% 10th +2.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Apex, NC 97.0% 5th +1.7pp 28th 3% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 98.0% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 95.5% 12th +0.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 97.4% 3rd +0.4pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 ±1.2pp 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 (0.47 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.47).
Needs attention 0.47
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 0.45 +0.005
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Broomfield, CO 0.40 3rd -0.034 1st 8% below peers
Flint, MI 0.46 22nd -0.024 2nd 6% above peers
Bloomington, IL 0.47 25th -0.025 3rd 7% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 0.52 30th -0.027 4th 19% above peers
Missoula, MT 0.47 23rd -0.021 5th 7% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 0.41 6th -0.018 6th 6% below peers
Alhambra, CA 0.46 20th -0.018 7th 4% above peers
Largo, FL 0.43 14th -0.017 8th 1% below peers
Buena Park, CA 0.40 4th -0.016 9th 8% below peers
Apex, NC 0.37 1st -0.014 10th 16% below peers
Upland, CA 0.44 16th -0.009 11th on par with peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.41 9th -0.006 12th 6% below peers
Mableton, GA 0.43 11th -0.003 13th 2% below peers
Plymouth, MN 0.44 17th -0.003 14th on par with peers
Cicero, IL 0.40 5th -0.002 15th 8% below peers
Westland, MI 0.43 12th -0.001 16th 2% below peers
Rapid City, SD 0.47 26th +0.000 17th 9% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 0.45 19th +0.002 18th 3% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 0.61 31st +0.004 19th 40% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 0.47 24th +0.004 20th 7% above peers
Kendall, FL 0.49 29th +0.006 21st 13% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 0.44 18th +0.006 22nd 1% above peers
Lakeville, MN 0.38 2nd +0.007 23rd 13% below peers
Pharr, TX 0.46 21st +0.009 24th 4% above peers
Redwood City, CA 0.48 28th +0.011 25th 11% above peers
Doral, FL 0.43 13th +0.010 26th 1% below peers
Woodbury, MN 0.41 8th +0.012 27th 6% below peers
Loveland, CO 0.43 15th +0.024 28th on par with peers
Bethlehem, PA 0.48 27th +0.027 29th 10% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 0.41 7th +0.033 30th 6% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 0.42 10th +0.048 31st 3% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (11.9% then, 10.6% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 4.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (15.4% to 10.6%).
Needs attention 10.6%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 8.1% -1.5pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Missoula, MT 8.1% 13th -4.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Apex, NC 1.9% 2nd -0.8pp 2nd 81% below peers
Plymouth, MN 2.5% 4th -1.0pp 3rd 75% below peers
Doral, FL 7.6% 11th -2.2pp 4th 23% below peers
Mableton, GA 10.6% 20th -2.2pp 5th 9% above peers
Largo, FL 11.1% 21st -1.9pp 6th 13% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 10.6% 18th -1.6pp 7th 8% above peers
Pharr, TX 31.4% 29th -4.6pp 8th 221% above peers
Rapid City, SD 10.6% 19th -1.3pp 9th 8% above peers
Cicero, IL 22.3% 28th -2.6pp 10th 128% above peers
Flint, MI 39.5% 31st -3.4pp 11th 304% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 13.8% 24th -0.5pp 12th 42% above peers
Upland, CA 8.4% 14th -0.1pp 13th 14% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 1.7% 1st -0.0pp 14th 83% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 35.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 261% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 25th +0.2pp 16th 46% above peers
Broomfield, CO 3.2% 6th +0.1pp 17th 68% below peers
Loveland, CO 7.8% 12th +0.3pp 18th 21% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.8% 16th +0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Bethlehem, PA 18.7% 27th +0.8pp 20th 92% above peers
Westland, MI 15.6% 26th +0.9pp 21st 60% above peers
Kendall, FL 12.2% 22nd +0.7pp 22nd 25% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 8.9% 15th +0.5pp 23rd 9% below peers
Bloomington, IL 12.7% 23rd +1.0pp 24th 30% above peers
Redwood City, CA 5.8% 10th +0.8pp 25th 41% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.3pp 26th 78% below peers
Lakeville, MN 3.8% 8th +0.6pp 27th 61% below peers
Woodbury, MN 2.6% 5th +0.7pp 28th 73% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 3.4% 7th +1.0pp 29th 65% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.9% 9th +1.6pp 30th 61% below peers
Alhambra, CA 10.2% 17th +5.4pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp 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 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $361,540 in August 2026, up from $354,432 a year earlier.
$361,540
2008August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref $321,574 (Aug 26) +2.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Newport Beach, CA $3,697,219 (Aug 26) 1st +10.7% 1st 645% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,878,298 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.6% 2nd 279% above peers
Cicero, IL $279,769 (Aug 26) 24th +4.6% 3rd 44% below peers
Bethlehem, PA $361,684 (Aug 26) 20th +4.1% 4th 27% below peers
Buena Park, CA $931,550 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.3% 5th 88% above peers
Westland, MI $215,324 (Aug 26) 28th +2.3% 6th 57% below peers
Bloomington, IL $270,349 (Aug 26) 26th +2.1% 7th 46% below peers
Rapid City, SD $361,540 (Aug 26) 21st +2.0% 8th 27% below peers
Woodbury, MN $462,126 (Aug 26) 17th +2.0% 9th 7% below peers
Plymouth, MN $509,531 (Aug 26) 14th +1.9% 10th 3% above peers
Alhambra, CA $916,065 (Aug 26) 4th +1.6% 11th 85% above peers
Missoula, MT $568,490 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 12th 15% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $522,429 (Aug 26) 13th +1.0% 13th 5% above peers
Lakeville, MN $485,324 (Aug 26) 16th +1.0% 14th 2% below peers
Upland, CA $815,032 (Aug 26) 5th +1.0% 15th 64% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $266,065 (Aug 26) 27th +0.8% 16th 46% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $695,041 (Aug 26) 6th +0.6% 17th 40% above peers
Largo, FL $336,911 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.5% 18th 32% below peers
Flint, MI $65,250 (Aug 26) 30th +0.1% 19th 87% below peers
Flower Mound, TX $604,723 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 20th 22% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $403,510 (Aug 26) 19th -0.3% 21st 19% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $542,238 (Aug 26) 12th -0.3% 22nd 9% above peers
Broomfield, CO $620,898 (Aug 26) 7th -0.7% 23rd 25% above peers
Loveland, CO $496,109 (Aug 26) 15th -0.8% 24th on par with peers
Doral, FL $543,159 (Aug 26) 11th -1.2% 25th 9% above peers
Apex, NC $592,991 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 26th 20% above peers
Pharr, TX $165,451 (Aug 26) 29th -1.8% 27th 67% below peers
Pine Hills, FL $274,704 (Aug 26) 25th -2.4% 28th 45% below peers
Mableton, GA $349,892 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.5% 29th 29% below peers
Cedar Park, TX $461,620 (Aug 26) 18th -3.6% 30th 7% below 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 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $268,058 in August 2026, up from $263,665 a year earlier.
$268,058
2008August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref $187,590 (Aug 26) +3.5%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Cicero, IL $236,519 (Aug 26) 23rd +8.9% 1st 29% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $1,928,506 (Aug 26) 1st +8.5% 2nd 477% above peers
Flint, MI $30,373 (Aug 26) 30th +5.1% 3rd 91% below peers
Bethlehem, PA $267,713 (Aug 26) 20th +4.7% 4th 20% below peers
Westland, MI $158,312 (Aug 26) 28th +3.8% 5th 53% below peers
Buena Park, CA $823,379 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.2% 6th 146% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,215,002 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 7th 263% above peers
Pharr, TX $113,807 (Aug 26) 29th +2.8% 8th 66% below peers
Bloomington, IL $164,010 (Aug 26) 27th +2.5% 9th 51% below peers
Rapid City, SD $268,058 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 10th 20% below peers
Lakeville, MN $362,359 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 11th 8% above peers
Woodbury, MN $306,422 (Aug 26) 17th +1.0% 12th 8% below peers
Upland, CA $639,496 (Aug 26) 5th +0.7% 13th 91% above peers
Plymouth, MN $324,395 (Aug 26) 16th +0.6% 14th 3% below peers
Missoula, MT $434,242 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 15th 30% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $166,403 (Aug 26) 26th +0.0% 16th 50% below peers
Alhambra, CA $701,893 (Aug 26) 4th -0.1% 17th 110% above peers
Johns Creek, GA $503,217 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 18th 50% above peers
Flower Mound, TX $439,505 (Aug 26) 8th -0.9% 19th 31% above peers
Loveland, CO $402,715 (Aug 26) 11th -1.1% 20th 20% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $269,622 (Aug 26) 18th -1.1% 21st 19% below peers
Broomfield, CO $484,895 (Aug 26) 7th -1.2% 22nd 45% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $334,453 (Aug 26) 15th -1.2% 23rd on par with peers
Pine Hills, FL $223,733 (Aug 26) 24th -1.2% 24th 33% below peers
Mableton, GA $252,036 (Aug 26) 21st -1.6% 25th 25% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $238,810 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.6% 26th 29% below peers
Largo, FL $198,710 (Aug 26) 25th -2.8% 27th 41% below peers
Apex, NC $428,237 (Aug 26) 10th -2.8% 28th 28% above peers
Doral, FL $366,175 (Aug 26) 12th -2.9% 29th 9% above peers
Cedar Park, TX $348,991 (Aug 26) 14th -4.4% 30th 4% above 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 (61.8% then, 62.9% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.8% to 63.0%).
Bright spot 62.9%
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
South Dakota ref 68.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Miami Beach, FL 40.9% 30th +4.3pp 1st 33% below peers
Cicero, IL 54.6% 21st +4.9pp 2nd 11% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 38.3% 31st +2.5pp 3rd 38% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 64.7% 8th +4.3pp 4th 6% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 55.4% 19th +3.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Largo, FL 61.7% 15th +3.2pp 6th 1% above peers
Plymouth, MN 75.1% 6th +3.9pp 7th 23% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 80.4% 3rd +3.9pp 8th 31% above peers
Upland, CA 57.1% 18th +2.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Alhambra, CA 41.0% 29th +1.1pp 10th 33% below peers
Apex, NC 76.5% 5th +2.0pp 11th 25% above peers
Lakeville, MN 87.8% 1st +2.3pp 12th 43% above peers
Westland, MI 61.3% 16th +1.3pp 13th on par with peers
Bloomington, IL 61.9% 14th +1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Rapid City, SD 63.0% 10th +1.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Kendall, FL 62.2% 12th +0.4pp 16th 1% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 48.9% 25th +0.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Missoula, MT 47.0% 27th -0.4pp 18th 23% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 50.0% 24th -0.8pp 19th 18% below peers
Pharr, TX 59.1% 17th -1.1pp 20th 3% below peers
Loveland, CO 62.1% 13th -1.5pp 21st 1% above peers
Redwood City, CA 48.6% 26th -1.2pp 22nd 21% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 66.7% 7th -1.8pp 23rd 9% above peers
Doral, FL 46.5% 28th -1.3pp 24th 24% below peers
Broomfield, CO 62.7% 11th -2.5pp 25th 2% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 82.5% 2nd -3.3pp 26th 35% above peers
Woodbury, MN 77.6% 4th -3.2pp 27th 27% above peers
Buena Park, CA 55.0% 20th -2.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Flint, MI 53.8% 22nd -3.1pp 29th 12% below peers
Mableton, GA 64.6% 9th -4.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 52.1% 23rd -4.6pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,484 in August 2026, up from $1,414 a year earlier.
Big move $1,484
2018August 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%
Redwood City, CA $4,146 (Aug 26) 2nd +9.9% 1st 109% above peers
Flint, MI $954 (Aug 26) 30th +7.8% 2nd 52% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +5.8% 3rd 121% above peers
Bloomington, IL $1,336 (Aug 26) 25th +5.0% 4th 33% below peers
Rapid City, SD $1,484 (Aug 26) 24th +5.0% 5th 25% below peers
Woodbury, MN $2,177 (Aug 26) 11th +4.1% 6th 10% above peers
Plymouth, MN $1,922 (Aug 26) 18th +3.7% 7th 3% below peers
Upland, CA $2,385 (Aug 26) 9th +3.5% 8th 20% above peers
Cicero, IL $1,294 (Aug 26) 27th +3.5% 9th 35% below peers
Westland, MI $1,315 (Aug 26) 26th +3.3% 10th 34% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $2,799 (Aug 26) 4th +3.0% 11th 41% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $1,283 (Aug 26) 28th +3.0% 12th 35% below peers
Mableton, GA $1,982 (Aug 26) 14th +2.4% 13th on par with peers
Missoula, MT $1,537 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.2% 14th 22% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $2,371 (Aug 26) 10th +2.1% 15th 20% above peers
Cedar Park, TX $1,727 (Aug 26) 21st +2.0% 16th 13% below peers
Lakeville, MN $2,136 (Aug 26) 12th +1.9% 17th 8% above peers
Loveland, CO $1,925 (Aug 26) 17th +1.8% 18th 3% below peers
Bethlehem, PA $1,884 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 19th 5% below peers
Flower Mound, TX $2,410 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 20th 22% above peers
Alhambra, CA $2,607 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 21st 32% above peers
Pharr, TX $1,124 (Aug 26) 29th +0.6% 22nd 43% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $2,548 (Aug 26) 6th +0.6% 23rd 29% above peers
Buena Park, CA $2,513 (Aug 26) 7th +0.6% 24th 27% above peers
Apex, NC $1,981 (Aug 26) 15th +0.5% 25th on par with peers
Pine Hills, FL $1,644 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.3% 26th 17% below peers
Doral, FL $2,893 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.2% 27th 46% above peers
Broomfield, CO $2,096 (Aug 26) 13th +0.1% 28th 6% above peers
Largo, FL $1,833 (Aug 26) 20th -0.7% 29th 7% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $1,962 (Aug 26) 16th -0.8% 30th 1% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (30.6% then, 32.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.7% to 32.5%).
Bright spot 32.5%
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
South Dakota ref 24.4% +0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Buena Park, CA 37.2% 18th -7.2pp 1st 3% above peers
Cicero, IL 34.7% 13th -6.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Redwood City, CA 37.4% 19th -3.4pp 3rd 4% above peers
Upland, CA 37.9% 21st -3.0pp 4th 5% above peers
Alhambra, CA 43.8% 27th -3.1pp 5th 22% above peers
Flint, MI 40.2% 23rd -1.6pp 6th 12% above peers
Pharr, TX 30.2% 9th -1.2pp 7th 16% below peers
Missoula, MT 36.9% 17th -1.2pp 8th 3% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 40.2% 22nd -0.4pp 9th 12% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 50.6% 30th -0.3pp 10th 41% above peers
Westland, MI 31.8% 11th +0.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Bloomington, IL 24.4% 5th +0.3pp 12th 32% below peers
Broomfield, CO 28.1% 8th +0.6pp 13th 22% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 35.1% 15th +0.8pp 14th 2% below peers
Plymouth, MN 22.8% 3rd +0.8pp 15th 37% below peers
Kendall, FL 41.0% 25th +1.5pp 16th 14% above peers
Apex, NC 20.0% 1st +0.8pp 17th 44% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 49.3% 29th +1.9pp 18th 37% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.0% 16th +1.4pp 19th on par with peers
Doral, FL 54.3% 31st +3.1pp 20th 51% above peers
Rapid City, SD 32.5% 12th +1.9pp 21st 10% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 44.7% 28th +3.0pp 22nd 24% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 43.5% 26th +3.1pp 23rd 21% above peers
Largo, FL 40.3% 24th +2.9pp 24th 12% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 27.4% 7th +3.2pp 25th 24% below peers
Lakeville, MN 20.4% 2nd +2.6pp 26th 43% below peers
Mableton, GA 34.7% 14th +5.7pp 27th 4% below peers
Woodbury, MN 24.4% 4th +4.1pp 28th 32% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 30.4% 10th +5.6pp 29th 16% below peers
Loveland, CO 37.7% 20th +7.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 25.6% 6th +4.9pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 7.0% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.4% to 7.0%).
Needs attention 7.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 5.2% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Pharr, TX 5.3% 14th -2.2pp 1st 13% below peers
Plymouth, MN 2.9% 4th -0.6pp 2nd 53% below peers
Cicero, IL 9.2% 25th -2.0pp 3rd 52% above peers
Missoula, MT 6.7% 19th -1.1pp 4th 10% above peers
Flint, MI 16.4% 29th -2.6pp 5th 170% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 22.6% 31st -2.6pp 6th 271% above peers
Alhambra, CA 7.4% 22nd -0.6pp 7th 21% above peers
Bloomington, IL 7.2% 21st -0.5pp 8th 19% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 10.7% 27th -0.5pp 9th 75% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 6.1% 17th -0.2pp 10th 1% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.5% 30th -0.5pp 11th 170% above peers
Upland, CA 4.2% 10th -0.0pp 12th 31% below peers
Largo, FL 8.6% 23rd -0.0pp 13th 41% above peers
Rapid City, SD 7.0% 20th +0.0pp 14th 14% above peers
Westland, MI 8.7% 24th +0.1pp 15th 43% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 11.6% 28th +0.6pp 16th 90% above peers
Mableton, GA 4.4% 12th +0.3pp 17th 28% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 4.4% 11th +0.5pp 18th 28% below peers
Loveland, CO 5.4% 15th +0.7pp 19th 12% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 9.6% 26th +1.3pp 20th 58% above peers
Woodbury, MN 2.7% 3rd +0.4pp 21st 56% below peers
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 18th +1.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 16th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Broomfield, CO 3.8% 7th +0.9pp 24th 38% below peers
Lakeville, MN 3.5% 6th +0.8pp 25th 42% below peers
Apex, NC 2.7% 2nd +0.7pp 26th 56% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 27th 74% below peers
Buena Park, CA 5.3% 13th +2.1pp 28th 13% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.0% 5th +1.6pp 29th 51% below peers
Doral, FL 4.2% 9th +2.2pp 30th 32% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 3.8% 8th +2.1pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.6% to 9.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Rapid City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.7% to 9.8%).
Bright spot 9.8%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 9.0% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Doral, FL 9.3% 22nd -7.8pp 1st 47% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 6.0% 14th -3.1pp 2nd 5% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.9% 1st -0.9pp 3rd 70% below peers
Alhambra, CA 4.2% 5th -1.9pp 4th 33% below peers
Flint, MI 5.4% 12th -2.2pp 5th 14% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.6% 10th -1.3pp 6th 27% below peers
Plymouth, MN 2.4% 2nd -0.7pp 7th 63% below peers
Apex, NC 3.5% 4th -0.9pp 8th 45% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 9.9% 24th -2.3pp 9th 56% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.6% 27th -3.5pp 10th 147% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 4.4% 8th -0.8pp 11th 30% below peers
Rapid City, SD 9.8% 23rd -1.7pp 12th 55% above peers
Redwood City, CA 4.6% 9th -0.8pp 13th 28% below peers
Missoula, MT 6.1% 15th -0.7pp 14th 3% below peers
Kendall, FL 7.9% 19th -0.9pp 15th 25% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 6.5% 17th -0.6pp 16th 3% above peers
Pharr, TX 29.2% 31st -2.3pp 17th 361% above peers
Buena Park, CA 8.0% 20th -0.5pp 18th 26% above peers
Westland, MI 5.8% 13th -0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.3% 26th +0.0pp 20th 142% above peers
Broomfield, CO 4.4% 7th +0.1pp 21st 31% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 8.3% 21st +0.3pp 22nd 32% above peers
Cicero, IL 20.1% 30th +1.4pp 23rd 217% above peers
Upland, CA 6.3% 16th +0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Largo, FL 13.5% 25th +1.3pp 25th 114% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 17.9% 29th +1.8pp 26th 182% above peers
Mableton, GA 16.8% 28th +1.8pp 27th 165% above peers
Loveland, CO 7.1% 18th +1.3pp 28th 12% above peers
Bloomington, IL 5.3% 11th +1.1pp 29th 16% below peers
Woodbury, MN 4.3% 6th +1.3pp 30th 32% below peers
Lakeville, MN 2.7% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp 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 ±1.0pp 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 a quarter above the peer median.

35.4%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 35.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Alhambra, CA 20.3% 1st 31% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 21.8% 2nd 26% below peers
Loveland, CO 22.2% 3rd 24% below peers
Apex, NC 23.1% 4th 21% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 23.8% 5th 19% below peers
Redwood City, CA 23.9% 6th 18% below peers
Plymouth, MN 23.9% 7th 18% below peers
Buena Park, CA 24.8% 8th 15% below peers
Broomfield, CO 25.0% 9th 15% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 26.5% 10th 10% below peers
Kendall, FL 26.5% 11th 10% below peers
Doral, FL 26.9% 12th 8% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 27.3% 13th 7% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 27.4% 14th 6% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 28.5% 15th 3% below peers
Missoula, MT 29.3% 16th on par with peers
Woodbury, MN 30.2% 17th 3% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 31.7% 18th 8% above peers
Lakeville, MN 31.9% 19th 9% above peers
Largo, FL 32.4% 20th 11% above peers
Upland, CA 32.6% 21st 11% above peers
Mableton, GA 33.2% 22nd 13% above peers
Westland, MI 34.5% 23rd 18% above peers
Bloomington, IL 34.5% 24th 18% above peers
Rapid City, SD 35.4% 25th 21% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.4% 26th 24% above peers
Cicero, IL 38.4% 27th 31% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 40.4% 28th 38% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 41.8% 29th 43% above peers
Pharr, TX 47.8% 30th 63% above peers
Flint, MI 48.9% 31st 67% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.5% then, 7.7% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 7.7%).
Needs attention 7.7%
20122024
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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
South Dakota ref 7.3% +1.1pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Newport Beach, CA 0.0% 1st -1.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 2.4% 9th -5.3pp 2nd 33% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 1.2% 2nd -1.9pp 3rd 65% below peers
Flint, MI 1.5% 4th -1.8pp 4th 58% below peers
Alhambra, CA 1.4% 3rd -1.5pp 5th 61% below peers
Doral, FL 5.5% 21st -5.4pp 6th 55% above peers
Plymouth, MN 1.6% 5th -1.0pp 7th 56% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 2.7% 12th -1.5pp 8th 23% below peers
Redwood City, CA 1.7% 6th -0.6pp 9th 52% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 9.3% 28th -1.7pp 10th 163% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 9.6% 29th -1.5pp 11th 170% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 6.0% 22nd -0.9pp 12th 70% above peers
Pharr, TX 14.3% 31st -2.1pp 13th 304% above peers
Westland, MI 2.1% 8th -0.2pp 14th 40% below peers
Loveland, CO 3.6% 17th -0.4pp 15th 1% above peers
Largo, FL 7.7% 26th -0.3pp 16th 118% above peers
Woodbury, MN 3.5% 16th -0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 23rd +0.0pp 18th 72% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 3.7% 19th +0.4pp 19th 4% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 3.2% 15th +0.3pp 20th 11% below peers
Bloomington, IL 3.7% 18th +0.4pp 21st 4% above peers
Apex, NC 2.4% 11th +0.3pp 22nd 32% below peers
Rapid City, SD 7.7% 25th +1.2pp 23rd 117% above peers
Broomfield, CO 2.4% 10th +0.4pp 24th 33% below peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% 20th +0.8pp 25th 30% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 8.6% 27th +2.2pp 26th 142% above peers
Lakeville, MN 2.0% 7th +0.5pp 27th 42% below peers
Missoula, MT 3.1% 13th +0.9pp 28th 12% below peers
Mableton, GA 11.3% 30th +3.5pp 29th 219% above peers
Upland, CA 3.1% 14th +1.0pp 30th 12% below peers
Buena Park, CA 7.1% 24th +5.4pp 31st 100% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.8% to 37.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rapid City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.2% to 37.0%).
Bright spot 37.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 31.9% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Pharr, TX 18.8% 28th +3.9pp 1st 61% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.0% 23rd +6.8pp 2nd 25% below peers
Cicero, IL 10.8% 31st +1.9pp 3rd 77% below peers
Largo, FL 27.4% 26th +4.2pp 4th 43% below peers
Flint, MI 14.2% 30th +2.0pp 5th 70% below peers
Alhambra, CA 40.8% 17th +5.4pp 6th 15% below peers
Upland, CA 37.2% 21st +4.9pp 7th 22% below peers
Doral, FL 59.2% 9th +7.3pp 8th 24% above peers
Rapid City, SD 37.0% 22nd +4.2pp 9th 23% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 55.6% 10th +5.5pp 10th 16% above peers
Plymouth, MN 65.9% 4th +6.4pp 11th 38% above peers
Missoula, MT 53.0% 12th +5.1pp 12th 11% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 52.9% 13th +5.0pp 13th 11% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 60.6% 7th +5.7pp 14th 27% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 32.1% 25th +2.7pp 15th 33% below peers
Redwood City, CA 54.4% 11th +4.2pp 16th 14% above peers
Buena Park, CA 33.0% 24th +2.5pp 17th 31% below peers
Broomfield, CO 60.3% 8th +4.6pp 18th 26% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 38.5% 20th +2.9pp 19th 20% below peers
Apex, NC 69.5% 3rd +5.2pp 20th 45% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 72.7% 1st +5.0pp 21st 52% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 15.3% 29th +1.0pp 22nd 68% below peers
Kendall, FL 47.9% 16th +2.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Loveland, CO 39.0% 18th +2.2pp 24th 19% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 65.5% 5th +3.5pp 25th 37% above peers
Westland, MI 23.0% 27th +0.9pp 26th 52% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 69.6% 2nd +2.6pp 27th 45% above peers
Woodbury, MN 61.3% 6th +2.3pp 28th 28% above peers
Bloomington, IL 48.8% 15th +0.5pp 29th 2% above peers
Mableton, GA 38.7% 19th +0.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Lakeville, MN 50.6% 14th +0.1pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.7% then, 38.2% now; margin ±11.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 12.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.8% to 38.2%).
Needs attention 38.2%
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
South Dakota ref 35.5% -4.0pp
United States ref 45.5%
Cedar Park, TX 76.6% 2nd +20.8pp 1st 54% above peers
Plymouth, MN 70.2% 3rd +8.6pp 2nd 41% above peers
Buena Park, CA 54.0% 9th +6.0pp 3rd 8% above peers
Westland, MI 47.5% 18th +1.0pp 4th 5% below peers
Lakeville, MN 53.5% 10th +1.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 46.8% 20th +0.9pp 6th 6% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 79.1% 1st +1.5pp 7th 59% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 61.1% 7th -1.4pp 8th 23% above peers
Missoula, MT 51.3% 13th -2.9pp 9th 3% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 47.5% 17th -3.6pp 10th 4% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 44.7% 24th -4.0pp 11th 10% below peers
Doral, FL 61.3% 6th -5.6pp 12th 23% above peers
Pharr, TX 49.7% 16th -4.6pp 13th on par with peers
Bethlehem, PA 45.9% 22nd -6.6pp 14th 8% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 51.2% 14th -8.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Loveland, CO 50.9% 15th -8.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Kendall, FL 62.3% 5th -10.0pp 17th 25% above peers
Woodbury, MN 37.9% 29th -6.1pp 18th 24% below peers
Redwood City, CA 55.6% 8th -9.1pp 19th 12% above peers
Rapid City, SD 38.2% 27th -6.5pp 20th 23% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 63.4% 4th -12.1pp 21st 27% above peers
Alhambra, CA 52.4% 11th -10.9pp 22nd 5% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 52.1% 12th -11.7pp 23rd 5% above peers
Bloomington, IL 46.9% 19th -11.2pp 24th 6% below peers
Flint, MI 37.6% 30th -10.6pp 25th 24% below peers
Cicero, IL 30.6% 31st -9.7pp 26th 39% below peers
Largo, FL 40.0% 25th -18.0pp 27th 20% below peers
Upland, CA 38.0% 28th -18.4pp 28th 24% below peers
Broomfield, CO 45.2% 23rd -23.0pp 29th 9% below peers
Mableton, GA 38.9% 26th -23.7pp 30th 22% below peers
Apex, NC 46.0% 21st -31.5pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.7pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.7% then, 4.2% now; margin ±4.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 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
Disconnected youth fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 4.2%).
Bright spot 4.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 6.1% +0.8pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Miami Beach, FL 0.4% 1st -7.9pp 1st 93% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.9% 2nd -4.3pp 2nd 86% below peers
Bloomington, IL 2.0% 6th -3.5pp 3rd 67% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 1.9% 5th -3.2pp 4th 69% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.4% 3rd -1.5pp 5th 77% below peers
Rapid City, SD 4.2% 13th -3.5pp 6th 31% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 7.2% 21st -5.4pp 7th 18% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 2.5% 8th -1.7pp 8th 59% below peers
Apex, NC 1.7% 4th -0.9pp 9th 72% below peers
Upland, CA 4.9% 14th -1.9pp 10th 20% below peers
Alhambra, CA 5.4% 15th -2.1pp 11th 12% below peers
Cicero, IL 9.7% 24th -1.4pp 12th 58% above peers
Flint, MI 8.8% 23rd -1.1pp 13th 44% above peers
Largo, FL 10.5% 26th -0.4pp 14th 73% above peers
Lakeville, MN 3.1% 10th +0.0pp 15th 49% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.5% 18th +0.5pp 16th 7% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 3.4% 11th +0.5pp 17th 44% below peers
Missoula, MT 2.8% 9th +0.6pp 18th 54% below peers
Mableton, GA 6.2% 17th +1.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 11.7% 28th +3.3pp 20th 91% above peers
Woodbury, MN 2.1% 7th +0.6pp 21st 66% below peers
Loveland, CO 9.9% 25th +3.9pp 22nd 63% above peers
Doral, FL 7.7% 22nd +3.3pp 23rd 26% above peers
Buena Park, CA 6.1% 16th +3.2pp 24th on par with peers
Broomfield, CO 7.0% 20th +3.7pp 25th 14% above peers
Redwood City, CA 4.2% 12th +2.2pp 26th 32% below peers
Westland, MI 17.3% 31st +11.0pp 27th 184% above peers
Plymouth, MN 6.9% 19th +4.3pp 28th 12% above peers
Pharr, TX 11.2% 27th +8.0pp 29th 84% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.4% 30th +11.1pp 30th 152% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 13.1% 29th +12.3pp 31st 114% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.3pp 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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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 75,258 to 77,946 - more than the combined survey margin (±90).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 11% from 2014 to 2024 (70,126 to 77,946).
Big move 77,946
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mableton, GA 77,678 27th +87% 1st 2% below peers
Apex, NC 70,630 31st +37% 2nd 11% below peers
Doral, FL 79,216 19th +32% 3rd on par with peers
Lakeville, MN 74,354 30th +16% 4th 6% below peers
Broomfield, CO 76,304 29th +12% 5th 4% below peers
Woodbury, MN 78,305 23rd +12% 6th 1% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 81,435 10th +6% 7th 2% above peers
Kendall, FL 79,562 15th +6% 8th on par with peers
Cedar Park, TX 78,301 24th +5% 9th 2% below peers
Missoula, MT 76,514 28th +4% 10th 4% below peers
Rapid City, SD 77,946 26th +4% 11th 2% below peers
Upland, CA 79,257 17th +3% 12th on par with peers
Bethlehem, PA 77,956 25th +3% 13th 2% below peers
Pharr, TX 80,333 12th +3% 14th 1% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 78,389 22nd +2% 15th 1% below peers
Westland, MI 83,633 2nd +2% 16th 5% above peers
Loveland, CO 78,410 21st +2% 17th 1% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 80,105 14th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Plymouth, MN 79,220 18th +1% 19th on par with peers
Bloomington, IL 78,907 20th +1% 20th 1% below peers
Cicero, IL 82,797 4th +1% 21st 4% above peers
Buena Park, CA 82,871 3rd +0% 22nd 4% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 81,462 9th -0% 23rd 2% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 79,497 16th -1% 24th on par with peers
Largo, FL 82,617 5th -2% 25th 4% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 83,845 1st -2% 26th 5% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 81,988 8th -2% 27th 3% above peers
Redwood City, CA 82,447 6th -4% 28th 4% above peers
Alhambra, CA 81,022 11th -4% 29th 2% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 82,031 7th -9% 30th 3% above peers
Flint, MI 80,175 13th -17% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±44 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.0% to 22.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.0% to 22.0%).
22.0%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
South Dakota ref 24.2% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Kendall, FL 21.1% 20th +2.9pp 1st 5% below peers
Plymouth, MN 24.7% 9th +1.4pp 2nd 11% above peers
Buena Park, CA 23.1% 14th +1.0pp 3rd 4% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.1% 30th +0.3pp 4th 32% below peers
Alhambra, CA 17.1% 26th +0.2pp 5th 23% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 19.4% 23rd +0.1pp 6th 13% below peers
Redwood City, CA 21.3% 19th -0.1pp 7th 4% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 22.2% 16th -0.2pp 8th on par with peers
Upland, CA 21.6% 18th -0.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Bloomington, IL 22.5% 15th -0.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 17.1% 27th -0.3pp 11th 23% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 26.0% 4th -0.6pp 12th 17% above peers
Westland, MI 20.1% 22nd -0.6pp 13th 10% below peers
Lakeville, MN 27.8% 3rd -0.8pp 14th 25% above peers
Apex, NC 29.1% 2nd -0.9pp 15th 31% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 16.5% 29th -0.7pp 16th 26% below peers
Rapid City, SD 22.0% 17th -1.0pp 17th 1% below peers
Pharr, TX 32.7% 1st -1.8pp 18th 47% above peers
Flint, MI 23.6% 12th -1.4pp 19th 6% above peers
Largo, FL 14.8% 31st -1.0pp 20th 33% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 17.2% 25th -1.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Missoula, MT 16.6% 28th -1.2pp 22nd 25% below peers
Woodbury, MN 25.8% 5th -1.9pp 23rd 16% above peers
Doral, FL 24.5% 11th -2.0pp 24th 10% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 25.7% 8th -2.5pp 25th 16% above peers
Loveland, CO 19.0% 24th -2.1pp 26th 15% below peers
Cicero, IL 25.8% 6th -3.0pp 27th 16% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 25.8% 7th -3.1pp 28th 16% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 24.7% 10th -3.1pp 29th 11% above peers
Broomfield, CO 20.5% 21st -2.7pp 30th 8% below peers
Mableton, GA 23.2% 13th -4.1pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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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2 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent fell 9.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.2% to 32.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.2pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.1% to 32.1%).
Big move 32.1%
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
South Dakota ref 26.0% -2.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Loveland, CO 30.4% 16th +8.8pp 1st on par with peers
Mableton, GA 42.5% 7th +12.0pp 2nd 40% above peers
Westland, MI 43.3% 5th +12.0pp 3rd 42% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 21.5% 21st +5.6pp 4th 29% below peers
Buena Park, CA 31.6% 13th +7.2pp 5th 4% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 33.8% 11th +7.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Bloomington, IL 30.5% 14th +5.5pp 7th on par with peers
Alhambra, CA 29.0% 17th +4.9pp 8th 5% below peers
Largo, FL 45.5% 3rd +7.7pp 9th 50% above peers
Kendall, FL 25.6% 20th +3.5pp 10th 16% below peers
Plymouth, MN 18.4% 23rd +2.5pp 11th 40% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 11.3% 31st +0.7pp 12th 63% below peers
Pharr, TX 39.5% 10th +2.5pp 13th 30% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 16.5% 26th +1.0pp 14th 46% below peers
Missoula, MT 30.5% 15th +1.8pp 15th on par with peers
Lynchburg, VA 42.9% 6th +2.5pp 16th 41% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 15.3% 28th +0.9pp 17th 50% below peers
Cicero, IL 41.1% 8th +1.9pp 18th 35% above peers
Broomfield, CO 18.0% 24th +0.7pp 19th 41% below peers
Woodbury, MN 17.2% 25th +0.5pp 20th 43% below peers
Flint, MI 73.3% 1st +2.2pp 21st 141% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 40.5% 9th +0.4pp 22nd 33% above peers
Upland, CA 29.0% 18th -0.3pp 23rd 5% below peers
Lakeville, MN 14.4% 30th -1.2pp 24th 53% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 27.8% 19th -2.6pp 25th 9% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 44.0% 4th -5.0pp 26th 44% above peers
Doral, FL 19.2% 22nd -2.4pp 27th 37% below peers
Apex, NC 15.1% 29th -2.9pp 28th 50% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 45.8% 2nd -9.2pp 29th 51% above peers
Rapid City, SD 32.1% 12th -9.1pp 30th 6% above peers
Redwood City, CA 16.4% 27th -6.7pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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2 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (77.6% then, 70.4% now; margin ±12.0pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (79.1% to 70.4%).
70.4%
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
South Dakota ref 75.5% +1.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Doral, FL 72.7% 9th +13.8pp 1st 4% above peers
Buena Park, CA 70.0% 17th +13.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Pharr, TX 57.5% 28th +8.4pp 3rd 18% below peers
Apex, NC 77.0% 6th +9.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Westland, MI 72.0% 10th +8.5pp 5th 3% above peers
Woodbury, MN 83.3% 2nd +8.8pp 6th 19% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 68.0% 21st +7.2pp 7th 3% below peers
Redwood City, CA 73.6% 8th +6.2pp 8th 5% above peers
Mableton, GA 81.4% 3rd +6.6pp 9th 16% above peers
Bloomington, IL 70.8% 14th +5.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Kendall, FL 67.8% 22nd +4.7pp 11th 3% below peers
Lakeville, MN 77.4% 5th +5.1pp 12th 10% above peers
Alhambra, CA 64.8% 25th +4.1pp 13th 8% below peers
Plymouth, MN 85.7% 1st +5.3pp 14th 22% above peers
Missoula, MT 79.7% 4th +4.2pp 15th 14% above peers
Loveland, CO 66.7% 23rd +3.2pp 16th 5% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 60.1% 27th +2.5pp 17th 14% below peers
Flint, MI 69.5% 18th +2.0pp 18th 1% below peers
Cicero, IL 61.9% 26th +1.7pp 19th 12% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 71.1% 12th +1.4pp 20th 1% above peers
Upland, CA 70.1% 16th -1.8pp 21st on par with peers
Bethlehem, PA 71.1% 13th -2.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
Largo, FL 69.5% 19th -2.5pp 23rd 1% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 56.0% 31st -2.5pp 24th 20% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 57.0% 29th -3.1pp 25th 19% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 74.6% 7th -4.2pp 26th 6% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 71.7% 11th -4.4pp 27th 2% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 69.1% 20th -4.2pp 28th 1% below peers
Rapid City, SD 70.4% 15th -7.2pp 29th on par with peers
Broomfield, CO 65.7% 24th -8.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 56.0% 30th -7.2pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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2 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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