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Cleveland, TN
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51,172 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

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

What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Cleveland, TN shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

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 →

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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 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $44,633 to $58,559 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,876).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Cleveland 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 57% from 2014 to 2024 ($37,325 to $58,559).
Bright spot $58,559
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref $69,595 +31%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Country Club, FL $75,212 17th +56% 1st on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA $59,996 25th +41% 2nd 20% below peers
Watsonville, CA $78,393 15th +41% 3rd 4% above peers
Newark, OH $61,670 24th +37% 4th 18% below peers
Burien, WA $91,318 13th +35% 5th 21% above peers
Paramount, CA $75,250 16th +35% 6th on par with peers
Fort Pierce, FL $47,072 31st +34% 7th 37% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $62,254 23rd +33% 8th 17% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $73,685 19th +31% 9th 2% below peers
Ocoee, FL $98,911 12th +31% 10th 31% above peers
Cleveland, TN $58,559 26th +31% 11th 22% below peers
Lawrence, IN $74,022 18th +30% 12th 2% below peers
Levittown, PA $105,071 11th +30% 13th 40% above peers
Troy, NY $58,477 27th +28% 14th 22% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $72,705 20th +27% 15th 3% below peers
Irondequoit, NY $79,162 14th +27% 16th 5% above peers
Dunwoody, GA $121,903 6th +27% 17th 62% above peers
East Hartford, CT $70,778 21st +26% 18th 6% below peers
Mishawaka, IN $54,291 29th +26% 19th 28% below peers
La Crosse, WI $55,866 28th +24% 20th 26% below peers
Grapevine, TX $111,376 7th +22% 21st 48% above peers
Collierville, TN $138,598 4th +22% 22nd 84% above peers
Harrisburg, PA $48,099 30th +21% 23rd 36% below peers
Milford, CT $111,201 8th +21% 24th 48% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $165,349 1st +20% 25th 120% above peers
East Honolulu, HI $159,518 2nd +20% 26th 112% above peers
Florissant, MO $65,318 22nd +19% 27th 13% below peers
Levittown, NY $146,068 3rd +17% 28th 94% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $106,806 10th +16% 29th 42% above peers
Draper, UT $128,910 5th +10% 30th 71% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $108,281 9th +9% 31st 44% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,594 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.9% in July 2026, down from 4.6% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.9%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 3.4% (Jul 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Newark, OH 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -1.4pp 1st 12% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 22% below peers
Watsonville, CA 6.5% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.2pp 3rd 59% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 20th -1.1pp 4th 29% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 17th -1.1pp 5th 22% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th -0.8pp 6th on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.7pp 7th 5% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 14th -0.6pp 8th 15% above peers
Lawrence, IN 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -0.5pp 9th 20% below peers
Florissant, MO 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th -0.3pp 10th 17% above peers
Collierville, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 11th 24% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.1pp 13th 37% below peers
Draper, UT 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.1pp 14th 10% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 15th 2% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 6.0% (Jul 26) 21st +0.1pp 16th 46% above peers
La Crosse, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 17th 15% below peers
Burien, WA 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th +0.2pp 18th 24% above peers
Troy, NY 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th +0.2pp 19th 27% above peers
Grapevine, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 9th +0.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 21st 15% above peers
Ocoee, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.6pp 22nd 7% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 7.3% (Jul 26) 23rd +1.0pp 23rd 78% above peers
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 (19.5% then, 16.7% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.6% to 16.7%).
Needs attention 16.7%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 13.8% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.4%
Lawrence, IN 8.7% 11th -6.1pp 1st 17% below peers
Country Club, FL 11.8% 17th -4.8pp 2nd 11% above peers
Paramount, CA 12.6% 18th -4.1pp 3rd 19% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 18.3% 25th -5.3pp 4th 74% above peers
Collierville, TN 3.2% 1st -0.6pp 5th 69% below peers
Cleveland, TN 16.7% 23rd -2.8pp 6th 58% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.1% 6th -0.9pp 7th 42% below peers
East Hartford, CT 13.2% 20th -1.8pp 8th 25% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 26.2% 29th -3.2pp 9th 149% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 25.7% 28th -2.6pp 10th 144% above peers
Florissant, MO 10.1% 14th -1.0pp 11th 4% below peers
La Crosse, WI 21.4% 26th -1.6pp 12th 103% above peers
Levittown, NY 4.7% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 56% below peers
Newark, OH 17.1% 24th -1.1pp 14th 63% above peers
Troy, NY 23.4% 27th -1.0pp 15th 122% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.5% 16th -0.1pp 16th on par with peers
Watsonville, CA 14.7% 21st -0.1pp 17th 40% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 30.4% 30th -0.0pp 18th 188% above peers
Burien, WA 12.9% 19th +0.4pp 19th 22% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.5% 2nd +0.1pp 20th 66% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 16.4% 22nd +0.7pp 21st 56% above peers
Ocoee, FL 10.3% 15th +0.5pp 22nd 3% below peers
Milford, CT 5.2% 4th +0.5pp 23rd 51% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 9.2% 12th +0.9pp 24th 13% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 30.5% 31st +4.2pp 25th 189% above peers
Grapevine, TX 6.7% 8th +1.0pp 26th 37% below peers
Levittown, PA 7.0% 9th +1.3pp 27th 33% below peers
Draper, UT 6.2% 7th +2.0pp 28th 42% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.2% 10th +2.6pp 29th 32% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 5.3% 5th +2.0pp 30th 50% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 10.0% 13th +3.9pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.1% then, 25.3% now; margin ±5.4pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.4% to 25.3%).
Needs attention 25.3%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 18.8% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Lawrence, IN 9.6% 10th -13.9pp 1st 29% below peers
Collierville, TN 3.0% 1st -2.5pp 2nd 78% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.4% 7th -4.4pp 3rd 53% below peers
Country Club, FL 13.2% 14th -7.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 25.8% 27th -8.7pp 5th 90% above peers
Paramount, CA 18.6% 22nd -5.1pp 6th 37% above peers
East Hartford, CT 16.2% 19th -4.2pp 7th 19% above peers
Burien, WA 16.7% 20th -2.4pp 8th 23% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 37.5% 29th -4.4pp 9th 176% above peers
Newark, OH 23.4% 25th -2.7pp 10th 72% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 14.8% 18th -1.4pp 11th 9% above peers
Watsonville, CA 19.5% 23rd -1.9pp 12th 43% above peers
Cleveland, TN 25.3% 26th -1.8pp 13th 86% above peers
La Crosse, WI 14.3% 17th -0.8pp 14th 5% above peers
Florissant, MO 18.4% 21st -0.0pp 15th 36% above peers
Ocoee, FL 12.9% 13th +0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 44.0% 31st +1.8pp 17th 224% above peers
Levittown, NY 5.6% 5th +0.5pp 18th 59% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 9.9% 12th +0.9pp 19th 27% below peers
Troy, NY 40.5% 30th +3.7pp 20th 198% above peers
Milford, CT 5.1% 4th +0.6pp 21st 62% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 21.8% 24th +3.4pp 22nd 60% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 26.5% 28th +4.2pp 23rd 95% above peers
Grapevine, TX 8.3% 9th +1.3pp 24th 39% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 13.6% 15th +2.2pp 25th on par with peers
Levittown, PA 8.1% 8th +1.6pp 26th 40% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.7% 2nd +1.0pp 27th 73% below peers
Draper, UT 6.1% 6th +2.1pp 28th 55% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 9.8% 11th +4.5pp 29th 28% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 4.8% 3rd +2.2pp 30th 65% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 13.6% 16th +7.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.1pp 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 11.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.9% to 89.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Cleveland 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 19.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (70.3% to 89.8%).
Bright spot 89.8%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 89.3% +10.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Watsonville, CA 89.5% 24th +14.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 89.3% 25th +13.9pp 2nd 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 85.9% 30th +13.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lawrence, IN 92.2% 17th +13.8pp 4th on par with peers
Mishawaka, IN 90.3% 21st +12.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Cleveland, TN 89.8% 23rd +11.9pp 6th 3% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 85.7% 31st +11.2pp 7th 8% below peers
Paramount, CA 90.7% 19th +10.9pp 8th 2% below peers
Country Club, FL 95.5% 9th +9.4pp 9th 3% above peers
Newark, OH 89.9% 22nd +8.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 85.9% 29th +7.7pp 11th 7% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 91.9% 18th +7.7pp 12th 1% below peers
East Hartford, CT 88.6% 27th +7.4pp 13th 4% below peers
Levittown, PA 94.0% 13th +7.7pp 14th 1% above peers
Troy, NY 88.9% 26th +7.2pp 15th 4% below peers
Florissant, MO 92.7% 16th +7.0pp 16th on par with peers
La Crosse, WI 88.5% 28th +6.5pp 17th 4% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 90.7% 20th +6.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Milford, CT 94.1% 12th +5.9pp 19th 2% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 96.3% 5th +4.8pp 20th 4% above peers
Draper, UT 95.0% 11th +4.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Collierville, TN 97.8% 1st +4.1pp 22nd 6% above peers
Ocoee, FL 95.5% 8th +3.9pp 23rd 3% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 96.8% 3rd +3.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Burien, WA 92.9% 14th +3.2pp 25th on par with peers
Levittown, NY 95.2% 10th +3.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 95.8% 7th +3.0pp 27th 3% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 92.7% 15th +2.0pp 28th on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 96.1% 6th +2.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Grapevine, TX 96.3% 4th +1.5pp 30th 4% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 97.3% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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, 0.47 now; margin ±0.05).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 11% from 2014 to 2024 (0.53 to 0.47).
Needs attention 0.47
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 0.48 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lawrence, IN 0.40 5th -0.046 1st 9% below peers
Country Club, FL 0.39 4th -0.036 2nd 10% below peers
Cleveland, TN 0.47 26th -0.033 3rd 7% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 0.45 24th -0.030 4th 3% above peers
La Crosse, WI 0.45 23rd -0.026 5th 3% above peers
Newark, OH 0.44 16th -0.025 6th on par with peers
Milford, CT 0.42 11th -0.023 7th 4% below peers
East Hartford, CT 0.43 13th -0.013 8th 3% below peers
Watsonville, CA 0.43 14th -0.009 9th 3% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 0.41 9th -0.007 10th 7% below peers
Burien, WA 0.45 21st -0.005 11th 3% above peers
Collierville, TN 0.41 8th -0.004 12th 7% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.42 10th +0.001 13th 5% below peers
Levittown, NY 0.35 1st +0.002 14th 20% below peers
Troy, NY 0.48 27th +0.004 15th 8% above peers
Draper, UT 0.44 17th +0.004 16th on par with peers
Fort Pierce, FL 0.48 29th +0.010 17th 10% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 0.53 31st +0.017 18th 21% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 0.42 12th +0.013 19th 4% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.37 2nd +0.016 20th 15% below peers
Grapevine, TX 0.44 19th +0.020 21st on par with peers
East Honolulu, HI 0.43 15th +0.020 22nd 2% below peers
Florissant, MO 0.38 3rd +0.019 23rd 14% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 0.48 30th +0.024 24th 10% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 0.41 6th +0.023 25th 7% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 0.45 22nd +0.030 26th 3% above peers
Paramount, CA 0.41 7th +0.031 27th 7% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 0.44 20th +0.035 28th 1% above peers
Ocoee, FL 0.44 18th +0.035 29th on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 0.48 28th +0.038 30th 9% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 0.47 25th +0.038 31st 6% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 18.6% to 14.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Cleveland started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 6.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (21.4% to 14.6%).
Bright spot 14.6%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 11.2% -3.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.8% 1st -1.0pp 1st 92% below peers
Grapevine, TX 2.2% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 79% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 1.3% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 87% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.9% 6th -1.1pp 4th 72% below peers
Cleveland, TN 14.6% 22nd -4.0pp 5th 38% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.6% 16th -2.8pp 6th on par with peers
Country Club, FL 22.6% 28th -4.5pp 7th 114% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.9% 31st -4.3pp 8th 164% above peers
Burien, WA 13.5% 21st -1.7pp 9th 28% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.2% 15th -1.2pp 10th 3% below peers
East Hartford, CT 20.1% 25th -1.3pp 11th 90% above peers
Newark, OH 19.1% 24th -0.7pp 12th 82% above peers
Draper, UT 1.8% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 83% below peers
Troy, NY 21.4% 26th -0.5pp 14th 103% above peers
Ocoee, FL 11.2% 18th -0.2pp 15th 6% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 27.4% 30th +0.2pp 16th 160% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.2% 14th +0.2pp 17th 4% below peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 13th +0.4pp 18th 6% below peers
Paramount, CA 17.3% 23rd +1.1pp 19th 64% above peers
Collierville, TN 3.3% 7th +0.3pp 20th 68% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.4% 5th +0.2pp 21st 77% below peers
Watsonville, CA 21.8% 27th +2.2pp 22nd 107% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 10.9% 17th +1.2pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lawrence, IN 12.5% 19th +1.7pp 24th 19% above peers
La Crosse, WI 12.6% 20th +1.8pp 25th 19% above peers
Levittown, PA 9.7% 12th +1.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Milford, CT 5.3% 8th +1.0pp 27th 50% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.0% 29th +4.9pp 28th 127% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.1% 11th +1.8pp 29th 33% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.1% 9th +2.0pp 30th 42% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 6.2% 10th +3.4pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $313,361 in August 2026, up from $308,104 a year earlier.
$313,361
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref $334,108 (Aug 26) +0.7%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Hoffman Estates, IL $408,240 (Aug 26) 14th +6.3% 1st on par with peers
Mishawaka, IN $216,127 (Aug 26) 26th +5.8% 2nd 47% below peers
East Hartford, CT $310,951 (Aug 26) 18th +5.2% 3rd 24% below peers
Troy, NY $300,987 (Aug 26) 19th +5.0% 4th 26% below peers
La Crosse, WI $287,924 (Aug 26) 20th +4.4% 5th 29% below peers
Levittown, NY $737,380 (Aug 26) 6th +4.2% 6th 81% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $220,780 (Aug 26) 25th +4.2% 7th 46% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $354,251 (Aug 26) 16th +3.5% 8th 13% below peers
Newark, OH $248,729 (Aug 26) 24th +3.4% 9th 39% below peers
Levittown, PA $400,851 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 10th 2% below peers
Draper, UT $811,598 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 11th 99% above peers
Harrisburg, PA $267,027 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.7% 12th 35% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $672,389 (Aug 26) 7th +2.6% 13th 65% above peers
Paramount, CA $647,068 (Aug 26) 9th +2.4% 14th 59% above peers
Grapevine, TX $553,270 (Aug 26) 11th +2.2% 15th 36% above peers
Florissant, MO $194,823 (Aug 26) 27th +1.8% 16th 52% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $1,086,045 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 17th 166% above peers
Cleveland, TN $313,361 (Aug 26) 17th +1.7% 18th 23% below peers
Watsonville, CA $823,847 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 19th 102% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $1,007,680 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.2% 20th 147% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $905,566 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 21st 122% above peers
Huntington Park, CA $663,724 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 22nd 63% above peers
Lawrence, IN $268,242 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.2% 23rd 34% below peers
Burien, WA $631,188 (Aug 26) 10th -0.4% 24th 55% above peers
Collierville, TN $505,746 (Aug 26) 12th -1.4% 25th 24% above peers
Ocoee, FL $412,826 (Aug 26) 13th -1.4% 26th 1% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $277,504 (Aug 26) 21st -1.7% 27th 32% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $220,930 in August 2026, up from $212,451 a year earlier.
$220,930
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref $191,061 (Aug 26) +2.5%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Mishawaka, IN $157,183 (Aug 26) 26th +9.0% 1st 48% below peers
La Crosse, WI $220,463 (Aug 26) 20th +7.6% 2nd 27% below peers
Troy, NY $224,075 (Aug 26) 18th +7.5% 3rd 26% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $279,449 (Aug 26) 15th +6.5% 4th 8% below peers
East Hartford, CT $243,980 (Aug 26) 17th +6.2% 5th 20% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $177,413 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.9% 6th 42% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $266,674 (Aug 26) 16th +4.7% 7th 12% below peers
Levittown, NY $670,839 (Aug 26) 4th +4.6% 8th 121% above peers
Levittown, PA $353,346 (Aug 26) 13th +4.6% 9th 16% above peers
Newark, OH $172,527 (Aug 26) 24th +4.6% 10th 43% below peers
Cleveland, TN $220,930 (Aug 26) 19th +4.0% 11th 27% below peers
Florissant, MO $149,856 (Aug 26) 27th +3.4% 12th 51% below peers
Harrisburg, PA $164,439 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 13th 46% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $777,092 (Aug 26) 1st +2.3% 14th 156% above peers
Watsonville, CA $645,061 (Aug 26) 5th +2.1% 15th 113% above peers
Grapevine, TX $428,481 (Aug 26) 11th +2.1% 16th 41% above peers
Dunwoody, GA $458,777 (Aug 26) 10th +2.0% 17th 51% above peers
Draper, UT $546,923 (Aug 26) 7th +1.3% 18th 80% above peers
Lawrence, IN $188,593 (Aug 26) 21st +0.5% 19th 38% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $715,499 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.1% 20th 136% above peers
Huntington Park, CA $559,026 (Aug 26) 6th +0.1% 21st 84% above peers
Burien, WA $482,129 (Aug 26) 9th -0.0% 22nd 59% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $705,571 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.3% 23rd 133% above peers
Paramount, CA $495,226 (Aug 26) 8th -0.6% 24th 63% above peers
Collierville, TN $369,146 (Aug 26) 12th -1.7% 25th 22% above peers
Ocoee, FL $303,361 (Aug 26) 14th -2.3% 26th on par with peers
Fort Pierce, FL $176,056 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.1% 27th 42% below peers
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 (47.7% then, 48.0% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.1% to 48.0%).
Needs attention 48.0%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 66.9% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Country Club, FL 45.6% 24th +4.4pp 1st 19% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49.5% 20th +3.4pp 2nd 12% below peers
Troy, NY 37.4% 29th +1.8pp 3rd 34% below peers
Paramount, CA 43.0% 26th +2.0pp 4th 24% below peers
Levittown, PA 87.2% 3rd +4.0pp 5th 54% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 64.4% 14th +2.4pp 6th 14% above peers
Watsonville, CA 44.8% 25th +1.7pp 7th 21% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 40.2% 27th +1.5pp 8th 29% below peers
Ocoee, FL 73.2% 10th +2.5pp 9th 29% above peers
East Hartford, CT 60.4% 15th +1.9pp 10th 7% above peers
Burien, WA 56.6% 16th +1.7pp 11th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 67.1% 12th +1.9pp 12th 19% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 36.6% 30th +0.9pp 13th 35% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 84.5% 4th +1.5pp 14th 49% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 77.3% 7th +1.3pp 15th 37% above peers
Lawrence, IN 66.1% 13th +1.0pp 16th 17% above peers
Milford, CT 75.5% 8th +1.1pp 17th 33% above peers
Newark, OH 55.8% 18th +0.8pp 18th 1% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 56.2% 17th +0.6pp 19th 1% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 78.8% 6th +0.7pp 20th 39% above peers
Collierville, TN 79.9% 5th +0.7pp 21st 41% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 87.5% 2nd +0.7pp 22nd 55% above peers
Cleveland, TN 48.0% 22nd +0.3pp 23rd 15% below peers
La Crosse, WI 46.1% 23rd +0.0pp 24th 18% below peers
Grapevine, TX 52.7% 19th -0.1pp 25th 7% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.5% 28th -0.1pp 26th 30% below peers
Levittown, NY 92.2% 1st -1.7pp 27th 63% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 74.2% 9th -1.5pp 28th 31% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 49.3% 21st -1.7pp 29th 13% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.2% 31st -3.0pp 30th 57% below peers
Draper, UT 68.6% 11th -11.1pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,400 in August 2026, up from $1,386 a year earlier.
Big move $1,400
2021August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Troy, NY $1,483 (Aug 26) 22nd +7.3% 1st 16% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $1,762 (Aug 26) 15th +7.1% 2nd 1% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $1,535 (Aug 26) 21st +6.7% 3rd 13% below peers
East Hartford, CT $1,619 (Aug 26) 19th +6.6% 4th 9% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $1,780 (Aug 26) 13th +6.4% 5th 1% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $3,199 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.4% 6th 81% above peers
La Crosse, WI $1,080 (Aug 26) 27th +5.3% 7th 39% below peers
Watsonville, CA $3,229 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 8th 82% above peers
Paramount, CA $2,753 (Aug 26) 6th +4.7% 9th 55% above peers
Florissant, MO $1,636 (Aug 26) 18th +4.0% 10th 8% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $2,012 (Aug 26) 8th +3.8% 11th 14% above peers
Lawrence, IN $1,549 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 12th 13% below peers
Newark, OH $1,387 (Aug 26) 24th +3.1% 13th 22% below peers
Burien, WA $1,783 (Aug 26) 12th +2.9% 14th 1% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $3,202 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 15th 81% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $1,980 (Aug 26) 10th +2.4% 16th 12% above peers
Dunwoody, GA $1,758 (Aug 26) 16th +2.3% 17th 1% below peers
Draper, UT $1,704 (Aug 26) 17th +1.9% 18th 4% below peers
Harrisburg, PA $1,369 (Aug 26) 25th +1.6% 19th 23% below peers
Mishawaka, IN $1,234 (Aug 26) 26th +1.5% 20th 30% below peers
Levittown, PA $1,832 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 21st 3% above peers
Collierville, TN $1,992 (Aug 26) 9th +1.3% 22nd 12% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $2,973 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 23rd 68% above peers
Grapevine, TX $1,771 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 24th on par with peers
Cleveland, TN $1,400 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.0% 25th 21% below peers
Ocoee, FL $2,189 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 26th 24% above peers
Levittown, NY 5th 64% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.6% then, 34.6% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.8% to 34.6%).
Needs attention 34.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 28.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Country Club, FL 46.8% 27th -10.6pp 1st 38% above peers
Newark, OH 26.4% 3rd -5.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Levittown, PA 26.7% 4th -5.1pp 3rd 21% below peers
Collierville, TN 19.0% 1st -2.9pp 4th 44% below peers
Watsonville, CA 45.6% 26th -4.8pp 5th 34% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.1% 31st -4.8pp 6th 51% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.0% 17th -2.7pp 7th on par with peers
Milford, CT 31.9% 13th -2.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Burien, WA 37.4% 21st -2.1pp 9th 10% above peers
East Hartford, CT 39.1% 23rd -1.8pp 10th 15% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 28.6% 7th -1.2pp 11th 16% below peers
Levittown, NY 33.4% 15th -1.1pp 12th 2% below peers
Paramount, CA 46.8% 28th -1.1pp 13th 38% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 25.2% 2nd -0.3pp 14th 26% below peers
Lawrence, IN 28.3% 6th -0.1pp 15th 17% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 27.4% 5th +0.2pp 16th 19% below peers
La Crosse, WI 36.0% 20th +0.5pp 17th 6% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 32.0% 14th +0.7pp 18th 6% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 30.5% 11th +0.7pp 19th 10% below peers
Cleveland, TN 34.6% 19th +1.0pp 20th 2% above peers
Florissant, MO 30.4% 10th +1.2pp 21st 10% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49.5% 29th +2.1pp 22nd 46% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 51.0% 30th +2.2pp 23rd 50% above peers
Troy, NY 40.2% 24th +2.0pp 24th 19% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 40.8% 25th +2.7pp 25th 20% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 30.3% 9th +2.2pp 26th 11% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 38.8% 22nd +3.1pp 27th 14% above peers
Ocoee, FL 34.0% 16th +3.2pp 28th on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 31.3% 12th +3.4pp 29th 8% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 34.4% 18th +4.3pp 30th 1% above peers
Draper, UT 29.8% 8th +6.1pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
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 (8.3% then, 6.7% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.5% to 6.7%).
6.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 5.2% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Dunwoody, GA 3.5% 7th -1.3pp 1st 46% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 6.5% 16th -2.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 4.9% 12th -1.4pp 3rd 24% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.3% 6th -0.9pp 4th 49% below peers
Cleveland, TN 6.7% 18th -1.6pp 5th 3% above peers
Levittown, PA 4.0% 8th -0.5pp 6th 38% below peers
Troy, NY 19.7% 30th -2.2pp 7th 203% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 8th 64% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.8% 19th -0.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Newark, OH 8.5% 24th -0.5pp 10th 31% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 20th -0.3pp 11th 7% above peers
La Crosse, WI 9.8% 26th -0.4pp 12th 50% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.7% 23rd -0.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Country Club, FL 5.7% 15th -0.1pp 14th 13% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 11.1% 27th -0.2pp 15th 70% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 24.3% 31st -0.1pp 16th 273% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 7.0% 21st +0.2pp 17th 8% above peers
Florissant, MO 6.5% 17th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Burien, WA 8.9% 25th +0.7pp 19th 36% above peers
East Hartford, CT 12.1% 28th +0.9pp 20th 86% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.5% 13th +0.5pp 21st 16% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.3% 29th +1.4pp 22nd 120% above peers
Milford, CT 4.8% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 27% below peers
Levittown, NY 3.3% 5th +0.4pp 24th 50% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 2.2% 1st +0.3pp 25th 66% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.6% 3rd +0.5pp 26th 60% below peers
Grapevine, TX 4.3% 9th +0.9pp 27th 34% below peers
Lawrence, IN 7.2% 22nd +2.0pp 28th 10% above peers
Draper, UT 2.9% 4th +1.0pp 29th 55% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.8% 11th +1.9pp 30th 26% below peers
Ocoee, FL 5.6% 14th +3.2pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 4.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.5% to 10.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way. Cleveland started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.6% to 10.2%).
Bright spot 10.2%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 10.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Diamond Bar, CA 3.4% 6th -2.4pp 1st 57% below peers
Cleveland, TN 10.2% 23rd -4.3pp 2nd 29% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 15.6% 30th -5.0pp 3rd 98% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.9% 16th -2.2pp 4th on par with peers
Lawrence, IN 9.0% 19th -2.4pp 5th 14% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.5% 25th -1.9pp 6th 33% above peers
Levittown, NY 2.5% 3rd -0.4pp 7th 68% below peers
Troy, NY 4.6% 7th -0.7pp 8th 42% below peers
Milford, CT 2.5% 4th -0.3pp 9th 68% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.9% 11th -0.5pp 10th 38% below peers
Country Club, FL 14.5% 28th -1.3pp 11th 83% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.3% 17th -0.7pp 12th 5% above peers
Burien, WA 10.3% 24th -0.6pp 13th 31% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.7% 5th -0.1pp 14th 66% below peers
Draper, UT 4.7% 9th -0.2pp 15th 41% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 9.4% 21st -0.1pp 16th 18% above peers
Ocoee, FL 13.6% 27th +0.0pp 17th 72% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 4.6% 8th +0.0pp 18th 42% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 17.9% 31st +0.5pp 19th 127% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.7% 1st +0.1pp 20th 78% below peers
East Hartford, CT 6.5% 13th +0.4pp 21st 17% below peers
Newark, OH 6.9% 15th +0.4pp 22nd 13% below peers
Grapevine, TX 12.9% 26th +1.7pp 23rd 63% above peers
Watsonville, CA 9.2% 20th +1.3pp 24th 17% above peers
Paramount, CA 15.2% 29th +3.6pp 25th 92% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 8.7% 18th +2.6pp 26th 11% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 9.4% 22nd +2.9pp 27th 19% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6.6% 14th +2.0pp 28th 17% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 29th 73% below peers
Collierville, TN 6.0% 12th +2.1pp 30th 24% below peers
Levittown, PA 4.8% 10th +1.8pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

41.7%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 37.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Diamond Bar, CA 17.6% 1st 47% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 22.1% 2nd 34% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 22.3% 3rd 33% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 25.0% 4th 25% below peers
Levittown, NY 26.2% 5th 22% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 26.5% 6th 21% below peers
Burien, WA 27.2% 7th 19% below peers
Milford, CT 28.1% 8th 16% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 29.6% 9th 11% below peers
Country Club, FL 29.7% 10th 11% below peers
Draper, UT 30.1% 11th 10% below peers
Collierville, TN 30.9% 12th 7% below peers
Levittown, PA 31.5% 13th 6% below peers
Paramount, CA 31.8% 14th 5% below peers
Ocoee, FL 32.7% 15th 2% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 33.4% 16th on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 34.1% 17th 2% above peers
Watsonville, CA 34.5% 18th 3% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 36.3% 19th 9% above peers
La Crosse, WI 37.2% 20th 11% above peers
Florissant, MO 37.4% 21st 12% above peers
East Hartford, CT 37.4% 22nd 12% above peers
Newark, OH 38.1% 23rd 14% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 38.2% 24th 14% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 38.7% 25th 16% above peers
Troy, NY 39.2% 26th 17% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.7% 27th 19% above peers
Lawrence, IN 39.8% 28th 19% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 41.1% 29th 23% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 41.1% 30th 23% above peers
Cleveland, TN 41.7% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.9% then, 7.9% now; margin ±3.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 7.9%).
Needs attention 7.9%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 5.9% +1.4pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Troy, NY 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 1st 79% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.0% 7th -2.6pp 2nd 44% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 3.6% 15th -3.4pp 3rd 1% below peers
Newark, OH 1.4% 4th -1.2pp 4th 61% below peers
Lawrence, IN 5.4% 19th -1.8pp 5th 47% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 7.0% 22nd -2.2pp 6th 91% above peers
Levittown, NY 2.1% 8th -0.3pp 7th 44% below peers
Milford, CT 0.9% 3rd -0.1pp 8th 75% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 8.9% 28th -0.8pp 9th 145% above peers
Burien, WA 2.8% 11th -0.2pp 10th 23% below peers
East Hartford, CT 2.8% 10th -0.1pp 11th 23% below peers
Country Club, FL 6.8% 21st +0.1pp 12th 86% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.8% 6th +0.1pp 13th 51% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.5% 9th +0.1pp 14th 33% below peers
Ocoee, FL 9.1% 30th +1.2pp 15th 149% above peers
La Crosse, WI 3.0% 13th +0.5pp 16th 18% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.8% 2nd +0.1pp 17th 77% below peers
Draper, UT 3.9% 17th +1.0pp 18th 7% above peers
Cleveland, TN 7.9% 25th +2.0pp 19th 116% above peers
Grapevine, TX 11.2% 31st +3.8pp 20th 207% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.1% 27th +2.8pp 21st 121% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.2% 18th +1.5pp 22nd 16% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.0% 26th +3.0pp 23rd 119% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 3.5% 14th +1.4pp 24th 5% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.3% 20th +2.7pp 25th 73% above peers
Paramount, CA 7.7% 24th +3.8pp 26th 112% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 8.9% 29th +4.5pp 27th 145% above peers
Watsonville, CA 2.8% 12th +1.7pp 28th 22% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.6% 5th +1.2pp 29th 56% below peers
Collierville, TN 7.2% 23rd +5.7pp 30th 97% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.6% 16th +3.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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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 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.0% to 30.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Cleveland started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.3% to 30.2%).
Bright spot 30.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 31.1% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Country Club, FL 33.3% 18th +10.2pp 1st 6% below peers
Troy, NY 37.3% 15th +10.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.5% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 76% below peers
Paramount, CA 14.9% 29th +3.6pp 4th 58% below peers
Cleveland, TN 30.2% 21st +5.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Grapevine, TX 57.5% 5th +9.8pp 6th 62% above peers
Burien, WA 33.2% 19th +5.5pp 7th 7% below peers
Levittown, PA 26.0% 23rd +4.0pp 8th 27% below peers
Milford, CT 50.3% 9th +7.7pp 9th 41% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 25.9% 24th +3.7pp 10th 27% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 29.2% 22nd +4.1pp 11th 18% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 18.7% 27th +2.6pp 12th 47% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 37.7% 13th +4.4pp 13th 6% above peers
Levittown, NY 38.6% 12th +4.5pp 14th 8% above peers
Newark, OH 23.0% 25th +2.5pp 15th 35% below peers
Collierville, TN 62.5% 2nd +5.1pp 16th 76% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 59.9% 3rd +4.9pp 17th 68% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 54.4% 6th +4.4pp 18th 53% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 40.4% 11th +3.2pp 19th 13% above peers
Lawrence, IN 35.6% 16th +2.0pp 20th on par with peers
Draper, UT 51.9% 8th +1.9pp 21st 46% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 37.5% 14th +1.2pp 22nd 5% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 59.9% 4th +1.6pp 23rd 68% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 48.5% 10th +0.7pp 24th 36% above peers
Watsonville, CA 12.4% 30th +0.1pp 25th 65% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 72.2% 1st -0.1pp 26th 103% above peers
La Crosse, WI 35.0% 17th -0.5pp 27th 2% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 52.8% 7th -2.1pp 28th 48% above peers
Florissant, MO 22.4% 26th -1.5pp 29th 37% below peers
Ocoee, FL 32.5% 20th -2.4pp 30th 9% below peers
East Hartford, CT 17.2% 28th -2.2pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.1% then, 34.8% now; margin ±15.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.6% to 34.8%).
Needs attention 34.8%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 37.9% -1.3pp
United States ref 45.5%
Ocoee, FL 61.3% 3rd +12.9pp 1st 30% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 45.2% 19th +7.0pp 2nd 4% below peers
Country Club, FL 54.0% 9th +6.9pp 3rd 15% above peers
Burien, WA 42.9% 21st +5.5pp 4th 9% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 66.0% 1st +7.9pp 5th 40% above peers
La Crosse, WI 52.8% 12th +5.0pp 6th 12% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 47.0% 16th +4.4pp 7th on par with peers
Draper, UT 55.2% 8th +5.0pp 8th 17% above peers
Cleveland, TN 34.8% 26th +0.7pp 9th 26% below peers
Collierville, TN 47.0% 18th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 55.8% 7th -3.2pp 11th 19% above peers
Paramount, CA 36.3% 25th -2.8pp 12th 23% below peers
Newark, OH 39.0% 24th -4.0pp 13th 17% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 41.3% 22nd -4.3pp 14th 12% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 48.4% 15th -5.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 52.8% 11th -6.2pp 16th 12% above peers
East Hartford, CT 51.5% 13th -6.3pp 17th 9% above peers
Florissant, MO 52.9% 10th -7.7pp 18th 12% above peers
Milford, CT 60.1% 4th -8.9pp 19th 28% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 33.6% 27th -5.0pp 20th 29% below peers
Levittown, PA 49.0% 14th -7.4pp 21st 4% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 55.9% 6th -11.9pp 22nd 19% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.8% 28th -7.2pp 23rd 37% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 63.0% 2nd -16.7pp 24th 34% above peers
Levittown, NY 58.5% 5th -15.7pp 25th 24% above peers
Grapevine, TX 47.0% 17th -17.7pp 26th on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 45.1% 20th -20.2pp 27th 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 39.2% 23rd -17.9pp 28th 17% below peers
Lawrence, IN 27.8% 30th -17.4pp 29th 41% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 28.0% 29th -18.8pp 30th 40% below peers
Troy, NY 25.8% 31st -31.2pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.9% then, 7.3% now; margin ±5.3pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 7.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Ocoee, FL 0.9% 1st -9.3pp 1st 85% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.7% 7th -4.4pp 2nd 54% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.5% 6th -2.1pp 3rd 57% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 5.5% 13th -4.5pp 4th 7% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.1% 20th -5.6pp 5th 21% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 5.9% 16th -3.0pp 6th on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.0% 4th -0.7pp 7th 67% below peers
Burien, WA 4.6% 11th -1.7pp 8th 23% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.6% 3rd -0.5pp 9th 73% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 1.1% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 81% below peers
East Hartford, CT 8.0% 23rd -1.4pp 11th 35% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 3.7% 9th -0.6pp 12th 37% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.4% 10th -0.2pp 13th 26% below peers
Country Club, FL 11.6% 27th -0.1pp 14th 95% above peers
Newark, OH 6.7% 17th +0.5pp 15th 12% above peers
Draper, UT 5.4% 12th +1.2pp 16th 9% below peers
Florissant, MO 16.6% 31st +4.7pp 17th 180% above peers
Milford, CT 5.7% 14th +1.8pp 18th 4% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.6% 24th +3.4pp 19th 80% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.2% 30th +5.0pp 20th 140% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 5.8% 15th +2.3pp 21st 3% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.2% 8th +1.3pp 22nd 45% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.3% 5th +1.1pp 23rd 62% below peers
Lawrence, IN 10.9% 26th +5.5pp 24th 85% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 12.5% 28th +6.6pp 25th 111% above peers
Troy, NY 7.0% 18th +3.9pp 26th 18% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 19th +4.2pp 27th 19% above peers
Cleveland, TN 7.3% 21st +4.4pp 28th 23% above peers
Levittown, PA 10.7% 25th +7.0pp 29th 80% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 7.9% 22nd +5.4pp 30th 33% above peers
Grapevine, TX 12.7% 29th +9.8pp 31st 114% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.5pp 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 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44,595 to 48,829 - more than the combined survey margin (±68).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 15% from 2014 to 2024 (42,331 to 48,829).
Big move 48,829
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 51,026 17th +10% 1st on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 48,829 30th +9% 2nd 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49,082 28th +8% 3rd 4% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 51,360 11th +8% 4th 1% above peers
Ocoee, FL 49,033 29th +6% 5th 4% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 51,758 6th +5% 6th 1% above peers
Draper, UT 50,278 26th +5% 7th 1% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 51,021 19th +4% 8th on par with peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 50,909 22nd +3% 9th on par with peers
Troy, NY 51,033 16th +3% 10th on par with peers
Collierville, TN 51,515 8th +3% 11th 1% above peers
Newark, OH 50,783 23rd +3% 12th on par with peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 48,491 31st +3% 13th 5% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 50,287 25th +2% 14th 1% below peers
Country Club, FL 51,296 13th +2% 15th 1% above peers
Lawrence, IN 49,517 27th +2% 16th 3% below peers
East Hartford, CT 50,918 21st +1% 17th on par with peers
Irondequoit, NY 50,657 24th +1% 18th 1% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 51,175 14th +1% 19th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 51,773 5th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Levittown, NY 51,904 4th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Burien, WA 51,513 9th +0% 22nd 1% above peers
La Crosse, WI 51,356 12th -1% 23rd 1% above peers
Levittown, PA 50,926 20th -2% 24th on par with peers
Milford, CT 51,023 18th -3% 25th on par with peers
Harrisonburg, VA 51,392 10th -4% 26th 1% above peers
Watsonville, CA 51,712 7th -4% 27th 1% above peers
Grapevine, TX 51,139 15th -4% 28th on par with peers
Paramount, CA 52,050 3rd -5% 29th 2% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 53,355 1st -5% 30th 5% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 53,108 2nd -9% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±46 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.1% then, 20.9% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.3% to 20.9%).
20.9%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 22.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Fort Pierce, FL 25.2% 6th +1.4pp 1st 18% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 17.3% 27th +0.9pp 2nd 19% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 19.9% 21st +1.1pp 3rd 7% below peers
Levittown, NY 20.5% 20th +1.0pp 4th 4% below peers
Lawrence, IN 26.6% 5th +0.9pp 5th 25% above peers
Collierville, TN 26.8% 4th +0.8pp 6th 26% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.5% 3rd +0.8pp 7th 29% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 24.0% 12th +0.5pp 8th 12% above peers
Milford, CT 17.3% 28th +0.2pp 9th 19% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 19.6% 23rd +0.1pp 10th 8% below peers
Cleveland, TN 20.9% 17th -0.2pp 11th 2% below peers
La Crosse, WI 14.6% 30th -0.2pp 12th 32% below peers
East Hartford, CT 21.7% 15th -0.4pp 13th 2% above peers
Newark, OH 22.2% 14th -0.6pp 14th 4% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.1% 1st -1.2pp 15th 37% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 20.8% 18th -1.1pp 16th 3% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 19.0% 25th -1.1pp 17th 11% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 24.3% 11th -1.4pp 18th 14% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 24.6% 10th -1.5pp 19th 15% above peers
Grapevine, TX 21.3% 16th -1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Ocoee, FL 25.1% 7th -1.9pp 21st 18% above peers
Burien, WA 20.6% 19th -1.9pp 22nd 3% below peers
Draper, UT 28.7% 2nd -3.3pp 23rd 35% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 17.7% 26th -2.4pp 24th 17% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.7% 9th -3.4pp 25th 16% above peers
Troy, NY 17.2% 29th -2.4pp 26th 19% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.3% 13th -3.1pp 27th 5% above peers
Paramount, CA 25.1% 8th -3.5pp 28th 18% above peers
Levittown, PA 19.2% 24th -3.2pp 29th 10% below peers
Country Club, FL 19.7% 22nd -3.3pp 30th 7% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 10.3% 31st -2.7pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 (40.4% then, 37.6% now; margin ±8.5pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.8% to 37.6%).
37.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 31.0% -1.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
La Crosse, WI 43.4% 8th +12.3pp 1st 24% above peers
Burien, WA 39.1% 10th +10.4pp 2nd 12% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 20.8% 22nd +5.0pp 3rd 41% below peers
Milford, CT 21.4% 20th +4.1pp 4th 39% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 66.4% 3rd +10.3pp 5th 90% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.4% 4th +7.2pp 6th 47% above peers
Troy, NY 71.8% 1st +9.9pp 7th 106% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 34.9% 16th +4.3pp 8th on par with peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 20.0% 24th +2.3pp 9th 43% below peers
Watsonville, CA 37.9% 11th +4.0pp 10th 9% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 27.8% 18th +2.7pp 11th 20% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 12.6% 28th +1.2pp 12th 64% below peers
Lawrence, IN 37.5% 14th +3.6pp 13th 7% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 18.8% 26th +1.6pp 14th 46% below peers
Paramount, CA 36.1% 15th +2.9pp 15th 3% above peers
Country Club, FL 45.1% 7th +2.7pp 16th 29% above peers
Ocoee, FL 21.5% 19th +0.9pp 17th 38% below peers
Newark, OH 43.1% 9th +1.6pp 18th 24% above peers
Florissant, MO 47.6% 5th +1.2pp 19th 36% above peers
East Hartford, CT 47.0% 6th -0.5pp 20th 34% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 37.8% 12th -1.0pp 21st 8% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 66.8% 2nd -4.7pp 22nd 91% above peers
Cleveland, TN 37.6% 13th -2.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.6% 17th -3.4pp 24th 1% below peers
Levittown, PA 20.8% 23rd -2.3pp 25th 41% below peers
Levittown, NY 9.5% 30th -2.1pp 26th 73% below peers
Draper, UT 9.9% 29th -2.2pp 27th 72% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 12.8% 27th -3.4pp 28th 63% below peers
Grapevine, TX 20.9% 21st -6.6pp 29th 40% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 19.9% 25th -9.1pp 30th 43% below peers
Collierville, TN 8.6% 31st -4.5pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±7.1pp 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

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.9% then, 71.3% now; margin ±15.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 15.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.2% to 71.3%).
71.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 65.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Dunwoody, GA 78.7% 8th +25.5pp 1st 10% above peers
Lawrence, IN 86.3% 1st +26.1pp 2nd 21% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 72.6% 14th +15.1pp 3rd 2% above peers
Country Club, FL 84.3% 2nd +16.0pp 4th 18% above peers
Collierville, TN 64.5% 27th +10.9pp 5th 9% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 70.9% 17th +10.7pp 6th on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 71.3% 15th +10.4pp 7th on par with peers
La Crosse, WI 80.2% 6th +11.3pp 8th 13% above peers
Burien, WA 78.8% 7th +10.8pp 9th 11% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 69.8% 19th +7.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Grapevine, TX 74.6% 12th +8.0pp 11th 5% above peers
Milford, CT 83.5% 4th +6.4pp 12th 17% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 63.1% 28th +4.0pp 13th 11% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 70.9% 18th +3.8pp 14th 1% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 68.6% 22nd +2.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 82.6% 5th +2.1pp 16th 16% above peers
Paramount, CA 60.9% 29th +1.5pp 17th 15% below peers
Florissant, MO 83.5% 3rd +1.6pp 18th 17% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 67.8% 23rd +0.3pp 19th 5% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 71.2% 16th -0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Fort Pierce, FL 75.8% 9th -0.6pp 21st 6% above peers
Troy, NY 74.6% 11th -1.0pp 22nd 5% above peers
Levittown, NY 74.5% 13th -3.0pp 23rd 5% above peers
East Hartford, CT 75.2% 10th -5.8pp 24th 6% above peers
Newark, OH 69.4% 20th -5.4pp 25th 3% below peers
Draper, UT 50.0% 31st -3.9pp 26th 30% below peers
Levittown, PA 69.2% 21st -6.5pp 27th 3% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 64.9% 26th -6.3pp 28th 9% below peers
Ocoee, FL 65.3% 24th -6.5pp 29th 8% below peers
Watsonville, CA 56.7% 30th -5.9pp 30th 20% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 65.2% 25th -13.1pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±12.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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