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Chattanooga, TN

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194,144 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Chattanooga, TN shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$64,523
2020-24
▲ 42%
relative change
$45,527 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
323 /100k
Aug 2026
▼ 33%
relative change
484 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
36.0%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
30.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
12.9%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
15.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.5%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
77.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
688 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 14%
relative change
799 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
3,166 /100k
Aug 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
3,490 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.6%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
34.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.8%
Jul 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
4.1% a year earlier
Improving recently Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.4%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
16 homicides
12 mo to Apr 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
18 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Chattanooga, TN shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.5%
2020-24
▲ 102%
relative change
3.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
31.3%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
26.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.2%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
10.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
31.8%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
40.4% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.50
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.50 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
19.1%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
17.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.6%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
9.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 2 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
21.0%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
19.5% in 2019
Rising  
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Population
185,783
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
179,690 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 14% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. Chattanooga 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: 688 in April 2026, down from 799 a year earlier.
Bright spot 688 per 100k
2018April 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Glendale, CA 196 (Aug 26) -30.4% 1st
Newport News, VA 605 (Jul 26) -23.8% 2nd
Salem, OR 370 (Aug 26) -20.3% 3rd
Clarksville, TN 315 (Aug 26) -19.2% 4th
Cary, NC 63 (Aug 26) -18.9% 5th
Amarillo, TX 496 (Jul 26) -16.9% 6th
Akron, OH 808 (Aug 26) -15.0% 7th
Chattanooga, TN 688 (Apr 26) -14.0% 8th
Knoxville, TN 629 (Aug 26) -11.7% 9th
Brownsville, TX 363 (Aug 26) -8.9% 10th
Little Rock, AR 1,454 (Aug 26) -6.8% 11th
Oxnard, CA 546 (Aug 26) -5.9% 12th
Tempe, AZ 409 (Aug 26) -3.2% 13th
Grand Rapids, MI 859 (Aug 26) -2.3% 14th
Peoria, AZ 254 (Apr 26) +2.6% 15th
Providence, RI 301 (Jun 26) +7.7% 16th
Elk Grove, CA 181 (Aug 26) +11.0% 17th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Rockford, IL down about 22% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 18% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 17% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. Chattanooga 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: 3,166 in August 2026, down from 3,490 a year earlier.
Bright spot 3,166 per 100k
2018August 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Clarksville, TN 895 (Aug 26) -37.9% 1st
Salem, OR 1,794 (Aug 26) -35.2% 2nd
Cary, NC 781 (Aug 26) -33.9% 3rd
Oxnard, CA 1,255 (Aug 26) -30.4% 4th
Rochester, NY 2,524 (Aug 26) -22.0% 5th
Brownsville, TX 1,343 (Aug 26) -20.9% 6th
Newport News, VA 1,972 (Jul 26) -18.9% 7th
Knoxville, TN 2,037 (Aug 26) -18.5% 8th
Akron, OH 2,701 (Aug 26) -16.5% 9th
Amarillo, TX 2,105 (Jul 26) -16.3% 10th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,106 (Aug 26) -11.4% 11th
Chattanooga, TN 3,166 (Aug 26) -9.3% 12th
Glendale, CA 1,723 (Aug 26) -9.1% 13th
Little Rock, AR 4,116 (Aug 26) -7.8% 14th
Peoria, AZ 1,080 (Apr 26) -5.4% 15th
Providence, RI 1,525 (Jun 26) -4.7% 16th
Elk Grove, CA 1,200 (Aug 26) +1.2% 17th
Tempe, AZ 2,805 (Aug 26) +3.0% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 35% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Everett, WA down about 28% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 21% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 11% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 9% a year from 2020 to 2025, slower than 58% of similar-size cities. Chattanooga started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent reading: 16 homicides in the 12 months ending April 2026, down from 18 in the prior 12 months. That is 8 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 16 homicides
2018April 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Brownsville, TX 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 1st
Cary, NC 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 2nd
Salem, OR 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 3rd
Glendale, CA 1 (Aug 26) -50.1% 4th
Oxnard, CA 1 (Aug 26) -50.0% 5th
Newport News, VA 8 (Jul 26) -41.7% 6th
Elk Grove, CA 2 (Aug 26) -40.0% 7th
Rochester, NY 9 (Aug 26) -36.7% 8th
Providence, RI 3 (Jun 26) -33.4% 9th
Birmingham, AL 32 (Aug 26) -31.9% 10th
Mobile, AL 15 (Aug 26) -30.2% 11th
Akron, OH 9 (Aug 26) -28.0% 12th
Little Rock, AR 16 (Aug 26) -23.2% 13th
Clarksville, TN 5 (Aug 26) -16.7% 14th
Chattanooga, TN 8 (Apr 26) -11.3% 15th
Knoxville, TN 6 (Aug 26) +18.0% 16th
Amarillo, TX 9 (Jul 26) +20.0% 17th
Grand Rapids, MI 8 (Aug 26) +54.5% 18th
Tempe, AZ 6 (Aug 26) +140.5% 19th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +199.7% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Rochester, NY down about 37% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Rock, AR down about 23% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 16% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 33% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. Chattanooga started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 323 in August 2026, down from 484 a year earlier.
Bright spot 323 per 100k
2018August 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Clarksville, TN 82 (Aug 26) -57.8% 1st
Cary, NC 56 (Aug 26) -46.9% 2nd
Salem, OR 197 (Aug 26) -42.4% 3rd
Newport News, VA 167 (Jul 26) -39.0% 4th
Rochester, NY 622 (Aug 26) -37.4% 5th
Chattanooga, TN 323 (Aug 26) -33.1% 6th
Brownsville, TX 170 (Aug 26) -32.9% 7th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.8% 8th
Oxnard, CA 227 (Aug 26) -29.0% 9th
Amarillo, TX 183 (Jul 26) -28.7% 10th
Grand Rapids, MI 205 (Aug 26) -28.3% 11th
Tempe, AZ 189 (Aug 26) -26.0% 12th
Akron, OH 291 (Aug 26) -25.1% 13th
Knoxville, TN 236 (Aug 26) -22.6% 14th
Glendale, CA 137 (Aug 26) -21.2% 15th
Elk Grove, CA 72 (Aug 26) -15.8% 16th
Providence, RI 148 (Jun 26) -15.8% 17th
Little Rock, AR 295 (Aug 26) -15.2% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Boulder, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 56% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 42% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 42% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $45,527 to $64,523 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,337).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Chattanooga started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 63% from 2014 to 2024 ($39,683 to $64,523).
Bright spot $64,523
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref $69,595 +31%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 16th +49% 1st on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 18th +42% 2nd 5% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 9th +40% 3rd 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 15th +38% 4th 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 11th +37% 5th 17% above peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 7th +37% 6th 31% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 21st +35% 7th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 28th +35% 8th 23% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 12th +35% 9th 11% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 10th 85% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 26th +34% 11th 21% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 8th +34% 12th 30% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 13th 31% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 5th +32% 14th 41% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 10th +32% 15th 19% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 13th +31% 16th 2% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 25th +30% 17th 19% below peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 14th +29% 18th 2% above peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 19th 98% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 20th 78% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 6th +27% 21st 41% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 27th +27% 22nd 21% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 23rd +26% 23rd 16% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 22nd +25% 24th 15% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 17th +25% 25th 3% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 29th +24% 26th 29% below peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 27th 32% below peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 20th +23% 28th 13% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 19th +22% 29th 8% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 4th +21% 30th 54% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 24th +18% 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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5 of 49 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,964 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment was essentially flat from 2022 to 2025.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in July 2026, down from 4.1% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.8%
1990July 2026
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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 4.0% (2024)
Akron, OH 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -1.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% (Jul 26) 28th -1.7pp 2nd 64% above peers
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -1.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.1pp 4th 13% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 4th -0.8pp 5th 13% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 6th 16% above peers
Ontario, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 7th 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 8th 24% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th -0.4pp 9th 20% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 10th 9% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 11th 16% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 12th 7% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
Cary, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 14th 33% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 15th 11% below peers
Salem, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 24th -0.2pp 16th 18% above peers
Little Rock, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.1pp 17th 2% below peers
Newport News, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +0.1pp 18th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Tempe, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Rochester, NY 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 21st 36% above peers
Amarillo, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 5th +0.6pp 22nd 13% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.7pp 23rd 9% below peers
Birmingham, AL 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 25th 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th +0.8pp 27th 22% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 28th 4% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.6% then, 19.1% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.5% to 19.1%).
Needs attention 19.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 13.8% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 15th -4.0pp 1st 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 6th -2.5pp 2nd 40% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 7th -2.7pp 3rd 35% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 29th -5.6pp 4th 40% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 25th -4.8pp 5th 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 16th -3.5pp 6th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 23rd -4.1pp 7th 19% above peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 8th -2.1pp 8th 27% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 22nd -3.0pp 9th 18% above peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 19th -2.3pp 10th 9% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 31st -3.5pp 11th 64% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 13th -1.9pp 12th 11% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 28th -2.7pp 13th 40% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.4% 9th -1.2pp 14th 27% below peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 20th -1.6pp 15th 12% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 11th -1.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 24th -1.2pp 17th 19% above peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 12th -0.8pp 18th 15% below peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 30th -1.2pp 19th 46% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.9% 10th -0.6pp 20th 24% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.3pp 21st 54% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.0% 4th -0.1pp 22nd 53% below peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 27th -0.1pp 23rd 38% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.6% 18th +0.2pp 24th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 26th +0.9pp 25th 27% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.8% 14th +0.7pp 26th 7% below peers
Little Rock, AR 17.5% 17th +0.9pp 27th 3% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 21st +1.5pp 28th 13% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 5th +0.9pp 29th 50% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 30th 67% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.7% to 31.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 43% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.8% to 31.3%).
Needs attention 31.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 18.8% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 6th -6.5pp 1st 48% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 17th -9.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 25th -10.4pp 3rd 33% above peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 12th -4.5pp 4th 26% below peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 10th -4.4pp 5th 27% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 16th -5.9pp 6th on par with peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 23rd -6.8pp 7th 21% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 3rd -1.8pp 8th 64% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 22nd -5.7pp 9th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 9th -3.2pp 10th 28% below peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 11th -2.9pp 11th 27% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 19th -4.1pp 12th 9% above peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 13th 79% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 26th -4.8pp 14th 36% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 7th -2.0pp 15th 39% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 14th -2.8pp 16th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 20th -3.2pp 17th 11% above peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 8th -2.0pp 18th 29% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 13th -1.9pp 19th 12% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 24th -2.1pp 20th 27% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 21st 78% below peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 18th -1.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 29th -1.3pp 23rd 52% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 30th -0.4pp 24th 76% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 28th +0.1pp 25th 41% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 5th +0.1pp 26th 60% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 2nd +0.1pp 27th 74% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 4th +0.6pp 28th 60% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 21st +3.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 15th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 27th +4.6pp 31st 36% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 12.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.6% to 90.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Chattanooga started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 19.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (71.0% to 90.5%).
Bright spot 90.5%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 89.3% +10.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 30th +32.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 28th +15.0pp 2nd 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 27th +14.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 14th +15.1pp 4th 1% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 18th +12.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 25th +12.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 26th +11.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 21st +11.4pp 8th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 15th +11.5pp 9th on par with peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 24th +11.0pp 10th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 29th +10.5pp 11th 5% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 5th +11.5pp 12th 4% above peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 22nd +10.8pp 13th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 19th +10.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 20th +10.6pp 15th 1% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 10th +10.9pp 16th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 23rd +8.8pp 17th 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 12th +9.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 13th +8.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 20th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 17th +7.8pp 21st 1% below peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 8th +6.9pp 22nd 3% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 4th +6.2pp 23rd 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 7th +5.7pp 24th 3% above peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 9th +5.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 11th +5.0pp 26th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 6th +4.4pp 27th 4% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 28th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 16th +2.8pp 29th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 5% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.50 then, 0.50 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.50).
Needs attention 0.50
20102024
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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
Providence, RI 0.50 26th -0.038 1st 8% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 17% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 15th -0.026 3rd 2% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 6th -0.017 4th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 13th -0.017 5th 4% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 6th 17% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 23rd -0.012 7th 6% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 16th -0.011 8th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 20th -0.010 9th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 31st -0.009 10th 15% above peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 21st -0.007 11th 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 9th -0.006 12th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 30th -0.007 13th 13% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 7th -0.005 14th 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 24th -0.004 15th 7% above peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 22nd -0.003 16th 6% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 11th -0.002 17th 5% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 25th -0.001 18th 8% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 17th +0.003 19th 2% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 20th 13% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 28th +0.005 21st 10% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 27th +0.005 22nd 9% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 29th +0.009 23rd 10% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 14th +0.008 24th 3% below peers
Cary, NC 0.43 5th +0.009 25th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 10th +0.010 26th 5% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 12th +0.011 27th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 19th +0.014 28th 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 18th +0.017 29th 2% above peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 4th +0.017 30th 13% below peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 8th +0.025 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.9% to 12.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way. Chattanooga started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.9% to 12.9%).
Bright spot 12.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 10.8% -2.7pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Clarksville, TN 9.0% 6th -3.5pp 1st 42% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.0% 13th -3.3pp 2nd 10% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 12th -3.0pp 3rd 17% below peers
Providence, RI 25.9% 28th -5.6pp 4th 68% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.5% 16th -1.9pp 5th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 2.1% 1st -0.2pp 6th 86% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.4% 31st -2.7pp 7th 103% above peers
Columbus, GA 16.8% 19th -1.1pp 8th 9% above peers
Amarillo, TX 11.0% 9th -0.7pp 9th 29% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.1% 3rd -0.3pp 10th 60% below peers
Birmingham, AL 21.9% 26th -0.6pp 11th 42% above peers
Little Rock, AR 10.1% 8th -0.0pp 12th 35% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.8% 11th -0.1pp 13th 17% below peers
Brownsville, TX 27.7% 30th +0.0pp 14th 79% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.3% 21st +0.0pp 15th 25% above peers
Cary, NC 2.8% 2nd +0.0pp 16th 82% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.0% 18th +0.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Salem, OR 20.8% 23rd +0.4pp 18th 34% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 14.3% 14th +0.4pp 19th 7% below peers
Ontario, CA 12.6% 10th +0.5pp 20th 18% below peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 5th +0.4pp 21st 55% below peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 24th +1.3pp 22nd 37% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 25.4% 27th +2.0pp 23rd 65% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.6% 25th +1.9pp 24th 40% above peers
Akron, OH 26.6% 29th +2.5pp 25th 72% above peers
Oxnard, CA 15.3% 15th +1.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Paradise, NV 18.5% 20th +2.7pp 27th 20% above peers
Newport News, VA 15.5% 17th +2.9pp 28th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 6.6% 4th +2.2pp 29th 57% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.6% 7th +4.4pp 30th 38% below peers
Glendale, CA 20.3% 22nd +12.1pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clarksville, TN down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 September 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $314,999 in September 2026, down from $319,114 a year earlier.
$314,999
2000September 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref $330,844 (Sep 26) +0.6%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
Huntington Beach, CA $1,344,725 (Sep 26) 1st +5.6% 1st 323% above peers
Overland Park, KS $480,952 (Sep 26) 9th +5.3% 2nd 51% above peers
Rochester, NY $240,168 (Sep 26) 20th +4.7% 3rd 24% below peers
Amarillo, TX $209,627 (Sep 26) 22nd +4.3% 4th 34% below peers
Little Rock, AR $219,657 (Sep 26) 21st +3.5% 5th 31% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $303,937 (Sep 26) 17th +3.3% 6th 4% below peers
Columbus, GA $175,906 (Sep 26) 26th +3.1% 7th 45% below peers
Newport News, VA $291,926 (Sep 26) 18th +2.9% 8th 8% below peers
Augusta, GA $187,663 (Sep 26) 25th +2.4% 9th 41% below peers
Providence, RI $431,740 (Sep 26) 13th +2.3% 10th 36% above peers
Akron, OH $138,865 (Sep 26) 28th +2.0% 11th 56% below peers
Montgomery, AL $149,943 (Sep 26) 27th +1.7% 12th 53% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $291,188 (Sep 26) 19th +1.5% 13th 8% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,172,783 (Sep 26) 2nd +1.4% 14th 269% above peers
Brownsville, TX $194,705 (Sep 26) 24th +1.3% 15th 39% below peers
Oxnard, CA $758,052 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.3% 16th 138% above peers
Knoxville, TN $368,965 (Sep 26) 14th +1.0% 17th 16% above peers
Clarksville, TN $317,914 (Sep 26) 15th +0.3% 18th on par with peers
Salem, OR $432,418 (Sep 26) 12th +0.3% 19th 36% above peers
Ontario, CA $662,006 (Sep 26) 4th -0.1% 20th 108% above peers
Vancouver, WA $498,160 (Sep 26) 8th -0.1% 21st 57% above peers
Mobile, AL $196,696 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.4% 22nd 38% below peers
Tempe, AZ $458,515 (Sep 26) 11th -0.5% 23rd 44% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $509,743 (Sep 26) 7th -0.6% 24th 60% above peers
Peoria, AZ $480,440 (Sep 26) 10th -0.7% 25th 51% above peers
Cary, NC $613,395 (Sep 26) 6th -1.3% 26th 93% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $314,999 (Sep 26) 16th -1.3% 27th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $624,643 (Sep 26) 5th -1.6% 28th 96% above peers
Birmingham, AL $134,165 (Sep 26) 29th -2.4% 29th 58% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $193,254 in September 2026, down from $195,791 a year earlier.
$193,254
2000September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref $187,349 (Sep 26) +2.2%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Augusta, GA $103,468 (Sep 26) 24th +5.8% 1st 56% below peers
Amarillo, TX $121,984 (Sep 26) 22nd +5.7% 2nd 48% below peers
Overland Park, KS $332,038 (Sep 26) 11th +5.6% 3rd 40% above peers
Little Rock, AR $111,950 (Sep 26) 23rd +4.8% 4th 53% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $918,729 (Sep 26) 1st +4.6% 5th 288% above peers
Rochester, NY $158,443 (Sep 26) 20th +4.4% 6th 33% below peers
Brownsville, TX $127,544 (Sep 26) 21st +3.5% 7th 46% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $226,193 (Sep 26) 16th +3.5% 8th 4% below peers
Providence, RI $348,520 (Sep 26) 10th +3.0% 9th 47% above peers
Montgomery, AL $64,245 (Sep 26) 28th +3.0% 10th 73% below peers
Oxnard, CA $640,499 (Sep 26) 3rd +2.2% 11th 170% above peers
Newport News, VA $206,618 (Sep 26) 17th +2.2% 12th 13% below peers
Akron, OH $84,312 (Sep 26) 27th +1.9% 13th 64% below peers
Columbus, GA $90,527 (Sep 26) 26th +1.7% 14th 62% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $180,330 (Sep 26) 19th +1.4% 15th 24% below peers
Mobile, AL $93,807 (Sep 26) 25th +1.3% 16th 60% below peers
Knoxville, TN $245,948 (Sep 26) 14th +0.6% 17th 4% above peers
Salem, OR $356,084 (Sep 26) 9th +0.4% 18th 50% above peers
Ontario, CA $534,455 (Sep 26) 4th -0.0% 19th 126% above peers
Vancouver, WA $404,628 (Sep 26) 7th -0.3% 20th 71% above peers
Clarksville, TN $236,802 (Sep 26) 15th -0.4% 21st on par with peers
Glendale, CA $726,602 (Sep 26) 2nd -0.4% 22nd 207% above peers
Birmingham, AL $60,161 (Sep 26) 29th -0.8% 23rd 75% below peers
Peoria, AZ $363,172 (Sep 26) 8th -1.1% 24th 53% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $193,254 (Sep 26) 18th -1.3% 25th 18% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $525,513 (Sep 26) 5th -1.5% 26th 122% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $303,820 (Sep 26) 13th -1.5% 27th 28% above peers
Tempe, AZ $329,634 (Sep 26) 12th -2.1% 28th 39% above peers
Cary, NC $429,824 (Sep 26) 6th -2.4% 29th 82% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.6% then, 52.4% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.3% to 52.4%).
52.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 66.9% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Providence, RI 41.4% 28th +5.3pp 1st 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 7th +4.5pp 2nd 8% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 34% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 27th +2.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 19th +2.8pp 5th 5% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 30th +1.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 9th +2.5pp 7th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 26th +1.7pp 8th 21% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 18th +1.7pp 9th 3% below peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 8th +1.6pp 10th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 13th +1.4pp 11th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 12th 42% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 11th +1.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 24th +0.8pp 14th 13% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 4th +1.0pp 15th 15% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 29th +0.6pp 16th 24% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 25th +0.6pp 17th 15% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 15th +0.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 22nd +0.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 17th -0.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 12th -0.7pp 21st 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 6th -0.8pp 22nd 11% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 2nd -1.1pp 23rd 38% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 23rd -0.8pp 24th 10% below peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 21st -0.9pp 25th 5% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 10th -1.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 14th -1.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 20th -1.3pp 28th 5% below peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 3rd -1.8pp 29th 24% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 16th -1.8pp 30th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 5th -2.8pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending September 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,498 in September 2026, up from $1,464 a year earlier.
$1,498
2015September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Newport News, VA $1,593 (Sep 26) 17th +7.5% 1st 1% below peers
Amarillo, TX $1,305 (Sep 26) 26th +7.1% 2nd 19% below peers
Brownsville, TX $1,703 (Sep 26) 12th +5.9% 3rd 6% above peers
Columbus, GA $1,331 (Sep 26) 23rd +5.0% 4th 17% below peers
Providence, RI $2,190 (Sep 26) 7th +4.9% 5th 36% above peers
Augusta, GA $1,344 (Sep 26) 22nd +4.4% 6th 17% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,602 (Sep 26) 16th +4.3% 7th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,105 (Sep 26) 1st +4.0% 8th 93% above peers
Mobile, AL $1,258 (Sep 26) 27th +3.5% 9th 22% below peers
Rochester, NY $1,454 (Sep 26) 20th +3.5% 10th 10% below peers
Overland Park, KS $1,754 (Sep 26) 11th +3.1% 11th 9% above peers
Birmingham, AL $1,305 (Sep 26) 24th +2.9% 12th 19% below peers
Akron, OH $1,176 (Sep 26) 29th +2.8% 13th 27% below peers
Ontario, CA $2,580 (Sep 26) 6th +2.5% 14th 60% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,305 (Sep 26) 25th +2.4% 15th 19% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,498 (Sep 26) 18th +2.3% 16th 7% below peers
Clarksville, TN $1,372 (Sep 26) 21st +2.1% 17th 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,688 (Sep 26) 5th +2.0% 18th 67% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,697 (Sep 26) 4th +2.0% 19th 67% above peers
Little Rock, AR $1,184 (Sep 26) 28th +1.8% 20th 27% below peers
Cary, NC $1,768 (Sep 26) 10th +1.5% 21st 10% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,473 (Sep 26) 19th +1.5% 22nd 9% below peers
Peoria, AZ $1,851 (Sep 26) 8th +1.3% 23rd 15% above peers
Tempe, AZ $1,623 (Sep 26) 14th +0.8% 24th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,701 (Sep 26) 13th +0.6% 25th 6% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,803 (Sep 26) 9th +0.5% 26th 12% above peers
Oxnard, CA $2,894 (Sep 26) 2nd +0.4% 27th 80% above peers
Glendale, CA $2,765 (Sep 26) 3rd +0.0% 28th 72% above peers
Salem, OR $1,611 (Sep 26) 15th -0.0% 29th on par with peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.3% to 31.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Chattanooga started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.5% to 31.6%).
Bright spot 31.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 28.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 5th -2.8pp 1st 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 7th -2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 3rd 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 14th -2.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 5th 13% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 8th -1.8pp 6th 14% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 23rd -1.9pp 7th 11% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 4th -1.3pp 8th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 12th -1.5pp 9th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 16th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 26th -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 9th -0.0pp 12th 14% below peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 13th 42% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 28th +0.6pp 14th 21% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 10th +0.6pp 15th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 16th 22% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 17th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 30th +1.2pp 18th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 22nd +1.1pp 19th 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 20th +1.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 21st +1.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 15th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 18th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 13th +1.5pp 24th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 19th +1.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 11th +2.0pp 26th 6% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 27th +3.3pp 27th 18% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 6th +2.4pp 28th 15% below peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 29th +3.5pp 29th 21% above peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 30th 39% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.5% then, 8.6% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.9% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
20102024
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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
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 11th -1.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 14th -1.9pp 2nd 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 13th -1.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 20th -1.3pp 4th 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 26th -1.7pp 5th 50% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 23rd -1.4pp 6th 28% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 12th -0.9pp 7th 8% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 19th -0.9pp 8th 7% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 17th -0.7pp 9th 2% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 21st -0.8pp 10th 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 25th -0.8pp 11th 36% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 30th -1.3pp 12th 113% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 31st -1.8pp 13th 191% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 6th -0.3pp 14th 46% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 7th -0.2pp 15th 46% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 10th -0.2pp 16th 14% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 16th -0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 29th +0.2pp 18th 82% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 28th +0.3pp 19th 77% above peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 9th +0.1pp 20th 26% below peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 15th +0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 24th +0.4pp 22nd 35% above peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 22nd +0.6pp 23rd 25% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 27th +1.0pp 24th 51% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 8th +0.4pp 25th 44% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 18th +0.9pp 26th 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 2nd +0.4pp 27th 56% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.5pp 28th 55% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 4th +0.6pp 29th 51% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 30th 60% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 5th +1.2pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Fayetteville, AR down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.4% to 12.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.5% to 12.2%).
Needs attention 12.2%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 10.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 8.3% 13th -2.9pp 1st 15% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.7% 6th -1.6pp 2nd 42% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 27th -3.3pp 3rd 41% above peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 4th 170% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 7th -1.3pp 5th 26% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 53% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 49% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 17th -1.5pp 8th 1% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.2% 15th -1.2pp 9th 6% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 26th -1.7pp 10th 40% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 23rd -1.1pp 11th 22% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 12th -0.6pp 12th 19% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.4% 29th -1.1pp 13th 59% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 4th -0.3pp 14th 49% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 21st -0.4pp 15th 14% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 11th -0.3pp 16th 22% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 8th -0.2pp 17th 24% below peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 14th -0.1pp 18th 12% below peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 9th +0.0pp 19th 24% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 20th 81% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 28th +0.4pp 21st 56% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 25th +0.4pp 22nd 32% above peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 20th +0.5pp 23rd 14% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 24th 43% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 18th +1.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 22nd +1.5pp 26th 20% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 27th 70% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 16th +1.3pp 28th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 24th +1.8pp 29th 26% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 10th +1.2pp 30th 23% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.6% 19th +2.2pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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.

36.3%
20202023
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 37.5%
United States ref 32.9%
Huntington Beach, CA 24.0% 1st 34% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.5% 2nd 32% below peers
Cary, NC 25.3% 3rd 30% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 26.2% 4th 28% below peers
Tempe, AZ 27.2% 5th 25% below peers
Oxnard, CA 28.4% 6th 22% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.5% 7th 19% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.0% 8th 17% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 30.3% 9th 16% below peers
Paradise, NV 33.2% 10th 8% below peers
Ontario, CA 33.6% 11th 7% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 34.1% 12th 6% below peers
Providence, RI 34.4% 13th 5% below peers
Knoxville, TN 36.0% 14th 1% below peers
Augusta, GA 36.1% 15th on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 36.2% 16th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 36.2% 17th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.3% 18th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 36.4% 19th 1% above peers
Rochester, NY 38.0% 20th 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 38.5% 21st 6% above peers
Clarksville, TN 39.3% 22nd 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 40.0% 23rd 10% above peers
Columbus, GA 40.3% 24th 11% above peers
Little Rock, AR 40.5% 25th 12% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.7% 26th 12% above peers
Brownsville, TX 40.8% 27th 13% above peers
Salem, OR 41.4% 28th 14% above peers
Birmingham, AL 42.2% 29th 17% above peers
Akron, OH 42.7% 30th 18% above peers
Montgomery, AL 46.4% 31st 28% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.7% to 7.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 7.5%).
Needs attention 7.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 5.9% +1.4pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 59% below peers
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 9th -2.5pp 2nd 21% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 59% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 4th 54% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 7th -1.6pp 5th 27% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 20th -1.9pp 6th 7% above peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 7th 30% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 28th -2.3pp 8th 90% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 9th 199% above peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 21st -0.7pp 10th 7% above peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 27th -1.0pp 11th 85% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 29th -0.1pp 12th 121% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 12th +0.1pp 13th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 8th +0.1pp 14th 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 15th +0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 16th 152% above peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 13th +0.7pp 17th 3% below peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 17th +0.9pp 18th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 18th +1.0pp 19th 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 25th +1.7pp 20th 77% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 10th +0.9pp 21st 21% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 5th +0.7pp 22nd 42% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 19th +1.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 11th +1.2pp 24th 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 55% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 14th +1.8pp 26th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 22nd +2.3pp 27th 18% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 28th 83% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 16th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 24th +3.9pp 30th 76% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 23rd +3.8pp 31st 63% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.0% to 36.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Chattanooga started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.3% to 36.0%).
Bright spot 36.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 31.1% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 29th +5.4pp 1st 30% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 26th +5.6pp 2nd 24% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 12th +5.9pp 3rd 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 22nd +4.9pp 4th 7% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 21st +4.7pp 5th 6% below peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 20th +4.4pp 6th 5% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 6th +6.7pp 7th 46% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 5th +6.4pp 8th 51% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 13th +4.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 8th +5.2pp 10th 29% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 11th 24% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 12th 63% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 19th +3.7pp 13th 4% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 24th +3.0pp 14th 18% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 18th +3.1pp 15th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 28th +2.3pp 16th 27% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 16th +3.1pp 17th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 11th +3.4pp 18th 12% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 9th +3.8pp 19th 26% above peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 17th +2.6pp 20th 1% below peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 23rd +2.4pp 21st 7% below peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 30th +1.5pp 22nd 40% below peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 27th +1.7pp 23rd 25% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 4th +3.4pp 24th 54% above peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 7th +2.8pp 25th 38% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 14th +2.2pp 26th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 3rd +3.2pp 27th 59% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 10th +2.0pp 28th 20% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 29th 118% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 97% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 15th +1.0pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
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 (40.4% then, 31.8% now; margin ±8.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 13.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.8% to 31.8%).
Needs attention 31.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 37.9% -1.3pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 5th +6.1pp 1st 31% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 14th +5.0pp 2nd 12% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 3rd 51% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 3rd +4.2pp 4th 36% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 16th +2.1pp 5th on par with peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 2nd +1.5pp 6th 45% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 9th +1.1pp 7th 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 11th +0.8pp 8th 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 4th +0.2pp 9th 34% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 13th -2.1pp 10th 15% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 6th -2.9pp 11th 28% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 17th -2.4pp 12th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 19th -2.5pp 13th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 18th -3.0pp 14th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 7th -5.6pp 15th 27% above peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 21st -4.0pp 16th 12% below peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 15th -6.0pp 17th 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 12th -6.6pp 18th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 29th -3.2pp 19th 42% below peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 26th -4.3pp 20th 31% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 22nd -6.3pp 21st 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 8th -13.6pp 22nd 24% above peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 20th -10.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 25th -8.6pp 24th 24% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 23rd -9.8pp 25th 16% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 10th -16.5pp 26th 22% above peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 24th -13.7pp 27th 19% below peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 28th -12.3pp 28th 35% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 29th 46% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 30th 53% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 27th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.9pp 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
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 (5.8% then, 5.4% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 5.4%).
Bright spot 5.4%
20102024
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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
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 86% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 88% below peers
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 3rd -2.1pp 3rd 72% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 14th -4.5pp 4th 5% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 5th 62% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 10th -2.9pp 6th 30% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 15th -2.3pp 7th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 7th -0.8pp 8th 46% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 13th -1.2pp 9th 8% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 10th 50% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 8th -0.4pp 11th 41% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 20th -0.7pp 12th 10% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 18th -0.4pp 13th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 12th -0.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 21st -0.3pp 15th 11% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 5th +0.0pp 16th 56% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 29th +0.4pp 17th 57% above peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 19th +1.4pp 18th 8% above peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 17th +1.4pp 19th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 24th +2.1pp 20th 18% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 27th +2.4pp 21st 24% above peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 16th +2.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 9th +1.9pp 23rd 40% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 11th +2.3pp 24th 27% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 28th +4.7pp 25th 38% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 26th +4.5pp 26th 19% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 23rd +4.4pp 27th 17% above peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 28th 74% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 25th +4.7pp 29th 19% above peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 22nd +4.6pp 30th 12% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 62% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 179,690 to 185,783 - more than the combined survey margin (±139).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (171,863 to 185,783).
Big move 185,783
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 14th +17% 1st 1% above peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 31st +15% 2nd 10% below peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 15th +8% 3rd on par with peers
Cary, NC 179,306 28th +8% 4th 8% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 18th +7% 5th 2% below peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 4th +7% 6th 4% above peers
Salem, OR 178,865 30th +6% 7th 8% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 6th +6% 8th 3% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 29th +5% 9th 8% below peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 9th +5% 10th 3% above peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 17th +5% 11th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 2nd +4% 12th 4% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 21st +4% 13th 3% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 24th +3% 14th 5% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 10th +3% 15th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 25th +3% 16th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 3rd +3% 17th 4% above peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 26th +3% 18th 6% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 7th +2% 19th 3% above peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 27th +2% 20th 8% below peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 5th +1% 21st 3% above peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 1st +1% 22nd 7% above peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 22nd +0% 23rd 4% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 11th +0% 24th 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 13th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 16th -3% 26th on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 8th -3% 27th 3% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 20th -4% 28th 3% below peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 19th -5% 29th 2% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 12th -7% 30th 2% above peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 23rd -21% 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 ±121 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.5% to 21.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 53% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children rose 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.4% to 21.0%).
Big move 21.0%
20172024
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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
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 16th +1.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 26th +0.8pp 3rd 17% below peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 9th +1.0pp 4th 9% above peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 18th +0.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 10th +0.2pp 6th 8% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 7th +0.2pp 7th 12% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 12th +0.0pp 8th 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 9th 23% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 10th 25% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 3rd -0.4pp 11th 20% above peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 14th -0.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 24th -0.4pp 13th 11% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 6th -0.7pp 14th 13% above peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 4th -0.9pp 15th 17% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 17th -1.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 17th 36% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 15th -1.0pp 18th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 19th 20% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 29th -0.9pp 20th 22% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 21st 5% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 13th -1.3pp 22nd 3% above peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 5th -1.5pp 23rd 15% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 25th -1.2pp 24th 15% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 25th 28% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 8th -1.8pp 26th 10% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 22nd -1.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 11th -1.8pp 28th 5% above peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 21st -1.8pp 29th 6% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 28th -1.6pp 30th 21% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 23rd -2.3pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 (41.7% then, 42.2% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.7% to 42.2%).
42.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 31.0% -1.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 20th +5.4pp 1st 9% below peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 19th +4.5pp 2nd 8% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 8th +5.2pp 3rd 23% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 24th +2.8pp 4th 14% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 21st +2.7pp 5th 10% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 26th +1.7pp 6th 35% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 25th +2.0pp 7th 17% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 5th +3.3pp 8th 41% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 7th +3.0pp 9th 29% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 3rd +3.2pp 10th 52% above peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 22nd +1.8pp 11th 11% below peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 10th +2.0pp 12th 21% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 11th +1.2pp 13th 16% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 14th 47% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 13th +1.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 2nd +1.4pp 16th 71% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 4th +1.0pp 17th 51% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 27th +0.3pp 18th 42% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 15th +0.5pp 19th 7% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 18th -0.0pp 20th 8% below peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 23rd -0.5pp 21st 13% below peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 6th -1.1pp 22nd 34% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 23rd 77% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 12th -1.3pp 24th 13% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 9th -1.6pp 25th 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 17th -2.2pp 26th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 30th -1.1pp 27th 54% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 28th 54% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 29th 57% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 14th -3.4pp 30th 11% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 16th -8.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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4 of 49 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (70.2% then, 69.4% now; margin ±9.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.2% to 69.4%).
69.4%
20102024
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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
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 21st +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 30th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 22nd +8.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 3rd +7.0pp 4th 5% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 9th +6.3pp 5th 4% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 1st +5.9pp 6th 7% above peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 18th +5.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 23rd +4.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 12th +4.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 5th +4.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 6th +4.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 10th +3.6pp 12th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 11th +3.4pp 13th 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 2nd +2.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 16th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 7th +2.0pp 16th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 19th +1.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 20th +1.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 17th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 27th +0.2pp 20th 9% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 8th -0.1pp 21st 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 22nd 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 14th -0.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 13th -1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 26th -2.4pp 26th 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 28th -3.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 4th -7.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 15th -8.1pp 30th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 29th -7.6pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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4 of 49 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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