This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend.
Violent crime fell about 35% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||||
| Kansas City, MO | 1,375 (May 26) | 18th | -43.4% | 1st | 102% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 183 (May 26) | 2nd | -39.8% | 2nd | 73% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 1,578 (May 26) | 20th | -35.3% | 3rd | 132% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 11 (May 26) | 1st | -31.8% | 4th | 98% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 440 (May 26) | 6th | -31.2% | 5th | 35% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 681 (May 26) | 12th | -23.3% | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 245 (May 26) | 3rd | -22.0% | 7th | 64% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 865 (May 26) | 16th | -19.6% | 8th | 27% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 273 (May 26) | 4th | -13.4% | 9th | 60% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 837 (May 26) | 15th | -11.9% | 10th | 23% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 581 (May 26) | 8th | -11.9% | 11th | 14% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 1,502 (May 26) | 19th | -11.6% | 12th | 121% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 1,121 (May 26) | 17th | -11.1% | 13th | 65% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 628 (May 26) | 9th | -7.2% | 14th | 8% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 682 (May 26) | 13th | -7.0% | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 572 (May 26) | 7th | -6.3% | 16th | 16% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 1,672 (May 26) | 21st | -3.8% | 17th | 146% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 428 (May 26) | 5th | -2.9% | 18th | 37% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 709 (May 26) | 14th | -2.4% | 19th | 4% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 648 (May 26) | 10th | +0.1% | 20th | 5% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 679 (Apr 26) | 11th | +18.9% | 21st | on par with peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Property crime fell about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||||
| Kansas City, MO | 3,971 (May 26) | 16th | -46.8% | 1st | 29% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 3,967 (May 26) | 15th | -38.7% | 2nd | 29% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 2,291 (May 26) | 7th | -29.4% | 3rd | 25% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 2,577 (May 26) | 9th | -28.9% | 4th | 16% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 2,783 (May 26) | 10th | -24.0% | 5th | 10% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 3,075 (May 26) | 11th | -21.9% | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 1,980 (May 26) | 4th | -19.4% | 7th | 36% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 3,500 (May 26) | 12th | -18.9% | 8th | 14% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 1,220 (May 26) | 2nd | -17.0% | 9th | 60% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 2,248 (May 26) | 6th | -14.8% | 10th | 27% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 1,199 (May 26) | 1st | -13.7% | 11th | 61% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 2,065 (May 26) | 5th | -12.8% | 12th | 33% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 2,566 (May 26) | 8th | -12.2% | 13th | 17% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 4,024 (May 26) | 17th | -11.9% | 14th | 31% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 3,760 (May 26) | 14th | -11.7% | 15th | 22% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 4,568 (May 26) | 19th | -7.8% | 16th | 49% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 3,523 (May 26) | 13th | -4.2% | 17th | 15% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 1,911 (May 26) | 3rd | -3.5% | 18th | 38% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 4,201 (May 26) | 18th | -1.3% | 19th | 37% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 5,363 (May 26) | 20th | -1.1% | 20th | 74% above peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicide fell about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||||
| Tucson, AZ | 5 (May 26) | 7th | -59.1% | 1st | 26% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 7 (May 26) | 9th | -50.0% | 2nd | 5% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 14 (May 26) | 15th | -47.3% | 3rd | 96% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 3 (May 26) | 2nd | -47.1% | 4th | 62% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 26 (May 26) | 21st | -44.8% | 5th | 266% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 24 (May 26) | 20th | -38.4% | 6th | 241% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 4 (May 26) | 4th | -34.0% | 7th | 44% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 22 (May 26) | 17th | -32.0% | 8th | 205% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 11 (May 26) | 13th | -31.8% | 9th | 52% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 9 (May 26) | 12th | -30.6% | 10th | 34% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 14 (May 26) | 14th | -21.4% | 11th | 95% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 3 (May 26) | 1st | -18.0% | 12th | 63% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 7 (May 26) | 8th | -18.0% | 13th | 6% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 24 (May 26) | 19th | -17.7% | 14th | 240% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 7 (May 26) | 11th | -17.3% | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 4 (May 26) | 5th | -16.7% | 16th | 38% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 18 (May 26) | 16th | -16.7% | 17th | 161% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 7 (May 26) | 10th | -10.9% | 18th | 5% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 23 (May 26) | 18th | -6.5% | 19th | 226% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 5 (May 26) | 6th | -3.7% | 20th | 33% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 3 (May 26) | 3rd | +0.0% | 21st | 59% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Vehicle theft fell about 55% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||||
| Memphis, TN | 603 (May 26) | 13th | -55.2% | 1st | 31% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 217 (May 26) | 4th | -54.4% | 2nd | 53% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 1,194 (May 26) | 20th | -53.9% | 3rd | 160% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 397 (May 26) | 8th | -47.1% | 4th | 14% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 86 (May 26) | 1st | -38.6% | 5th | 81% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 274 (May 26) | 5th | -37.9% | 6th | 40% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 435 (May 26) | 10th | -37.6% | 7th | 5% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 667 (May 26) | 15th | -36.4% | 8th | 45% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 459 (May 26) | 11th | -35.6% | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 201 (May 26) | 3rd | -31.5% | 10th | 56% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 381 (May 26) | 7th | -29.0% | 11th | 17% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 413 (May 26) | 9th | -25.9% | 12th | 10% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 775 (May 26) | 17th | -25.1% | 13th | 69% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 593 (May 26) | 12th | -24.8% | 14th | 29% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 140 (May 26) | 2nd | -20.8% | 15th | 69% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 929 (May 26) | 19th | -20.1% | 16th | 102% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 609 (May 26) | 14th | -19.2% | 17th | 33% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 376 (May 26) | 6th | -18.2% | 18th | 18% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 696 (May 26) | 16th | -15.9% | 19th | 52% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 779 (May 26) | 18th | -14.7% | 20th | 70% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $41,228 to $51,736 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,255). 20 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Atlanta, GA | $85,652 | 7th | +43% | 1st | 21% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | $82,752 | 8th | +42% | 2nd | 17% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | $70,991 | 11th | +41% | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | $87,321 | 6th | +40% | 4th | 23% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | $94,718 | 4th | +38% | 5th | 33% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | $97,344 | 3rd | +37% | 6th | 37% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | $123,860 | 1st | +34% | 7th | 74% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | $57,073 | 18th | +31% | 8th | 20% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | $73,877 | 10th | +31% | 9th | 4% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | $54,234 | 19th | +30% | 10th | 24% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | $77,371 | 9th | +29% | 11th | 9% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | $39,938 | 21st | +29% | 12th | 44% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | $68,317 | 14th | +29% | 13th | 4% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | $90,919 | 5th | +28% | 14th | 28% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | $69,166 | 12th | +28% | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | $109,870 | 2nd | +27% | 16th | 55% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | $59,745 | 17th | +26% | 17th | 16% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | $51,736 | 20th | +25% | 18th | 27% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | $66,849 | 15th | +25% | 19th | 6% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | $68,656 | 13th | +24% | 20th | 3% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | $62,177 | 16th | +23% | 21st | 12% below peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric. Most of the selected peers are worsening faster than this city.
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee ref | 3.6% (May 26) | +0.1pp | ||||
| United States ref | 4.2% (Jun 26) | +0.1pp | ||||
| Fresno, CA | 5.5% (May 26) | 17th | -0.6pp | 1st | 28% above peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | 3.5% (May 26) | 1st | -0.5pp | 2nd | 19% below peers | |
| Boston, MA | 4.1% (May 26) | 5th | -0.3pp | 3rd | 5% below peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | 4.3% (May 26) | 10th | -0.3pp | 4th | on par with peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | 5.3% (May 26) | 15th | -0.2pp | 5th | 23% above peers | |
| Denver, CO | 3.8% (May 26) | 3rd | -0.2pp | 6th | 12% below peers | |
| Portland, OR | 4.7% (May 26) | 12th | -0.1pp | 7th | 9% above peers | |
| Milwaukee, WI | 4.1% (May 26) | 6th | +0.0pp | 8th | 5% below peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | 3.5% (May 26) | 2nd | +0.0pp | 9th | 19% below peers | |
| Memphis, TN | 4.7% (May 26) | 13th | +0.1pp | 10th | 9% above peers | |
| El Paso, TX | 4.2% (May 26) | 7th | +0.2pp | 11th | 2% below peers | |
| Washington, DC | 6.0% (May 26) | 18th | +0.2pp | 12th | 40% above peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | 4.0% (May 26) | 4th | +0.4pp | 13th | 7% below peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | 5.4% (May 26) | 16th | +0.5pp | 14th | 26% above peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | 4.8% (May 26) | 14th | +0.6pp | 15th | 12% above peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | 4.2% (May 26) | 8th | +0.7pp | 16th | 2% below peers | |
| Seattle, WA | 4.5% (May 26) | 11th | +0.7pp | 17th | 5% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | 10.7% (May 26) | 19th | +1.1pp | 18th | 149% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 4.2% (May 26) | 9th | +1.3pp | 19th | 2% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Poverty fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.5% to 22.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 17 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee ref | 13.1% | -1.5pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.0% | ||||||
| Mesa, AZ | 10.2% | 2nd | -4.5pp | 1st | 33% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 19.7% | 18th | -5.0pp | 2nd | 29% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 15.9% | 14th | -3.5pp | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 13.7% | 6th | -2.6pp | 4th | 10% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 18.1% | 15th | -3.4pp | 5th | 18% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 11.1% | 3rd | -1.6pp | 6th | 28% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 15.5% | 12th | -2.2pp | 7th | 1% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 22.2% | 19th | -2.5pp | 8th | 45% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 9.6% | 1st | -1.1pp | 9th | 37% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 14.4% | 8th | -1.4pp | 10th | 6% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 13.8% | 7th | -1.2pp | 11th | 10% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 15.3% | 11th | -1.3pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 22.6% | 20th | -1.9pp | 13th | 47% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 12.5% | 4th | -1.0pp | 14th | 19% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 19.1% | 17th | -1.4pp | 15th | 24% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 32.2% | 21st | -2.2pp | 16th | 110% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 13.7% | 5th | -0.9pp | 17th | 11% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 14.9% | 10th | -0.9pp | 18th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 14.8% | 9th | -0.6pp | 19th | 3% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 18.2% | 16th | -0.7pp | 20th | 18% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 15.5% | 13th | +0.0pp | 21st | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child poverty fell 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.8% to 35.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 19 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Mesa, AZ | 13.4% | 2nd | -8.8pp | 1st | 37% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 23.3% | 14th | -10.2pp | 2nd | 9% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 21.1% | 10th | -6.6pp | 3rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 27.4% | 18th | -8.1pp | 4th | 28% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 17.0% | 5th | -4.9pp | 5th | 20% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 24.2% | 15th | -6.3pp | 6th | 13% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 25.5% | 17th | -5.5pp | 7th | 19% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 19.9% | 7th | -4.1pp | 8th | 7% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 20.3% | 8th | -3.9pp | 9th | 5% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 9.3% | 1st | -1.6pp | 10th | 56% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 20.4% | 9th | -3.4pp | 11th | 5% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 31.7% | 19th | -5.0pp | 12th | 48% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 35.6% | 20th | -5.1pp | 13th | 67% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 16.0% | 4th | -2.2pp | 14th | 25% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 21.4% | 11th | -2.8pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 13.8% | 3rd | -1.7pp | 16th | 36% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 24.4% | 16th | -2.7pp | 17th | 14% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 19.2% | 6th | -2.1pp | 18th | 10% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 46.5% | 21st | -3.7pp | 19th | 117% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 22.4% | 12th | -1.6pp | 20th | 5% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 22.8% | 13th | -1.2pp | 21st | 7% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 17.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.7% to 87.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 20 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Detroit, MI | 85.8% | 20th | +21.2pp | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 87.6% | 19th | +17.9pp | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 88.4% | 18th | +13.2pp | 3rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 91.8% | 9th | +11.5pp | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 85.5% | 21st | +10.7pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 89.4% | 16th | +10.6pp | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 91.7% | 10th | +10.5pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 90.6% | 12th | +9.7pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 90.5% | 15th | +8.9pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 92.1% | 7th | +9.0pp | 10th | 1% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 91.3% | 11th | +8.5pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 90.6% | 13th | +7.9pp | 12th | 1% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 92.7% | 6th | +7.6pp | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 88.9% | 17th | +7.1pp | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 90.5% | 14th | +6.7pp | 15th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 93.7% | 3rd | +6.8pp | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 92.1% | 8th | +6.5pp | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 93.3% | 4th | +6.4pp | 18th | 2% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 93.0% | 5th | +6.1pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 94.0% | 2nd | +5.5pp | 20th | 3% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 94.5% | 1st | +3.9pp | 21st | 4% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.52 then, 0.52 now; margin ±0.01).
| 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 | |||||
| Atlanta, GA | 0.56 | 21st | -0.024 | 1st | 16% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 0.43 | 1st | -0.017 | 2nd | 10% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 0.45 | 2nd | -0.016 | 3rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 0.52 | 18th | -0.010 | 4th | 8% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 0.46 | 4th | -0.009 | 5th | 4% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 0.48 | 10th | -0.008 | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 0.53 | 20th | -0.008 | 7th | 11% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 0.51 | 16th | -0.006 | 8th | 6% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 0.47 | 5th | -0.004 | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 0.47 | 6th | -0.004 | 10th | 2% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 0.47 | 7th | -0.003 | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 0.48 | 12th | -0.000 | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 0.49 | 15th | -0.000 | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 0.46 | 3rd | +0.001 | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 0.52 | 19th | +0.002 | 15th | 9% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 0.51 | 17th | +0.002 | 16th | 7% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 0.49 | 14th | +0.004 | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 0.48 | 11th | +0.005 | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 0.48 | 9th | +0.005 | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 0.48 | 8th | +0.011 | 20th | 1% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 0.48 | 13th | +0.011 | 21st | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
SNAP fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 22.5% to 20.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 11 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 8.7% | 4th | -3.5pp | 1st | 40% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.1% | 2nd | -1.9pp | 2nd | 44% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 11.8% | 6th | -2.5pp | 3rd | 18% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 10.5% | 5th | -2.2pp | 4th | 27% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 14.5% | 10th | -2.1pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 7.5% | 1st | -1.0pp | 6th | 48% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 14.3% | 9th | -1.6pp | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 16.2% | 13th | -1.7pp | 8th | 12% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 20.4% | 17th | -2.1pp | 9th | 41% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 8.3% | 3rd | -0.7pp | 10th | 43% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 13.2% | 7th | -0.6pp | 11th | 8% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 38.0% | 21st | -1.7pp | 12th | 163% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 19.1% | 16th | -0.7pp | 13th | 32% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 23.6% | 19th | -0.9pp | 14th | 63% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 14.5% | 11th | -0.3pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 27.5% | 20th | -0.2pp | 16th | 90% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 23.0% | 18th | -0.0pp | 17th | 59% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 18.6% | 15th | +0.2pp | 18th | 29% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 13.7% | 8th | +0.5pp | 19th | 5% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 17.3% | 14th | +2.2pp | 20th | 19% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 14.7% | 12th | +2.2pp | 21st | 1% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee ref | $338,769 (Jun 26) | +0.5% | ||||
| United States ref | $372,995 (Jun 26) | +0.8% | ||||
| Milwaukee, WI | $231,388 (Jun 26) | 15th | +3.4% | 1st | 40% below peers | |
| El Paso, TX | $237,834 (Jun 26) | 14th | +1.7% | 2nd | 39% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $257,356 (Jun 26) | 13th | +1.2% | 3rd | 34% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | $350,091 (Jun 26) | 11th | +1.1% | 4th | 10% below peers | |
| Fresno, CA | $392,929 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.3% | 5th | 1% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $209,490 (Jun 26) | 16th | -0.3% | 6th | 46% below peers | |
| Portland, OR | $540,296 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.4% | 7th | 40% above peers | |
| Boston, MA | $788,881 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -1.3% | 8th | 104% above peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $434,616 (Jun 26) | 7th | -1.4% | 9th | 12% above peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $482,968 (Jun 26) | 6th | -1.9% | 10th | 25% above peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | $325,520 (Jun 26) | 12th | -2.2% | 11th | 16% below peers | |
| Seattle, WA | $856,052 (Jun 26) | 1st | -2.2% | 12th | 121% above peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | $192,669 (Jun 26) | 17th | -2.3% | 13th | 50% below peers | |
| Washington, DC | $579,159 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -2.3% | 14th | 50% above peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $387,146 (Jun 26) | 10th | -2.9% | 15th | on par with peers | |
| Memphis, TN | $146,746 (Jun 26) | 18th | -3.0% | 16th | 62% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | $425,535 (Jun 26) | 8th | -3.1% | 17th | 10% above peers | |
| Denver, CO | $538,992 (Jun 26) | 5th | -3.4% | 18th | 39% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | $77,245 (Jun 26) | 19th | -5.1% | 19th | 80% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes fell about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee ref | $194,499 (Jun 26) | +2.5% | ||||
| United States ref | $202,486 (Jun 26) | +2.0% | ||||
| Milwaukee, WI | $144,456 (Jun 26) | 14th | +4.3% | 1st | 47% below peers | |
| El Paso, TX | $183,250 (Jun 26) | 13th | +2.6% | 2nd | 33% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | $274,422 (Jun 26) | 10th | +1.5% | 3rd | on par with peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $139,666 (Jun 26) | 15th | +1.0% | 4th | 49% below peers | |
| Boston, MA | $561,002 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.4% | 5th | 104% above peers | |
| Fresno, CA | $286,878 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.3% | 6th | 5% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $127,849 (Jun 26) | 16th | -0.4% | 7th | 53% below peers | |
| Portland, OR | $386,922 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -0.7% | 8th | 41% above peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $381,254 (Jun 26) | 4th | -1.0% | 9th | 39% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | $48,796 (Jun 26) | 19th | -1.2% | 10th | 82% below peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $327,568 (Jun 26) | 7th | -2.0% | 11th | 19% above peers | |
| Seattle, WA | $564,373 (Jun 26) | 1st | -2.4% | 12th | 106% above peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | $102,427 (Jun 26) | 17th | -2.5% | 13th | 63% below peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | $246,249 (Jun 26) | 11th | -2.9% | 14th | 10% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | $302,053 (Jun 26) | 8th | -3.6% | 15th | 10% above peers | |
| Washington, DC | $342,193 (Jun 26) | 6th | -3.9% | 16th | 25% above peers | |
| Memphis, TN | $79,379 (Jun 26) | 18th | -4.2% | 17th | 71% below peers | |
| Denver, CO | $360,685 (Jun 26) | 5th | -4.5% | 18th | 31% above peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $218,341 (Jun 26) | 12th | -6.2% | 19th | 20% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Homeownership fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 46.6% to 44.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 4 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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% | ||||||
| Las Vegas, NV | 56.6% | 6th | +3.9pp | 1st | 10% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 50.1% | 13th | +3.4pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 46.4% | 16th | +2.9pp | 3rd | 10% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 51.7% | 11th | +3.2pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 50.4% | 12th | +3.1pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 64.4% | 1st | +3.3pp | 6th | 25% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 55.4% | 7th | +2.1pp | 7th | 7% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 61.8% | 2nd | +2.1pp | 8th | 20% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 60.8% | 3rd | +1.9pp | 9th | 18% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 51.9% | 10th | +1.2pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 35.7% | 21st | +0.7pp | 11th | 31% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 41.8% | 19th | +0.4pp | 12th | 19% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 60.7% | 4th | +0.6pp | 13th | 17% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 47.5% | 15th | +0.0pp | 14th | 8% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 41.5% | 20th | -0.1pp | 15th | 20% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 58.5% | 5th | -0.4pp | 16th | 13% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 48.8% | 14th | -1.1pp | 17th | 6% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 52.0% | 9th | -1.4pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 52.4% | 8th | -1.5pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 44.9% | 17th | -1.7pp | 20th | 13% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 43.7% | 18th | -2.0pp | 21st | 15% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Milwaukee, WI | $1,469 (Jun 26) | 14th | +4.6% | 1st | 15% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $1,444 (Jun 26) | 15th | +3.9% | 2nd | 16% below peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $1,298 (Jun 26) | 18th | +3.2% | 3rd | 25% below peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $1,911 (Jun 26) | 6th | +3.2% | 4th | 11% above peers | |
| Fresno, CA | $1,954 (Jun 26) | 5th | +3.1% | 5th | 14% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | $1,356 (Jun 26) | 17th | +3.0% | 6th | 21% below peers | |
| Boston, MA | $3,469 (Jun 26) | 1st | +2.9% | 7th | 102% above peers | |
| El Paso, TX | $1,521 (Jun 26) | 12th | +2.6% | 8th | 12% below peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | $1,799 (Jun 26) | 8th | +2.4% | 9th | 5% above peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $2,071 (Jun 26) | 4th | +1.3% | 10th | 20% above peers | |
| Portland, OR | $1,721 (Jun 26) | 10th | +0.9% | 11th | on par with peers | |
| Memphis, TN | $1,280 (Jun 26) | 19th | +0.8% | 12th | 26% below peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | $1,425 (Jun 26) | 16th | +0.8% | 13th | 17% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | $1,486 (Jun 26) | 13th | +0.8% | 14th | 14% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | $1,722 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.5% | 15th | on par with peers | |
| Seattle, WA | $2,224 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +0.4% | 16th | 29% above peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $1,549 (Jun 26) | 11th | -0.3% | 17th | 10% below peers | |
| Washington, DC | $2,532 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -0.9% | 18th | 47% above peers | |
| Denver, CO | $1,877 (Jun 26) | 7th | -1.4% | 19th | 9% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.4% then, 41.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Milwaukee, WI | 40.3% | 15th | -1.5pp | 1st | 5% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 42.5% | 20th | -0.8pp | 2nd | 10% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 33.5% | 4th | -0.6pp | 3rd | 13% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 43.5% | 21st | -0.7pp | 4th | 13% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 34.5% | 6th | -0.5pp | 5th | 10% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 42.5% | 19th | -0.4pp | 6th | 10% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 36.1% | 8th | -0.2pp | 7th | 6% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 33.2% | 3rd | +0.4pp | 8th | 14% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 38.7% | 12th | +0.6pp | 9th | 1% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 36.1% | 9th | +0.7pp | 10th | 6% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 38.5% | 11th | +0.8pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 39.9% | 14th | +1.1pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 41.8% | 18th | +1.4pp | 13th | 9% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 41.4% | 16th | +1.4pp | 14th | 8% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 30.7% | 1st | +1.2pp | 15th | 20% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 38.8% | 13th | +1.5pp | 16th | 1% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 41.7% | 17th | +2.2pp | 17th | 8% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 36.0% | 7th | +2.2pp | 18th | 7% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 33.9% | 5th | +2.1pp | 19th | 12% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 31.5% | 2nd | +2.4pp | 20th | 18% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 36.9% | 10th | +3.8pp | 21st | 4% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
No vehicle fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.6% to 10.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 10 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Fresno, CA | 8.2% | 6th | -2.3pp | 1st | 19% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 5.2% | 1st | -1.2pp | 2nd | 49% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 20.1% | 18th | -3.6pp | 3rd | 99% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 9.0% | 9th | -1.3pp | 4th | 11% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 10.1% | 11th | -1.5pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 8.9% | 8th | -1.1pp | 6th | 12% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 10.3% | 12th | -1.3pp | 7th | 2% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 14.2% | 15th | -1.6pp | 8th | 40% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 9.7% | 10th | -0.9pp | 9th | 5% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 26.7% | 19th | -2.2pp | 10th | 164% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 16.2% | 16th | -1.2pp | 11th | 60% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 7.1% | 5th | -0.4pp | 12th | 30% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 13.7% | 14th | -0.5pp | 13th | 36% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 7.0% | 4th | -0.2pp | 14th | 31% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 33.2% | 20th | -1.0pp | 15th | 229% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 8.4% | 7th | -0.2pp | 16th | 17% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 6.7% | 3rd | -0.0pp | 17th | 34% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 36.0% | 21st | +0.1pp | 18th | 256% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 10.3% | 13th | +0.5pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 19.0% | 17th | +1.2pp | 20th | 88% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 6.5% | 2nd | +0.4pp | 21st | 36% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Uninsured rose 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.5% to 14.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 5 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee ref | 9.7% | +0.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.2% | -0.4pp | |||||
| Fresno, CA | 6.0% | 8th | -2.1pp | 1st | 32% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 5.2% | 4th | -1.2pp | 2nd | 42% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.9% | 1st | -0.6pp | 3rd | 68% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 10.5% | 15th | -1.7pp | 4th | 18% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 7.4% | 9th | -1.0pp | 5th | 18% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 5.9% | 6th | -0.6pp | 6th | 34% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 5.3% | 5th | -0.5pp | 7th | 40% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 10.3% | 14th | -0.8pp | 8th | 15% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 10.9% | 16th | -0.8pp | 9th | 22% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 13.5% | 19th | -0.8pp | 10th | 51% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 8.9% | 11th | -0.3pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 9.0% | 12th | -0.2pp | 12th | 1% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 9.9% | 13th | -0.2pp | 13th | 11% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 3.6% | 2nd | -0.0pp | 14th | 60% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 4.2% | 3rd | +0.0pp | 15th | 54% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 12.7% | 17th | +0.7pp | 16th | 42% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 14.5% | 20th | +1.0pp | 17th | 62% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 20.1% | 21st | +1.5pp | 18th | 125% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 8.5% | 10th | +0.7pp | 19th | 5% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 13.2% | 18th | +1.1pp | 20th | 48% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 5.9% | 7th | +0.6pp | 21st | 34% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee ref | 37.9% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Denver, CO | 23.2% | 1st | 33% below peers | |
| Seattle, WA | 23.4% | 2nd | 33% below peers | |
| Washington, DC | 25.5% | 3rd | 27% below peers | |
| Boston, MA | 27.3% | 4th | 21% below peers | |
| Portland, OR | 28.2% | 5th | 19% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | 28.4% | 6th | 18% below peers | |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 31.8% | 7th | 8% below peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | 32.5% | 8th | 6% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | 33.9% | 9th | 2% below peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | 33.9% | 10th | 2% below peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | 34.7% | 11th | on par with peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | 34.8% | 12th | on par with peers | |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 36.1% | 13th | 4% above peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | 37.9% | 14th | 9% above peers | |
| Fresno, CA | 38.7% | 15th | 12% above peers | |
| El Paso, TX | 39.5% | 16th | 14% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 39.8% | 17th | 15% above peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | 40.0% | 18th | 15% above peers | |
| Milwaukee, WI | 43.4% | 19th | 25% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | 45.0% | 20th | 30% above peers | |
| Memphis, TN | 45.1% | 21st | 30% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Child uninsured rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.3% to 8.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 11 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Portland, OR | 1.9% | 1st | -0.9pp | 1st | 66% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.3% | 17th | -1.7pp | 2nd | 45% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 2.8% | 6th | -0.4pp | 3rd | 51% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 2.5% | 4th | -0.2pp | 4th | 56% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 7.8% | 14th | -0.2pp | 5th | 38% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 3.3% | 8th | +0.0pp | 6th | 41% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8.0% | 15th | +0.9pp | 7th | 41% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 4.6% | 10th | +0.6pp | 8th | 19% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 5.8% | 12th | +0.9pp | 9th | 2% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 11.2% | 21st | +2.1pp | 10th | 97% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 8.1% | 16th | +1.5pp | 11th | 43% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 9.6% | 19th | +2.4pp | 12th | 70% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 5.7% | 11th | +1.5pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 8.7% | 18th | +2.4pp | 14th | 53% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 1.9% | 2nd | +0.5pp | 15th | 66% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 3.1% | 7th | +0.9pp | 16th | 46% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 2.8% | 5th | +0.8pp | 17th | 51% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 3.9% | 9th | +1.1pp | 18th | 32% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 10.6% | 20th | +3.7pp | 19th | 86% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.0% | 3rd | +0.7pp | 20th | 64% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 5.9% | 13th | +2.5pp | 21st | 4% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.2% to 28.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 20 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Mesa, AZ | 32.5% | 14th | +5.1pp | 1st | 10% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 18.1% | 21st | +2.8pp | 2nd | 50% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 48.0% | 7th | +6.9pp | 3rd | 33% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 25.5% | 20th | +3.6pp | 4th | 29% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 59.2% | 3rd | +7.4pp | 5th | 64% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 56.5% | 4th | +7.1pp | 6th | 56% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 31.1% | 15th | +3.7pp | 7th | 14% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 34.7% | 12th | +4.1pp | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 36.1% | 11th | +4.2pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 33.8% | 13th | +3.9pp | 10th | 7% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 27.6% | 18th | +3.1pp | 11th | 23% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 28.1% | 16th | +3.1pp | 12th | 22% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 37.1% | 10th | +4.0pp | 13th | 3% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 27.4% | 19th | +2.8pp | 14th | 24% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 39.2% | 8th | +4.0pp | 15th | 9% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 54.9% | 5th | +5.2pp | 16th | 52% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 64.2% | 2nd | +5.7pp | 17th | 78% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 38.4% | 9th | +3.1pp | 18th | 6% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 28.0% | 17th | +1.9pp | 19th | 22% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 68.5% | 1st | +4.4pp | 20th | 89% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 53.8% | 6th | +3.3pp | 21st | 49% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.2% then, 39.9% now; margin ±5.6pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| El Paso, TX | 47.3% | 7th | +6.8pp | 1st | 19% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 39.9% | 11th | +2.7pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 65.1% | 3rd | +4.0pp | 3rd | 63% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 70.3% | 2nd | +1.0pp | 4th | 76% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 38.6% | 14th | +0.4pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 79.0% | 1st | +0.3pp | 6th | 98% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 62.2% | 4th | -0.9pp | 7th | 56% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 39.4% | 12th | -0.7pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 32.1% | 19th | -1.2pp | 9th | 20% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 42.2% | 9th | -2.4pp | 10th | 6% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 37.0% | 16th | -2.2pp | 11th | 7% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 52.5% | 6th | -3.2pp | 12th | 32% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 35.5% | 17th | -3.9pp | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 54.4% | 5th | -7.4pp | 14th | 36% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 38.7% | 13th | -5.9pp | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 32.7% | 18th | -5.9pp | 16th | 18% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 42.3% | 8th | -7.8pp | 17th | 6% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 38.0% | 15th | -8.4pp | 18th | 5% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 42.0% | 10th | -9.8pp | 19th | 5% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 31.9% | 20th | -9.6pp | 20th | 20% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 31.0% | 21st | -9.8pp | 21st | 22% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.3% then, 13.1% now; margin ±2.3pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Kansas City, MO | 5.7% | 5th | -3.3pp | 1st | 28% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 9.0% | 18th | -2.7pp | 2nd | 13% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 5.2% | 4th | -1.5pp | 3rd | 35% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 8.0% | 11th | -0.9pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 7.2% | 8th | -0.7pp | 5th | 10% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 4.5% | 3rd | -0.4pp | 6th | 43% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.9% | 1st | -0.2pp | 7th | 63% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 3.1% | 2nd | -0.2pp | 8th | 60% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 7.2% | 9th | -0.4pp | 9th | 9% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8.2% | 12th | -0.4pp | 10th | 3% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 8.4% | 13th | -0.4pp | 11th | 5% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 8.9% | 17th | -0.4pp | 12th | 12% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 7.3% | 10th | -0.0pp | 13th | 9% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.5% | 14th | +0.3pp | 14th | 7% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 5.7% | 7th | +0.3pp | 15th | 28% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 8.8% | 16th | +0.7pp | 16th | 11% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 8.5% | 15th | +0.7pp | 17th | 7% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 5.7% | 6th | +0.6pp | 18th | 28% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 13.1% | 20th | +1.8pp | 19th | 64% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 16.7% | 21st | +2.7pp | 20th | 109% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 11.9% | 19th | +2.2pp | 21st | 50% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population fell about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 651,932 to 618,980 - more than the combined survey margin (±106). 4 of the 20 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City, OK | 697,125 | 3rd | +8% | 1st | 10% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 528,706 | 18th | +6% | 2nd | 16% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 510,612 | 20th | +5% | 3rd | 19% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 754,195 | 1st | +4% | 4th | 19% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 660,400 | 8th | +4% | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 545,970 | 17th | +4% | 6th | 14% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 690,130 | 4th | +4% | 7th | 9% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 505,268 | 21st | +3% | 8th | 20% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 511,764 | 19th | +2% | 9th | 19% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 631,818 | 11th | +2% | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 718,877 | 2nd | +2% | 11th | 14% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 547,073 | 16th | +1% | 12th | 13% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 562,218 | 15th | +1% | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 680,130 | 6th | +0% | 14th | 8% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 641,165 | 9th | -1% | 15th | 1% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 681,294 | 5th | -2% | 16th | 8% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 666,442 | 7th | -3% | 17th | 5% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 566,973 | 14th | -5% | 18th | 10% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 618,980 | 12th | -5% | 19th | 2% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 638,530 | 10th | -5% | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 573,243 | 13th | -6% | 21st | 9% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.1% then, 59.9% now; margin ±2.7pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Portland, OR | 31.3% | 18th | +2.8pp | 1st | 23% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 36.9% | 15th | +2.8pp | 2nd | 9% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 42.2% | 9th | +2.4pp | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 61.4% | 2nd | +2.9pp | 4th | 51% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 37.6% | 14th | +1.6pp | 5th | 7% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 38.0% | 13th | +1.6pp | 6th | 6% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 40.5% | 11th | +0.6pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 30.9% | 19th | +0.3pp | 8th | 24% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 34.6% | 17th | +0.2pp | 9th | 15% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 59.9% | 3rd | -0.2pp | 10th | 48% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 67.1% | 1st | -1.0pp | 11th | 65% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 30.4% | 20th | -0.5pp | 12th | 25% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 36.3% | 16th | -0.9pp | 13th | 10% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 38.8% | 12th | -1.3pp | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 43.2% | 7th | -1.7pp | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 21.1% | 21st | -1.0pp | 16th | 48% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 45.3% | 6th | -2.3pp | 17th | 12% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 54.2% | 4th | -3.8pp | 18th | 34% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 40.9% | 10th | -3.3pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 42.6% | 8th | -3.9pp | 20th | 5% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 46.5% | 5th | -6.6pp | 21st | 15% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.5% then, 66.7% now; margin ±4.7pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Sacramento, CA | 71.9% | 7th | +7.6pp | 1st | 3% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 68.8% | 14th | +4.6pp | 2nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 65.0% | 16th | +3.6pp | 3rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 69.9% | 10th | +3.8pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 72.9% | 5th | +3.8pp | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 74.6% | 4th | +3.8pp | 6th | 7% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 63.5% | 17th | +1.6pp | 7th | 9% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 75.7% | 3rd | +1.7pp | 8th | 9% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 77.5% | 2nd | +1.4pp | 9th | 11% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 72.5% | 6th | +1.3pp | 10th | 4% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 78.6% | 1st | +0.9pp | 11th | 13% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 69.7% | 11th | +0.6pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 70.6% | 9th | +0.1pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 69.3% | 12th | -0.3pp | 14th | 1% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 71.9% | 8th | -0.3pp | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 66.7% | 15th | -1.8pp | 16th | 4% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 62.4% | 19th | -2.0pp | 17th | 11% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 58.5% | 21st | -2.2pp | 18th | 16% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 62.5% | 18th | -3.9pp | 19th | 10% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 69.0% | 13th | -4.6pp | 20th | 1% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 61.8% | 20th | -5.1pp | 21st | 11% below peers |