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Amarillo, TX
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201,885 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Amarillo, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$65,912
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$52,725 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
414 /100k
Mar 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
475 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
4,318 /100k
Mar 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
4,941 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
26.6%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
23.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
10.7%
2019-23
▼ 11%
relative change
12.1% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.2%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
80.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
15.3%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
16.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
59.7%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
60.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.9%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Amarillo, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
33.7%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
47.3% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.5%
May 2026
▲ 17%
relative change
3.0% a year earlier
Standing still Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
23.0%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
20.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.8%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
29.4% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
10.2%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
10.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.8%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
8.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
35.7%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
30.3% in 2019
Rising  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,278
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$1,219 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$127,064
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$121,602 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.0%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
27.0% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$211,834
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$205,267 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
201,885
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
198,955 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 15% over the 12 months ending March 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 68% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,041 in March 2026, down from 1,224 a year earlier.
1,041 per 100k
2018March 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
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%
Birmingham, AL 37 (May 26) 2nd -37.2% 1st 92% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 410 (May 26) 10th -37.1% 2nd 9% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 221 (May 26) 5th -30.6% 3rd 51% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 451 (Feb 26) 11th -29.2% 4th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 541 (May 26) 12th -18.3% 5th 20% above peers
Glendale, CA 232 (May 26) 6th -16.3% 6th 49% below peers
Mobile, AL 12 (May 26) 1st -16.3% 7th 97% below peers
Amarillo, TX 1,041 (Mar 26) 20th -15.0% 8th 131% above peers
Knoxville, TN 643 (May 26) 15th -13.5% 9th 43% above peers
Little Rock, AR 1,420 (May 26) 21st -12.3% 10th 215% above peers
McKinney, TX 105 (May 26) 4th -11.8% 11th 77% below peers
Akron, OH 847 (May 26) 18th -7.0% 12th 88% above peers
Oxnard, CA 549 (May 26) 13th -4.1% 13th 22% above peers
Brownsville, TX 395 (May 26) 9th -2.6% 14th 13% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 730 (May 26) 17th -2.1% 15th 62% above peers
Des Moines, IA 653 (May 26) 16th -1.1% 16th 45% above peers
Peoria, AZ 253 (Apr 26) 7th +2.8% 17th 44% below peers
Providence, RI 290 (Feb 26) 8th +2.9% 18th 36% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 892 (May 26) 19th +6.2% 19th 98% above peers
Worcester, MA 14th 38% above peers
Fontana, CA 3rd 89% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • North Charleston, SC down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fayetteville, NC down about 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • New Haven, CT down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 13% over the 12 months ending March 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 78% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4,318 in March 2026, down from 4,941 a year earlier.
4,318 per 100k
2018March 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
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%
Grand Prairie, TX 1,241 (May 26) 4th -45.2% 1st 39% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 1,732 (May 26) 9th -40.7% 2nd 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA 1,355 (May 26) 5th -29.6% 3rd 33% below peers
Rochester, NY 2,562 (May 26) 14th -25.3% 4th 26% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 2,882 (Feb 26) 16th -24.0% 5th 41% above peers
Knoxville, TN 2,037 (May 26) 11th -23.9% 6th on par with peers
Brownsville, TX 1,373 (May 26) 6th -23.3% 7th 33% below peers
Des Moines, IA 2,494 (May 26) 13th -18.8% 8th 22% above peers
Little Rock, AR 3,982 (May 26) 17th -16.8% 9th 95% above peers
Akron, OH 2,814 (May 26) 15th -14.1% 10th 38% above peers
Amarillo, TX 4,318 (Mar 26) 18th -12.6% 11th 112% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 4,415 (May 26) 19th -10.5% 12th 117% above peers
Fontana, CA 1,105 (May 26) 3rd -10.1% 13th 46% below peers
Providence, RI 1,544 (Feb 26) 7th -7.1% 14th 24% below peers
Glendale, CA 1,801 (May 26) 10th -6.5% 15th 12% below peers
McKinney, TX 696 (May 26) 1st -5.2% 16th 66% below peers
Peoria, AZ 1,074 (Apr 26) 2nd -5.2% 17th 47% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 2,263 (May 26) 12th -2.9% 18th 11% above peers
Worcester, MA 8th 24% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salem, OR down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 21% over the 12 months ending March 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 3% a year from 2020 to 2025, slower than 60% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 10 in March 2026, down from 13 a year earlier.
10 per 100k
2018March 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
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%
Glendale, CA 1 (May 26) 2nd -75.0% 1st 90% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 6 (May 26) 13th -68.3% 2nd 19% above peers
Providence, RI 2 (Feb 26) 4th -63.6% 3rd 61% below peers
Brownsville, TX 1 (May 26) 1st -49.8% 4th 90% below peers
Rochester, NY 9 (May 26) 16th -48.6% 5th 76% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5 (Feb 26) 12th -40.0% 6th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 37 (May 26) 21st -37.2% 7th 613% above peers
Little Rock, AR 15 (May 26) 20th -31.8% 8th 179% above peers
Oxnard, CA 2 (May 26) 3rd -25.0% 9th 71% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10 (Mar 26) 17th -21.5% 10th 97% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 2 (May 26) 5th -20.7% 11th 55% below peers
Mobile, AL 12 (May 26) 18th -16.3% 12th 131% above peers
McKinney, TX 3 (May 26) 7th -11.3% 13th 35% below peers
Knoxville, TN 8 (May 26) 14th +14.2% 14th 52% above peers
Fontana, CA 5 (May 26) 11th +22.1% 15th 5% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 4 (May 26) 9th +25.0% 16th 14% below peers
Akron, OH 13 (May 26) 19th +38.8% 17th 152% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 8 (May 26) 15th +41.6% 18th 62% above peers
Des Moines, IA 5 (May 26) 10th +66.7% 19th 10% below peers
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) 6th +199.9% 20th 43% below peers
Worcester, MA 8th 19% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 75% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 25% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lee's Summit, MO down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2022-2026
  • Lynn, MA down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 13% over the 12 months ending March 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 11% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 89% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 414 in March 2026, down from 475 a year earlier.
414 per 100k
2018March 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
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%
Grand Prairie, TX 168 (May 26) 6th -58.1% 1st 29% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 177 (May 26) 8th -50.2% 2nd 25% below peers
Brownsville, TX 168 (May 26) 7th -46.0% 3rd 29% below peers
Rochester, NY 637 (May 26) 19th -42.2% 4th 169% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 312 (Feb 26) 14th -42.1% 5th 32% above peers
Oxnard, CA 219 (May 26) 10th -41.2% 6th 8% below peers
Knoxville, TN 237 (May 26) 11th -33.6% 7th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 88 (Apr 26) 2nd -29.6% 8th 63% below peers
Glendale, CA 142 (May 26) 3rd -27.5% 9th 40% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 323 (May 26) 16th -24.8% 10th 36% above peers
Des Moines, IA 370 (May 26) 17th -23.7% 11th 56% above peers
Akron, OH 316 (May 26) 15th -21.4% 12th 33% above peers
Little Rock, AR 301 (May 26) 13th -19.3% 13th 27% above peers
Fontana, CA 206 (May 26) 9th -17.6% 14th 13% below peers
Providence, RI 166 (Feb 26) 5th -14.9% 15th 30% below peers
Amarillo, TX 414 (Mar 26) 18th -12.8% 16th 75% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 242 (May 26) 12th -11.2% 17th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 53 (May 26) 1st -5.3% 18th 78% below peers
Worcester, MA 4th 36% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Boulder, CO down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 53% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $52,725 to $65,912 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,847). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 40% from 2014 to 2024 ($47,053 to $65,912).
$65,912
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 16th +49% 1st on par with peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 14th +46% 2nd 3% above peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 4th +41% 3rd 51% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 7th +41% 4th 37% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 15th +38% 5th 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 20th +35% 6th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 28th +35% 7th 23% below peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 26th +34% 8th 21% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 8th +34% 9th 30% above peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 1st +33% 10th 82% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 11th 31% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 5th +32% 12th 41% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 11th +32% 13th 19% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 9th +31% 14th 23% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 25th +30% 15th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 21st +30% 16th 14% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 2nd +27% 17th 78% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 6th +27% 18th 41% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 12th +27% 19th 12% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 27th +27% 20th 21% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 23rd +26% 21st 16% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 22nd +25% 22nd 15% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 18th +25% 23rd 3% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 29th +24% 24th 29% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 13th +24% 25th 10% above peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 26th 32% below peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 17th +23% 27th 3% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 19th +22% 28th 8% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 3rd +21% 29th 54% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 10th +21% 30th 20% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 24th +18% 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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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4 of 57 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,473 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat from 2022 to 2025.

Essentially flat over this window.
Longer view: unemployment held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.5% in May 2026, up from 3.0% a year earlier.
3.5%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 4.3% (May 26) +0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Akron, OH 3.4% (May 26) 4th -1.9pp 1st 17% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.1% (May 26) 29th -1.3pp 2nd 73% above peers
Providence, RI 4.1% (May 26) 14th -1.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.6% (May 26) 22nd -0.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.0% (May 26) 23rd -0.4pp 5th 22% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.3% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Oxnard, CA 4.3% (May 26) 19th -0.3pp 7th 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 4.3% (May 26) 20th -0.3pp 8th 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.2% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.5% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 10th 15% below peers
Knoxville, TN 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 11th 32% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.2% (May 26) 25th -0.2pp 12th 27% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.3% (May 26) 26th -0.1pp 13th 29% above peers
Columbus, GA 3.9% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 14th 5% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.8% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 15th 56% below peers
Little Rock, AR 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 17th 17% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.6% (May 26) 8th +0.2pp 18th 12% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 19th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 3.5% (May 26) 7th +0.5pp 20th 15% below peers
McKinney, TX 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.5pp 21st 2% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 22nd 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 5.0% (May 26) 24th +0.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Yonkers, NY 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 4.0% (May 26) 13th +0.9pp 25th 2% below peers
Mobile, AL 4.2% (May 26) 18th +0.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 3.7% (May 26) 9th +0.9pp 27th 10% below peers
Rochester, NY 5.7% (May 26) 28th +1.0pp 28th 39% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.3% (May 26) 27th +1.2pp 29th 29% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.9% then, 15.6% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.9% to 15.6%).
15.6%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 12.0%
Fontana, CA 9.9% 6th -3.0pp 1st 40% below peers
Oxnard, CA 10.9% 8th -2.7pp 2nd 33% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.1% 7th -2.5pp 3rd 38% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.4% 29th -5.6pp 4th 43% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.6% 9th -2.8pp 5th 29% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.1% 12th -3.1pp 6th 20% below peers
Providence, RI 19.2% 23rd -4.3pp 7th 17% above peers
McKinney, TX 5.6% 2nd -1.2pp 8th 66% below peers
Knoxville, TN 19.2% 24th -4.1pp 9th 17% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.4% 17th -3.3pp 10th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 19.1% 22nd -2.8pp 11th 17% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 27th -3.1pp 12th 32% above peers
Mobile, AL 17.8% 19th -2.3pp 13th 9% above peers
Rochester, NY 26.8% 31st -3.3pp 14th 64% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 16.4% 16th -1.6pp 15th on par with peers
Yonkers, NY 13.7% 13th -1.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 18.5% 21st -1.4pp 17th 13% above peers
Des Moines, IA 14.6% 14th -1.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.4% 5th -0.7pp 19th 43% below peers
Birmingham, AL 23.6% 30th -1.4pp 20th 44% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.1% 25th -1.2pp 21st 23% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.8% 11th -0.6pp 22nd 22% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.2pp 23rd 53% below peers
Worcester, MA 18.2% 20th -0.3pp 24th 12% above peers
Akron, OH 22.8% 28th -0.0pp 25th 39% above peers
Montgomery, AL 20.6% 26th +0.7pp 26th 26% above peers
Little Rock, AR 17.1% 18th +0.7pp 27th 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.6% 15th +0.7pp 28th 5% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.0% 10th +0.8pp 29th 27% below peers
Peoria, AZ 8.3% 4th +0.9pp 30th 49% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.2% to 23.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. None of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.5% to 23.0%).
23.0%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 7th -7.2pp 1st 43% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 6th -6.5pp 2nd 48% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 8th -5.7pp 3rd 41% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 19th -9.1pp 4th 4% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 26th -10.4pp 5th 34% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 2nd -1.8pp 6th 71% below peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 11th -4.5pp 7th 26% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 17th -5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 24th -6.8pp 9th 22% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 10th -3.9pp 10th 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 3rd -1.8pp 11th 64% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 23rd -5.7pp 12th 20% above peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 18th -3.7pp 13th 1% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 13th -2.9pp 14th 17% below peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 15th 80% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 27th -4.8pp 16th 36% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 20th -3.5pp 17th 7% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 9th -2.0pp 18th 39% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 14th -2.8pp 19th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 21st -3.2pp 20th 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 5th -0.9pp 21st 48% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 25th -2.1pp 22nd 27% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 23rd 78% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 15th -1.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 29th -1.3pp 25th 52% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 30th -0.4pp 26th 76% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 28th +0.1pp 27th 41% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 12th +0.6pp 28th 23% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 4th +0.6pp 29th 60% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 22nd +3.2pp 30th 17% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 16th +2.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp 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 →

Broadband rose 8.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.4% to 89.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 14.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (75.1% to 89.2%).
89.2%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 30th +32.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 28th +15.0pp 2nd 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 27th +14.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 25th +12.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 26th +11.5pp 5th 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 12th +12.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 14th +11.5pp 7th on par with peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 24th +11.0pp 8th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 29th +10.5pp 9th 5% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 22nd +10.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 19th +10.9pp 11th 1% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 21st +10.6pp 12th 1% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 9th +10.9pp 13th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 15th +10.6pp 14th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 20th +9.8pp 15th 1% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 1st +10.4pp 16th 6% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 10th +9.6pp 17th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 23rd +8.8pp 18th 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 11th +9.1pp 19th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 20th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 18th +7.8pp 21st 1% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 16th +7.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 13th +6.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 7th +7.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +6.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 8th +5.5pp 26th 3% above peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 4th +5.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 5th +4.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 6th +4.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 17th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 2nd +2.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.46 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.48).
0.48
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 8% above peers
Akron, OH 0.46 15th -0.026 2nd 2% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 18th -0.020 3rd 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 6th -0.017 4th 7% below peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 5th 18% below peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 19th -0.015 6th 3% above peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 24th -0.012 7th 6% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 16th -0.011 8th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 21st -0.010 9th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 8th -0.008 10th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 22nd -0.007 11th 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 10th -0.006 12th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 31st -0.007 13th 13% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 7th -0.005 14th 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 25th -0.004 15th 7% above peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 23rd -0.003 16th 6% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 17th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 13th +0.000 18th 4% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 26th +0.002 19th 8% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 20th 13% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 21st 10% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 22nd 9% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 30th +0.009 23rd 10% above peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 5th +0.009 24th 10% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 14th +0.010 25th 3% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 11th +0.010 26th 5% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 12th +0.011 27th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 20th +0.014 28th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 4th +0.013 29th 12% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 17th +0.017 30th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 9th +0.025 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 12.1% to 10.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.0% to 10.7%).
10.7%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 14th -4.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 60% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 28th -7.4pp 3rd 56% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 88% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 7th -2.5pp 5th 44% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 16th -4.4pp 6th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 15th -3.5pp 7th 5% below peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 2nd -0.4pp 8th 84% below peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 17th -2.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 6th -1.1pp 10th 46% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 9th -1.3pp 11th 34% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 31st -3.5pp 12th 93% above peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 25th -1.6pp 13th 34% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 10th -0.9pp 14th 23% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 18th -0.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 19% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 23rd -0.1pp 17th 30% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 27th -0.1pp 18th 55% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 5th +0.0pp 19th 57% below peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 11th +0.3pp 20th 13% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 26th +1.1pp 21st 53% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 30th +1.9pp 22nd 80% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 24th +1.6pp 23rd 34% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 12th +1.2pp 24th 13% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 8th +1.1pp 25th 34% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 19th +2.0pp 26th 15% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 21st +2.2pp 27th 19% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 13th +1.7pp 28th 11% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 29th +4.7pp 29th 66% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 30th 65% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 20th +10.5pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $211,834 in June 2026, up from $205,267 a year earlier.
$211,834
2009June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $302,999 (Jun 26) -1.9%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Yonkers, NY $702,854 (Jun 26) 4th +6.1% 1st 109% above peers
Overland Park, KS $493,605 (Jun 26) 9th +5.5% 2nd 47% above peers
Rochester, NY $252,192 (Jun 26) 19th +4.3% 3rd 25% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $1,369,864 (Jun 26) 1st +4.2% 4th 308% above peers
Akron, OH $144,687 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 5th 57% below peers
Little Rock, AR $222,779 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 6th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,834 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.2% 7th 37% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $313,551 (Jun 26) 17th +2.8% 8th 7% below peers
Montgomery, AL $153,885 (Jun 26) 27th +2.4% 9th 54% below peers
Columbus, GA $177,244 (Jun 26) 26th +2.3% 10th 47% below peers
Brownsville, TX $196,964 (Jun 26) 25th +2.2% 11th 41% below peers
Providence, RI $438,893 (Jun 26) 13th +2.0% 12th 31% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $580,299 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 13th 73% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $336,151 (Jun 26) 15th +1.4% 14th on par with peers
Worcester, MA $443,387 (Jun 26) 12th +1.2% 15th 32% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $298,194 (Jun 26) 18th +1.1% 16th 11% below peers
Knoxville, TN $376,648 (Jun 26) 14th +1.0% 17th 12% above peers
Glendale, CA $1,197,774 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 18th 256% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $227,387 (Jun 26) 20th +0.1% 19th 32% below peers
Des Moines, IA $213,036 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.1% 20th 37% below peers
Oxnard, CA $765,564 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 21st 128% above peers
Vancouver, WA $511,271 (Jun 26) 8th -0.5% 22nd 52% above peers
Fontana, CA $639,380 (Jun 26) 5th -0.6% 23rd 90% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $553,116 (Jun 26) 7th -0.6% 24th 65% above peers
Mobile, AL $199,106 (Jun 26) 24th -1.1% 25th 41% below peers
Peoria, AZ $486,091 (Jun 26) 10th -1.3% 26th 45% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $319,091 (Jun 26) 16th -1.7% 27th 5% below peers
Birmingham, AL $139,502 (Jun 26) 29th -2.2% 28th 59% below peers
McKinney, TX $482,599 (Jun 26) 11th -6.7% 29th 44% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $127,064 in June 2026, up from $121,602 a year earlier.
$127,064
2009June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $185,570 (Jun 26) -0.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Yonkers, NY $355,502 (Jun 26) 10th +6.6% 1st 45% above peers
Overland Park, KS $341,186 (Jun 26) 13th +5.9% 2nd 39% above peers
Little Rock, AR $118,393 (Jun 26) 24th +5.9% 3rd 52% below peers
Montgomery, AL $69,404 (Jun 26) 28th +4.9% 4th 72% below peers
Amarillo, TX $127,064 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.5% 5th 48% below peers
Akron, OH $92,045 (Jun 26) 27th +4.3% 6th 63% below peers
Rochester, NY $165,884 (Jun 26) 19th +3.8% 7th 32% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $932,527 (Jun 26) 1st +3.7% 8th 280% above peers
Brownsville, TX $131,535 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.2% 9th 46% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $234,470 (Jun 26) 17th +2.7% 10th 4% below peers
Providence, RI $354,879 (Jun 26) 11th +2.6% 11th 45% above peers
Worcester, MA $350,386 (Jun 26) 12th +2.2% 12th 43% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $158,963 (Jun 26) 20th +1.5% 13th 35% below peers
Knoxville, TN $255,108 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 14th 4% above peers
Oxnard, CA $647,757 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.3% 15th 164% above peers
Birmingham, AL $64,767 (Jun 26) 29th +1.1% 16th 74% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $183,939 (Jun 26) 18th +1.0% 17th 25% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $245,487 (Jun 26) 15th +0.8% 18th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA $495,598 (Jun 26) 5th +0.3% 19th 102% above peers
Fontana, CA $548,361 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 20th 123% above peers
Des Moines, IA $156,486 (Jun 26) 21st +0.2% 21st 36% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $408,629 (Jun 26) 7th +0.1% 22nd 66% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,933 (Jun 26) 26th -0.1% 23rd 62% below peers
Mobile, AL $94,833 (Jun 26) 25th -0.2% 24th 61% below peers
Glendale, CA $743,964 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.7% 25th 203% above peers
Vancouver, WA $416,145 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 26th 70% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $242,614 (Jun 26) 16th -1.4% 27th 1% below peers
Peoria, AZ $368,292 (Jun 26) 8th -1.8% 28th 50% above peers
McKinney, TX $365,773 (Jun 26) 9th -6.1% 29th 49% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.5% then, 59.7% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.3% to 59.7%).
59.7%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Providence, RI 41.4% 28th +5.3pp 1st 23% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 22nd +3.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 34% below peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 18th +2.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 30th +1.7pp 5th 29% below peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 27th +1.5pp 6th 20% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 17th +1.7pp 7th 3% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 4th +1.6pp 8th 18% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 9th 42% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 12th +1.2pp 10th 2% above peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 2nd +1.3pp 11th 25% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 23rd +0.8pp 12th 13% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 5th +1.0pp 13th 15% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 29th +0.6pp 14th 24% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 26th +0.6pp 15th 15% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 15th +0.7pp 16th 1% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 21st +0.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 7th +0.4pp 18th 13% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 24th +0.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 13th -0.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 8th -0.8pp 21st 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 9th -1.1pp 22nd 11% above peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 20th -0.9pp 23rd 5% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 11th -1.2pp 24th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 14th -1.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 19th -1.3pp 26th 5% below peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 3rd -2.0pp 27th 19% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 16th -1.8pp 28th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 6th -2.8pp 29th 13% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 25th -2.2pp 30th 14% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 10th -3.9pp 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,278 in June 2026, up from $1,219 a year earlier.
$1,278
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Brownsville, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 17th +5.5% 1st 4% below peers
Amarillo, TX $1,278 (Jun 26) 25th +4.8% 2nd 21% below peers
Akron, OH $1,130 (Jun 26) 28th +4.6% 3rd 31% below peers
Yonkers, NY $2,754 (Jun 26) 4th +3.9% 4th 69% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,327 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 5th 18% below peers
Providence, RI $2,293 (Jun 26) 7th +3.3% 6th 41% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,800 (Jun 26) 12th +3.2% 7th 11% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,532 (Jun 26) 18th +3.2% 8th 6% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,311 (Jun 26) 24th +3.1% 9th 19% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,627 (Jun 26) 15th +2.9% 10th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL $1,343 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 11th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,275 (Jun 26) 26th +2.8% 12th 22% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,401 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 13th 14% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,121 (Jun 26) 29th +2.7% 14th 31% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,364 (Jun 26) 6th +2.4% 15th 45% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,078 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 16th 89% above peers
Little Rock, AR $1,220 (Jun 26) 27th +2.3% 17th 25% below peers
Oxnard, CA $2,882 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 18th 77% above peers
Fontana, CA $3,042 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 19th 87% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,507 (Jun 26) 19th +1.5% 20th 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,629 (Jun 26) 14th +1.4% 21st on par with peers
Worcester, MA $2,164 (Jun 26) 8th +0.6% 22nd 33% above peers
Birmingham, AL $1,359 (Jun 26) 21st +0.5% 23rd 16% below peers
Vancouver, WA $1,818 (Jun 26) 11th +0.3% 24th 12% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,876 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 25th 15% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,735 (Jun 26) 13th +0.1% 26th 7% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,610 (Jun 26) 16th -0.3% 27th 1% below peers
Glendale, CA $2,732 (Jun 26) 5th -0.6% 28th 68% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,819 (Jun 26) 10th -1.6% 29th 12% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.4% to 31.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.3% to 31.8%).
31.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 19th -5.0pp 1st 3% above peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 8th -2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 3rd 12% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 23rd -1.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 4th -1.3pp 6th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 11th -1.5pp 7th 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 5th -0.9pp 8th 17% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 20th -1.1pp 9th 5% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 15th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 27th -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 30th -0.7pp 12th 19% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 13th 31% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 14th 17% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 9th -0.0pp 15th 14% below peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 16th 16% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 7th +0.2pp 17th 15% below peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 18th 41% above peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 19th 22% below peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 22nd +1.1pp 20th 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 18th +1.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 21st +1.4pp 22nd 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 14th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 12th +1.5pp 24th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 17th +1.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 10th +2.0pp 26th 6% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 29th +3.3pp 27th 18% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 6th +2.4pp 28th 15% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 13th +4.1pp 29th 2% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 30th 28% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 16th +8.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 5.9% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.4% to 5.9%).
5.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 12th -1.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 28th -2.8pp 2nd 100% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 14th -1.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 19th -1.3pp 4th 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 25th -1.7pp 5th 50% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 21st -1.4pp 6th 28% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 13th -0.9pp 7th 8% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 24th -0.8pp 8th 36% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 29th -1.3pp 9th 113% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 10th 191% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 11th 195% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 6th -0.3pp 12th 46% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 11th -0.2pp 13th 14% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 16th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 18th -0.1pp 15th 12% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 9th -0.0pp 16th 31% below peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 27th +0.3pp 17th 77% above peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 10th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 23rd +0.4pp 19th 35% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 22nd +0.4pp 20th 34% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 15th +0.3pp 21st 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 20th +0.6pp 22nd 25% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 26th +1.0pp 23rd 51% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 7th +0.4pp 24th 44% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 17th +0.9pp 25th 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.4pp 26th 56% below peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 27th 60% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 2nd +0.4pp 28th 58% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 4th +0.6pp 29th 52% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 5th +1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 8th +1.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.4% to 15.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 11 of the 30 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.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.8% to 15.3%).
15.3%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 16.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Glendale, CA 5.6% 5th -1.6pp 1st 34% below peers
McKinney, TX 8.1% 14th -2.1pp 2nd 4% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 27th -3.2pp 3rd 61% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.3% 20th -2.2pp 4th 22% above peers
Brownsville, TX 26.0% 31st -4.9pp 5th 206% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.1% 7th -1.3pp 6th 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 7th 46% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.2% 6th -1.0pp 8th 27% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.7% 18th -1.4pp 9th 14% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.9% 19th -1.0pp 10th 17% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.2% 24th -1.1pp 11th 32% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.7% 12th -0.6pp 12th 9% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.3% 28th -1.1pp 13th 80% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 17th -0.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 43% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 8.5% 16th -0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 7.5% 11th -0.3pp 17th 11% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.6% 22nd -0.3pp 18th 25% above peers
Providence, RI 7.3% 9th -0.2pp 19th 14% below peers
Akron, OH 8.4% 15th -0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.4% 30th -0.0pp 21st 117% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 29th +0.1pp 22nd 107% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.0% 13th +0.2pp 23rd 6% below peers
Birmingham, AL 12.6% 26th +0.4pp 24th 48% above peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 8th +0.3pp 25th 16% below peers
Montgomery, AL 10.8% 23rd +0.5pp 26th 27% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 4th +0.5pp 27th 35% below peers
Knoxville, TN 11.5% 25th +1.5pp 28th 36% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.4% 10th +1.1pp 29th 12% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.5% 21st +2.2pp 30th 23% above peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 1st +1.0pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

35.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Glendale, CA 24.3% 1st 34% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 2nd 31% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 3rd 17% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 4th 17% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 5th 16% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 6th 13% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 7th 13% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 8th 10% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 9th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 10th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 11th 5% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 12th 4% below peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 13th 4% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 14th 2% below peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 15th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 16th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 17th 1% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 18th 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 19th 3% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 20th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 21st 10% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 22nd 10% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 23rd 12% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 24th 14% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 25th 19% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 26th 20% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 27th 20% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 28th 22% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 29th 22% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 30th 24% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 30% 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 →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.3% then, 10.2% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.5% to 10.2%).
10.2%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 59% below peers
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 9th -2.5pp 2nd 21% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 54% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 7th -1.6pp 4th 27% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 27th -3.0pp 5th 89% above peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 6th 30% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 24th -1.6pp 7th 32% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 30th -3.3pp 8th 199% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 9th 36% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 20th -0.7pp 10th 7% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 21st -0.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 28th -0.1pp 12th 121% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 13th +0.1pp 13th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 8th +0.1pp 14th 23% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 29th +1.2pp 15th 152% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 12th +0.5pp 16th 12% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 14th +0.7pp 17th 3% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 23rd +0.9pp 18th 26% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 19th 202% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 18th +0.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 19th +1.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 10th +0.9pp 22nd 17% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 4th +0.7pp 23rd 42% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 11th +1.2pp 24th 15% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 17th +1.5pp 25th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 15th +1.8pp 26th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 22nd +2.3pp 27th 18% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 28th 83% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 16th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 25th +3.9pp 30th 76% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.7% to 26.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 29 of the 30 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.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.5% to 26.6%).
26.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 26th +5.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 21st +6.4pp 2nd 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 20th +4.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 28th +3.4pp 4th 34% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 19th +4.7pp 5th 6% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 6th +6.7pp 6th 46% above peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 12th +5.0pp 7th 9% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 5th +6.4pp 8th 51% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 13th +4.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 8th +5.2pp 10th 29% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 2nd +6.7pp 11th 67% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 12th 24% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 13th 63% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 18th +3.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 24th +3.0pp 15th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 22nd +3.0pp 16th 8% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 27th +2.3pp 17th 27% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 16th +3.1pp 18th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 3rd +4.9pp 19th 59% above peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 10th +3.4pp 20th 12% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 21st 45% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 17th +2.6pp 22nd 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 9th +2.9pp 23rd 18% above peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 29th +1.5pp 24th 40% below peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 7th +2.8pp 25th 38% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 14th +2.2pp 26th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 4th +3.2pp 27th 59% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 10% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 11th +2.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 1st +2.1pp 30th 97% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 15th +1.0pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 Worsening
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Preschool enrollment fell 13.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.3% to 33.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.5pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 7.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 33.7%).
33.7%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 6th +6.1pp 1st 32% above peers
McKinney, TX 62.0% 3rd +6.9pp 2nd 49% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 14th +5.0pp 3rd 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 27th +2.2pp 4th 33% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 19th +3.0pp 5th 9% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 6th 52% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 4th +4.2pp 7th 36% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 15th +2.1pp 8th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 11th +0.8pp 9th 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 5th +0.2pp 10th 34% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 13th -2.1pp 11th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 2nd -3.1pp 12th 49% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 16th -2.4pp 13th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 18th -2.5pp 14th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 17th -3.0pp 15th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 10th -3.6pp 16th 20% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 7th -5.6pp 17th 27% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 24th -4.1pp 18th 20% below peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 12th -6.6pp 19th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 30th -3.2pp 20th 42% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 22nd -6.3pp 21st 16% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 25th -6.0pp 22nd 21% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 29th -5.0pp 23rd 34% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 8th -13.6pp 24th 24% above peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 20th -10.1pp 25th 9% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 9th -16.5pp 26th 22% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 21st -12.6pp 27th 12% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 28th -9.9pp 28th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 23rd -13.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 31st -16.6pp 30th 46% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 26th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.8% then, 10.8% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 10.8%).
10.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 84% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 87% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 8th -3.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 17th -4.5pp 4th 10% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 5th 56% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 9th -2.9pp 6th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 12th -2.2pp 7th 13% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 18th -2.3pp 8th 13% above peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 5th -0.8pp 9th 38% below peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 10th -0.9pp 10th 19% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 21% above peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 24th -0.7pp 12th 27% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 23rd -0.4pp 13th 23% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 15th -0.3pp 14th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 25th -0.3pp 15th 29% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 4th +0.0pp 16th 49% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 29th +0.4pp 17th 81% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 6th +0.2pp 18th 36% below peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 21st +1.4pp 19th 18% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 27th +2.1pp 20th 36% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 19th +1.8pp 21st 13% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 16th +2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 20th +2.7pp 23rd 15% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 7th +1.7pp 24th 28% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 11th +2.3pp 25th 16% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 14th +2.9pp 26th 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 13th +2.9pp 27th 5% below peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 26th +4.4pp 28th 35% above peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 29th 101% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 28th +4.7pp 30th 38% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 87% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
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Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 198,955 to 201,885 - more than the combined survey margin (±85). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (194,930 to 201,885).
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 24th +17% 1st 2% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 5th +16% 2nd 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 17th +14% 3rd on par with peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 9th +12% 4th 3% above peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 25th +8% 5th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 28th +7% 6th 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 12th +7% 7th 1% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 15th +6% 8th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 8th +5% 9th 3% above peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 6th +5% 10th 4% above peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 19th +5% 11th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 27th +5% 12th 3% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 14th +5% 13th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 10th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 31st +4% 15th 6% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 20th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 11th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 16th +2% 18th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 3rd +2% 19th 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 1st +2% 20th 6% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 13th +1% 21st on par with peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 7th +1% 22nd 4% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 4th +0% 23rd 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 21st +0% 24th 1% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 23rd -1% 25th 2% below peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 2nd -1% 26th 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 26th -3% 27th 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 18th -3% 28th on par with peers
Akron, OH 189,247 30th -4% 29th 6% below peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 29th -5% 30th 5% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 22nd -7% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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.
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
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Children fell 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.0% to 26.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.1% to 26.0%).
26.0%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 24.1% -1.2pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Mobile, AL 22.2% 17th +1.1pp 1st 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 27th +0.8pp 2nd 19% below peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 11th +1.0pp 3rd 7% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 25th +0.8pp 4th 14% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 19th +0.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 13th +0.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 12th +0.2pp 7th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 9th +0.2pp 8th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 9th 20% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 10th 27% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 15th -0.3pp 11th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 10th -0.6pp 12th 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 14th -0.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 6th -0.9pp 14th 15% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 18th -1.0pp 15th 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 16th -1.0pp 16th on par with peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 3rd -1.4pp 17th 20% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 28th -0.9pp 18th 21% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 4th -1.5pp 19th 18% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 20th 8% below peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 8th -1.5pp 21st 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 26th -1.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 23rd 25% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 22nd -1.6pp 24th 9% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 21st -1.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 26th 14% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 29th -1.6pp 27th 23% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 5th -2.5pp 28th 15% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 24th -2.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 23rd -2.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 Rising
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Single-parent rose 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.3% to 35.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.1% to 35.7%).
35.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 17th +5.9pp 1st 1% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 20th +5.4pp 2nd 9% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 23rd +3.8pp 3rd 18% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 8th +5.2pp 4th 24% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 22nd +2.8pp 5th 14% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 21st +2.7pp 6th 10% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 27th +1.7pp 7th 35% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 25th +1.8pp 8th 29% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 5th +3.3pp 9th 41% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 7th +3.0pp 10th 29% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 3rd +3.2pp 11th 52% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 10th +2.0pp 12th 22% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 2nd +1.4pp 13th 71% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 4th +1.0pp 14th 51% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 28th +0.3pp 15th 42% below peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 19th -0.0pp 16th 7% below peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 31st -0.2pp 17th 55% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 14th -0.9pp 18th 11% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 6th -1.1pp 19th 35% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 20th 77% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 15th -1.1pp 21st 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 12th -1.3pp 22nd 13% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 9th -1.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 16th -2.2pp 24th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 30th -1.1pp 25th 54% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 26th 54% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 18th -2.3pp 27th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 24th -1.8pp 28th 25% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 13th -3.4pp 29th 11% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 26th -2.3pp 30th 30% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 11th -4.2pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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 ±3.4pp 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
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.8% then, 68.8% now; margin ±8.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.8% to 68.8%).
68.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 22nd +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 29th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 4th +7.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 28th +5.8pp 4th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 6th 19% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 10th +6.3pp 7th 4% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 15th +5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 23rd +5.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 18th +5.0pp 10th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 6th +4.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 7th +4.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 11th +3.6pp 13th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 3rd +2.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 16th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 8th +2.0pp 16th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 19th +1.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 20th +1.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 21st +0.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 17th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 26th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 9th -0.1pp 22nd 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 13th -0.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 14th -1.6pp 25th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 26th 8% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 27th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 12th -2.9pp 28th 2% above peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 27th -3.5pp 29th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 5th -7.0pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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 ±7.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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