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Lebanon, TN
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53,412 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Lebanon, 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 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $54,228 to $72,848 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$7,629).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lebanon 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 77% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,051 to $72,848).
Bright spot $72,848
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%
Pensacola, FL $74,212 19th +47% 1st 4% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $74,569 18th +44% 2nd 4% below peers
Murray, UT $90,746 12th +41% 3rd 17% above peers
Summerville, SC $81,046 15th +37% 4th 5% above peers
Lebanon, TN $72,848 20th +34% 5th 6% below peers
Colton, CA $71,208 23rd +32% 6th 8% below peers
Aloha, OR $101,934 11th +30% 7th 32% above peers
Wheaton, MD $111,478 8th +30% 8th 44% above peers
Everett, MA $85,218 13th +30% 9th 10% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $77,513 16th +29% 10th on par with peers
Aspen Hill, MD $111,575 7th +28% 11th 44% above peers
Clermont, FL $82,306 14th +27% 12th 6% above peers
West New York, NJ $71,729 21st +27% 13th 7% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $109,193 10th +27% 14th 41% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $70,930 24th +26% 15th 8% below peers
Elkhart, IN $51,028 31st +25% 16th 34% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $119,517 3rd +25% 17th 54% above peers
Sherman, TX $58,859 27th +24% 18th 24% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ $115,304 5th +24% 19th 49% above peers
Elyria, OH $54,945 29th +24% 20th 29% below peers
Edina, MN $128,767 1st +24% 21st 66% above peers
Columbus, IN $77,456 17th +22% 22nd on par with peers
Arcadia, CA $113,516 6th +21% 23rd 46% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL $71,621 22nd +21% 24th 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX $115,580 4th +21% 25th 49% above peers
Oak Park, IL $110,820 9th +17% 26th 43% above peers
Wheaton, IL $120,008 2nd +16% 27th 55% above peers
Grand Island, NE $63,795 26th +16% 28th 18% below peers
Joplin, MO $52,097 30th +15% 29th 33% below peers
Galveston, TX $55,631 28th +13% 30th 28% below peers
Normal, IL $64,785 25th +11% 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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2 of 8 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 ±$6,129 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 54% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.2% in July 2026, down from 3.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.2%
2000July 2026
▸ Compare all 25 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
Elyria, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -1.5pp 1st 21% below peers
Grand Island, NE 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -1.5pp 2nd 29% below peers
Elkhart, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -1.1pp 3rd 2% above peers
Normal, IL 3.6% (Jul 26) 5th -1.1pp 4th 14% below peers
West New York, NJ 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -1.0pp 5th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.7pp 6th 17% below peers
Arcadia, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.7pp 7th 17% above peers
Colton, CA 5.6% (Jul 26) 24th -0.6pp 8th 33% above peers
Joplin, MO 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 9th 5% below peers
Columbus, IN 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 10th 14% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 7.6% (Jul 26) 25th -0.3pp 11th 81% above peers
Lebanon, TN 3.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 12th 24% below peers
Murray, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.1pp 13th 10% below peers
Summerville, SC 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.1pp 14th 10% below peers
Everett, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.2pp 15th 7% above peers
Rockwall, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.4pp 16th 2% below peers
Wheaton, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.4pp 17th 7% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 18th on par with peers
Edina, MN 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Sherman, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +0.5pp 20th 2% above peers
Pensacola, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Galveston, TX 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th +0.6pp 22nd 17% above peers
Oak Park, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 23rd 24% above peers
Clermont, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 24th 24% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.8pp 25th 24% 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 (14.0% then, 13.1% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.7% to 13.1%).
Needs attention 13.1%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 13.8% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.4%
Clermont, FL 5.4% 4th -4.7pp 1st 52% below peers
Aloha, OR 7.8% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 31% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.7% 26th -6.4pp 3rd 48% above peers
Pensacola, FL 12.6% 19th -4.8pp 4th 12% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 4.5% 2nd -1.3pp 5th 60% below peers
Sherman, TX 12.7% 20th -3.4pp 6th 12% above peers
Murray, UT 6.0% 7th -1.5pp 7th 46% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.3% 16th -2.5pp 8th on par with peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.3% 13th -2.3pp 9th 9% below peers
Elkhart, IN 18.2% 28th -3.7pp 10th 61% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 11.0% 14th -2.1pp 11th 2% below peers
Rockwall, TX 4.0% 1st -0.6pp 12th 65% below peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 12th -1.6pp 13th 10% below peers
Normal, IL 21.4% 30th -3.2pp 14th 89% above peers
Arcadia, CA 8.6% 10th -1.2pp 15th 24% below peers
Colton, CA 13.7% 23rd -1.4pp 16th 21% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 11.7% 18th -1.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Joplin, MO 16.9% 27th -1.3pp 18th 50% above peers
Lebanon, TN 13.1% 22nd -0.9pp 19th 16% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 9.7% 11th -0.5pp 20th 14% below peers
Edina, MN 4.7% 3rd -0.2pp 21st 59% below peers
Oak Park, IL 7.4% 8th -0.2pp 22nd 34% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.4% 29th -0.6pp 23rd 72% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.6% 5th +0.2pp 24th 50% below peers
Galveston, TX 21.4% 31st +1.5pp 25th 90% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 11.2% 15th +0.9pp 26th 1% below peers
Everett, MA 14.7% 24th +2.0pp 27th 30% above peers
Grand Island, NE 15.2% 25th +2.4pp 28th 35% above peers
Wheaton, MD 13.1% 21st +2.8pp 29th 16% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 11.3% 17th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.9% 6th +1.9pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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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2 of 8 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 ±2.2pp 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 (22.3% then, 19.5% now; margin ±6.7pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.3% to 19.5%).
Needs attention 19.5%
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%
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.2% 1st -5.4pp 1st 84% below peers
Rockwall, TX 3.1% 2nd -3.2pp 2nd 77% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 14th -11.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Normal, IL 7.4% 7th -5.5pp 4th 45% below peers
Murray, UT 4.9% 4th -3.2pp 5th 64% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.4% 13th -6.2pp 6th 23% below peers
Pensacola, FL 17.9% 20th -10.5pp 7th 32% above peers
Aloha, OR 10.2% 11th -5.7pp 8th 25% below peers
Summerville, SC 11.5% 15th -5.9pp 9th 15% below peers
Elyria, OH 26.1% 28th -13.1pp 10th 93% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.4% 12th -4.2pp 11th 23% below peers
Clermont, FL 9.5% 10th -3.7pp 12th 30% below peers
Arcadia, CA 9.4% 9th -2.8pp 13th 31% below peers
Joplin, MO 19.1% 23rd -5.3pp 14th 41% above peers
Sherman, TX 19.1% 24th -5.0pp 15th 41% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 15.5% 18th -3.3pp 16th 15% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 13.5% 16th -2.6pp 17th on par with peers
Lebanon, TN 19.5% 25th -2.9pp 18th 44% above peers
West New York, NJ 28.7% 29th -3.0pp 19th 112% above peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 3rd -0.4pp 20th 67% below peers
Colton, CA 20.7% 26th -1.0pp 21st 53% above peers
Elkhart, IN 31.0% 30th -1.4pp 22nd 130% above peers
Grand Island, NE 18.8% 22nd +0.4pp 23rd 39% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.0% 5th +0.5pp 24th 63% below peers
Everett, MA 23.6% 27th +3.5pp 25th 75% above peers
Wheaton, MD 18.6% 21st +3.0pp 26th 38% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 17.6% 19th +4.4pp 27th 30% above peers
Galveston, TX 35.7% 31st +9.2pp 28th 164% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 15.5% 17th +5.2pp 29th 14% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.7% 6th +2.5pp 30th 58% below peers
Oak Park, IL 8.6% 8th +4.9pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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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2 of 8 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 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 13.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.2% to 93.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lebanon 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 19.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.8% to 93.2%).
Bright spot 93.2%
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%
Sherman, TX 91.5% 22nd +17.5pp 1st 2% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 96.2% 4th +13.9pp 2nd 3% above peers
Lebanon, TN 93.2% 16th +13.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 90.2% 26th +12.5pp 4th 3% below peers
Elyria, OH 87.0% 29th +11.6pp 5th 7% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 92.0% 21st +11.5pp 6th 1% below peers
Everett, MA 94.2% 13th +10.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Columbus, IN 94.3% 12th +9.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Pensacola, FL 92.5% 20th +9.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Joplin, MO 88.6% 28th +9.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Galveston, TX 91.5% 23rd +9.4pp 11th 2% below peers
Murray, UT 94.0% 14th +9.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 92.8% 19th +8.7pp 13th on par with peers
Normal, IL 86.8% 31st +8.1pp 14th 7% below peers
West New York, NJ 87.0% 30th +8.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Colton, CA 90.8% 25th +8.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Grand Island, NE 89.7% 27th +7.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Summerville, SC 93.1% 17th +7.9pp 18th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 94.4% 10th +6.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Wheaton, MD 95.9% 6th +6.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 91.3% 24th +6.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 96.8% 1st +5.9pp 22nd 4% above peers
Arcadia, CA 96.7% 2nd +5.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 94.3% 11th +5.0pp 24th 1% above peers
Rockwall, TX 96.3% 3rd +4.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 15th +4.0pp 26th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 95.2% 9th +4.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 95.8% 7th +3.8pp 28th 3% above peers
Wheaton, IL 95.8% 8th +3.4pp 29th 3% above peers
Aloha, OR 96.1% 5th +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 92.9% 18th +0.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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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2 of 8 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 →
  • 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.03). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.42).
Bright spot 0.42
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
Lebanon, TN 0.42 12th -0.024 1st 7% below peers
Summerville, SC 0.42 8th -0.022 2nd 8% below peers
Pensacola, FL 0.49 25th -0.020 3rd 6% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 0.51 28th -0.020 4th 12% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.49 26th -0.018 5th 7% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 0.42 11th -0.013 6th 7% below peers
Colton, CA 0.39 2nd -0.007 7th 15% below peers
Murray, UT 0.42 7th -0.007 8th 9% below peers
Joplin, MO 0.48 22nd -0.008 9th 4% above peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 10th 16% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 0.42 10th -0.006 11th 8% below peers
Oak Park, IL 0.48 23rd -0.006 12th 6% above peers
Wheaton, MD 0.41 5th -0.005 13th 11% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 0.47 21st -0.006 14th 3% above peers
Aloha, OR 0.36 1st -0.002 15th 21% below peers
Elyria, OH 0.45 14th +0.003 16th 2% below peers
Wheaton, IL 0.46 17th +0.003 17th on par with peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 0.39 3rd +0.003 18th 14% below peers
Sherman, TX 0.44 13th +0.006 19th 3% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.49 24th +0.007 20th 6% above peers
Galveston, TX 0.52 30th +0.017 21st 15% above peers
Columbus, IN 0.46 18th +0.015 22nd on par with peers
Clermont, FL 0.41 4th +0.014 23rd 11% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 0.42 9th +0.016 24th 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX 0.41 6th +0.018 25th 10% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 0.45 15th +0.024 26th 1% below peers
Normal, IL 0.51 29th +0.029 27th 12% above peers
Grand Island, NE 0.47 20th +0.030 28th 2% above peers
Elkhart, IN 0.46 16th +0.031 29th on par with peers
Everett, MA 0.46 19th +0.035 30th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 0.51 27th +0.040 31st 11% 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 5.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 16.7% to 11.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Lebanon 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 10.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (21.1% to 11.0%).
Bright spot 11.0%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 11.2% -3.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Murray, UT 4.5% 5th -2.6pp 1st 52% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 7.1% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 24% below peers
Sherman, TX 11.1% 21st -5.9pp 3rd 18% above peers
Lebanon, TN 11.0% 20th -5.7pp 4th 17% above peers
Wheaton, IL 3.6% 4th -1.7pp 5th 61% below peers
Elkhart, IN 12.8% 24th -5.8pp 6th 36% above peers
Grand Island, NE 9.4% 16th -4.1pp 7th on par with peers
Summerville, SC 8.1% 13th -3.0pp 8th 13% below peers
Pensacola, FL 11.4% 22nd -4.0pp 9th 21% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 17.6% 29th -4.6pp 10th 88% above peers
Columbus, IN 7.5% 12th -1.9pp 11th 20% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.0% 28th -3.3pp 12th 71% above peers
Galveston, TX 13.0% 25th -2.3pp 13th 39% above peers
Colton, CA 14.9% 26th -2.5pp 14th 59% above peers
West New York, NJ 18.0% 30th -2.7pp 15th 93% above peers
Aloha, OR 12.1% 23rd -1.8pp 16th 29% above peers
Normal, IL 7.3% 11th -0.9pp 17th 22% below peers
Clermont, FL 8.7% 15th -0.8pp 18th 8% below peers
Joplin, MO 15.7% 27th -0.9pp 19th 67% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 3.4% 3rd +0.0pp 20th 64% below peers
Everett, MA 18.6% 31st +1.0pp 21st 99% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.5% 14th +0.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Oak Park, IL 7.3% 10th +0.6pp 23rd 23% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.8% 19th +0.9pp 24th 15% above peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 18th +0.9pp 25th 11% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.6% 1st +0.4pp 26th 72% below peers
Edina, MN 2.7% 2nd +0.6pp 27th 71% below peers
Rockwall, TX 5.0% 6th +1.7pp 28th 46% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 6.7% 8th +2.9pp 29th 28% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 9.4% 17th +4.4pp 30th 1% above peers
Arcadia, CA 5.8% 7th +4.2pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $447,311 in August 2026, up from $441,439 a year earlier.
$447,311
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 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%
Oak Park, IL $486,880 (Aug 26) 9th +10.7% 1st 8% above peers
Elkhart, IN $233,030 (Aug 26) 24th +6.1% 2nd 48% below peers
Wheaton, IL $514,751 (Aug 26) 7th +5.3% 3rd 14% above peers
Elyria, OH $190,344 (Aug 26) 26th +4.8% 4th 58% below peers
West New York, NJ $450,193 (Aug 26) 13th +4.5% 5th on par with peers
Edina, MN $626,258 (Aug 26) 4th +4.1% 6th 39% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $485,327 (Aug 26) 10th +3.0% 7th 8% above peers
Columbus, IN $280,503 (Aug 26) 18th +2.3% 8th 38% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $943,821 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.0% 9th 110% above peers
Joplin, MO $207,169 (Aug 26) 25th +2.0% 10th 54% below peers
Arcadia, CA $1,381,933 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 11th 207% above peers
Murray, UT $546,866 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 12th 21% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $253,784 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.5% 13th 44% below peers
Lebanon, TN $447,311 (Aug 26) 14th +1.3% 14th 1% below peers
Pensacola, FL $266,727 (Aug 26) 20th +1.2% 15th 41% below peers
Everett, MA $628,482 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 16th 40% above peers
Colton, CA $495,001 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 17th 10% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $457,059 (Aug 26) 12th +0.0% 18th 2% above peers
Normal, IL $267,616 (Aug 26) 19th -0.2% 19th 41% below peers
Grand Island, NE $253,838 (Aug 26) 21st -0.2% 20th 44% below peers
Summerville, SC $379,909 (Aug 26) 16th -0.8% 21st 16% below peers
Rockwall, TX $474,989 (Aug 26) 11th -1.0% 22nd 6% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $538,918 (Aug 26) 6th -1.6% 23rd 20% above peers
Clermont, FL $428,604 (Aug 26) 15th -2.3% 24th 5% below peers
Galveston, TX $317,544 (Aug 26) 17th -4.9% 25th 29% below peers
Sherman, TX $252,838 (Aug 26) 23rd -6.8% 26th 44% 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 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $322,593 in August 2026, up from $317,884 a year earlier.
$322,593
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 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%
Oak Park, IL $250,053 (Aug 26) 15th +6.4% 1st 16% below peers
Elyria, OH $129,698 (Aug 26) 26th +6.2% 2nd 56% below peers
Elkhart, IN $156,982 (Aug 26) 24th +6.0% 3rd 47% below peers
Wheaton, IL $340,137 (Aug 26) 8th +5.3% 4th 15% above peers
Normal, IL $201,002 (Aug 26) 17th +3.0% 5th 32% below peers
Columbus, IN $196,669 (Aug 26) 19th +2.7% 6th 34% below peers
Joplin, MO $133,567 (Aug 26) 25th +2.6% 7th 55% below peers
Colton, CA $403,731 (Aug 26) 4th +2.2% 8th 36% above peers
Pensacola, FL $168,814 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.1% 9th 43% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $721,092 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.9% 10th 143% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $194,409 (Aug 26) 20th +1.8% 11th 34% below peers
West New York, NJ $277,283 (Aug 26) 14th +1.7% 12th 7% below peers
Lebanon, TN $322,593 (Aug 26) 11th +1.5% 13th 9% above peers
Everett, MA $444,185 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 14th 50% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $379,982 (Aug 26) 7th +1.0% 15th 28% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $306,340 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 16th 3% above peers
Arcadia, CA $929,293 (Aug 26) 1st +0.4% 17th 213% above peers
Murray, UT $391,433 (Aug 26) 6th +0.3% 18th 32% above peers
Summerville, SC $296,674 (Aug 26) 13th +0.1% 19th on par with peers
Grand Island, NE $180,301 (Aug 26) 21st -0.4% 20th 39% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $395,996 (Aug 26) 5th -1.6% 21st 33% above peers
Rockwall, TX $336,573 (Aug 26) 10th -1.7% 22nd 13% above peers
Clermont, FL $337,837 (Aug 26) 9th -2.6% 23rd 14% above peers
Edina, MN $243,048 (Aug 26) 16th -3.3% 24th 18% below peers
Galveston, TX $197,563 (Aug 26) 18th -5.3% 25th 33% below peers
Sherman, TX $162,882 (Aug 26) 23rd -7.8% 26th 45% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.3% then, 62.4% now; margin ±4.2pp). 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
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.7% to 62.4%).
62.4%
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%
West New York, NJ 22.9% 31st +2.5pp 1st 64% below peers
Summerville, SC 69.1% 10th +5.4pp 2nd 7% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 71.0% 9th +5.3pp 3rd 10% above peers
Pensacola, FL 64.2% 17th +4.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.0% 6th +5.1pp 5th 11% above peers
Lebanon, TN 62.4% 18th +4.1pp 6th 4% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 72.3% 5th +4.5pp 7th 12% above peers
Galveston, TX 46.2% 29th +2.4pp 8th 28% below peers
Elkhart, IN 53.2% 26th +2.5pp 9th 18% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 71.6% 8th +2.6pp 10th 11% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 76.5% 1st +2.7pp 11th 18% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 65.0% 13th +2.2pp 12th on par with peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 4th +1.6pp 13th 12% above peers
Colton, CA 52.8% 27th +1.1pp 14th 18% below peers
Elyria, OH 60.0% 21st +0.6pp 15th 7% below peers
Oak Park, IL 60.0% 20th +0.5pp 16th 7% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 75.5% 2nd +0.3pp 17th 17% above peers
Wheaton, MD 64.6% 16th +0.1pp 18th on par with peers
Normal, IL 54.8% 24th -0.6pp 19th 15% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 64.8% 14th -0.8pp 20th on par with peers
Sherman, TX 52.7% 28th -0.9pp 21st 19% below peers
Grand Island, NE 57.8% 23rd -1.0pp 22nd 11% below peers
Columbus, IN 60.8% 19th -1.1pp 23rd 6% below peers
Wheaton, IL 71.7% 7th -1.6pp 24th 11% above peers
Arcadia, CA 58.1% 22nd -1.3pp 25th 10% below peers
Everett, MA 37.2% 30th -1.4pp 26th 42% below peers
Murray, UT 64.7% 15th -2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 67.1% 12th -3.1pp 28th 4% above peers
Clermont, FL 68.1% 11th -3.4pp 29th 5% above peers
Rockwall, TX 72.5% 3rd -3.8pp 30th 12% above peers
Joplin, MO 53.4% 25th -4.3pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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 August 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,639 in August 2026, up from $1,604 a year earlier.
$1,639
2022August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 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%
Elkhart, IN $1,170 (Aug 26) 26th +7.8% 1st 36% below peers
Elyria, OH $1,202 (Aug 26) 25th +6.1% 2nd 34% below peers
Joplin, MO $1,237 (Aug 26) 24th +6.0% 3rd 32% below peers
Oak Park, IL $2,025 (Aug 26) 8th +5.3% 4th 11% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $1,825 (Aug 26) 13th +4.5% 5th on par with peers
Summerville, SC $1,895 (Aug 26) 10th +4.4% 6th 4% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $2,677 (Aug 26) 4th +4.1% 7th 47% above peers
Edina, MN $2,015 (Aug 26) 9th +3.3% 8th 10% above peers
Everett, MA $2,802 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.6% 9th 54% above peers
Pensacola, FL $1,657 (Aug 26) 15th +2.5% 10th 9% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $3,524 (Aug 26) 1st +2.4% 11th 93% above peers
Normal, IL $1,397 (Aug 26) 19th +2.3% 12th 23% below peers
West New York, NJ $2,531 (Aug 26) 5th +2.2% 13th 39% above peers
Lebanon, TN $1,639 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 14th 10% below peers
Colton, CA $1,883 (Aug 26) 11th +2.0% 15th 3% above peers
Wheaton, IL $2,182 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 16th 20% above peers
Murray, UT $1,482 (Aug 26) 17th +1.6% 17th 19% below peers
Columbus, IN $1,390 (Aug 26) 20th +1.4% 18th 24% below peers
Rockwall, TX $1,762 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 19th 3% below peers
Arcadia, CA $3,414 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 20th 87% above peers
Galveston, TX $1,405 (Aug 26) 18th +0.7% 21st 23% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.3% 22nd 29% below peers
Clermont, FL $2,058 (Aug 26) 7th -0.3% 23rd 13% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $1,825 (Aug 26) 12th -0.5% 24th on par with peers
Grand Island, NE $1,322 (Aug 26) 21st -0.9% 25th 28% below peers
Sherman, TX $1,269 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.6% 26th 30% below 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 (29.0% then, 29.9% now; margin ±5.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.5% to 29.9%).
Bright spot 29.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 28.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Wheaton, MD 32.2% 17th -7.4pp 1st on par with peers
Aloha, OR 29.0% 8th -5.3pp 2nd 10% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.1% 20th -4.4pp 3rd 3% above peers
Summerville, SC 31.1% 14th -3.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 34.7% 22nd -3.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 30.2% 10th -2.6pp 6th 6% below peers
Elyria, OH 30.2% 11th -2.4pp 7th 6% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 23.7% 1st -1.6pp 8th 26% below peers
Murray, UT 26.9% 4th -1.8pp 9th 16% below peers
Pensacola, FL 33.1% 19th -1.6pp 10th 3% above peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 11th 11% below peers
Everett, MA 49.0% 30th -0.8pp 12th 53% above peers
Oak Park, IL 32.1% 16th -0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 24.2% 2nd -0.3pp 14th 24% below peers
Colton, CA 43.9% 27th +0.1pp 15th 37% above peers
Elkhart, IN 33.5% 21st +0.1pp 16th 5% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 42.5% 25th +0.3pp 17th 33% above peers
Lebanon, TN 29.9% 9th +0.9pp 18th 7% below peers
Wheaton, IL 28.5% 6th +1.0pp 19th 11% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 27.7% 5th +1.1pp 20th 14% below peers
West New York, NJ 50.0% 31st +3.6pp 21st 56% above peers
Joplin, MO 31.7% 15th +2.6pp 22nd 1% below peers
Columbus, IN 24.2% 3rd +2.0pp 23rd 24% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 46.4% 29th +4.3pp 24th 45% above peers
Arcadia, CA 45.8% 28th +4.3pp 25th 43% above peers
Normal, IL 33.0% 18th +3.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.7% 26th +4.6pp 27th 36% above peers
Clermont, FL 39.3% 23rd +5.6pp 28th 22% above peers
Rockwall, TX 30.6% 12th +4.6pp 29th 5% below peers
Sherman, TX 40.3% 24th +6.9pp 30th 26% above peers
Grand Island, NE 30.6% 13th +5.4pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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

2
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 4.7% now; margin ±2.1pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 4.7%).
Bright spot 4.7%
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
Prescott Valley, AZ 1.6% 1st -1.6pp 1st 71% below peers
Elkhart, IN 8.1% 22nd -3.7pp 2nd 43% above peers
Sherman, TX 4.7% 12th -1.4pp 3rd 16% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 3.9% 6th -1.1pp 4th 31% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.0% 4th -0.9pp 5th 46% below peers
Rockwall, TX 2.5% 2nd -0.7pp 6th 55% below peers
Lebanon, TN 4.7% 11th -1.2pp 7th 17% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.1% 7th -0.8pp 8th 28% below peers
Oak Park, IL 11.7% 28th -1.7pp 9th 107% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.8% 3rd -0.4pp 10th 51% below peers
Elyria, OH 8.9% 25th -0.9pp 11th 58% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.7% 27th -0.6pp 12th 89% above peers
Normal, IL 6.0% 17th -0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
West New York, NJ 40.0% 31st -0.3pp 14th 610% above peers
Pensacola, FL 8.4% 24th +0.2pp 15th 48% above peers
Clermont, FL 3.5% 5th +0.1pp 16th 38% below peers
Everett, MA 19.0% 30th +0.9pp 17th 237% above peers
Aloha, OR 4.2% 8th +0.2pp 18th 25% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 8.2% 23rd +0.5pp 19th 46% above peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 20th +0.4pp 20th 15% above peers
Joplin, MO 9.6% 26th +0.8pp 21st 70% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 6.1% 19th +0.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Summerville, SC 4.6% 9th +0.7pp 23rd 18% below peers
Columbus, IN 6.0% 18th +1.3pp 24th 7% above peers
Murray, UT 5.5% 15th +1.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.0% 13th +1.3pp 26th 12% below peers
Wheaton, MD 12.1% 29th +3.2pp 27th 115% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.4% 14th +1.6pp 28th 4% below peers
Grand Island, NE 7.3% 21st +2.2pp 29th 30% above peers
Colton, CA 5.6% 16th +1.8pp 30th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.6% 10th +1.6pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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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2 of 8 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.9% then, 9.5% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.6% to 9.5%).
Needs attention 9.5%
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
Minnetonka, MN 1.3% 1st -1.2pp 1st 83% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 8.0% 15th -6.3pp 2nd 1% below peers
Wheaton, IL 2.2% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 72% below peers
Columbus, IN 5.7% 11th -2.3pp 4th 29% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.7% 7th -1.8pp 5th 41% below peers
Arcadia, CA 3.5% 5th -1.1pp 6th 57% below peers
Murray, UT 7.1% 14th -2.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 79% below peers
Rockwall, TX 8.1% 17th -2.3pp 9th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 4.8% 8th -1.0pp 10th 41% below peers
Elkhart, IN 12.0% 25th -2.0pp 11th 49% above peers
Galveston, TX 16.5% 29th -2.3pp 12th 105% above peers
Elyria, OH 6.7% 12th -0.9pp 13th 16% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 5.5% 10th -0.7pp 14th 31% below peers
Sherman, TX 17.4% 30th -1.8pp 15th 117% above peers
Oak Park, IL 3.1% 4th -0.1pp 16th 62% below peers
West New York, NJ 21.4% 31st +0.0pp 17th 166% above peers
Everett, MA 6.9% 13th +0.0pp 18th 14% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 9.5% 20th +0.2pp 19th 18% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 13.7% 26th +0.6pp 20th 70% above peers
Joplin, MO 11.7% 24th +0.6pp 21st 46% above peers
Lebanon, TN 9.5% 21st +0.6pp 22nd 18% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.3% 23rd +0.9pp 23rd 40% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.0% 16th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Wheaton, MD 14.4% 27th +1.4pp 25th 80% above peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 22nd +1.0pp 26th 26% above peers
Colton, CA 9.1% 19th +1.0pp 27th 13% above peers
Grand Island, NE 14.5% 28th +1.8pp 28th 81% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.5% 6th +0.7pp 29th 56% below peers
Normal, IL 4.9% 9th +0.9pp 30th 39% below peers
Aloha, OR 8.7% 18th +2.0pp 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 somewhat above the peer median.

38.7%
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%
Arcadia, CA 16.3% 1st 50% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 21.8% 2nd 33% below peers
Edina, MN 23.8% 3rd 27% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 24.8% 4th 24% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 26.3% 5th 19% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 27.0% 6th 17% below peers
Wheaton, MD 27.4% 7th 16% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 28.3% 8th 13% below peers
Wheaton, IL 29.0% 9th 11% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 29.0% 10th 11% below peers
Everett, MA 29.3% 11th 10% below peers
Oak Park, IL 29.3% 12th 10% below peers
Pensacola, FL 31.7% 13th 3% below peers
Murray, UT 32.2% 14th 1% below peers
Aloha, OR 32.5% 15th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA 32.6% 16th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 33.3% 17th 2% above peers
Columbus, IN 34.1% 18th 5% above peers
Rockwall, TX 34.3% 19th 5% above peers
West New York, NJ 34.9% 20th 7% above peers
Normal, IL 36.0% 21st 10% above peers
Joplin, MO 36.4% 22nd 12% above peers
Summerville, SC 36.6% 23rd 12% above peers
Colton, CA 37.5% 24th 15% above peers
Sherman, TX 38.1% 25th 17% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.3% 26th 17% above peers
Lebanon, TN 38.7% 27th 19% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 41.6% 28th 28% above peers
Elyria, OH 42.5% 29th 30% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.1% 30th 32% above peers
Elkhart, IN 45.9% 31st 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 6.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.0% to 6.5%).
Needs attention 6.5%
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
Columbus, IN 1.5% 5th -6.1pp 1st 62% below peers
Wheaton, IL 0.8% 1st -2.3pp 2nd 79% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.9% 2nd -1.5pp 3rd 78% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 1.0% 3rd -1.1pp 4th 75% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.9% 13th -2.9pp 5th 30% below peers
Everett, MA 2.3% 8th -2.3pp 6th 44% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 1.9% 7th -1.3pp 7th 53% below peers
Normal, IL 1.4% 4th -0.6pp 8th 66% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 2.5% 9th -1.1pp 9th 40% below peers
Rockwall, TX 7.1% 25th -3.0pp 10th 74% above peers
Colton, CA 3.6% 14th -1.0pp 11th 11% below peers
Elyria, OH 2.6% 10th -0.5pp 12th 36% below peers
Joplin, MO 4.1% 16th -0.6pp 13th on par with peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 6th -0.2pp 14th 54% below peers
Sherman, TX 13.6% 31st -0.6pp 15th 231% above peers
Galveston, TX 11.2% 30th -0.1pp 16th 173% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 15th +0.0pp 17th 3% below peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 23rd +0.4pp 18th 64% above peers
Elkhart, IN 9.7% 27th +0.6pp 19th 135% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 6.6% 22nd +0.5pp 20th 61% above peers
Aloha, OR 5.5% 18th +0.9pp 21st 33% above peers
Clermont, FL 2.7% 12th +0.7pp 22nd 34% below peers
Summerville, SC 6.4% 19th +1.8pp 23rd 56% above peers
Lebanon, TN 6.5% 20th +2.4pp 24th 59% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 10.3% 29th +3.9pp 25th 152% above peers
Murray, UT 7.5% 26th +3.0pp 26th 83% above peers
Oak Park, IL 2.7% 11th +1.2pp 27th 35% below peers
Wheaton, MD 7.0% 24th +3.2pp 28th 70% above peers
West New York, NJ 10.3% 28th +4.9pp 29th 151% above peers
Pensacola, FL 6.6% 21st +3.5pp 30th 61% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 5.4% 17th +3.5pp 31st 31% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.7pp 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 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.5% to 30.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lebanon 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 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.7% to 30.8%).
Bright spot 30.8%
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
Murray, UT 41.9% 11th +8.4pp 1st 16% above peers
Everett, MA 24.9% 25th +4.9pp 2nd 31% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 28.2% 23rd +5.4pp 3rd 22% below peers
Galveston, TX 36.0% 16th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Lebanon, TN 30.8% 22nd +5.3pp 5th 14% below peers
Elkhart, IN 17.7% 30th +2.7pp 6th 51% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 31.6% 21st +4.7pp 7th 12% below peers
Sherman, TX 24.2% 27th +3.4pp 8th 33% below peers
Pensacola, FL 43.0% 10th +5.8pp 9th 20% above peers
Elyria, OH 17.8% 29th +2.3pp 10th 50% below peers
Rockwall, TX 48.6% 8th +6.0pp 11th 35% above peers
Summerville, SC 33.5% 19th +3.8pp 12th 7% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 24.4% 26th +2.4pp 13th 32% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.5% 18th +3.4pp 14th 4% below peers
West New York, NJ 33.5% 20th +3.3pp 15th 7% below peers
Clermont, FL 37.8% 15th +3.7pp 16th 5% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 40.7% 12th +3.8pp 17th 13% above peers
Normal, IL 52.9% 7th +4.5pp 18th 47% above peers
Wheaton, MD 38.7% 14th +3.1pp 19th 8% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 65.0% 4th +4.8pp 20th 81% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 71.4% 3rd +3.7pp 21st 98% above peers
Arcadia, CA 57.4% 6th +2.6pp 22nd 59% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 23rd 102% above peers
Oak Park, IL 72.5% 2nd +2.5pp 24th 102% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 35.1% 17th +1.0pp 25th 3% below peers
Grand Island, NE 20.9% 28th +0.3pp 26th 42% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 43.3% 9th +0.3pp 27th 20% above peers
Joplin, MO 26.6% 24th +0.2pp 28th 26% below peers
Wheaton, IL 64.5% 5th +0.3pp 29th 79% above peers
Columbus, IN 40.0% 13th -1.3pp 30th 11% above peers
Colton, CA 16.6% 31st -0.8pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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 ±2.8pp 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 (41.7% then, 43.9% now; margin ±17.4pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 15.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.7% to 44.0%).
Needs attention 43.9%
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%
Colton, CA 46.5% 17th +15.4pp 1st 2% below peers
Wheaton, MD 50.5% 12th +15.9pp 2nd 6% above peers
Grand Island, NE 45.6% 19th +13.3pp 3rd 4% below peers
Normal, IL 57.0% 8th +11.3pp 4th 20% above peers
Murray, UT 61.8% 5th +12.2pp 5th 30% above peers
Sherman, TX 39.0% 24th +6.1pp 6th 18% below peers
Columbus, IN 48.5% 15th +6.2pp 7th 2% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 59.4% 7th +6.5pp 8th 25% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.9% 27th +3.6pp 9th 29% below peers
Elyria, OH 48.8% 14th +3.8pp 10th 2% above peers
Clermont, FL 62.1% 4th +4.4pp 11th 30% above peers
Lebanon, TN 44.0% 20th +2.2pp 12th 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX 45.6% 18th +1.2pp 13th 4% below peers
West New York, NJ 64.8% 2nd -0.0pp 14th 36% above peers
Elkhart, IN 25.1% 30th -0.9pp 15th 47% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 52.3% 11th -3.3pp 16th 10% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 38.0% 25th -2.7pp 17th 20% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.4% 26th -2.5pp 18th 28% below peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 1st -7.9pp 19th 40% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.5% 22nd -5.4pp 20th 9% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 60.6% 6th -10.0pp 21st 27% above peers
Pensacola, FL 47.7% 16th -8.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 62.2% 3rd -13.3pp 23rd 31% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 56.7% 9th -12.4pp 24th 19% above peers
Wheaton, IL 54.2% 10th -18.7pp 25th 14% above peers
Joplin, MO 21.9% 31st -8.0pp 26th 54% below peers
Everett, MA 43.5% 21st -17.1pp 27th 9% below peers
Arcadia, CA 48.9% 13th -19.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Summerville, SC 33.1% 28th -14.4pp 29th 31% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 26.4% 29th -14.5pp 30th 45% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 41.7% 23rd -36.0pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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 ±14.2pp 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 (4.3% then, 4.9% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.0% 1st -3.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% 11th -7.3pp 2nd 31% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 3.6% 9th -2.9pp 3rd 44% below peers
Murray, UT 3.5% 8th -2.7pp 4th 47% below peers
Oak Park, IL 1.3% 3rd -0.9pp 5th 81% below peers
Elkhart, IN 11.1% 25th -3.6pp 6th 69% above peers
Columbus, IN 8.8% 21st -1.1pp 7th 34% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 7.6% 20th -1.0pp 8th 16% above peers
Aloha, OR 6.3% 15th -0.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.5% 18th -0.1pp 10th 15% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 10th +0.1pp 11th 39% below peers
Lebanon, TN 4.9% 12th +0.6pp 12th 25% below peers
Joplin, MO 5.2% 13th +0.8pp 13th 20% below peers
Wheaton, IL 1.3% 4th +0.2pp 14th 80% below peers
Elyria, OH 18.2% 30th +3.6pp 15th 178% above peers
Rockwall, TX 6.0% 14th +1.3pp 16th 8% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 13.1% 28th +3.1pp 17th 101% above peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 17th +1.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.2% 23rd +3.2pp 19th 55% above peers
Sherman, TX 10.1% 22nd +3.3pp 20th 55% above peers
Summerville, SC 7.5% 19th +2.5pp 21st 15% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 2.6% 6th +1.0pp 22nd 60% below peers
Everett, MA 6.5% 16th +2.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 7th +1.5pp 24th 50% below peers
Arcadia, CA 1.6% 5th +0.8pp 25th 76% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 24th +5.0pp 26th 58% above peers
West New York, NJ 23.0% 31st +13.5pp 27th 252% above peers
Colton, CA 11.6% 26th +7.5pp 28th 77% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.7% 27th +8.7pp 29th 78% above peers
Clermont, FL 18.0% 29th +13.9pp 30th 175% above peers
Normal, IL 0.8% 2nd +0.6pp 31st 88% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.7pp 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 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33,159 to 44,788 - more than the combined survey margin (±63).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 61% from 2014 to 2024 (27,847 to 44,788).
Big move 44,788
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
Lebanon, TN 44,788 31st +35% 1st 15% below peers
Clermont, FL 46,853 29th +33% 2nd 11% below peers
Rockwall, TX 51,168 24th +16% 3rd 3% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 49,179 28th +11% 4th 7% below peers
Sherman, TX 46,397 30th +9% 5th 12% below peers
Everett, MA 50,045 27th +9% 6th 5% below peers
Columbus, IN 51,824 22nd +8% 7th 2% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 25th +7% 8th 3% below peers
Galveston, TX 53,424 8th +6% 9th 2% above peers
Wheaton, MD 52,926 14th +5% 10th 1% above peers
Joplin, MO 52,593 17th +4% 11th on par with peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 52,593 18th +4% 12th on par with peers
Grand Island, NE 52,884 15th +3% 13th on par with peers
Edina, MN 53,262 11th +3% 14th 1% above peers
Elkhart, IN 53,733 5th +3% 15th 2% above peers
Pensacola, FL 54,036 3rd +3% 16th 3% above peers
Murray, UT 50,188 26th +2% 17th 5% below peers
Oak Park, IL 53,292 9th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Wheaton, IL 53,557 7th +1% 19th 2% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 53,279 10th +0% 20th 1% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 53,064 12th +0% 21st 1% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 51,990 21st -1% 22nd 1% below peers
West New York, NJ 52,004 20th -1% 23rd 1% below peers
Elyria, OH 53,035 13th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Colton, CA 53,772 4th -1% 25th 2% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 54,291 2nd -2% 26th 3% above peers
Normal, IL 53,569 6th -2% 27th 2% above peers
Summerville, SC 51,654 23rd -3% 28th 2% below peers
Aloha, OR 52,389 19th -3% 29th on par with peers
Arcadia, CA 55,170 1st -5% 30th 5% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 52,622 16th -6% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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 ±48 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 (22.9% then, 23.1% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.8% to 23.1%).
23.1%
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
Clermont, FL 22.0% 14th +2.2pp 1st 1% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 21.4% 17th +1.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 25.6% 3rd +1.0pp 3rd 17% above peers
Grand Island, NE 28.2% 1st +0.2pp 4th 29% above peers
Lebanon, TN 23.1% 9th +0.2pp 5th 6% above peers
Columbus, IN 23.8% 7th -0.1pp 6th 9% above peers
Oak Park, IL 23.9% 5th -0.4pp 7th 9% above peers
Murray, UT 21.1% 18th -0.6pp 8th 4% below peers
Everett, MA 21.8% 16th -0.6pp 9th on par with peers
Elyria, OH 21.9% 15th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Rockwall, TX 24.3% 4th -1.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 12th -1.1pp 12th 3% above peers
Elkhart, IN 26.3% 2nd -1.3pp 13th 20% above peers
Wheaton, IL 22.0% 13th -1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 18.1% 26th -1.1pp 15th 17% below peers
Arcadia, CA 20.9% 20th -1.3pp 16th 4% below peers
Normal, IL 16.1% 27th -1.0pp 17th 26% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 15.6% 28th -1.1pp 18th 29% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.5% 23rd -1.4pp 19th 11% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 19.1% 24th -1.4pp 20th 13% below peers
Joplin, MO 20.9% 21st -1.6pp 21st 4% below peers
Sherman, TX 23.9% 6th -1.9pp 22nd 9% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 20.9% 19th -1.9pp 23rd 4% below peers
Wheaton, MD 22.5% 11th -2.1pp 24th 3% above peers
Summerville, SC 22.9% 10th -2.4pp 25th 5% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 12.8% 31st -1.6pp 26th 41% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 15.2% 29th -2.1pp 27th 30% below peers
Galveston, TX 14.8% 30th -2.4pp 28th 32% below peers
Colton, CA 23.4% 8th -4.3pp 29th 7% above peers
Aloha, OR 20.5% 22nd -4.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Pensacola, FL 18.7% 25th -5.6pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent fell 9.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.4% to 30.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.1pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.5% to 30.1%).
Big move 30.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Tennessee ref 31.0% -1.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Hacienda Heights, CA 24.1% 21st +6.9pp 1st 23% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 34.4% 14th +8.7pp 2nd 10% above peers
Oak Park, IL 22.7% 23rd +5.5pp 3rd 27% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 29th +3.5pp 4th 52% below peers
Joplin, MO 40.9% 6th +9.4pp 5th 31% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 37.2% 11th +7.9pp 6th 19% above peers
Elkhart, IN 56.0% 1st +7.9pp 7th 80% above peers
Arcadia, CA 21.9% 25th +2.5pp 8th 30% below peers
West New York, NJ 42.1% 4th +2.8pp 9th 35% above peers
Summerville, SC 34.4% 13th +0.5pp 10th 10% above peers
Everett, MA 42.1% 5th +0.5pp 11th 35% above peers
Sherman, TX 38.8% 7th +0.4pp 12th 24% above peers
Columbus, IN 27.8% 18th +0.0pp 13th 11% below peers
Colton, CA 38.4% 8th +0.0pp 14th 23% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 35.0% 12th -0.2pp 15th 12% above peers
Rockwall, TX 16.2% 27th -0.3pp 16th 48% below peers
Galveston, TX 42.9% 3rd -0.8pp 17th 38% above peers
Wheaton, MD 31.2% 16th -1.1pp 18th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 25.1% 19th -1.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 33.2% 15th -1.7pp 20th 7% above peers
Murray, UT 23.7% 22nd -1.3pp 21st 24% below peers
Grand Island, NE 38.2% 9th -4.4pp 22nd 23% above peers
Pensacola, FL 37.6% 10th -4.8pp 23rd 20% above peers
Elyria, OH 49.9% 2nd -7.7pp 24th 60% above peers
Wheaton, IL 10.1% 31st -1.8pp 25th 68% below peers
Normal, IL 22.6% 24th -4.2pp 26th 28% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 16.2% 28th -4.7pp 27th 48% below peers
Lebanon, TN 30.1% 17th -9.2pp 28th 3% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 14.3% 30th -4.8pp 29th 54% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 24.4% 20th -9.0pp 30th 22% below peers
Clermont, FL 21.6% 26th -8.9pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.6% then, 74.7% now; margin ±17.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.7% to 74.7%).
74.7%
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 65.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Sherman, TX 70.8% 19th +19.7pp 1st 3% below peers
Arcadia, CA 70.7% 20th +17.6pp 2nd 3% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 66.5% 23rd +16.4pp 3rd 9% below peers
Colton, CA 71.5% 18th +17.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Wheaton, IL 73.0% 15th +15.4pp 5th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 72.3% 17th +13.7pp 6th 1% below peers
Joplin, MO 73.6% 14th +13.7pp 7th 1% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 74.6% 12th +13.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Pensacola, FL 82.8% 1st +14.4pp 9th 14% above peers
Columbus, IN 67.7% 21st +11.3pp 10th 7% below peers
Rockwall, TX 74.1% 13th +12.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 82.2% 2nd +13.4pp 12th 13% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.9% 16th +10.3pp 13th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 79.5% 5th +10.1pp 14th 9% above peers
West New York, NJ 63.3% 27th +7.1pp 15th 13% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 82.0% 3rd +9.0pp 16th 12% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 64.5% 25th +6.4pp 17th 11% below peers
Summerville, SC 81.2% 4th +7.8pp 18th 11% above peers
Lebanon, TN 74.7% 10th +5.2pp 19th 3% above peers
Elyria, OH 67.5% 22nd +3.0pp 20th 7% below peers
Normal, IL 76.8% 7th +3.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 64.4% 26th +1.8pp 22nd 12% below peers
Wheaton, MD 74.7% 11th +1.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 78.9% 6th +1.7pp 24th 8% above peers
Everett, MA 75.1% 8th +1.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 62.2% 29th +0.6pp 26th 15% below peers
Murray, UT 64.9% 24th +0.1pp 27th 11% below peers
Grand Island, NE 75.0% 9th -3.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 28th -10.5pp 29th 13% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.7% 31st -12.9pp 30th 22% below peers
Galveston, TX 56.9% 30th -17.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 8 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±12.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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