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DeSoto, TX
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56,681 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 10 indicators

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

What needs attention 6 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 3 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Violent crime fell about 7% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 7% lower than in 2021 (311 then, 289 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 333 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 288 in July 2026, down from 311 a year earlier.
288 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 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Bartlett, TN 197 (Jul 26) -31.5% 1st
Royal Oak, MI 125 (Jul 26) -25.0% 2nd
Oak Lawn, IL 87 (Jul 26) -22.2% 3rd
Mooresville, NC 192 (Jul 26) -21.9% 4th
Port Arthur, TX 520 (Jul 26) -16.7% 5th
Monterey Park, CA 252 (Jul 26) -14.2% 6th
Kingsport, TN 443 (Jul 26) -10.5% 7th
DeSoto, TX 288 (Jul 26) -7.4% 8th
Logan, UT 166 (Jul 26) -6.1% 9th
Albany, OR 151 (Jul 26) -5.5% 10th
Lincoln, CA 101 (Jul 26) -4.9% 11th
Kettering, OH 54 (Apr 26) -3.2% 12th
Burleson, TX 167 (Jul 26) -1.0% 13th
Anderson, IN 399 (Jun 26) +0.4% 14th
Twin Falls, ID 390 (Jul 26) +10.1% 15th
National City, CA 749 (Jul 26) +14.5% 16th
Peabody, MA 302 (Apr 26) +25.2% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Burnsville, MN down about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2023-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities. DeSoto started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,343 in July 2026, down from 1,678 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,343 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%
Bartlett, TN 769 (Jul 26) -39.8% 1st
Burleson, TX 617 (Jul 26) -30.4% 2nd
Peabody, MA 570 (Apr 26) -28.9% 3rd
Mooresville, NC 1,644 (Jul 26) -20.5% 4th
DeSoto, TX 1,343 (Jul 26) -20.0% 5th
Kingsport, TN 2,032 (Jul 26) -18.3% 6th
Lincoln, CA 439 (Jul 26) -17.6% 7th
Monterey Park, CA 1,674 (Jul 26) -17.1% 8th
National City, CA 1,578 (Jul 26) -15.8% 9th
Royal Oak, MI 682 (Jul 26) -14.8% 10th
Anderson, IN 1,893 (Jun 26) -14.6% 11th
Port Arthur, TX 1,283 (Jul 26) -12.7% 12th
Kettering, OH 1,268 (Jul 26) -12.5% 13th
Twin Falls, ID 1,060 (Jul 26) -7.3% 14th
Oak Lawn, IL 1,504 (Jul 26) -6.2% 15th
Logan, UT 1,036 (Jul 26) -3.5% 16th
Albany, OR 1,763 (Jul 26) +7.3% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides rose about 200% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 26% lower than in 2021 (7 then, 5 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 2 in 2024 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent reading: 3 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 5 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 3 homicides
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 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Monterey Park, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Port Arthur, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Anderson, IN 2 (Jun 26) -66.7% 3rd
Twin Falls, ID 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 4th
Royal Oak, MI 2 (Jul 26) -49.9% 5th
Lincoln, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 6th
Mooresville, NC 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
National City, CA 7 (Jul 26) +33.3% 8th
Kingsport, TN 5 (Jul 26) +199.4% 9th
Burleson, TX 5 (Jul 26) +199.4% 10th
DeSoto, TX 5 (Jul 26) +200.6% 11th
Albany, OR 0 (Jul 26)
Oak Lawn, IL 4 (Jul 26)
Bartlett, TN 0 (Jul 26)
Kettering, OH 2 (Jul 26)
Peabody, MA 0 (Apr 26)
Logan, UT 2 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 8% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 9% lower than in 2021 (338 then, 309 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 433 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 316 in July 2026, down from 344 a year earlier.
Bright spot 316 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%
Bartlett, TN 62 (Jul 26) -69.3% 1st
Burleson, TX 37 (Jul 26) -63.2% 2nd
Royal Oak, MI 66 (Jul 26) -43.3% 3rd
National City, CA 311 (Jul 26) -35.7% 4th
Kingsport, TN 163 (Jul 26) -35.2% 5th
Anderson, IN 276 (Jun 26) -22.9% 6th
Monterey Park, CA 317 (Jul 26) -18.4% 7th
Albany, OR 76 (Jul 26) -15.7% 8th
Oak Lawn, IL 156 (Jul 26) -15.4% 9th
Port Arthur, TX 116 (Jul 26) -14.5% 10th
Lincoln, CA 31 (Jul 26) -14.3% 11th
Mooresville, NC 95 (Jul 26) -10.2% 12th
DeSoto, TX 316 (Jul 26) -8.2% 13th
Logan, UT 59 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Peabody, MA 54 (Apr 26) +3.5% 15th
Kettering, OH 172 (Jul 26) +26.9% 16th
Twin Falls, ID 91 (Jul 26) +41.7% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% 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 16% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $71,578 to $82,782 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,236).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. DeSoto started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 45% from 2014 to 2024 ($56,911 to $82,782).
Bright spot $82,782
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%
San Jacinto, CA $80,647 17th +55% 1st 1% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $85,908 12th +52% 2nd 6% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 23rd +50% 3rd 19% below peers
Logan, UT $60,687 27th +45% 4th 25% below peers
National City, CA $66,841 22nd +42% 5th 18% below peers
South Whittier, CA $100,800 4th +41% 6th 24% above peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 7th 44% below peers
Olympia, WA $81,302 16th +36% 8th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 7th +36% 9th 17% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 15th +32% 10th 1% above peers
Peabody, MA $96,657 6th +32% 11th 19% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $93,188 9th +32% 12th 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 5th +31% 13th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 11th +30% 14th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 13th +30% 15th 3% above peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 10th +30% 16th 10% above peers
Albany, OR $78,114 18th +29% 17th 4% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL $64,908 24th +27% 18th 20% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 30th +27% 19th 43% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 29th +27% 20th 42% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 21st +27% 21st 8% below peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 1st +26% 22nd 38% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY $77,679 19th +24%* 23rd 4% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 3rd +24% 24th 24% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 28th +22% 25th 35% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 26th +21% 26th 25% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 2nd +21% 27th 26% above peers
Highland, CA $77,120 20th +19% 28th 5% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $61,977 25th +18% 29th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 8th +18% 30th 16% above peers
DeSoto, TX $82,782 14th +16% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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6 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,478 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment rose 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.1% in July 2026, up from 5.7% a year earlier.
Needs attention 6.1%
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
Perth Amboy, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 27th -3.0pp 1st 62% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 5.5% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.9pp 2nd 17% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 5.3% (Jul 26) 19th -1.8pp 3rd 13% above peers
Kettering, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -1.3pp 4th 30% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th -0.9pp 5th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 6th 28% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 7th 34% above peers
Highland, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 8th 17% above peers
Kingsport, TN 3.5% (Jul 26) 7th -0.7pp 9th 26% below peers
Valdosta, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.6pp 10th 15% below peers
Albany, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 11th 13% above peers
Anderson, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 12th 13% below peers
Mooresville, NC 3.7% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 13th 21% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 14th 23% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.4% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 15th 28% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 16th 4% below peers
National City, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 17th 21% above peers
Bartlett, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 18th 19% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 19th 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 20th 34% below peers
Logan, UT 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.1pp 21st 34% below peers
Peabody, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th +0.1pp 22nd 4% above peers
Burleson, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.2pp 24th 34% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 17th +0.3pp 25th 11% above peers
DeSoto, TX 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 26th 30% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 9.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.6pp 27th 104% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 18th +0.6pp 28th 11% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.2% then, 7.6% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.9% to 7.6%).
Bright spot 7.6%
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%
Mooresville, NC 7.3% 5th -2.8pp 1st 41% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 15.5% 22nd -5.7pp 2nd 25% above peers
DeSoto, TX 7.6% 6th -2.6pp 3rd 39% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.3% 8th -2.6pp 4th 33% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.4% 15th -3.4pp 5th 8% below peers
National City, CA 14.6% 21st -3.7pp 6th 18% above peers
Valdosta, GA 26.1% 29th -6.1pp 7th 111% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.1% 1st -1.1pp 8th 59% below peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 28th -4.5pp 9th 79% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 12.8% 18th -2.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Lincoln, CA 6.9% 3rd -1.0pp 11th 45% below peers
Anderson, IN 21.0% 27th -2.8pp 12th 69% above peers
Peabody, MA 7.7% 7th -1.0pp 13th 38% below peers
Olympia, WA 14.0% 20th -1.7pp 14th 13% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.9% 9th -0.8pp 15th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 32.0% 31st -2.4pp 16th 158% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 16.1% 23rd -1.0pp 17th 30% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 2nd -0.3pp 18th 50% below peers
Highland, CA 17.1% 24th -0.8pp 19th 38% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.4% 16th -0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.6% 11th -0.1pp 21st 22% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.7% 17th +0.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.2% 25th +1.2pp 23rd 63% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.0% 30th +1.7pp 24th 134% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.7% 26th +1.8pp 25th 67% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 13th +1.0pp 26th 15% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 10th +1.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Albany, OR 13.5% 19th +1.5pp 28th 9% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.6% 14th +1.2pp 29th 14% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 10.0% 12th +1.8pp* 30th 19% below peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 4th +1.4pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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6 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.3% to 9.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. DeSoto started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.9% to 9.1%).
Bright spot 9.1%
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%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 2nd -5.3pp 1st 71% below peers
Peabody, MA 6.2% 3rd -6.7pp 2nd 58% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 5th -6.1pp 3rd 57% below peers
DeSoto, TX 9.1% 8th -8.2pp 4th 40% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 1st -2.7pp 5th 77% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 7th -6.6pp 6th 41% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 4th -4.6pp 7th 58% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 10th -5.9pp 8th 32% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.5% 15th -8.1pp 9th 3% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 19th -8.3pp 10th 20% above peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 23rd -7.1pp 11th 48% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 9th -2.9pp 12th 32% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 16th -4.1pp 13th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.8% 24th -6.0pp 14th 52% above peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 29th -8.9pp 15th 123% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 13.9% 12th -3.4pp 16th 8% below peers
Olympia, WA 15.0% 17th -3.3pp 17th on par with peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 27th -5.2pp 18th 108% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 11th -1.3pp 19th 30% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 13th -1.0pp 20th 6% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 26.2% 26th -1.6pp 21st 74% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 22nd 156% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 28th +0.1pp 23rd 122% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 25th +0.2pp 24th 56% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 21.6% 22nd +0.2pp 25th 44% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 18th +0.7pp 26th 6% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 6th +0.5pp 27th 49% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 21st +1.7pp 28th 31% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 29th 190% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 20th +2.3pp 30th 25% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 14.4% 14th +5.5pp* 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.2pp 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 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.7% to 93.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. DeSoto started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.3% to 93.8%).
Bright spot 93.8%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Perth Amboy, NJ 89.4% 25th +29.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 88.3% 27th +26.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 95.0% 5th +24.2pp 3rd 2% above peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 31st +19.7pp 4th 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 94.0% 10th +14.3pp 5th 1% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 28th +12.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 20th +12.7pp 7th 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 30th +11.9pp 8th 6% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 29th +11.8pp 9th 5% below peers
Olympia, WA 94.8% 6th +11.9pp 10th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 26th +11.0pp 11th 4% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 22nd +10.5pp 12th 2% below peers
South Whittier, CA 93.3% 14th +10.2pp 13th on par with peers
San Jacinto, CA 92.8% 17th +9.7pp 14th on par with peers
Peabody, MA 91.4% 19th +9.2pp 15th 2% below peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 2nd +8.7pp 16th 4% above peers
DeSoto, TX 93.8% 12th +8.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Logan, UT 89.7% 24th +7.2pp 18th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 8th +7.6pp 19th 2% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 94.6% 7th +6.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 23rd +6.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 11th +6.5pp 22nd 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 21st +6.2pp 23rd 2% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 93.0% 16th +5.9pp* 24th on par with peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 3rd +5.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 18th +5.4pp 26th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 15th +4.9pp 27th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 9th +4.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 4th +4.5pp 29th 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 13th +4.3pp 30th 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 1st +4.4pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.04).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.41).
Bright spot 0.41
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
Plainfield, NJ 0.41 9th -0.070 1st 6% below peers
Valdosta, GA 0.51 30th -0.050 2nd 18% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 0.40 3rd -0.026 3rd 9% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 29th -0.033 4th 17% above peers
Logan, UT 0.41 8th -0.025 5th 6% below peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 27th -0.024 6th 15% above peers
Lincoln, CA 0.40 6th -0.017 7th 7% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 0.44 18th -0.018 8th 1% above peers
Olympia, WA 0.44 17th -0.015 9th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 15th -0.015 10th on par with peers
National City, CA 0.44 21st -0.007 11th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 0.46 23rd -0.006 12th 5% above peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 11th -0.005 13th 4% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 0.44 20th -0.005 14th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 2nd -0.003 15th 13% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 14th -0.002 16th 2% below peers
DeSoto, TX 0.41 7th -0.001 17th 7% below peers
Peabody, MA 0.44 22nd +0.000 18th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 24th +0.003 19th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 1st +0.003 20th 14% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 28th +0.005 21st 17% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 13th +0.005 22nd 3% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 16th +0.006 23rd on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 0.40 4th +0.007 24th 9% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 0.42 12th +0.012* 25th 3% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 25th +0.019 26th 11% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 19th +0.020 27th 1% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 0.41 10th +0.021 28th 6% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 31st +0.035 29th 19% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 5th +0.028 30th 9% below peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 26th +0.036 31st 12% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (12.3% then, 11.0% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.2% to 11.0%).
11.0%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Logan, UT 5.6% 7th -5.6pp 1st 52% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 1st -1.8pp 2nd 66% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 2nd -1.8pp 3rd 63% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.4% 18th -3.8pp 4th 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 6th -1.5pp 5th 52% below peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 21st -3.6pp 6th 36% above peers
Burleson, TX 4.9% 5th -1.1pp 7th 58% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 9th -1.2pp 8th 43% below peers
Peabody, MA 10.3% 13th -1.6pp 9th 11% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 23.8% 30th -3.0pp 10th 105% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 15th -1.3pp 11th 6% below peers
Olympia, WA 15.3% 20th -1.4pp 12th 31% above peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 22nd -1.1pp 13th 50% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 10th -0.4pp 14th 34% below peers
Anderson, IN 20.7% 26th -0.9pp 15th 77% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.2% 11th -0.3pp 16th 21% below peers
Albany, OR 18.5% 23rd -0.3pp 17th 59% above peers
Valdosta, GA 23.8% 29th +0.1pp 18th 105% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 12.6% 17th +0.6pp 19th 9% above peers
Mooresville, NC 6.6% 8th +0.8pp 20th 43% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 19.8% 25th +2.6pp 21st 70% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 25.8% 31st +3.5pp 22nd 122% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 20.7% 27th +2.9pp 23rd 78% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 24th +3.0pp 24th 66% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.8% 19th +2.5pp 25th 27% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 23.1% 28th +4.4pp 26th 98% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 4th +1.0pp 27th 60% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.3% 3rd +1.3pp 28th 63% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.4% 14th +3.6pp 29th 11% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 12th +4.0pp 30th 19% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 11.6% 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 12% higher than in 2021 ($284,870 then, $320,428 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $348,818 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $320,428 in August 2026, down from $324,949 a year earlier.
Big move $320,428
2000August 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%
Oak Lawn, IL $301,042 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.1% 1st 33% below peers
Valdosta, GA $214,117 (Aug 26) 26th +4.0% 2nd 52% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $372,848 (Aug 26) 18th +3.3% 3rd 17% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $127,534 (Aug 26) 28th +2.8% 4th 72% below peers
Logan, UT $389,638 (Aug 26) 17th +2.7% 5th 13% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $500,079 (Aug 26) 10th +2.6% 6th 12% above peers
Kettering, OH $247,139 (Aug 26) 25th +2.5% 7th 45% below peers
National City, CA $695,171 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 8th 55% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $330,955 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 9th 26% below peers
Anderson, IN $135,767 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 10th 70% below peers
Highland, CA $539,248 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 11th 20% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $911,771 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 12th 103% above peers
Peabody, MA $696,552 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.1% 13th 55% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $492,974 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 14th 10% above peers
Lincoln, CA $640,640 (Aug 26) 4th +0.7% 15th 43% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $448,096 (Aug 26) 14th +0.6% 16th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ $519,451 (Aug 26) 8th +0.6% 17th 16% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $483,140 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 18th 8% above peers
Albany, OR $434,335 (Aug 26) 16th +0.2% 19th 3% below peers
Olympia, WA $529,479 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 20th 18% above peers
Mooresville, NC $478,099 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 21st 7% above peers
Bartlett, TN $320,892 (Aug 26) 21st -0.9% 22nd 28% below peers
Kingsport, TN $257,154 (Aug 26) 24th -0.9% 23rd 43% below peers
Burleson, TX $337,266 (Aug 26) 19th -0.9% 24th 25% below peers
DeSoto, TX $320,428 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.4% 25th 28% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $524,205 (Aug 26) 7th -2.1% 26th 17% above peers
Smyrna, GA $443,309 (Aug 26) 15th -2.2% 27th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $502,803 (Aug 26) 9th -3.2% 28th 12% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $264,683 in August 2026, down from $266,535 a year earlier.
$264,683
2000August 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%
Port Arthur, TX $89,052 (Aug 26) 27th +13.0% 1st 72% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $201,303 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 2nd 38% below peers
National City, CA $571,379 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.4% 3rd 77% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $289,674 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 4th 10% below peers
Valdosta, GA $113,771 (Aug 26) 26th +4.4% 5th 65% below peers
Kettering, OH $182,217 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 6th 43% below peers
Highland, CA $425,262 (Aug 26) 7th +3.4% 7th 32% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $415,835 (Aug 26) 8th +3.2% 8th 29% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $352,436 (Aug 26) 12th +3.1% 9th 9% above peers
Anderson, IN $80,917 (Aug 26) 28th +2.7% 10th 75% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $438,088 (Aug 26) 5th +2.7% 11th 36% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $243,482 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.7% 12th 24% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $412,639 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 13th 28% above peers
Peabody, MA $554,211 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 14th 72% above peers
Bartlett, TN $253,907 (Aug 26) 21st +0.7% 15th 21% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $728,534 (Aug 26) 1st +0.6% 16th 126% above peers
Logan, UT $301,582 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 17th 6% below peers
San Jacinto, CA $395,812 (Aug 26) 11th +0.4% 18th 23% above peers
Olympia, WA $430,487 (Aug 26) 6th +0.3% 19th 34% above peers
Albany, OR $343,606 (Aug 26) 13th +0.3% 20th 7% above peers
Lincoln, CA $522,636 (Aug 26) 4th +0.3% 21st 62% above peers
Mooresville, NC $322,437 (Aug 26) 14th +0.2% 22nd on par with peers
Kingsport, TN $158,764 (Aug 26) 25th -0.6% 23rd 51% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $403,850 (Aug 26) 10th -0.6% 24th 25% above peers
DeSoto, TX $264,683 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 25th 18% below peers
Burleson, TX $259,821 (Aug 26) 20th -2.2% 26th 19% below peers
Smyrna, GA $306,933 (Aug 26) 16th -2.3% 27th 5% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $308,838 (Aug 26) 15th -4.1% 28th 4% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.5% to 69.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.8% to 69.6%).
Bright spot 69.6%
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%
Perth Amboy, NJ 35.4% 29th +6.8pp 1st 41% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 75.0% 5th +10.6pp 2nd 25% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 3rd 64% below peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 27th +4.1pp 4th 31% below peers
DeSoto, TX 69.6% 9th +6.1pp 5th 16% above peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 18th +4.1pp 6th 1% below peers
Olympia, WA 49.8% 24th +2.8pp 7th 17% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 60.2% 16th +3.4pp 8th on par with peers
Lincoln, CA 83.9% 2nd +4.2pp 9th 39% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 12th +2.5pp 10th 8% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 3rd +3.0pp 11th 37% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 7th +1.5pp 12th 20% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 14th +1.2pp 13th 6% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 4th +1.3pp 14th 36% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 8th +1.0pp 15th 18% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 44.8% 25th +0.6pp 16th 26% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 10th +0.6pp 17th 13% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 21st +0.3pp 18th 4% below peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 1st +0.4pp 19th 42% above peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 19th +0.1pp 20th 2% below peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 20th +0.1pp 21st 3% below peers
Peabody, MA 65.6% 11th -0.2pp 22nd 9% above peers
South Whittier, CA 64.7% 13th -0.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 73.1% 6th -0.6pp* 24th 21% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 23rd -0.5pp 25th 14% below peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 26th 42% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 22nd -1.4pp 27th 8% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 17th -2.2pp 28th on par with peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 15th -2.8pp 29th 6% above peers
Logan, UT 37.2% 28th -2.1pp 30th 38% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 43.9% 26th -2.5pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,130 in August 2026, down from $2,146 a year earlier.
$2,130
2015August 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%
Port Arthur, TX $1,288 (Aug 26) 27th +5.5% 1st 30% below peers
Logan, UT $1,415 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.2% 2nd 23% below peers
Valdosta, GA $1,349 (Aug 26) 25th +4.0% 3rd 27% below peers
San Jacinto, CA $2,459 (Aug 26) 6th +3.9% 4th 33% above peers
Highland, CA $2,593 (Aug 26) 5th +3.9% 5th 41% above peers
Anderson, IN $1,079 (Aug 26) 28th +3.8% 6th 41% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,085 (Aug 26) 13th +3.7% 7th 13% above peers
Smyrna, GA $1,665 (Aug 26) 19th +3.4% 8th 10% below peers
Kingsport, TN $1,294 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 9th 30% below peers
Kettering, OH $1,383 (Aug 26) 24th +3.1% 10th 25% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $1,557 (Aug 26) 21st +2.9% 11th 16% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $1,744 (Aug 26) 16th +2.8% 12th 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $2,263 (Aug 26) 10th +2.4% 13th 23% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $2,731 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 14th 48% above peers
Olympia, WA $2,005 (Aug 26) 14th +2.3% 15th 9% above peers
National City, CA $2,457 (Aug 26) 7th +1.9% 16th 33% above peers
Lincoln, CA $2,922 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 17th 58% above peers
Albany, OR $1,738 (Aug 26) 17th +1.4% 18th 6% below peers
Peabody, MA $2,857 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.3% 19th 55% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,616 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 20th 42% above peers
Mooresville, NC $1,655 (Aug 26) 20th +0.7% 21st 10% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $2,428 (Aug 26) 8th -0.3% 22nd 32% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,470 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.4% 23rd 20% below peers
DeSoto, TX $2,130 (Aug 26) 12th -0.7% 24th 16% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,844 (Aug 26) 15th -0.9% 25th on par with peers
Burleson, TX $1,731 (Aug 26) 18th -1.0% 26th 6% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 9th 29% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 11th 16% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 10.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 35.2% to 45.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.8% to 45.2%).
Needs attention 45.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Oak Lawn, IL 31.0% 8th -3.8pp 1st 16% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 30th -6.2pp 2nd 44% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 46.6% 27th -4.6pp 3rd 26% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 1st -2.0pp 4th 42% below peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 5th -2.6pp 5th 23% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 12th -2.6pp 6th 11% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 41.1% 23rd -2.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 20th -1.2pp 8th 10% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 25.1% 3rd -0.5pp* 9th 32% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 22nd +0.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 25th +0.1pp 11th 22% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 28th +0.3pp 12th 38% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 4th +0.2pp 13th 30% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 6th +0.3pp 14th 20% below peers
Logan, UT 38.6% 19th +0.5pp 15th 5% above peers
South Whittier, CA 41.4% 24th +0.7pp 16th 12% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55.1% 31st +1.1pp 17th 50% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 37.7% 17th +1.0pp 18th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 7th +0.8pp 19th 20% below peers
Olympia, WA 40.5% 21st +1.4pp 20th 10% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 51.9% 29th +2.1pp 21st 41% above peers
Peabody, MA 38.1% 18th +2.0pp 22nd 4% above peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 16th +2.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 13th +3.3pp 24th 11% below peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 2nd +2.5pp 25th 40% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 9th +3.6pp 26th 15% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 14th +4.2pp 27th 2% below peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 15th +4.4pp 28th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 11th +4.0pp 29th 11% below peers
DeSoto, TX 45.2% 26th +10.0pp 30th 23% above peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 10th +7.8pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.9% then, 4.0% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
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
San Jacinto, CA 3.5% 5th -3.4pp 1st 42% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 12.7% 29th -8.3pp 2nd 112% above peers
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 53% below peers
DeSoto, TX 4.0% 9th -1.9pp 4th 33% below peers
Peabody, MA 8.5% 22nd -3.6pp 5th 42% above peers
Logan, UT 4.1% 11th -1.7pp 6th 31% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 25th -3.3pp 7th 58% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 24th -2.8pp 8th 49% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 19th -2.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 18th -1.6pp 10th 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 1st -0.5pp 11th 68% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 6th -0.8pp 12th 39% below peers
Olympia, WA 7.6% 20th -1.3pp 13th 26% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 7th -0.6pp 14th 35% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 4th -0.4pp 15th 52% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 16th 339% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 15th -0.4pp 17th 9% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 14th -0.3pp 18th 23% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 12th -0.2pp 19th 31% below peers
National City, CA 10.9% 27th -0.3pp 20th 81% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 7.7% 21st -0.2pp 21st 29% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.9% 30th -0.3pp 22nd 247% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 17th -0.0pp 23rd 1% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 26th -0.0pp 24th 81% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.0% 16th +0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 8th +0.3pp 26th 33% below peers
South Whittier, CA 4.6% 13th +0.5pp 27th 24% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.7% 23rd +1.4pp* 28th 44% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 28th +1.9pp 29th 89% above peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 64% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 10th +1.4pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.2% to 13.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.3% to 13.1%).
Needs attention 13.1%
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
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 5th -2.4pp 1st 52% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.9% 16th -3.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Lincoln, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 72% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 1st -0.7pp 4th 74% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 10th -1.6pp 5th 32% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.2% 24th -3.1pp 6th 36% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 21st -2.7pp 7th 22% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 8.2% 14th -2.0pp 8th 9% below peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 13th -1.7pp 9th 12% below peers
Anderson, IN 9.2% 17th -1.3pp 10th 3% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 19th -1.1pp 11th 19% above peers
Olympia, WA 5.6% 8th -0.4pp 12th 37% below peers
Peabody, MA 2.4% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 73% below peers
National City, CA 12.2% 25th -0.5pp 14th 37% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.7% 4th -0.1pp* 15th 69% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.8% 27th -0.2pp 16th 88% above peers
Albany, OR 6.8% 11th -0.0pp 17th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 20th +0.0pp 18th 19% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.5% 31st +0.1pp 19th 230% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.8% 12th +0.0pp 20th 13% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 7th +0.2pp 21st 37% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 23rd +0.8pp 22nd 34% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.8% 15th +0.7pp 23rd 1% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 28.0% 30th +2.3pp 24th 213% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.9% 22nd +1.2pp 25th 23% above peers
Logan, UT 9.4% 18th +1.1pp 26th 5% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.0% 28th +2.8pp 27th 124% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.5% 6th +1.1pp 28th 38% below peers
Bartlett, TN 5.8% 9th +1.2pp 29th 35% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.6% 29th +4.8pp 30th 153% above peers
DeSoto, TX 13.1% 26th +3.8pp 31st 47% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

38.4%
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%
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 1st 46% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 2nd 22% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 3rd 16% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 4th 16% below peers
South Whittier, CA 28.8% 5th 16% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 29.0% 6th 15% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 7th 14% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 8th 14% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 29.4% 9th 14% below peers
Peabody, MA 29.9% 10th 13% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 11th 9% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 12th 7% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 13th 3% below peers
Olympia, WA 33.6% 14th 2% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 15th on par with peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ 35.0% 17th 2% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 18th 5% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 19th 5% above peers
Logan, UT 36.4% 20th 6% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 21st 9% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 37.4% 22nd 9% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.7% 23rd 10% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 24th 10% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 25th 11% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 26th 12% above peers
DeSoto, TX 38.4% 27th 12% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 28th 20% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 29th 23% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 30th 24% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.1% to 13.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.9pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.7% to 13.9%).
Needs attention 13.9%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 88% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 15th -8.6pp 2nd 6% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 2.5% 6th -3.9pp 3rd 42% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 4.5% 19th -5.5pp 4th 7% above peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 11th -2.7pp 5th 34% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 9th -2.2pp 6th 37% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 4th -1.4pp 7th 50% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 16th -2.2pp 8th on par with peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 9th 51% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 18th -2.0pp 10th 4% above peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 13th -0.8pp 11th 25% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 21st -1.2pp 12th 38% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 8th -0.5pp 13th 38% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 5th -0.3pp 14th 46% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.6% 29th -0.5pp 15th 219% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 22nd -0.1pp 16th 65% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.8% 20th +0.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 27th +0.3pp 18th 175% above peers
Peabody, MA 1.7% 2nd +0.2pp 19th 61% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 24th +1.7pp 20th 132% above peers
Logan, UT 7.1% 23rd +1.4pp 21st 67% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 22nd 373% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 25th +2.3pp 23rd 139% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 12.1% 28th +2.7pp 24th 183% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 12th +0.7pp 25th 31% below peers
Olympia, WA 3.7% 14th +1.0pp 26th 13% below peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 17th +1.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 26th +5.1pp 28th 168% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.5% 7th +1.2pp* 29th 41% below peers
DeSoto, TX 13.9% 30th +7.8pp 30th 227% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 2.7% 10th +2.6pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±3.5pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.1% then, 30.1% now; margin ±3.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.6% to 30.1%).
30.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Burleson, TX 34.0% 15th +7.6pp 1st 8% above peers
National City, CA 18.1% 26th +3.9pp 2nd 43% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 21st +4.0pp 3rd 23% below peers
Olympia, WA 51.8% 3rd +8.1pp 4th 64% above peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 6th +6.2pp 5th 32% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 34.5% 14th +5.1pp 6th 9% above peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 8th +5.8pp 7th 27% above peers
South Whittier, CA 17.9% 27th +2.6pp 8th 43% below peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 17th +4.4pp 9th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 5th +5.7pp 10th 36% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 10th +4.4pp 11th 15% above peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 4th +5.3pp 12th 44% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.0% 25th +2.5pp 13th 30% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 14.2% 30th +1.5pp 14th 55% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 2nd +5.9pp 15th 88% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 1st +6.2pp 16th 103% above peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 20th +2.6pp 17th 10% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 35.6% 12th +3.0pp 18th 13% above peers
Logan, UT 40.3% 7th +3.4pp 19th 27% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 20th 60% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 19th +2.1pp 21st 7% below peers
DeSoto, TX 30.1% 18th +1.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 39.4% 9th +2.0pp* 23rd 25% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 16th +1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 24th +0.8pp 25th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 23rd +0.8pp 26th 26% below peers
Peabody, MA 35.0% 13th +1.0pp 27th 11% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 15.7% 29th +0.3pp 28th 50% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 22nd -0.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 28th -0.3pp 30th 50% below peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 11th -0.6pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (77.5% then, 59.9% now; margin ±24.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 14.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.2% to 59.9%).
Bright spot 59.9%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Anderson, IN 26.6% 29th +5.2pp 1st 43% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 77.3% 2nd +13.9pp* 2nd 67% above peers
South Whittier, CA 46.4% 16th +6.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 17th +6.0pp 4th 11% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 67.7% 3rd +9.3pp 5th 46% above peers
Logan, UT 46.8% 15th +6.4pp 6th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 18th +5.0pp 7th 12% below peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 8th +7.0pp 8th 25% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 12th +3.6pp 9th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 5th +2.6pp 10th 34% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 78.3% 1st +1.5pp 11th 69% above peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 13th +0.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 26th +0.1pp 13th 33% below peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 14th -1.4pp 14th 3% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 6th -2.5pp 15th 33% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 62.0% 4th -3.3pp 16th 34% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 19th -3.0pp 17th 12% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 9th -5.8pp 18th 23% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 11th -6.3pp 19th 15% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 22nd -5.3pp 20th 23% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 38.4% 20th -8.6pp 21st 17% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 10th -15.6pp 22nd 18% above peers
DeSoto, TX 59.9% 7th -17.6pp 23rd 29% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 27th -9.6pp 24th 37% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 21st -12.5pp 25th 21% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 24th -13.8pp 26th 28% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 23rd -15.1pp 27th 25% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 24.3% 31st -11.6pp 28th 48% below peers
Peabody, MA 31.9% 25th -15.5pp 29th 31% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 30th -19.2pp 30th 48% below peers
Olympia, WA 28.5% 28th -25.6pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±15.8pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.1% then, 11.0% now; margin ±6.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.6% to 11.0%).
Needs attention 11.0%
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 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 1st -5.3pp 1st 56% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 4th -3.1pp 2nd 44% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 16th -5.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 18th -5.4pp 4th 6% above peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 2nd -2.3pp 5th 50% below peers
South Whittier, CA 8.6% 19th -3.7pp 6th 21% above peers
National City, CA 4.5% 6th -1.8pp 7th 37% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.1% 12th -2.1pp 8th 14% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 31st -3.3pp 9th 121% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 10th 42% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 10.3% 24th -0.6pp 11th 44% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 10th -0.0pp 12th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 30th +0.1pp 13th 99% above peers
Peabody, MA 5.3% 9th +0.1pp 14th 25% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 15th +0.5pp 15th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 7th +0.5pp 16th 36% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10.9% 25th +1.5pp 17th 53% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.2% 29th +2.2pp 18th 99% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 20th +1.5pp 19th 22% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 11th +1.2pp 20th 15% below peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 14th +1.8pp 21st 6% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 17th +2.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.9% 22nd +2.8pp* 23rd 25% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 21st +3.0pp 24th 23% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 23rd +3.3pp 25th 33% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 12.3% 27th +4.8pp 26th 73% above peers
Logan, UT 6.4% 13th +2.8pp 27th 10% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 8th +2.4pp 28th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 3rd +1.8pp 29th 47% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 13.2% 28th +6.8pp 30th 84% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 26th +6.9pp 31st 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53,090 to 56,211 - more than the combined survey margin (±116).

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 11% from 2014 to 2024 (50,837 to 56,211).
Big move 56,211
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
Mooresville, NC 52,381 31st +38% 1st 6% below peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 30th +15% 2nd 5% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 55,180 24th +15% 3rd 1% below peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 29th +12% 4th 5% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 28th +11% 5th 3% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 55,236 23rd +10% 6th 1% below peers
Olympia, WA 55,951 15th +9% 7th on par with peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55,855 17th +8% 8th on par with peers
Logan, UT 54,907 26th +8% 9th 2% below peers
Albany, OR 56,839 8th +6% 10th 2% above peers
DeSoto, TX 56,211 14th +6% 11th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 13th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Peabody, MA 54,695 27th +3% 13th 2% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 54,927 25th +3% 14th 2% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 5th +3% 15th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 56,675 10th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 7th +2% 17th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 21st +2% 18th 1% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 18th +1% 19th on par with peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 12th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 11th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 16th +0% 22nd on par with peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 56,806 9th -0%* 23rd 2% above peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 22nd -2% 24th 1% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 4th -2% 25th 4% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 1st -2% 26th 6% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 3rd -2% 27th 5% above peers
National City, CA 58,893 2nd -4% 28th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 6th -4% 29th 2% above peers
South Whittier, CA 55,650 20th -8% 30th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 55,665 19th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±107 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 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.7% to 20.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 5.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.4% to 20.6%).
Big move 20.6%
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 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Plainfield, NJ 28.9% 1st +2.9pp 1st 28% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 12th +2.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Peabody, MA 18.7% 25th +1.6pp 3rd 17% below peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 9th +1.7pp 4th 8% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 19th +1.0pp 5th 5% below peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 13th +0.7pp 6th 2% above peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 2nd +0.9pp 7th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 23rd +0.4pp 8th 9% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 5th +0.4pp 9th 21% above peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 11th +0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 21st +0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 6th +0.1pp 12th 16% above peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 15th -0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 17.8% 26th -0.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 17.4% 27th -0.4pp* 15th 23% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 28th -0.5pp 16th 26% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 25.3% 7th -0.8pp 17th 12% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 18th 34% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 22nd -0.8pp 19th 8% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 18th -0.8pp 20th 4% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 20th -1.3pp 21st 5% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 27.6% 4th -1.7pp 22nd 22% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 10th -1.9pp 23rd 7% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 8th -2.3pp 24th 11% above peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 3rd -2.7pp 25th 23% above peers
Logan, UT 21.7% 17th -2.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 15.5% 29th -1.7pp 27th 32% below peers
South Whittier, CA 22.9% 14th -2.8pp 28th 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 29th 52% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 22.6% 16th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 20.6% 24th -6.1pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
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 (38.5% then, 43.7% now; margin ±9.6pp). 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
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.8% to 43.7%).
43.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 21st +12.4pp 1st 16% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 14th +10.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 15th +7.0pp 3rd 3% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 8th +8.9pp 4th 44% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 16th +5.6pp* 5th on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 6th +8.7pp 6th 55% above peers
Olympia, WA 39.5% 11th +6.5pp 7th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 10th +4.9pp 8th 31% above peers
DeSoto, TX 43.7% 9th +5.2pp 9th 40% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 7th +5.1pp 10th 45% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 11th 94% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 55.8% 2nd +5.9pp 12th 79% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.1% 12th +3.4pp 13th 19% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 30.2% 18th +2.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 54.0% 3rd +3.2pp 15th 74% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 24th +0.6pp 16th 23% below peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 19th -0.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 4th -0.3pp 18th 67% above peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 20th -0.3pp 19th 12% below peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 17th -1.1pp 20th 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 5th -2.0pp 21st 56% above peers
Logan, UT 24.1% 23rd -1.1pp 22nd 23% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 29th -1.1pp 23rd 40% below peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 30th -1.0pp 24th 46% below peers
Peabody, MA 24.4% 22nd -1.5pp 25th 22% below peers
South Whittier, CA 20.9% 26th -1.3pp 26th 33% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 32.8% 13th -3.0pp 27th 5% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 28th -2.6pp 28th 37% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 27th -3.9pp 29th 33% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 25th -7.2pp 30th 28% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 31st -5.2pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±6.9pp 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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.4% then, 75.2% now; margin ±17.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (80.1% to 75.2%).
75.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
New Brunswick, NJ 83.7% 2nd +26.1pp 1st 21% above peers
Olympia, WA 69.1% 16th +19.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 29th +13.6pp 3rd 20% below peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 20th +14.8pp 4th 2% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 54.2% 31st +10.9pp 5th 22% below peers
National City, CA 69.4% 15th +13.0pp 6th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 5th +14.1pp 7th 16% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 14th +10.9pp 8th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 11th +11.2pp 9th 9% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 84.9% 1st +10.7pp* 10th 23% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 81.0% 4th +9.5pp 11th 17% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 6th +8.9pp 12th 16% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 3rd +9.0pp 13th 18% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 8th +7.5pp 14th 12% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 13th +6.5pp 15th 4% above peers
South Whittier, CA 75.5% 9th +6.4pp 16th 9% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 72.3% 12th +5.8pp 17th 5% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 18th +5.1pp 18th 1% below peers
Logan, UT 54.3% 30th +2.8pp 19th 21% below peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 22nd +1.8pp 20th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 17th +1.2pp 21st on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 75.2% 10th +0.9pp 22nd 9% above peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 19th +0.6pp 23rd 2% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 26th +0.2pp 24th 8% below peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 23rd -0.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Peabody, MA 78.3% 7th -3.5pp 26th 13% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 28th -4.2pp 27th 13% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 63.7% 25th -4.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 27th -7.0pp 29th 12% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 67.7% 21st -8.8pp 30th 2% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 24th -10.8pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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6 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±12.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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