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Bartlett, TN
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56,416 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 18 indicators

Where Bartlett, TN shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention

Nothing here shows a real worsening against similar-size cities right now - a good sign, not a blind spot; every indicator is still shown in full below. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 5 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 →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities. Bartlett started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 197 in July 2026, down from 287 a year earlier.
Bright spot 197 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Bartlett, TN 197 (Jul 26) -31.5% 1st
Chicopee, MA 427 (Jul 26) -22.6% 2nd
Oak Lawn, IL 87 (Jul 26) -22.2% 3rd
Mooresville, NC 192 (Jul 26) -21.9% 4th
Mount Prospect, IL 60 (Jul 26) -21.4% 5th
Port Arthur, TX 520 (Jul 26) -16.7% 6th
Monterey Park, CA 252 (Jul 26) -14.2% 7th
Kingsport, TN 443 (Jul 26) -10.5% 8th
DeSoto, TX 288 (Jul 26) -7.4% 9th
Logan, UT 166 (Jul 26) -6.1% 10th
Albany, OR 151 (Jul 26) -5.5% 11th
Lincoln, CA 101 (Jul 26) -4.9% 12th
Kettering, OH 54 (Apr 26) -3.2% 13th
Burleson, TX 167 (Jul 26) -1.0% 14th
Anderson, IN 399 (Jun 26) +0.4% 15th
Fountain Valley, CA 195 (Jul 26) +4.9% 16th
Twin Falls, ID 390 (Jul 26) +10.1% 17th
Peabody, MA 302 (Apr 26) +25.2% 18th
West Haven, CT 78 (Jul 26) +34.4% 19th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 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
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. Bartlett started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 769 in July 2026, down from 1,278 a year earlier.
Bright spot 769 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Bartlett, TN 769 (Jul 26) -39.8% 1st
Burleson, TX 617 (Jul 26) -30.4% 2nd
Peabody, MA 570 (Apr 26) -28.9% 3rd
West Haven, CT 851 (Mar 26) -25.1% 4th
Mooresville, NC 1,644 (Jul 26) -20.5% 5th
DeSoto, TX 1,343 (Jul 26) -20.0% 6th
Kingsport, TN 2,032 (Jul 26) -18.3% 7th
Lincoln, CA 439 (Jul 26) -17.6% 8th
Monterey Park, CA 1,674 (Jul 26) -17.1% 9th
Anderson, IN 1,893 (Jun 26) -14.6% 10th
Port Arthur, TX 1,283 (Jul 26) -12.7% 11th
Kettering, OH 1,268 (Jul 26) -12.5% 12th
Mount Prospect, IL 751 (Jul 26) -10.5% 13th
Fountain Valley, CA 1,564 (Jul 26) -9.1% 14th
Twin Falls, ID 1,060 (Jul 26) -7.3% 15th
Oak Lawn, IL 1,504 (Jul 26) -6.2% 16th
Logan, UT 1,036 (Jul 26) -3.5% 17th
Chicopee, MA 1,566 (Jul 26) +5.5% 18th
Albany, OR 1,763 (Jul 26) +7.3% 19th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in July 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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%
Port Arthur, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Mount Prospect, IL 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Monterey Park, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Anderson, IN 2 (Jun 26) -66.7% 4th
Twin Falls, ID 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 5th
Chicopee, MA 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 6th
Mooresville, NC 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Lincoln, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Kingsport, TN 5 (Jul 26) +199.4% 9th
Burleson, TX 5 (Jul 26) +199.4% 10th
DeSoto, TX 5 (Jul 26) +200.6% 11th
West Haven, CT 7 (Jul 26) +299.4% 12th
Bartlett, TN 0 (Jul 26)
Oak Lawn, IL 4 (Jul 26)
Peabody, MA 0 (Apr 26)
Albany, OR 0 (Jul 26)
Logan, UT 2 (Jul 26)
Fountain Valley, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Kettering, OH 2 (Jul 26)
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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. 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 →
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 69% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 61% lower than in 2021 (164 then, 64 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 323 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 10% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 62 in July 2026, down from 202 a year earlier.
Bright spot 62 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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%
Bartlett, TN 62 (Jul 26) -69.3% 1st
Burleson, TX 37 (Jul 26) -63.2% 2nd
Kingsport, TN 163 (Jul 26) -35.2% 3rd
West Haven, CT 145 (Jul 26) -30.4% 4th
Chicopee, MA 107 (Jul 26) -28.9% 5th
Anderson, IN 276 (Jun 26) -22.9% 6th
Fountain Valley, CA 110 (Jul 26) -20.8% 7th
Mount Prospect, IL 47 (Jul 26) -18.7% 8th
Monterey Park, CA 317 (Jul 26) -18.4% 9th
Albany, OR 76 (Jul 26) -15.7% 10th
Oak Lawn, IL 156 (Jul 26) -15.4% 11th
Port Arthur, TX 116 (Jul 26) -14.5% 12th
Lincoln, CA 31 (Jul 26) -14.3% 13th
Mooresville, NC 95 (Jul 26) -10.2% 14th
DeSoto, TX 316 (Jul 26) -8.2% 15th
Logan, UT 59 (Jul 26) +0.0% 16th
Peabody, MA 54 (Apr 26) +3.5% 17th
Kettering, OH 172 (Jul 26) +26.9% 18th
Twin Falls, ID 91 (Jul 26) +41.7% 19th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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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 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $84,688 to $102,070 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,854).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bartlett started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 27% from 2014 to 2024 ($80,240 to $102,070).
Bright spot $102,070
20102024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref $69,595 +31%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
San Jacinto, CA $80,647 17th +55% 1st 1% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $85,908 12th +52% 2nd 6% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 22nd +50% 3rd 19% below peers
Logan, UT $60,687 27th +45% 4th 25% below peers
South Whittier, CA $100,800 5th +41% 5th 24% above peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 6th 44% below peers
Olympia, WA $81,302 16th +36% 7th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 15th +32% 8th 1% above peers
Peabody, MA $96,657 7th +32% 9th 19% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $93,188 9th +32% 10th 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 6th +31% 11th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 11th +30% 12th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 13th +30% 13th 3% above peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 10th +30% 14th 10% above peers
Albany, OR $78,114 18th +29% 15th 4% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $101,720 4th +28% 16th 25% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL $64,908 23rd +27% 17th 20% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 30th +27% 18th 43% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 29th +27% 19th 42% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 20th +27% 20th 8% below peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 2nd +26% 21st 38% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY $77,679 19th +24%* 22nd 4% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 1st +24% 23rd 42% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 28th +22% 24th 35% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 26th +21% 25th 25% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 3rd +21% 26th 26% above peers
West Haven, CT $74,382 21st +18% 27th 9% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $61,977 25th +18% 28th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 8th +18% 29th 16% above peers
Chicopee, MA $62,615 24th +18% 30th 23% below peers
DeSoto, TX $82,782 14th +16% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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7 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,744 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.2 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 59% 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 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in July 2026, down from 4.0% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.8%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 3.4% (Jul 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Perth Amboy, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 27th -3.0pp 1st 69% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 5.5% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.9pp 2nd 22% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 5.3% (Jul 26) 19th -1.8pp 3rd 18% above peers
Kettering, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -1.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 5th 4% above peers
Olympia, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.8pp 6th 24% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 25th -0.8pp 7th 40% above peers
Kingsport, TN 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th -0.7pp 8th 22% below peers
Valdosta, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.6pp 9th 11% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th -0.5pp 10th 9% below peers
Albany, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 11th 18% above peers
Mooresville, NC 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 12th 18% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.4pp 14th 20% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 15th 24% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 17th 16% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 18th 20% above peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 19th 31% below peers
Logan, UT 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.1pp 20th 31% below peers
Peabody, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th +0.1pp 21st 9% above peers
Burleson, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th +0.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Chicopee, MA 5.9% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.2pp 23rd 31% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 18th +0.3pp 24th 16% above peers
DeSoto, TX 6.1% (Jul 26) 24th +0.4pp 25th 36% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 9.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.6pp 27th 113% above peers
West Haven, CT 6.8% (Jul 26) 26th +1.5pp 28th 51% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.1% then, 5.1% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Bright spot 5.1%
20112024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 13.8% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.4%
Mooresville, NC 7.3% 5th -2.8pp 1st 41% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 15.5% 22nd -5.7pp 2nd 25% above peers
DeSoto, TX 7.6% 6th -2.6pp 3rd 39% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.3% 9th -2.6pp 4th 33% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.4% 15th -3.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Valdosta, GA 26.1% 29th -6.1pp 6th 111% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.1% 1st -1.1pp 7th 59% below peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 28th -4.5pp 8th 79% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 12.8% 18th -2.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Lincoln, CA 6.9% 3rd -1.0pp 10th 45% below peers
Anderson, IN 21.0% 27th -2.8pp 11th 69% above peers
Peabody, MA 7.7% 7th -1.0pp 12th 38% below peers
Olympia, WA 14.0% 20th -1.7pp 13th 13% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.9% 10th -0.8pp 14th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 32.0% 31st -2.4pp 15th 158% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 16.1% 23rd -1.0pp 16th 30% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.4% 16th -0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.6% 2nd -0.1pp 18th 47% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.6% 11th -0.1pp 19th 22% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.0% 8th +0.2pp 20th 35% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.7% 17th +0.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.2% 25th +1.2pp 22nd 63% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.0% 30th +1.7pp 23rd 134% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.7% 26th +1.8pp 24th 67% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 13th +1.0pp 25th 15% below peers
Albany, OR 13.5% 19th +1.5pp 26th 9% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.6% 14th +1.2pp 27th 14% below peers
West Haven, CT 14.1% 21st +2.3pp 28th 14% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 10.0% 12th +1.8pp* 29th 19% below peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 4th +1.4pp 30th 42% below peers
Chicopee, MA 17.3% 24th +3.5pp 31st 40% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 people below the poverty level
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7 of 14 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 · 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 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.7% to 4.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Bartlett started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 4.4%).
Bright spot 4.4%
20132024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 18.8% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 1st -5.3pp 1st 70% below peers
Peabody, MA 6.2% 4th -6.7pp 2nd 57% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.1% 2nd -5.3pp 3rd 65% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 6th -6.1pp 4th 56% below peers
DeSoto, TX 9.1% 9th -8.2pp 5th 37% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 8th -6.6pp 6th 39% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 5th -4.6pp 7th 57% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 11th -5.9pp 8th 30% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.5% 16th -8.1pp 9th on par with peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 23rd -7.1pp 10th 53% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 10th -2.9pp 11th 30% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 17th -4.1pp 12th 3% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.1% 3rd -1.6pp 13th 58% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.8% 24th -6.0pp 14th 57% above peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 29th -8.9pp 15th 130% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 13.9% 13th -3.4pp 16th 4% below peers
Olympia, WA 15.0% 18th -3.3pp 17th 3% above peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 27th -5.2pp 18th 115% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 12th -1.3pp 19th 27% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 14th -1.0pp 20th 3% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 26.2% 26th -1.6pp 21st 80% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 22nd 165% above peers
West Haven, CT 16.7% 20th -0.3pp 23rd 15% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 28th +0.1pp 24th 129% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 21.6% 22nd +0.2pp 25th 49% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 19th +0.7pp 26th 9% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 7th +0.5pp 27th 48% below peers
Chicopee, MA 24.2% 25th +2.3pp 28th 67% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 29th 200% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 21st +2.3pp 30th 30% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 14.4% 15th +5.5pp* 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (89.9% then, 94.4% now; margin ±5.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 7 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.6% to 94.3%).
Bright spot 94.4%
20172024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 89.3% +10.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Perth Amboy, NJ 89.4% 25th +29.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 88.3% 28th +26.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 95.0% 4th +24.2pp 3rd 2% above peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 31st +19.7pp 4th 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 94.0% 10th +14.3pp 5th 1% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 29th +12.5pp 6th 6% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 21st +12.7pp 7th 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 30th +11.9pp 8th 6% below peers
Olympia, WA 94.8% 5th +11.9pp 9th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 26th +11.0pp 10th 5% below peers
South Whittier, CA 93.3% 16th +10.2pp 11th on par with peers
San Jacinto, CA 92.8% 18th +9.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Peabody, MA 91.4% 20th +9.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 94.0% 12th +8.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 2nd +8.7pp 15th 4% above peers
DeSoto, TX 93.8% 13th +8.1pp 16th on par with peers
Logan, UT 89.7% 24th +7.2pp 17th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 8th +7.6pp 18th 1% above peers
Chicopee, MA 88.4% 27th +6.5pp 19th 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 94.6% 7th +6.8pp 20th 1% above peers
West Haven, CT 93.3% 15th +6.7pp 21st on par with peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 23rd +6.2pp 22nd 4% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 11th +6.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 22nd +6.2pp 24th 2% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 93.0% 17th +5.9pp* 25th on par with peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 3rd +5.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 19th +5.4pp 27th 1% below peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 9th +4.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 14th +4.3pp 29th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 1st +4.4pp 30th 4% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 94.6% 6th +3.0pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.8pp 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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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.37 then, 0.37 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.37 to 0.37).
Bright spot 0.37
20102024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 0.48 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Plainfield, NJ 0.41 9th -0.070 1st 6% below peers
Valdosta, GA 0.51 30th -0.050 2nd 18% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 0.40 3rd -0.026 3rd 9% below peers
Logan, UT 0.41 8th -0.025 4th 6% below peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 28th -0.024 5th 15% above peers
Lincoln, CA 0.40 6th -0.017 6th 7% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 0.44 19th -0.018 7th 1% above peers
Olympia, WA 0.44 18th -0.015 8th 1% above peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 16th -0.015 9th on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL 0.43 15th -0.010 10th 1% below peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 11th -0.005 11th 4% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 0.44 21st -0.005 12th 2% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 0.43 17th -0.004 13th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 2nd -0.003 14th 13% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 14th -0.002 15th 1% below peers
DeSoto, TX 0.41 7th -0.001 16th 7% below peers
Peabody, MA 0.44 23rd +0.000 17th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 24th +0.003 18th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 1st +0.003 19th 14% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 29th +0.005 20th 17% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 13th +0.005 21st 3% below peers
South Whittier, CA 0.40 4th +0.007 22nd 9% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 0.42 12th +0.012* 23rd 3% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 26th +0.019 24th 11% above peers
West Haven, CT 0.44 22nd +0.019 25th 2% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 20th +0.020 26th 2% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 0.41 10th +0.021 27th 6% below peers
Chicopee, MA 0.46 25th +0.028 28th 5% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 31st +0.035 29th 19% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 5th +0.028 30th 9% below peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 27th +0.036 31st 12% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 5.8% to 4.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 21% moved the other way. Bartlett started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 0.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.9% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20102023
▸ 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 Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 11.2% -3.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Logan, UT 5.6% 5th -5.6pp 1st 52% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 1st -1.8pp 2nd 66% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.4% 18th -3.8pp 3rd 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 4th -1.5pp 4th 52% below peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 21st -3.6pp 5th 36% above peers
Burleson, TX 4.9% 3rd -1.1pp 6th 58% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 7th -1.2pp 7th 43% below peers
Peabody, MA 10.3% 13th -1.6pp 8th 11% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 23.8% 29th -3.0pp 9th 105% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 15th -1.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Olympia, WA 15.3% 20th -1.4pp 11th 31% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 7.1% 8th -0.4pp 12th 39% below peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 9th -0.4pp 13th 34% below peers
Anderson, IN 20.7% 25th -0.9pp 14th 77% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.2% 11th -0.3pp 15th 21% below peers
Albany, OR 18.5% 23rd -0.3pp 16th 59% above peers
West Haven, CT 17.5% 22nd +0.0pp 17th 51% above peers
Valdosta, GA 23.8% 28th +0.1pp 18th 105% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 12.6% 17th +0.6pp 19th 9% above peers
Mooresville, NC 6.6% 6th +0.8pp 20th 43% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 19.8% 24th +2.6pp 21st 70% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 25.8% 31st +3.5pp 22nd 122% above peers
Chicopee, MA 25.0% 30th +3.5pp 23rd 115% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 20.7% 26th +2.9pp 24th 78% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.8% 19th +2.5pp 25th 27% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 23.1% 27th +4.4pp 26th 98% above peers
Lincoln, CA 4.3% 2nd +1.3pp 27th 63% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.4% 14th +3.6pp 28th 11% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 12th +4.0pp 29th 19% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.2% 10th +4.3pp 30th 30% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 11.6% 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $320,892 in August 2026, down from $323,823 a year earlier.
$320,892
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref $334,108 (Aug 26) +0.7%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
West Haven, CT $366,562 (Aug 26) 18th +7.8% 1st 17% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $453,639 (Aug 26) 12th +7.4% 2nd 2% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $301,042 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.1% 3rd 32% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,382,591 (Aug 26) 1st +5.7% 4th 212% above peers
Valdosta, GA $214,117 (Aug 26) 26th +4.0% 5th 52% below peers
Chicopee, MA $322,260 (Aug 26) 20th +3.4% 6th 27% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $372,848 (Aug 26) 17th +3.3% 7th 16% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $127,534 (Aug 26) 28th +2.8% 8th 71% below peers
Logan, UT $389,638 (Aug 26) 16th +2.7% 9th 12% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $500,079 (Aug 26) 8th +2.6% 10th 13% above peers
Kettering, OH $247,139 (Aug 26) 25th +2.5% 11th 44% below peers
Anderson, IN $135,767 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 12th 69% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $911,771 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.5% 13th 106% above peers
Peabody, MA $696,552 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 14th 57% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $492,974 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 15th 11% above peers
Lincoln, CA $640,640 (Aug 26) 4th +0.7% 16th 45% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $448,096 (Aug 26) 13th +0.6% 17th 1% above peers
Plainfield, NJ $519,451 (Aug 26) 7th +0.6% 18th 17% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $483,140 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 19th 9% above peers
Albany, OR $434,335 (Aug 26) 15th +0.2% 20th 2% below peers
Olympia, WA $529,479 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 21st 19% above peers
Mooresville, NC $478,099 (Aug 26) 11th -0.3% 22nd 8% above peers
Bartlett, TN $320,892 (Aug 26) 21st -0.9% 23rd 28% below peers
Kingsport, TN $257,154 (Aug 26) 24th -0.9% 24th 42% below peers
Burleson, TX $337,266 (Aug 26) 19th -0.9% 25th 24% below peers
DeSoto, TX $320,428 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.4% 26th 28% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $524,205 (Aug 26) 6th -2.1% 27th 18% above peers
Smyrna, GA $443,309 (Aug 26) 14th -2.2% 28th on par with peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 81% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $253,907 in August 2026, up from $252,097 a year earlier.
Big move $253,907
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref $191,061 (Aug 26) +2.5%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Port Arthur, TX $89,052 (Aug 26) 27th +13.0% 1st 71% below peers
West Haven, CT $273,808 (Aug 26) 18th +7.5% 2nd 11% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $305,449 (Aug 26) 15th +6.7% 3rd on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL $201,303 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 4th 34% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,051,471 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 5th 243% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $289,674 (Aug 26) 17th +4.4% 6th 6% below peers
Valdosta, GA $113,771 (Aug 26) 26th +4.4% 7th 63% below peers
Chicopee, MA $268,633 (Aug 26) 19th +4.0% 8th 12% below peers
Kettering, OH $182,217 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 9th 41% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $415,835 (Aug 26) 7th +3.2% 10th 35% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $352,436 (Aug 26) 11th +3.1% 11th 15% above peers
Anderson, IN $80,917 (Aug 26) 28th +2.7% 12th 74% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $438,088 (Aug 26) 5th +2.7% 13th 43% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $412,639 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 14th 34% above peers
Peabody, MA $554,211 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 15th 81% above peers
Bartlett, TN $253,907 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.7% 16th 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $728,534 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.6% 17th 137% above peers
Logan, UT $301,582 (Aug 26) 16th +0.5% 18th 2% below peers
San Jacinto, CA $395,812 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 19th 29% above peers
Olympia, WA $430,487 (Aug 26) 6th +0.3% 20th 40% above peers
Albany, OR $343,606 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 21st 12% above peers
Lincoln, CA $522,636 (Aug 26) 4th +0.3% 22nd 70% above peers
Mooresville, NC $322,437 (Aug 26) 13th +0.2% 23rd 5% above peers
Kingsport, TN $158,764 (Aug 26) 25th -0.6% 24th 48% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $403,850 (Aug 26) 9th -0.6% 25th 32% above peers
DeSoto, TX $264,683 (Aug 26) 20th -0.7% 26th 14% below peers
Burleson, TX $259,821 (Aug 26) 21st -2.2% 27th 15% below peers
Smyrna, GA $306,933 (Aug 26) 14th -2.3% 28th on par with peers
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (85.2% then, 85.6% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (82.7% to 85.6%).
Bright spot 85.6%
20112024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 66.9% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Perth Amboy, NJ 35.4% 30th +6.8pp 1st 41% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 75.0% 4th +10.6pp 2nd 25% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 3rd 64% below peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 28th +4.1pp 4th 31% below peers
DeSoto, TX 69.6% 8th +6.1pp 5th 16% above peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 17th +4.1pp 6th 1% below peers
Olympia, WA 49.8% 25th +2.8pp 7th 17% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 60.2% 15th +3.4pp 8th on par with peers
Lincoln, CA 83.9% 2nd +4.2pp 9th 40% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 11th +2.5pp 10th 8% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 3rd +3.0pp 11th 37% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 6th +1.5pp 12th 20% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 14th +1.2pp 13th 7% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 7th +1.0pp 14th 18% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 44.8% 26th +0.6pp 15th 25% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 20th +0.3pp 16th 3% below peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 1st +0.4pp 17th 42% above peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 18th +0.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 19th +0.1pp 19th 3% below peers
Peabody, MA 65.6% 10th -0.2pp 20th 9% above peers
South Whittier, CA 64.7% 13th -0.5pp 21st 8% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 73.1% 5th -0.6pp* 22nd 22% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 68.7% 9th -0.7pp 23rd 14% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 23rd -0.5pp 24th 14% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 22nd -1.4pp 25th 8% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 16th -2.2pp 26th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 55.7% 21st -2.9pp 27th 7% below peers
Logan, UT 37.2% 29th -2.1pp 28th 38% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 43.9% 27th -2.5pp 29th 27% below peers
West Haven, CT 50.6% 24th -4.1pp 30th 16% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 64.8% 12th -5.3pp 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,844 in August 2026, down from $1,861 a year earlier.
Big move $1,844
2016August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Chicopee, MA $1,631 (Aug 26) 20th +8.8% 1st 6% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $1,288 (Aug 26) 27th +5.5% 2nd 26% below peers
Logan, UT $1,415 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.2% 3rd 19% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $2,932 (Aug 26) 1st +4.2% 4th 68% above peers
Valdosta, GA $1,349 (Aug 26) 25th +4.0% 5th 23% below peers
San Jacinto, CA $2,459 (Aug 26) 6th +3.9% 6th 41% above peers
Anderson, IN $1,079 (Aug 26) 28th +3.8% 7th 38% below peers
Smyrna, GA $1,665 (Aug 26) 18th +3.4% 8th 5% below peers
Kingsport, TN $1,294 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 9th 26% below peers
West Haven, CT $1,978 (Aug 26) 12th +3.1% 10th 13% above peers
Kettering, OH $1,383 (Aug 26) 24th +3.1% 11th 21% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $1,557 (Aug 26) 21st +2.9% 12th 11% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $1,744 (Aug 26) 15th +2.8% 13th on par with peers
West Sacramento, CA $2,263 (Aug 26) 8th +2.4% 14th 30% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $2,731 (Aug 26) 4th +2.4% 15th 57% above peers
Olympia, WA $2,005 (Aug 26) 11th +2.3% 16th 15% above peers
Lincoln, CA $2,922 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.5% 17th 68% above peers
Albany, OR $1,738 (Aug 26) 16th +1.4% 18th on par with peers
Peabody, MA $2,857 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.3% 19th 64% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,616 (Aug 26) 5th +1.3% 20th 50% above peers
Mooresville, NC $1,655 (Aug 26) 19th +0.7% 21st 5% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $1,768 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 22nd 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,470 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.4% 23rd 16% below peers
DeSoto, TX $2,130 (Aug 26) 10th -0.7% 24th 22% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,844 (Aug 26) 13th -0.9% 25th 6% above peers
Burleson, TX $1,731 (Aug 26) 17th -1.0% 26th 1% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 7th 36% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 9th 23% above peers
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (19.6% then, 22.1% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.4% to 22.1%).
Bright spot 22.1%
20102024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 28.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Oak Lawn, IL 31.0% 7th -3.8pp 1st 18% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 30th -6.2pp 2nd 41% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 46.6% 28th -4.6pp 3rd 23% above peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 4th -2.6pp 4th 25% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 11th -2.6pp 5th 13% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 41.1% 23rd -2.1pp 6th 9% above peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 20th -1.2pp 7th 7% above peers
West Haven, CT 40.9% 22nd -1.1pp 8th 8% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 25.1% 2nd -0.5pp* 9th 33% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 31.9% 9th -0.6pp 10th 15% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 11th 19% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 3rd +0.2pp 12th 32% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 5th +0.3pp 13th 22% below peers
Logan, UT 38.6% 18th +0.5pp 14th 2% above peers
South Whittier, CA 41.4% 25th +0.7pp 15th 10% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55.1% 31st +1.1pp 16th 46% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 37.7% 16th +1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Fountain Valley, CA 41.1% 24th +1.1pp 18th 9% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 6th +0.8pp 19th 22% below peers
Olympia, WA 40.5% 21st +1.4pp 20th 7% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 51.9% 29th +2.1pp 21st 38% above peers
Peabody, MA 38.1% 17th +2.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 15th +2.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 12th +3.3pp 24th 13% below peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 1st +2.5pp 25th 42% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 13th +4.2pp 26th 4% below peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 14th +4.4pp 27th 3% below peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 10th +4.0pp 28th 13% below peers
Chicopee, MA 40.3% 19th +6.9pp 29th 7% above peers
DeSoto, TX 45.2% 27th +10.0pp 30th 20% above peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 8th +7.8pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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

2
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
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (3.2% then, 2.9% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.7% to 2.9%).
Bright spot 2.9%
20102024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 5.2% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Jacinto, CA 3.5% 5th -3.4pp 1st 43% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 12.7% 29th -8.3pp 2nd 110% above peers
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 54% below peers
DeSoto, TX 4.0% 8th -1.9pp 4th 33% below peers
Peabody, MA 8.5% 21st -3.6pp 5th 41% above peers
Logan, UT 4.1% 9th -1.7pp 6th 32% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 24th -3.3pp 7th 57% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 23rd -2.8pp 8th 48% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 18th -2.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 17th -1.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 1st -0.5pp 11th 69% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 6th -0.8pp 12th 40% below peers
Olympia, WA 7.6% 19th -1.3pp 13th 26% above peers
West Haven, CT 10.8% 26th -1.8pp 14th 79% above peers
Chicopee, MA 10.0% 25th -1.4pp 15th 65% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 4th -0.4pp 16th 53% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 17th 336% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 13th -0.4pp 18th 9% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 11th -0.3pp 19th 24% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 7.7% 20th -0.2pp 20th 28% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.9% 30th -0.3pp 21st 245% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 16th -0.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 27th -0.0pp 23rd 80% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.0% 15th +0.4pp 24th 1% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 7th +0.3pp 25th 34% below peers
South Whittier, CA 4.6% 10th +0.5pp 26th 24% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.7% 22nd +1.4pp* 27th 43% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 28th +1.9pp 28th 88% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 5.9% 14th +1.5pp 29th 3% below peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 65% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.0% 12th +1.6pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 5.8%).
Bright spot 5.8%
20132024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 10.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Fountain Valley, CA 3.3% 4th -1.9pp 1st 63% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 6th -2.4pp 2nd 52% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.9% 17th -3.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.5% 2nd -1.0pp 4th 71% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 11th -1.6pp 5th 31% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.2% 25th -3.1pp 6th 38% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 22nd -2.7pp 7th 23% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 8.2% 15th -2.0pp 8th 8% below peers
Anderson, IN 9.2% 19th -1.3pp 9th 4% above peers
Olympia, WA 5.6% 9th -0.4pp 10th 36% below peers
Peabody, MA 2.4% 1st -0.1pp 11th 73% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.7% 3rd -0.1pp* 12th 69% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.8% 27th -0.2pp 13th 90% above peers
Albany, OR 6.8% 12th -0.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 21st +0.0pp 15th 20% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.5% 31st +0.1pp 16th 233% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.8% 13th +0.0pp 17th 12% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 8th +0.2pp 18th 36% below peers
West Haven, CT 7.9% 14th +0.4pp 19th 11% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 24th +0.8pp 20th 35% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.8% 16th +0.7pp 21st on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 3.4% 5th +0.2pp 22nd 62% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 28.0% 30th +2.3pp 23rd 217% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.9% 23rd +1.2pp 24th 24% above peers
Logan, UT 9.4% 20th +1.1pp 25th 6% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.0% 28th +2.8pp 26th 126% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 9.1% 18th +1.4pp 27th 3% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.5% 7th +1.1pp 28th 38% below peers
Bartlett, TN 5.8% 10th +1.2pp 29th 35% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.6% 29th +4.8pp 30th 156% above peers
DeSoto, TX 13.1% 26th +3.8pp 31st 48% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

35.9%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 37.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 1st 46% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 21.7% 2nd 37% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 3rd 22% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 28.2% 4th 18% below peers
South Whittier, CA 28.8% 5th 16% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 29.0% 6th 15% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 7th 15% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 29.4% 8th 14% below peers
Peabody, MA 29.9% 9th 13% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 10th 9% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 11th 8% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 12th 3% below peers
Olympia, WA 33.6% 13th 2% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 14th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 15th on par with peers
West Haven, CT 34.3% 16th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 34.9% 17th 2% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 35.0% 18th 2% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 19th 5% above peers
Logan, UT 36.4% 20th 6% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 21st 9% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 37.4% 22nd 9% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.7% 23rd 10% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 24th 10% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 25th 10% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 26th 11% above peers
DeSoto, TX 38.4% 27th 12% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 28th 20% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 29th 22% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 30th 24% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 31st 25% 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 (3.1% then, 2.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.2% to 2.6%).
Bright spot 2.6%
20122024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 5.9% +1.4pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Fountain Valley, CA 1.3% 1st -3.2pp 1st 68% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 16th -8.6pp 2nd on par with peers
San Jacinto, CA 2.5% 6th -3.9pp 3rd 38% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 4.5% 20th -5.5pp 4th 14% above peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 11th -2.7pp 5th 30% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 9th -2.2pp 6th 32% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 4th -1.4pp 7th 47% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 17th -2.2pp 8th 7% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 9th 48% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 19th -2.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 8th -0.5pp 11th 34% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 5th -0.3pp 12th 43% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.6% 29th -0.5pp 13th 240% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 23rd -0.1pp 14th 76% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.8% 21st +0.1pp 15th 20% above peers
West Haven, CT 5.8% 22nd +0.4pp 16th 46% above peers
Peabody, MA 1.7% 2nd +0.2pp 17th 58% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 25th +1.7pp 18th 148% above peers
Logan, UT 7.1% 24th +1.4pp 19th 79% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 20th 405% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 26th +2.3pp 21st 155% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 12.1% 28th +2.7pp 22nd 202% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 12th +0.7pp 23rd 27% below peers
Olympia, WA 3.7% 15th +1.0pp 24th 7% below peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 18th +1.5pp 25th 10% above peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 27th +5.1pp 26th 186% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.4% 14th +1.6pp 27th 16% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.5% 7th +1.2pp* 28th 37% below peers
Chicopee, MA 3.1% 13th +1.6pp 29th 23% below peers
DeSoto, TX 13.9% 30th +7.8pp 30th 249% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 2.7% 10th +2.6pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.4% then, 35.7% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.5% to 35.7%).
Bright spot 35.7%
20102024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 31.1% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Burleson, TX 34.0% 15th +7.6pp 1st 8% above peers
West Haven, CT 30.5% 18th +6.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 22nd +4.0pp 3rd 23% below peers
Olympia, WA 51.8% 2nd +8.1pp 4th 64% above peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 6th +6.2pp 5th 32% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 34.5% 14th +5.1pp 6th 9% above peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 8th +5.8pp 7th 27% above peers
South Whittier, CA 17.9% 27th +2.6pp 8th 43% below peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 17th +4.4pp 9th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 22.9% 25th +2.8pp 10th 28% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 10th +4.4pp 11th 15% above peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 5th +5.3pp 12th 44% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.0% 26th +2.5pp 13th 30% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 14.2% 30th +1.5pp 14th 55% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 1st +5.9pp 15th 88% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 48.5% 3rd +4.8pp 16th 54% above peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 21st +2.6pp 17th 10% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 35.6% 12th +3.0pp 18th 13% above peers
Logan, UT 40.3% 7th +3.4pp 19th 27% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 20th 60% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 20th +2.1pp 21st 7% below peers
DeSoto, TX 30.1% 19th +1.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 46.4% 4th +2.9pp 23rd 47% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 39.4% 9th +2.0pp* 24th 25% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 16th +1.5pp 25th on par with peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 24th +0.8pp 26th 26% below peers
Peabody, MA 35.0% 13th +1.0pp 27th 11% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 15.7% 29th +0.3pp 28th 50% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 23rd -0.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 28th -0.3pp 30th 50% below peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 11th -0.6pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better 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 (45.6% then, 49.2% now; margin ±13.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.9% to 49.2%).
Bright spot 49.2%
20112024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 37.9% -1.3pp
United States ref 45.5%
West Haven, CT 79.0% 1st +35.0pp 1st 70% above peers
Chicopee, MA 45.8% 17th +10.6pp 2nd 1% below peers
Anderson, IN 26.6% 29th +5.2pp 3rd 43% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 77.3% 3rd +13.9pp* 4th 67% above peers
South Whittier, CA 46.4% 16th +6.8pp 5th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 20th +6.0pp 6th 11% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 67.7% 4th +9.3pp 7th 46% above peers
Logan, UT 46.8% 15th +6.4pp 8th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 21st +5.0pp 9th 12% below peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 9th +7.0pp 10th 25% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 12th +3.6pp 11th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 6th +2.6pp 12th 34% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 78.3% 2nd +1.5pp 13th 69% above peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 13th +0.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 14th -1.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 7th -2.5pp 16th 33% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 62.0% 5th -3.3pp 17th 34% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 22nd -3.0pp 18th 12% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 11th -6.3pp 19th 15% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 43.2% 19th -5.4pp 20th 7% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 25th -5.3pp 21st 23% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 38.4% 23rd -8.6pp 22nd 17% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 10th -15.6pp 23rd 18% above peers
DeSoto, TX 59.9% 8th -17.6pp 24th 29% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 27th -9.6pp 25th 37% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 24th -12.5pp 26th 21% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 24.3% 31st -11.6pp 27th 48% below peers
Peabody, MA 31.9% 26th -15.5pp 28th 31% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 43.5% 18th -23.6pp 29th 6% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 30th -19.2pp 30th 48% below peers
Olympia, WA 28.5% 28th -25.6pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.1% then, 4.0% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20102024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Fountain Valley, CA 1.6% 1st -3.8pp 1st 77% below peers
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 2nd -5.3pp 2nd 54% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 6th -3.1pp 3rd 42% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 18th -5.2pp 4th 3% above peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 4th -2.3pp 5th 48% below peers
Chicopee, MA 6.9% 16th -4.3pp 6th on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 8.6% 20th -3.7pp 7th 25% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.1% 13th -2.1pp 8th 11% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 31st -3.3pp 9th 128% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.5% 3rd -0.7pp 10th 49% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 7th -0.3pp 11th 40% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 10.3% 24th -0.6pp 12th 48% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 12th -0.0pp 13th 21% below peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 30th +0.1pp 14th 106% above peers
Peabody, MA 5.3% 11th +0.1pp 15th 23% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 17th +0.5pp 16th 3% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 17th 34% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10.9% 25th +1.5pp 18th 57% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.2% 29th +2.2pp 19th 105% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 21st +1.5pp 20th 26% above peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 15th +1.8pp 21st 3% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 19th +2.1pp 22nd 5% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.9% 23rd +2.8pp* 23rd 29% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 22nd +3.0pp 24th 27% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 12.3% 27th +4.8pp 25th 78% above peers
Logan, UT 6.4% 14th +2.8pp 26th 7% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 10th +2.4pp 27th 25% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 5th +1.8pp 28th 46% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 13.2% 28th +6.8pp 29th 90% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 26th +6.9pp 30th 59% above peers
West Haven, CT 4.5% 8th +3.8pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59,102 to 56,876 - more than the combined survey margin (±59). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 77% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (57,805 to 56,876).
Big move 56,876
20102024
▸ 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
Mooresville, NC 52,381 31st +38% 1st 6% below peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 30th +15% 2nd 5% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 55,180 24th +15% 3rd 1% below peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 29th +12% 4th 5% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 28th +11% 5th 3% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 55,236 23rd +10% 6th 1% below peers
Olympia, WA 55,951 13th +9% 7th 1% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55,855 14th +8% 8th on par with peers
Logan, UT 54,907 26th +8% 9th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 56,839 6th +6% 10th 2% above peers
DeSoto, TX 56,211 12th +6% 11th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 10th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Peabody, MA 54,695 27th +3% 13th 2% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 54,927 25th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 3rd +3% 15th 3% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 5th +2% 16th 2% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 55,472 18th +2% 17th on par with peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 19th +2% 18th 1% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 15th +1% 19th on par with peers
West Haven, CT 55,351 20th +1% 20th 1% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 9th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 8th +1% 22nd 2% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 56,258 11th +0% 23rd 1% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 56,806 7th -0%* 24th 2% above peers
Chicopee, MA 55,295 21st -0% 25th 1% below peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 22nd -2% 26th 1% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 1st -2% 27th 6% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 2nd -2% 28th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 4th -4% 29th 2% above peers
South Whittier, CA 55,650 17th -8% 30th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 55,665 16th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±39 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.2% then, 23.4% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.3% to 23.4%).
23.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 22.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Plainfield, NJ 28.9% 1st +2.9pp 1st 28% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 11th +2.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Peabody, MA 18.7% 27th +1.6pp 3rd 17% below peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 8th +1.7pp 4th 8% above peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 12th +0.7pp 5th 2% above peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 2nd +0.9pp 6th 27% above peers
West Haven, CT 20.2% 24th +0.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 22nd +0.4pp 8th 9% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 4th +0.4pp 9th 21% above peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 10th +0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 20th +0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 5th +0.1pp 12th 16% above peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 15th -0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 17.8% 28th -0.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 17.4% 29th -0.4pp* 15th 23% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 30th -0.5pp 16th 26% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 22.9% 13th -0.7pp 17th 1% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 25.3% 6th -0.8pp 18th 12% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 19.0% 26th -0.7pp 19th 16% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 21st -0.8pp 20th 8% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 18th -0.8pp 21st 4% below peers
Chicopee, MA 19.2% 25th -0.8pp 22nd 15% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 19th -1.3pp 23rd 5% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 27.6% 3rd -1.7pp 24th 22% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 9th -1.9pp 25th 7% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 7th -2.3pp 26th 11% above peers
Logan, UT 21.7% 17th -2.1pp 27th 4% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 15.5% 31st -1.7pp 28th 32% below peers
South Whittier, CA 22.9% 14th -2.8pp 29th 1% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 22.6% 16th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 20.6% 23rd -6.1pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.3% then, 15.1% now; margin ±6.8pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.6% to 15.1%).
Big move 15.1%
20102024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 31.0% -1.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fountain Valley, CA 21.8% 25th +7.5pp 1st 30% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 14th +10.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 15th +7.0pp 3rd 3% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 20.9% 26th +4.5pp 4th 33% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 16th +5.6pp* 5th on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 7th +8.7pp 6th 55% above peers
Chicopee, MA 56.4% 2nd +9.4pp 7th 81% above peers
Olympia, WA 39.5% 11th +6.5pp 8th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 10th +4.9pp 9th 31% above peers
DeSoto, TX 43.7% 8th +5.2pp 10th 40% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 11th 94% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 55.8% 3rd +5.9pp 12th 79% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.1% 12th +3.4pp 13th 19% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 30.2% 18th +2.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 54.0% 4th +3.2pp 15th 74% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 23rd +0.6pp 16th 23% below peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 19th -0.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 5th -0.3pp 18th 67% above peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 20th -0.3pp 19th 12% below peers
West Haven, CT 41.1% 9th -1.0pp 20th 32% above peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 17th -1.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 6th -2.0pp 22nd 56% above peers
Logan, UT 24.1% 22nd -1.1pp 23rd 23% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 29th -1.1pp 24th 40% below peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 30th -1.0pp 25th 46% below peers
Peabody, MA 24.4% 21st -1.5pp 26th 22% below peers
South Whittier, CA 20.9% 27th -1.3pp 27th 33% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 32.8% 13th -3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 28th -3.9pp 29th 33% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 24th -7.2pp 30th 28% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 31st -5.2pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.3pp 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 (69.7% then, 77.2% now; margin ±11.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.9% to 77.2%).
Big move 77.2%
20102024
▸ 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
Tennessee ref 65.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
New Brunswick, NJ 83.7% 2nd +26.1pp 1st 18% above peers
Olympia, WA 69.1% 17th +19.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 74.1% 12th +18.5pp 3rd 5% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 29th +13.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 21st +14.8pp 5th 4% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 54.2% 31st +10.9pp 6th 23% below peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 5th +14.1pp 7th 14% above peers
Chicopee, MA 82.7% 3rd +14.5pp 8th 17% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 16th +10.9pp 9th on par with peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 11th +11.2pp 10th 6% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 84.9% 1st +10.7pp* 11th 20% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 81.0% 4th +9.5pp 12th 14% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 6th +8.9pp 13th 13% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 72.4% 13th +7.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 8th +7.5pp 15th 9% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 15th +6.5pp 16th 2% above peers
South Whittier, CA 75.5% 9th +6.4pp 17th 7% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 72.3% 14th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 19th +5.1pp 19th 3% below peers
Logan, UT 54.3% 30th +2.8pp 20th 23% below peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 24th +1.8pp 21st 7% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 22nd 2% below peers
DeSoto, TX 75.2% 10th +0.9pp 23rd 6% above peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 20th +0.6pp 24th 4% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 28th +0.2pp 25th 10% below peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 25th -0.5pp 26th 7% below peers
Peabody, MA 78.3% 7th -3.5pp 27th 11% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 63.7% 27th -4.5pp 28th 10% below peers
West Haven, CT 66.7% 23rd -5.7pp 29th 6% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 67.7% 22nd -8.8pp 30th 4% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 26th -10.8pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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7 of 14 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 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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