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Brownsville, TX
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192,957 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 16 indicators

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

What needs attention 2 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 4% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is less than 1% lower than in 2021 (399 then, 398 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 443 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 377 in July 2026, down from 394 a year earlier.
Needs attention 377 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 16 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Glendale, CA 213 (Jul 26) -22.7% 1st
Cary, NC 60 (Jul 26) -19.7% 2nd
Salem, OR 376 (Jul 26) -19.6% 3rd
Clarksville, TN 317 (Jul 26) -19.5% 4th
Newport News, VA 634 (Jun 26) -18.4% 5th
Amarillo, TX 541 (Mar 26) -15.2% 6th
Chattanooga, TN 688 (Apr 26) -14.0% 7th
Knoxville, TN 621 (Jul 26) -12.9% 8th
Akron, OH 836 (Jun 26) -9.4% 9th
Oxnard, CA 540 (Jul 26) -6.2% 10th
Brownsville, TX 377 (Jul 26) -4.3% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 863 (Jul 26) -0.5% 12th
Tempe, AZ 419 (Jul 26) +0.5% 13th
Peoria, AZ 254 (Apr 26) +2.6% 14th
Providence, RI 301 (Jun 26) +7.7% 15th
Elk Grove, CA 175 (Jul 26) +8.4% 16th
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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 →
  • Charleston, SC down about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Garland, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,348 in July 2026, down from 1,749 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,348 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 17 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Clarksville, TN 951 (Jul 26) -35.0% 1st
Cary, NC 798 (Jul 26) -33.4% 2nd
Salem, OR 1,877 (Jul 26) -33.3% 3rd
Oxnard, CA 1,280 (Jul 26) -32.0% 4th
Rochester, NY 2,531 (Jun 26) -25.9% 5th
Brownsville, TX 1,348 (Jul 26) -22.9% 6th
Knoxville, TN 2,003 (Jul 26) -20.8% 7th
Newport News, VA 1,978 (Jun 26) -19.3% 8th
Akron, OH 2,777 (Jun 26) -14.3% 9th
Amarillo, TX 2,243 (Mar 26) -12.8% 10th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,142 (Jul 26) -10.3% 11th
Chattanooga, TN 3,202 (Jul 26) -8.2% 12th
Glendale, CA 1,743 (Jul 26) -8.0% 13th
Peoria, AZ 1,080 (Apr 26) -5.4% 14th
Providence, RI 1,525 (Jun 26) -4.7% 15th
Elk Grove, CA 1,187 (Jul 26) -1.4% 16th
Tempe, AZ 2,746 (Jul 26) -0.7% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 17% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% 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 fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 0 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 2 in the prior 12 months. That is 0 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 0 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Brownsville, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Cary, NC 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Glendale, CA 1 (Jul 26) -66.6% 3rd
Rochester, NY 9 (Jun 26) -50.0% 4th
Oxnard, CA 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 5th
Salem, OR 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 6th
Elk Grove, CA 2 (Jul 26) -40.0% 7th
Newport News, VA 8 (Jun 26) -39.1% 8th
Mobile, AL 14 (Jul 26) -34.1% 9th
Providence, RI 3 (Jun 26) -33.4% 10th
Birmingham, AL 35 (Jul 26) -29.9% 11th
Akron, OH 9 (Jun 26) -25.0% 12th
Amarillo, TX 5 (Mar 26) -21.6% 13th
Chattanooga, TN 8 (Apr 26) -11.3% 14th
Clarksville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +9.1% 15th
Grand Rapids, MI 7 (Jul 26) +25.2% 16th
Knoxville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +29.9% 17th
Tempe, AZ 6 (Jul 26) +83.2% 18th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +199.7% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Daly City, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Sterling Heights, MI
  • Boise, ID down about 75% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 147% higher than in 2021 (68 then, 167 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 372 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 23% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 167 in July 2026, down from 281 a year earlier.
Bright spot 167 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 17 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Clarksville, TN 91 (Jul 26) -52.9% 1st
Rochester, NY 630 (Jun 26) -42.9% 2nd
Newport News, VA 168 (Jun 26) -41.3% 3rd
Brownsville, TX 167 (Jul 26) -40.6% 4th
Salem, OR 207 (Jul 26) -40.3% 5th
Cary, NC 63 (Jul 26) -38.0% 6th
Oxnard, CA 225 (Jul 26) -35.4% 7th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.8% 8th
Chattanooga, TN 347 (Jul 26) -28.9% 9th
Knoxville, TN 227 (Jul 26) -28.4% 10th
Tempe, AZ 194 (Jul 26) -28.3% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 217 (Jul 26) -26.6% 12th
Glendale, CA 138 (Jul 26) -22.5% 13th
Elk Grove, CA 67 (Jul 26) -22.0% 14th
Akron, OH 316 (Jun 26) -19.3% 15th
Providence, RI 148 (Jun 26) -15.8% 16th
Amarillo, TX 215 (Mar 26) -13.0% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • College Station, TX down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Provo, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $38,588 to $52,130 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,964).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brownsville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 61% from 2014 to 2024 ($32,288 to $52,130).
Bright spot $52,130
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 17th +49% 1st 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 19th +42% 2nd 7% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 10th +40% 3rd 20% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 16th +38% 4th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 12th +37% 5th 15% above peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 8th +37% 6th 29% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 21st +35% 7th 15% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 28th +35% 8th 25% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 13th +35% 9th 9% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 10th 82% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 26th +34% 11th 22% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 9th +34% 12th 28% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 13th 32% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 5th +32% 14th 39% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 11th +32% 15th 18% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 14th +31% 16th 1% above peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 7th +31% 17th 35% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 25th +30% 18th 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 15th +29% 19th on par with peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 20th 95% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 21st 75% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 6th +27% 22nd 39% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 27th +27% 23rd 23% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 23rd +26% 24th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 22nd +25% 25th 16% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 18th +25% 26th 5% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 29th +24% 27th 30% below peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 28th 33% below peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 20th +23% 29th 14% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 4th +21% 30th 52% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 24th +18% 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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16 of 51 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 in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,503 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 1.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 7.4% in July 2026, down from 9.1% a year earlier.
Bright spot 7.4%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 4.5% (Jul 26) +0.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Akron, OH 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -1.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% (Jul 26) 28th -1.7pp 2nd 64% above peers
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -1.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.1pp 4th 13% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 4th -0.8pp 5th 13% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 6th 16% above peers
Ontario, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 7th 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 8th 24% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th -0.4pp 9th 20% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 10th 9% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 11th 16% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 12th 7% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
Cary, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 14th 33% below peers
Aurora, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 15th 2% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 16th 11% below peers
Salem, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 24th -0.2pp 17th 18% above peers
Newport News, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +0.1pp 18th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Tempe, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Rochester, NY 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 21st 36% above peers
Amarillo, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 5th +0.6pp 22nd 13% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.7pp 23rd 9% below peers
Birmingham, AL 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 25th 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th +0.8pp 27th 22% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 28th 4% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.3% to 23.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brownsville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 12.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.7% to 23.7%).
Bright spot 23.7%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 16th -4.0pp 1st on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 7th -2.5pp 2nd 35% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 8th -2.7pp 3rd 30% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 29th -5.6pp 4th 50% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 25th -4.8pp 5th 31% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 17th -3.5pp 6th 7% above peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 23rd -4.1pp 7th 28% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.5% 6th -1.9pp 8th 40% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 9th -2.1pp 9th 22% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 22nd -3.0pp 10th 27% above peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 19th -2.3pp 11th 16% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 31st -3.5pp 12th 76% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 14th -1.9pp 13th 5% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 28th -2.7pp 14th 50% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.4% 10th -1.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 20th -1.6pp 16th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 12th -1.2pp 17th 9% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 24th -1.2pp 18th 28% above peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 13th -0.8pp 19th 8% below peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 30th -1.2pp 20th 56% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.9% 11th -0.6pp 21st 18% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.3pp 22nd 51% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.0% 4th -0.1pp 23rd 50% below peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 27th -0.1pp 24th 48% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.6% 18th +0.2pp 25th 11% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 26th +0.9pp 26th 36% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.8% 15th +0.7pp 27th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 21st +1.5pp 28th 21% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 5th +0.9pp 29th 47% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 30th 64% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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16 of 51 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 10.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.1% to 30.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Brownsville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 17.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.4% to 30.7%).
Bright spot 30.7%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 6th -6.5pp 1st 48% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 18th -9.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 25th -10.4pp 3rd 34% above peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 7th -3.7pp 4th 44% below peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 13th -4.5pp 5th 26% below peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 11th -4.4pp 6th 27% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 17th -5.9pp 7th on par with peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 23rd -6.8pp 8th 22% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 3rd -1.8pp 9th 64% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 22nd -5.7pp 10th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 10th -3.2pp 11th 27% below peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 12th -2.9pp 12th 27% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 20th -4.1pp 13th 9% above peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 14th 80% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 26th -4.8pp 15th 36% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 8th -2.0pp 16th 39% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 15th -2.8pp 17th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 21st -3.2pp 18th 11% above peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 9th -2.0pp 19th 28% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 14th -1.9pp 20th 12% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 24th -2.1pp 21st 27% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 22nd 78% below peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 19th -1.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 29th -1.3pp 24th 52% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 30th -0.4pp 25th 76% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 28th +0.1pp 26th 41% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 5th +0.1pp 27th 60% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 2nd +0.1pp 28th 73% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 4th +0.6pp 29th 60% below peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 16th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 27th +4.6pp 31st 36% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 33.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.1% to 86.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brownsville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 36.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (49.1% to 86.1%).
Bright spot 86.1%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
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
Newport News, VA 91.7% 15th +15.1pp 4th 1% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 18th +12.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 25th +12.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 26th +11.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 21st +11.4pp 8th 2% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 24th +11.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 29th +10.5pp 10th 5% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 5th +11.5pp 11th 4% above peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 22nd +10.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 19th +10.9pp 13th 1% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 20th +10.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 10th +10.9pp 15th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 23rd +8.8pp 16th 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 13th +9.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 14th +8.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 19th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 17th +7.8pp 20th 1% below peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 8th +6.9pp 21st 3% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 4th +6.2pp 22nd 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 11th +5.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 7th +5.7pp 24th 3% above peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 9th +5.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 12th +5.0pp 26th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 6th +4.4pp 27th 4% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 28th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 16th +2.8pp 29th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 5% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Paterson, NJ up 20.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.50 to 0.47).
0.47
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 10% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 16% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 16th -0.026 3rd on par with peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 5th -0.019 4th 9% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 7th -0.017 5th 6% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 14th -0.017 6th 2% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 15% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 24th -0.012 8th 8% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 17th -0.011 9th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 21st -0.010 10th 7% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 31st -0.009 11th 17% above peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 22nd -0.007 12th 7% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 10th -0.006 13th 4% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 8th -0.005 14th 4% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 25th -0.004 15th 9% above peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 23rd -0.003 16th 7% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 12th -0.002 17th 3% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 26th -0.001 18th 10% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 18th +0.003 19th 4% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 20th 12% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 21st 11% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 22nd 10% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 30th +0.009 23rd 12% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 15th +0.008 24th 1% below peers
Cary, NC 0.43 6th +0.009 25th 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 11th +0.010 26th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 13th +0.011 27th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 20th +0.014 28th 7% above peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 19th +0.017 29th 4% above peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 4th +0.017 30th 11% below peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 9th +0.025 31st 4% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (27.3% then, 29.1% now; margin ±2.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (30.7% to 29.1%).
Needs attention 29.1%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 11th -4.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 15th -4.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 29th -7.4pp 3rd 65% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 87% below peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 7th -2.6pp 5th 32% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 4th -1.4pp 6th 61% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 17th -3.5pp 7th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 12th -2.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 18th -2.3pp 9th 8% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 8th -1.3pp 10th 30% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 31st -3.5pp 11th 103% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 2nd -0.3pp 12th 82% below peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 13th 42% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 10th -0.9pp 14th 19% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 19th -0.7pp 15th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 24th -0.1pp 17th 37% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 28th -0.1pp 18th 63% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 5th +0.0pp 19th 55% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 13th +0.1pp 20th 9% below peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 20th +0.1pp 21st 8% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 23rd +0.2pp 22nd 34% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 9th +0.2pp 23rd 19% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 16th +0.2pp 24th on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 14th +0.3pp 25th 8% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 27th +1.1pp 26th 61% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 30th +1.9pp 27th 89% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 25th +1.6pp 28th 41% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 63% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 6th +3.1pp 30th 42% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 21st +10.5pp 31st 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $199,327 in August 2026, up from $196,278 a year earlier.
Big move $199,327
2001August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $299,367 (Aug 26) -1.6%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Overland Park, KS $483,940 (Aug 26) 9th +5.5% 1st 31% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $1,351,762 (Aug 26) 1st +5.4% 2nd 265% above peers
Rochester, NY $247,040 (Aug 26) 21st +4.6% 3rd 33% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,528 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.0% 4th 43% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $307,094 (Aug 26) 18th +3.2% 5th 17% below peers
Aurora, IL $324,261 (Aug 26) 15th +3.2% 6th 13% below peers
Columbus, GA $175,951 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 7th 53% below peers
Newport News, VA $294,403 (Aug 26) 20th +2.9% 8th 21% below peers
Akron, OH $141,681 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 9th 62% below peers
Providence, RI $434,698 (Aug 26) 13th +2.3% 10th 17% above peers
Montgomery, AL $152,837 (Aug 26) 26th +2.1% 11th 59% below peers
Brownsville, TX $199,327 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 12th 46% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $294,444 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 13th 21% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,180,773 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 14th 219% above peers
Knoxville, TN $370,699 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 15th on par with peers
Oxnard, CA $759,573 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 16th 105% above peers
Salem, OR $435,095 (Aug 26) 12th +0.4% 17th 17% above peers
Clarksville, TN $319,419 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 18th 14% below peers
Vancouver, WA $501,696 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 19th 35% above peers
Ontario, CA $661,918 (Aug 26) 4th -0.4% 20th 79% above peers
Tempe, AZ $461,342 (Aug 26) 11th -0.6% 21st 24% above peers
Mobile, AL $198,189 (Aug 26) 24th -0.6% 22nd 47% below peers
Peoria, AZ $480,596 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 23rd 30% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $319,185 (Aug 26) 17th -1.2% 24th 14% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,473 (Aug 26) 7th -1.3% 25th 38% above peers
Cary, NC $619,636 (Aug 26) 6th -1.4% 26th 67% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $626,316 (Aug 26) 5th -2.0% 27th 69% above peers
Birmingham, AL $136,876 (Aug 26) 28th -2.3% 28th 63% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $135,515 in August 2026, up from $130,960 a year earlier.
Big move $135,515
2001August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $184,827 (Aug 26) -0.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Overland Park, KS $335,304 (Aug 26) 11th +5.7% 1st 35% above peers
Amarillo, TX $126,073 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 2nd 49% below peers
Aurora, IL $249,096 (Aug 26) 14th +4.8% 3rd on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA $919,906 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 4th 269% above peers
Montgomery, AL $67,882 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 5th 73% below peers
Rochester, NY $163,825 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 6th 34% below peers
Brownsville, TX $135,515 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.5% 7th 46% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $230,222 (Aug 26) 17th +3.3% 8th 8% below peers
Akron, OH $89,235 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 9th 64% below peers
Providence, RI $351,330 (Aug 26) 10th +2.9% 10th 41% above peers
Newport News, VA $209,825 (Aug 26) 18th +2.3% 11th 16% below peers
Oxnard, CA $642,182 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.0% 12th 158% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $181,951 (Aug 26) 20th +1.4% 13th 27% below peers
Columbus, GA $92,045 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 14th 63% below peers
Knoxville, TN $248,842 (Aug 26) 15th +1.1% 15th on par with peers
Mobile, AL $94,677 (Aug 26) 24th +1.0% 16th 62% below peers
Salem, OR $358,853 (Aug 26) 9th +0.4% 17th 44% above peers
Birmingham, AL $63,068 (Aug 26) 28th -0.1% 18th 75% below peers
Ontario, CA $535,254 (Aug 26) 4th -0.1% 19th 115% above peers
Glendale, CA $727,876 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.3% 20th 192% above peers
Vancouver, WA $408,333 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 21st 64% above peers
Clarksville, TN $240,564 (Aug 26) 16th -0.5% 22nd 3% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $198,250 (Aug 26) 19th -0.9% 23rd 20% below peers
Peoria, AZ $364,173 (Aug 26) 8th -1.3% 24th 46% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $528,286 (Aug 26) 5th -2.0% 25th 112% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,400 (Aug 26) 13th -2.2% 26th 23% above peers
Tempe, AZ $333,045 (Aug 26) 12th -2.3% 27th 34% above peers
Cary, NC $433,664 (Aug 26) 6th -2.6% 28th 74% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.7% then, 61.7% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.4% to 61.7%).
Bright spot 61.7%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Providence, RI 41.4% 28th +5.3pp 1st 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 8th +4.5pp 2nd 8% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 35% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 27th +2.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 19th +2.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 30th +1.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 10th +2.5pp 7th 3% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 26th +1.7pp 8th 22% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 18th +1.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 4th +1.9pp 10th 23% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 9th +1.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 14th +1.4pp 12th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 13th 41% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 12th +1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 24th +0.8pp 15th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 5th +1.0pp 16th 14% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 29th +0.6pp 17th 25% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 25th +0.6pp 18th 16% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 16th +0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 22nd +0.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 17th -0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 13th -0.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 7th -0.8pp 23rd 11% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 2nd -1.1pp 24th 37% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 23rd -0.8pp 25th 11% below peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 21st -0.9pp 26th 6% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 11th -1.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 15th -1.4pp 28th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 20th -1.3pp 29th 6% below peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 3rd -1.8pp 30th 23% above peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 6th -2.8pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 →
What changed

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,583 in August 2026, up from $1,512 a year earlier.
Big move $1,583
2022August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Newport News, VA $1,605 (Aug 26) 15th +6.8% 1st 3% below peers
Amarillo, TX $1,330 (Aug 26) 24th +6.3% 2nd 19% below peers
Providence, RI $2,213 (Aug 26) 8th +4.9% 3rd 34% above peers
Brownsville, TX $1,583 (Aug 26) 16th +4.7% 4th 4% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,308 (Aug 26) 26th +4.6% 5th 21% below peers
Akron, OH $1,167 (Aug 26) 28th +4.3% 6th 29% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,580 (Aug 26) 18th +4.2% 7th 4% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,280 (Aug 26) 27th +3.9% 8th 22% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,081 (Aug 26) 1st +3.5% 9th 87% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,757 (Aug 26) 12th +3.2% 10th 7% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,476 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 11th 11% below peers
Aurora, IL $2,253 (Aug 26) 7th +2.7% 12th 37% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,338 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.6% 13th 19% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,736 (Aug 26) 4th +2.5% 14th 66% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,513 (Aug 26) 19th +2.2% 15th 8% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,716 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 16th 65% above peers
Clarksville, TN $1,374 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.7% 17th 17% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,470 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 18th 11% below peers
Birmingham, AL $1,322 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 19th 20% below peers
Ontario, CA $2,580 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 20th 56% above peers
Cary, NC $1,774 (Aug 26) 11th +1.0% 21st 8% above peers
Oxnard, CA $2,864 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 22nd 74% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,828 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 23rd 11% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,870 (Aug 26) 9th +0.5% 24th 13% above peers
Salem, OR $1,581 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 25th 4% below peers
Tempe, AZ $1,649 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 26th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN $1,712 (Aug 26) 13th +0.3% 27th 4% above peers
Glendale, CA $2,790 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.2% 28th 69% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.5% then, 32.1% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.2% to 32.1%).
Bright spot 32.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 6th -2.8pp 1st 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 8th -2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 3rd 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 14th -2.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 5th 13% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 9th -1.8pp 6th 14% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 4th -1.7pp 7th 19% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 23rd -1.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 5th -1.3pp 9th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 12th -1.5pp 10th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 16th -0.8pp 11th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 26th -0.7pp 12th 16% above peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 13th 42% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 28th +0.6pp 14th 21% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 10th +0.6pp 15th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 16th 22% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 17th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 30th +1.2pp 18th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 22nd +1.1pp 19th 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 20th +1.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 21st +1.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 15th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 18th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 13th +1.5pp 24th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 19th +1.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 11th +2.0pp 26th 6% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 27th +3.3pp 27th 18% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 7th +2.4pp 28th 15% below peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 29th +3.5pp 29th 21% above peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 30th 39% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.3% then, 7.4% now; margin ±1.2pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 7.4%).
Bright spot 7.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 12th -1.8pp 1st 9% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 15th -1.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 14th -1.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 20th -1.3pp 4th 18% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 26th -1.7pp 5th 55% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 23rd -1.4pp 6th 33% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 13th -0.9pp 7th 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 19th -0.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 17th -0.7pp 9th 6% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 21st -0.8pp 10th 26% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 25th -0.8pp 11th 41% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 30th -1.3pp 12th 121% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 31st -1.8pp 13th 202% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 6th -0.3pp 14th 44% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 7th -0.2pp 15th 44% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 11th -0.2pp 16th 11% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 29th +0.2pp 17th 89% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 28th +0.3pp 18th 84% above peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 10th +0.1pp 19th 23% below peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 16th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 24th +0.4pp 21st 40% above peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 29% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 27th +1.0pp 23rd 57% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 8th +0.4pp 24th 42% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 18th +0.9pp 25th 10% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 2nd +0.4pp 26th 54% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.5pp 27th 53% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 4th +0.6pp 28th 49% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 29th 59% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 9th +1.3pp 30th 32% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 5th +1.2pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Fayetteville, AR down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.1% to 26.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Brownsville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.0% to 26.2%).
Bright spot 26.2%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 8.3% 13th -2.9pp 1st 15% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.7% 6th -1.6pp 2nd 42% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 27th -3.3pp 3rd 41% above peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 4th 170% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 7th -1.3pp 5th 26% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 53% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 49% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 18th -1.5pp 8th 1% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.8% 17th -1.3pp 9th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 9.2% 15th -1.2pp 10th 6% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 26th -1.7pp 11th 40% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 23rd -1.1pp 12th 22% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 12th -0.6pp 13th 19% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.4% 29th -1.1pp 14th 59% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 4th -0.3pp 15th 49% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 21st -0.4pp 16th 14% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 11th -0.3pp 17th 22% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 8th -0.2pp 18th 24% below peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 14th -0.1pp 19th 12% below peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 9th +0.0pp 20th 24% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 21st 81% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 28th +0.4pp 22nd 56% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 25th +0.4pp 23rd 32% above peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 20th +0.5pp 24th 14% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 25th 43% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 19th +1.1pp 26th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 22nd +1.5pp 27th 20% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 70% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 16th +1.3pp 29th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 24th +1.8pp 30th 26% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 10th +1.2pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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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. 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 99% 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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

47.6%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Cary, NC 21.8% 1st 39% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 2nd 32% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 3rd 30% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 4th 17% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 5th 15% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 6th 14% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 7th 11% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 8th 11% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 9th 10% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 10th 6% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 11th 4% below peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 12th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 13th 2% below peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 14th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 15th 1% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 16th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 17th 4% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 18th 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 19th 6% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 20th 6% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 21st 13% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 22nd 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 23rd 16% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 24th 21% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 25th 21% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 26th 23% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 27th 23% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 28th 25% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 29th 25% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 30th 26% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.2% to 13.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way. Brownsville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.0% to 13.8%).
Bright spot 13.8%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
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% 10th -2.5pp 2nd 21% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 59% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 4th 54% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 7th -1.6pp 5th 26% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 21st -1.9pp 6th 8% above peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 7th 30% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 28th -2.3pp 8th 91% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 9th 200% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 8th -0.8pp 10th 25% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 22nd -0.7pp 11th 8% above peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 27th -1.0pp 12th 85% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 29th -0.1pp 13th 121% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 13th +0.1pp 14th 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 9th +0.1pp 15th 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 16th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 17th 153% above peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 14th +0.7pp 18th 2% below peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 18th +0.9pp 19th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 19th +1.0pp 20th 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 26th +1.7pp 21st 77% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 11th +0.9pp 22nd 20% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 5th +0.7pp 23rd 41% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 20th +1.5pp 24th 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 12th +1.2pp 25th 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 26th 55% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 15th +1.8pp 27th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 23rd +2.3pp 28th 18% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 17th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 25th +3.9pp 30th 77% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 24th +3.8pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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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 →
  • 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.9% to 24.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brownsville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.1% to 24.5%).
Bright spot 24.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 29th +5.4pp 1st 30% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 26th +5.6pp 2nd 24% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 10th +7.3pp 3rd 19% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 12th +5.9pp 4th 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 22nd +4.9pp 5th 7% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 21st +4.7pp 6th 6% below peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 20th +4.4pp 7th 5% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 6th +6.7pp 8th 46% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 5th +6.4pp 9th 51% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 13th +4.5pp 10th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 7th +5.2pp 11th 29% 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% 19th +3.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 24th +3.0pp 15th 18% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 18th +3.1pp 16th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 28th +2.3pp 17th 27% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 16th +3.1pp 18th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 11th +3.4pp 19th 12% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 8th +3.8pp 20th 26% above peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 17th +2.6pp 21st 1% below peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 23rd +2.4pp 22nd 7% below peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 30th +1.5pp 23rd 40% below peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 27th +1.7pp 24th 25% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 4th +3.4pp 25th 54% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 14th +2.2pp 26th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 3rd +3.2pp 27th 59% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 9th +2.0pp 28th 20% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 29th 118% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 97% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 15th +1.0pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.7% then, 54.8% now; margin ±8.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 11.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.6% to 54.8%).
Bright spot 54.8%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 5th +6.1pp 1st 31% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 13th +5.0pp 2nd 12% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 3rd 51% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 3rd +4.2pp 4th 36% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 16th +2.1pp 5th on par with peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 2nd +1.5pp 6th 45% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 8th +1.1pp 7th 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 10th +0.8pp 8th 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 4th +0.2pp 9th 34% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 12th -2.1pp 10th 15% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 6th -2.9pp 11th 28% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 17th -2.4pp 12th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 19th -2.5pp 13th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 18th -3.0pp 14th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 21st -4.0pp 15th 12% below peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 14th -6.0pp 16th 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 11th -6.6pp 17th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 29th -3.2pp 18th 42% below peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 26th -4.3pp 19th 31% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 22nd -6.3pp 20th 16% below peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 15th -10.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 7th -13.6pp 22nd 24% above peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 20th -10.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 25th -8.6pp 24th 24% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 23rd -9.8pp 25th 16% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 9th -16.5pp 26th 22% above peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 24th -13.7pp 27th 19% below peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 28th -12.3pp 28th 35% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 29th 46% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 30th 53% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 27th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 ±6.1pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth fell 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.2% to 8.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Brownsville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.6% to 8.7%).
Bright spot 8.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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 85% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 88% below peers
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 3rd -2.1pp 3rd 71% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 15th -4.5pp 4th 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 5th 61% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 11th -2.9pp 6th 28% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 16th -2.3pp 7th on par with peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 7th -0.8pp 8th 45% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 14th -1.2pp 9th 6% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 10th 49% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 8th -0.4pp 11th 40% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 21st -0.7pp 12th 13% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 19th -0.4pp 13th 9% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 13th -0.3pp 14th 13% below peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 22nd -0.3pp 15th 14% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 5th +0.0pp 16th 55% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 30th +0.4pp 17th 61% above peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 20th +1.4pp 18th 11% above peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 18th +1.4pp 19th 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 25th +2.1pp 20th 21% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 28th +2.4pp 21st 27% above peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 17th +2.7pp 22nd 3% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 9th +1.7pp 23rd 40% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 10th +1.9pp 24th 39% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 12th +2.3pp 25th 26% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 29th +4.7pp 26th 42% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 27th +4.5pp 27th 23% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 24th +4.4pp 28th 20% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 26th +4.7pp 29th 22% above peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 23rd +4.6pp 30th 15% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 31st +7.7pp 31st 66% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 182,271 to 189,177 - more than the combined survey margin (±80).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (179,834 to 189,177).
Big move 189,177
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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 13th +17% 1st 1% above peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 31st +15% 2nd 10% below peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 14th +8% 3rd on par with peers
Cary, NC 179,306 28th +8% 4th 8% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 17th +7% 5th 2% below peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 3rd +7% 6th 4% above peers
Salem, OR 178,865 30th +6% 7th 8% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 5th +6% 8th 3% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 29th +5% 9th 8% below peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 8th +5% 10th 3% above peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 16th +5% 11th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 2nd +4% 12th 4% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 20th +4% 13th 3% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 23rd +3% 14th 5% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 9th +3% 15th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 24th +3% 16th 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 25th +3% 17th 6% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 6th +2% 18th 3% above peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 26th +2% 19th 7% below peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 4th +1% 20th 3% above peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 1st +1% 21st 7% above peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 21st +0% 22nd 4% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 10th +0% 23rd 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 12th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 15th -3% 25th on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 7th -3% 26th 3% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 19th -4% 27th 3% below peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 18th -5% 28th 2% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 11th -7% 29th 2% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 27th -10% 30th 8% below peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 22nd -21% 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±60 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.4% to 28.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 3.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (31.7% to 28.4%).
Big move 28.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 16th +1.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 26th +0.8pp 3rd 17% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 18th +0.4pp 4th 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 10th +0.2pp 5th 8% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 8th +0.2pp 6th 12% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 12th +0.0pp 7th 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 8th 23% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 9th 25% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 3rd -0.4pp 10th 20% above peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 14th -0.3pp 11th 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 24th -0.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 7th -0.7pp 13th 13% above peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 4th -0.9pp 14th 17% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 17th -1.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 16th 36% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 15th -1.0pp 17th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 18th 20% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 29th -0.9pp 19th 22% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 13th -1.3pp 21st 3% above peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 5th -1.5pp 22nd 15% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 25th -1.2pp 23rd 15% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 24th 28% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 9th -1.8pp 25th 10% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 22nd -1.6pp 26th 7% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 11th -1.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 21st -1.8pp 28th 6% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 28th -1.6pp 29th 21% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 23rd -2.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 6th -3.6pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.3% then, 36.3% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.4% to 36.3%).
36.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Aurora, IL 32.5% 25th +6.6pp 1st 17% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 19th +5.4pp 2nd 9% below peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 18th +4.5pp 3rd 8% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 8th +5.2pp 4th 24% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 23rd +2.8pp 5th 14% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 20th +2.7pp 6th 10% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 26th +1.7pp 7th 35% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 24th +2.0pp 8th 17% 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
Ontario, CA 34.9% 21st +1.8pp 12th 11% below peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 10th +2.0pp 13th 22% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 11th +1.2pp 14th 16% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 15th 47% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 13th +1.0pp 16th 12% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 2nd +1.4pp 17th 71% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 4th +1.0pp 18th 51% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 27th +0.3pp 19th 42% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 14th +0.5pp 20th 8% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 17th -0.0pp 21st 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 22nd -0.5pp 22nd 13% below peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 6th -1.1pp 23rd 35% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 24th 77% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 12th -1.3pp 25th 13% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 9th -1.6pp 26th 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 16th -2.2pp 27th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 30th -1.1pp 28th 54% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 29th 54% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 30th 57% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 15th -8.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 ±3.0pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents rose 8.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 51.9% to 60.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.6pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.5% to 60.6%).
Big move 60.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 21st +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 30th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 22nd +8.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 3rd +7.0pp 4th 5% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 9th +6.3pp 5th 4% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 1st +5.9pp 6th 7% above peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 18th +5.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 23rd +4.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 12th +4.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 5th +4.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 6th +4.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 10th +3.6pp 12th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 11th +3.4pp 13th 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 2nd +2.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 16th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 7th +2.0pp 16th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 19th +1.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 17th +0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 27th +0.2pp 19th 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 20th -0.1pp 20th 2% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 8th -0.1pp 21st 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 22nd 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 14th -0.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 13th -1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 26th -2.4pp 26th 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 28th -3.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 4th -7.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 15th -8.1pp 30th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 29th -7.6pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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16 of 51 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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