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683,012 people (2025) 250k-1m South

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where El Paso, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
190 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 34%
relative change
288 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$59,745
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
$47,568 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
47.3%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
40.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,203 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
1,436 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.4%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
78.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
28.1%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
25.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
24.4%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
27.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
274 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
301 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
60.8%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
58.9% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.1%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
7.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where El Paso, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
11.2%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
9.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
20.6%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
19.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
36.0%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
33.7% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.48
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
0.46 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
18.4%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
19.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
18.6%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
19.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
24.9%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
26.7% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,508
Sep 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,458 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
58.5%
2020-24
low
vs peers
60.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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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 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 93% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 274 in July 2026, down from 301 a year earlier.
Bright spot 274 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 15 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%
Memphis, TN 1,439 (Aug 26) -35.1% 1st
Tucson, AZ 479 (Aug 26) -18.5% 2nd
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 828 (Aug 26) -18.3% 3rd
Denver, CO 801 (Aug 26) -12.0% 4th
Milwaukee, WI 1,092 (Jul 26) -11.5% 5th
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 506 (Aug 26) -10.9% 6th
El Paso, TX 274 (Jul 26) -8.9% 7th
San Francisco, CA 457 (Aug 26) -8.4% 8th
Fresno, CA 675 (Jun 26) -7.1% 9th
Detroit, MI 1,615 (Aug 26) -6.2% 10th
Baltimore, MD 1,504 (Aug 26) -5.6% 11th
Portland, OR 695 (Apr 26) -3.9% 12th
Boston, MA 589 (Jul 26) -0.8% 13th
Seattle, WA 651 (Aug 26) -0.4% 14th
Oklahoma City, OK 679 (Aug 26) +1.1% 15th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Urban Honolulu, HI down about 8% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Irving, TX down about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 6% lower than in 2021 (1,302 then, 1,229 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,585 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,203 in July 2026, down from 1,436 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,203 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ 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%
Memphis, TN 3,566 (Aug 26) -38.9% 1st
Tucson, AZ 2,223 (Aug 26) -27.1% 2nd
Washington, DC 2,669 (Aug 26) -25.8% 3rd
Las Vegas, NV 5,055 (Apr 26) -22.5% 4th
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 3,388 (Aug 26) -17.2% 5th
El Paso, TX 1,203 (Jul 26) -16.2% 6th
San Francisco, CA 2,586 (Aug 26) -16.0% 7th
Milwaukee, WI 2,220 (Jul 26) -14.7% 8th
Detroit, MI 3,612 (Aug 26) -12.9% 9th
Fresno, CA 2,542 (Jun 26) -10.4% 10th
Denver, CO 3,958 (Aug 26) -9.7% 11th
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 3,061 (Aug 26) -6.6% 12th
Seattle, WA 4,567 (Aug 26) -6.4% 13th
Oklahoma City, OK 2,559 (Aug 26) -5.6% 14th
Boston, MA 1,893 (Jul 26) -4.0% 15th
Portland, OR 5,351 (Aug 26) +0.3% 16th
Baltimore, MD 4,356 (Aug 26) +5.8% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Irvine, CA down about 27% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Irving, TX down about 21% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Arlington, TX down about 18% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 4% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 82% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 17 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 23 in the prior 12 months. That is 2 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
17 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 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%
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 5 (Aug 26) -58.2% 1st
Tucson, AZ 6 (Aug 26) -46.8% 2nd
Washington, DC 14 (Aug 26) -43.1% 3rd
Boston, MA 3 (Jul 26) -38.2% 4th
Memphis, TN 23 (Aug 26) -34.4% 5th
Albuquerque, NM 10 (Aug 26) -31.7% 6th
Seattle, WA 3 (Aug 26) -31.4% 7th
El Paso, TX 2 (Jul 26) -26.1% 8th
Detroit, MI 21 (Aug 26) -24.6% 9th
Fresno, CA 4 (Jun 26) -22.6% 10th
Baltimore, MD 21 (Aug 26) -20.3% 11th
Las Vegas, NV 12 (Apr 26) -18.5% 12th
Milwaukee, WI 21 (Jul 26) -16.3% 13th
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 12 (Aug 26) -9.7% 14th
Denver, CO 6 (Aug 26) +0.0% 15th
Oklahoma City, OK 9 (Aug 26) +1.5% 16th
Portland, OR 7 (Aug 26) +9.5% 17th
San Francisco, CA 4 (Aug 26) +9.9% 18th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Henderson, NV down about 100% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laredo, TX down about 56% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Colorado Springs, CO down about 32% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 54% higher than in 2021 (125 then, 192 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 350 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 22% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 190 in July 2026, down from 288 a year earlier.
Bright spot 190 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ 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%
Memphis, TN 470 (Aug 26) -59.1% 1st
Washington, DC 342 (Aug 26) -52.6% 2nd
Tucson, AZ 193 (Aug 26) -51.6% 3rd
Boston, MA 74 (Jul 26) -44.2% 4th
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 409 (Aug 26) -37.9% 5th
El Paso, TX 190 (Jul 26) -34.3% 6th
Denver, CO 623 (Aug 26) -32.9% 7th
Las Vegas, NV 988 (Apr 26) -31.3% 8th
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 465 (Aug 26) -29.9% 9th
Milwaukee, WI 703 (Jul 26) -28.7% 10th
San Francisco, CA 316 (Aug 26) -28.6% 11th
Fresno, CA 405 (Jun 26) -22.4% 12th
Seattle, WA 639 (Aug 26) -21.7% 13th
Detroit, MI 869 (Aug 26) -19.9% 14th
Oklahoma City, OK 274 (Aug 26) -16.1% 15th
Portland, OR 603 (Aug 26) -11.6% 16th
Baltimore, MD 827 (Aug 26) +0.4% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Plano, TX down about 45% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Boston, MA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Virginia Beach, VA down about 19% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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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 26% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $47,568 to $59,745 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,660).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. El Paso started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 42% from 2014 to 2024 ($42,037 to $59,745).
Bright spot $59,745
20102024
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▸ Compare all 18 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%
Fresno, CA $70,991 9th +41% 1st on par with peers
Denver, CO $94,718 5th +38% 2nd 33% above peers
Boston, MA $97,344 4th +37% 3rd 37% above peers
Seattle, WA $123,860 2nd +34% 4th 74% above peers
Tucson, AZ $57,073 15th +31% 5th 20% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $73,877 8th +31% 6th 4% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $54,234 16th +30% 7th 24% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN $77,371 7th +29% 8th 9% above peers
Detroit, MI $39,938 18th +29% 9th 44% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $68,317 11th +29% 10th 4% below peers
Portland, OR $90,919 6th +28% 11th 28% above peers
Washington, DC $109,870 3rd +27% 12th 55% above peers
El Paso, TX $59,745 14th +26% 13th 16% below peers
Memphis, TN $51,736 17th +25% 14th 27% below peers
San Francisco, CA $140,970 1st +25% 15th 99% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY $66,849 12th +25% 16th 6% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK $68,656 10th +24% 17th 3% below peers
Baltimore, MD $62,177 13th +23% 18th 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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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38 of 148 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami, FL up about 60% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,347 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.6% in July 2026, up from 4.5% a year earlier.
4.6%
1990July 2026
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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 4.0% (2024)
Washington, DC 5.9% (Jul 26) 14th -0.9pp 1st 11% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 5.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Fresno, CA 6.9% (Jul 26) 15th -0.6pp 3rd 30% above peers
San Francisco, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.5pp 4th 26% below peers
Portland, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 5th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 5.6% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 6th 6% above peers
Boston, MA 4.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 7th 11% below peers
Baltimore, MD 5.7% (Jul 26) 13th +0.0pp 8th 8% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 4.9% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 9th 8% below peers
El Paso, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 4th +0.1pp 10th 13% below peers
Denver, CO 4.3% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.1pp 11th 19% below peers
Seattle, WA 4.6% (Jul 26) 5th +0.4pp 12th 13% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.6pp 13th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 5.6% (Jul 26) 12th +0.6pp 14th 6% above peers
Detroit, MI 12.0% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 15th 126% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 4.3% (Jul 26) 3rd +1.1pp 16th 19% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.1% then, 18.4% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
88% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.5% to 18.4%).
Needs attention 18.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 18 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%
Fresno, CA 20.1% 15th -5.1pp 1st 27% above peers
Tucson, AZ 18.9% 13th -3.6pp 2nd 19% above peers
Denver, CO 11.2% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 29% below peers
Boston, MA 16.6% 11th -2.3pp 4th 5% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 22.8% 16th -2.6pp 5th 44% above peers
Seattle, WA 9.9% 1st -1.1pp 6th 38% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 13.9% 5th -1.3pp 7th 12% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 15.5% 9th -1.3pp 8th 2% below peers
Memphis, TN 23.1% 17th -2.0pp 9th 46% above peers
Portland, OR 12.8% 4th -1.0pp 10th 20% below peers
Baltimore, MD 19.8% 14th -1.5pp 11th 25% above peers
Detroit, MI 32.7% 18th -2.3pp 12th 106% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 14.1% 6th -0.9pp 13th 11% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 15.1% 7th -0.9pp 14th 5% below peers
Washington, DC 15.4% 8th -0.8pp 15th 3% below peers
El Paso, TX 18.4% 12th -0.7pp 16th 16% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 15.8% 10th -0.1pp 17th on par with peers
San Francisco, CA 11.2% 2nd +0.8pp 18th 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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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38 of 148 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.1% to 24.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
88% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. El Paso started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.9% to 24.4%).
Bright spot 24.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 18 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%
Boston, MA 21.1% 8th -6.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 15th -8.1pp 2nd 23% above peers
Tucson, AZ 24.2% 12th -6.3pp 3rd 8% above peers
Baltimore, MD 25.5% 14th -5.5pp 4th 14% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 19.9% 6th -4.1pp 5th 11% below peers
Seattle, WA 9.3% 2nd -1.6pp 6th 58% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 20.4% 7th -3.4pp 7th 9% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 31.7% 16th -5.0pp 8th 42% above peers
Memphis, TN 35.6% 17th -5.1pp 9th 59% above peers
Denver, CO 16.0% 4th -2.2pp 10th 29% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 21.4% 9th -2.8pp 11th 5% below peers
Portland, OR 13.8% 3rd -1.7pp 12th 38% below peers
El Paso, TX 24.4% 13th -2.7pp 13th 9% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 19.2% 5th -2.1pp 14th 14% below peers
San Francisco, CA 9.0% 1st -0.9pp 15th 60% below peers
Detroit, MI 46.5% 18th -3.7pp 16th 108% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 22.4% 10th -1.6pp 17th on par with peers
Washington, DC 22.8% 11th -1.2pp 18th 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Santa Ana, CA down 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 78.9% to 89.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. El Paso started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 16.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.5% to 89.4%).
Bright spot 89.4%
20172024
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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%
Detroit, MI 85.8% 17th +21.2pp 1st 6% below peers
Memphis, TN 87.6% 16th +17.9pp 2nd 4% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 88.4% 15th +13.2pp 3rd 3% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 91.8% 8th +11.5pp 4th 1% above peers
Baltimore, MD 85.5% 18th +10.7pp 5th 6% below peers
El Paso, TX 89.4% 13th +10.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 90.6% 10th +9.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 92.1% 6th +9.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Washington, DC 91.3% 9th +8.5pp 9th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 90.6% 11th +7.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 92.7% 5th +7.6pp 11th 2% above peers
Fresno, CA 88.9% 14th +7.1pp 12th 3% below peers
Tucson, AZ 90.5% 12th +6.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Boston, MA 92.1% 7th +6.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Denver, CO 93.0% 4th +6.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Portland, OR 94.0% 2nd +5.5pp 16th 3% above peers
San Francisco, CA 93.1% 3rd +5.3pp 17th 2% above peers
Seattle, WA 94.5% 1st +3.9pp 18th 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI up 21.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Laredo, TX up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.46 to 0.48 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
12% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 12% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.48).
Needs attention 0.48
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Washington, DC 0.52 15th -0.010 1st 7% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 0.46 2nd -0.009 2nd 4% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 0.48 7th -0.008 3rd 1% below peers
Boston, MA 0.53 18th -0.008 4th 10% above peers
Baltimore, MD 0.51 13th -0.006 5th 5% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 0.47 3rd -0.004 6th 3% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 0.47 4th -0.004 7th 2% below peers
Fresno, CA 0.48 9th -0.000 8th on par with peers
Denver, CO 0.49 12th -0.000 9th 2% above peers
Tucson, AZ 0.46 1st +0.001 10th 5% below peers
Memphis, TN 0.52 17th +0.002 11th 8% above peers
Detroit, MI 0.51 14th +0.002 12th 6% above peers
Seattle, WA 0.49 11th +0.004 13th 2% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 0.48 8th +0.005 14th on par with peers
Portland, OR 0.48 6th +0.005 15th 1% below peers
San Francisco, CA 0.52 16th +0.012 16th 8% above peers
El Paso, TX 0.48 5th +0.011 17th 1% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 0.48 10th +0.011 18th on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.6% then, 18.6% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
76% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.4% to 18.6%).
Needs attention 18.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 8.3% 2nd -2.5pp 1st 49% below peers
Seattle, WA 7.4% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 55% below peers
Memphis, TN 19.9% 14th -1.9pp 3rd 21% above peers
Tucson, AZ 16.4% 10th -0.9pp 4th on par with peers
El Paso, TX 18.6% 12th -0.9pp 5th 14% above peers
Baltimore, MD 23.1% 15th -0.9pp 6th 41% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 12.4% 5th -0.4pp 7th 24% below peers
Detroit, MI 39.0% 18th +1.0pp 8th 138% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.9% 17th +1.3pp 9th 70% above peers
Portland, OR 15.8% 9th +0.8pp 10th 3% below peers
Washington, DC 14.3% 6th +0.8pp 11th 13% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 15.1% 8th +0.9pp 12th 8% below peers
Denver, CO 8.8% 3rd +0.6pp 13th 46% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 17.2% 11th +1.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Boston, MA 19.5% 13th +2.1pp 15th 19% above peers
Fresno, CA 24.8% 16th +2.7pp 16th 51% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 14.3% 7th +1.6pp 17th 13% below peers
San Francisco, CA 11.4% 4th +6.5pp 18th 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami, FL down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Orlando, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $237,556 in September 2026, up from $231,629 a year earlier.
$237,556
2000September 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $296,424 (Sep 26) -1.4%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
San Francisco, CA $1,441,021 (Sep 26) 1st +15.5% 1st 274% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $223,304 (Sep 26) 14th +3.0% 2nd 42% below peers
El Paso, TX $237,556 (Sep 26) 13th +2.6% 3rd 38% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $344,199 (Sep 26) 10th +1.7% 4th 11% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY $261,376 (Sep 26) 12th +1.3% 5th 32% below peers
Fresno, CA $384,885 (Sep 26) 9th +0.6% 6th on par with peers
Portland, OR $524,318 (Sep 26) 5th +0.5% 7th 36% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK $204,979 (Sep 26) 15th +0.3% 8th 47% below peers
Washington, DC $566,961 (Sep 26) 4th -0.7% 9th 47% above peers
Boston, MA $761,236 (Sep 26) 3rd -1.6% 10th 98% above peers
Seattle, WA $822,572 (Sep 26) 2nd -1.8% 11th 114% above peers
Denver, CO $520,947 (Sep 26) 6th -1.9% 12th 35% above peers
Tucson, AZ $318,760 (Sep 26) 11th -1.9% 13th 17% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN $425,889 (Sep 26) 7th -2.5% 14th 11% above peers
Memphis, TN $151,794 (Sep 26) 17th -2.8% 15th 61% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $417,475 (Sep 26) 8th -2.8% 16th 8% above peers
Baltimore, MD $184,804 (Sep 26) 16th -3.7% 17th 52% below peers
Detroit, MI $74,742 (Sep 26) 18th -5.9% 18th 81% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $181,445 in September 2026, up from $174,597 a year earlier.
$181,445
2000September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $180,302 (Sep 26) +0.1%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
San Francisco, CA $933,610 (Sep 26) 1st +12.4% 1st 236% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $138,086 (Sep 26) 14th +4.1% 2nd 50% below peers
El Paso, TX $181,445 (Sep 26) 12th +3.9% 3rd 35% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $269,328 (Sep 26) 10th +2.2% 4th 3% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY $169,622 (Sep 26) 13th +1.4% 5th 39% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK $121,994 (Sep 26) 15th +1.1% 6th 56% below peers
Boston, MA $540,193 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.0% 7th 94% above peers
Fresno, CA $277,744 (Sep 26) 9th +0.8% 8th on par with peers
Portland, OR $374,976 (Sep 26) 4th -0.0% 9th 35% above peers
Detroit, MI $46,602 (Sep 26) 18th -1.0% 10th 83% below peers
Seattle, WA $547,745 (Sep 26) 2nd -2.4% 11th 97% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN $298,987 (Sep 26) 7th -2.6% 12th 8% above peers
Washington, DC $334,311 (Sep 26) 6th -2.8% 13th 20% above peers
Tucson, AZ $238,522 (Sep 26) 11th -2.8% 14th 14% below peers
Denver, CO $346,755 (Sep 26) 5th -3.0% 15th 25% above peers
Memphis, TN $78,079 (Sep 26) 17th -3.2% 16th 72% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $295,641 (Sep 26) 8th -3.5% 17th 6% above peers
Baltimore, MD $97,663 (Sep 26) 16th -4.5% 18th 65% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58.9% to 60.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
29% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 29% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.3% to 60.8%).
Bright spot 60.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Las Vegas, NV 56.6% 5th +3.9pp 1st 12% above peers
Fresno, CA 50.1% 10th +3.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Detroit, MI 50.4% 9th +3.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Albuquerque, NM 61.8% 1st +2.1pp 4th 23% above peers
El Paso, TX 60.8% 2nd +1.9pp 5th 21% above peers
Tucson, AZ 51.9% 8th +1.2pp 6th 3% above peers
Boston, MA 35.7% 18th +0.7pp 7th 29% below peers
San Francisco, CA 38.2% 17th +0.6pp 8th 24% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 41.8% 15th +0.4pp 9th 17% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 60.7% 3rd +0.6pp 10th 21% above peers
Baltimore, MD 47.5% 12th +0.0pp 11th 6% below peers
Washington, DC 41.5% 16th -0.1pp 12th 18% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 58.5% 4th -0.4pp 13th 16% above peers
Denver, CO 48.8% 11th -1.1pp 14th 3% below peers
Portland, OR 52.0% 7th -1.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 52.4% 6th -1.5pp 16th 4% above peers
Memphis, TN 44.9% 13th -1.7pp 17th 11% below peers
Seattle, WA 43.7% 14th -2.0pp 18th 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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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Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,508 in September 2026, up from $1,458 a year earlier.
Big move $1,508
2015September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
San Francisco, CA $4,784 (Sep 26) 1st +26.4% 1st 178% above peers
Detroit, MI $1,328 (Sep 26) 16th +5.1% 2nd 23% below peers
Milwaukee, WI $1,443 (Sep 26) 13th +4.8% 3rd 16% below peers
Fresno, CA $1,945 (Sep 26) 5th +3.9% 4th 13% above peers
Baltimore, MD $1,762 (Sep 26) 8th +3.6% 5th 3% above peers
El Paso, TX $1,508 (Sep 26) 11th +3.4% 6th 12% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK $1,285 (Sep 26) 17th +2.8% 7th 25% below peers
Boston, MA $3,271 (Sep 26) 2nd +2.1% 8th 90% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY $1,330 (Sep 26) 15th +2.0% 9th 23% below peers
Memphis, TN $1,259 (Sep 26) 18th +1.7% 10th 27% below peers
Portland, OR $1,719 (Sep 26) 9th +1.6% 11th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ $1,428 (Sep 26) 14th +1.4% 12th 17% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $1,452 (Sep 26) 12th +1.4% 13th 16% below peers
Washington, DC $2,484 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.0% 14th 45% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN $1,820 (Sep 26) 7th +0.9% 15th 6% above peers
Las Vegas, NV $1,700 (Sep 26) 10th +0.5% 16th 1% below peers
Seattle, WA $2,227 (Sep 26) 4th +0.5% 17th 30% above peers
Denver, CO $1,855 (Sep 26) 6th +0.1% 18th 8% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.7% to 36.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
35% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 6% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.1% to 36.0%).
Needs attention 36.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Milwaukee, WI 40.3% 13th -1.5pp 1st 4% above peers
Fresno, CA 42.5% 17th -0.8pp 2nd 10% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 33.5% 3rd -0.6pp 3rd 14% below peers
Detroit, MI 43.5% 18th -0.7pp 4th 12% above peers
Seattle, WA 34.5% 4th -0.5pp 5th 11% below peers
Boston, MA 42.5% 16th -0.4pp 6th 10% above peers
Washington, DC 36.1% 7th -0.2pp 7th 7% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.7% 10th +0.6pp 8th on par with peers
Denver, CO 36.1% 8th +0.7pp 9th 7% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 39.9% 12th +1.1pp 10th 3% above peers
Memphis, TN 41.8% 15th +1.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 30.7% 1st +1.2pp 12th 21% below peers
Portland, OR 38.8% 11th +1.5pp 13th on par with peers
San Francisco, CA 35.6% 5th +1.7pp 14th 8% below peers
Baltimore, MD 41.7% 14th +2.2pp 15th 8% above peers
El Paso, TX 36.0% 6th +2.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 31.5% 2nd +2.4pp 17th 19% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 36.9% 9th +3.8pp 18th 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.5% then, 7.1% now; margin ±0.6pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 7.1%).
Bright spot 7.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fresno, CA 8.2% 5th -2.3pp 1st 20% below peers
Detroit, MI 20.1% 14th -3.6pp 2nd 95% above peers
Tucson, AZ 10.1% 8th -1.5pp 3rd 2% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 8.9% 6th -1.1pp 4th 14% below peers
Memphis, TN 10.3% 9th -1.3pp 5th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 9.7% 7th -0.9pp 6th 6% below peers
Baltimore, MD 26.7% 15th -2.2pp 7th 159% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 16.2% 12th -1.2pp 8th 57% above peers
El Paso, TX 7.1% 4th -0.4pp 9th 31% below peers
Portland, OR 13.7% 11th -0.5pp 10th 33% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.0% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 32% below peers
Boston, MA 33.2% 17th -1.0pp 12th 223% above peers
San Francisco, CA 30.2% 16th -0.7pp 13th 193% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 6.7% 2nd -0.0pp 14th 35% below peers
Washington, DC 36.0% 18th +0.1pp 15th 249% above peers
Denver, CO 10.3% 10th +0.5pp 16th on par with peers
Seattle, WA 19.0% 13th +1.2pp 17th 84% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 6.5% 1st +0.4pp 18th 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.1% to 20.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 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
29% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 47% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.5% to 20.6%).
Needs attention 20.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Fresno, CA 6.1% 8th -2.1pp 1st 29% below peers
Portland, OR 5.2% 5th -1.2pp 2nd 39% below peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.6pp 3rd 66% below peers
Detroit, MI 7.4% 9th -1.0pp 4th 13% below peers
San Francisco, CA 3.3% 2nd -0.4pp 5th 62% below peers
Baltimore, MD 5.9% 6th -0.6pp 6th 31% below peers
Tucson, AZ 10.6% 13th -0.9pp 7th 24% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 13.8% 16th -0.9pp 8th 61% above peers
Denver, CO 9.0% 11th -0.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 9.1% 12th -0.2pp 10th 6% above peers
Washington, DC 3.6% 3rd -0.0pp 11th 57% below peers
Seattle, WA 4.2% 4th +0.0pp 12th 51% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 12.8% 14th +0.7pp 13th 49% above peers
Memphis, TN 14.7% 17th +1.0pp 14th 72% above peers
El Paso, TX 20.6% 18th +1.6pp 15th 141% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 8.6% 10th +0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 13.4% 15th +1.1pp 17th 57% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 6.0% 7th +0.6pp 18th 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Anaheim, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.8%
20202023
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.7%
United States ref 32.9%
San Francisco, CA 17.5% 1st 48% below peers
Denver, CO 21.6% 2nd 36% below peers
Seattle, WA 22.2% 3rd 34% below peers
Boston, MA 23.4% 4th 30% below peers
Washington, DC 24.6% 5th 27% below peers
Portland, OR 28.5% 6th 15% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 32.0% 7th 4% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 32.4% 8th 3% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 32.9% 9th 2% below peers
Tucson, AZ 33.5% 10th on par with peers
El Paso, TX 33.8% 11th 1% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 36.3% 12th 8% above peers
Fresno, CA 37.5% 13th 12% above peers
Baltimore, MD 38.1% 14th 14% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 38.3% 15th 14% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 41.8% 16th 25% above peers
Memphis, TN 42.1% 17th 26% above peers
Detroit, MI 45.6% 18th 36% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 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 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.1% to 11.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 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
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 6% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.9% to 11.2%).
Needs attention 11.2%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 18 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
Portland, OR 1.9% 1st -0.9pp 1st 58% below peers
Detroit, MI 2.8% 7th -0.4pp 2nd 39% below peers
Fresno, CA 2.5% 5th -0.2pp 3rd 46% below peers
Tucson, AZ 7.8% 13th -0.2pp 4th 70% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 3.3% 8th +0.0pp 5th 28% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 8.0% 14th +0.9pp 6th 74% above peers
Baltimore, MD 4.6% 10th +0.6pp 7th on par with peers
El Paso, TX 11.2% 18th +2.1pp 8th 144% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 9.6% 16th +2.4pp 9th 110% above peers
Denver, CO 5.7% 11th +1.5pp 10th 23% above peers
Memphis, TN 8.7% 15th +2.4pp 11th 89% above peers
Seattle, WA 1.9% 2nd +0.5pp 12th 58% below peers
Washington, DC 2.8% 6th +0.8pp 13th 40% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 3.9% 9th +1.1pp 14th 15% below peers
San Francisco, CA 2.2% 4th +0.7pp 15th 52% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 10.6% 17th +3.7pp 16th 130% above peers
Boston, MA 2.0% 3rd +0.7pp 17th 56% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.9% 12th +2.5pp 18th 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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 (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.1% to 28.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. El Paso started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.7% to 28.1%).
Bright spot 28.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Detroit, MI 18.1% 18th +2.8pp 1st 50% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 48.0% 7th +6.9pp 2nd 33% above peers
Fresno, CA 25.5% 17th +3.6pp 3rd 29% below peers
Denver, CO 56.5% 4th +7.1pp 4th 56% above peers
Tucson, AZ 31.1% 12th +3.7pp 5th 14% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 34.7% 10th +4.1pp 6th 4% below peers
Baltimore, MD 36.1% 9th +4.2pp 7th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 33.8% 11th +3.9pp 8th 7% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 27.6% 15th +3.1pp 9th 23% below peers
El Paso, TX 28.1% 13th +3.1pp 10th 22% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.4% 16th +2.8pp 11th 24% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 39.2% 8th +4.0pp 12th 9% above peers
Boston, MA 54.9% 5th +5.2pp 13th 52% above peers
Washington, DC 64.2% 2nd +5.7pp 14th 78% above peers
Memphis, TN 28.0% 14th +1.9pp 15th 22% below peers
Seattle, WA 68.5% 1st +4.4pp 16th 89% above peers
Portland, OR 53.8% 6th +3.3pp 17th 49% above peers
San Francisco, CA 60.3% 3rd +2.3pp 18th 67% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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 (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newark, NJ up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cleveland, OH up 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.5% to 47.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.2pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 41% moved the other way. El Paso started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.6% to 47.3%).
Bright spot 47.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
El Paso, TX 47.3% 7th +6.8pp 1st 13% above peers
Memphis, TN 39.9% 10th +2.7pp 2nd 5% below peers
Boston, MA 65.1% 4th +4.0pp 3rd 55% above peers
Seattle, WA 70.3% 3rd +1.0pp 4th 68% above peers
Tucson, AZ 38.6% 13th +0.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Washington, DC 79.0% 1st +0.3pp 6th 88% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 39.4% 11th -0.7pp 7th 6% below peers
San Francisco, CA 73.2% 2nd -1.3pp 8th 74% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 37.0% 14th -2.2pp 9th 12% below peers
Denver, CO 52.5% 6th -3.2pp 10th 25% above peers
Fresno, CA 35.5% 15th -3.9pp 11th 15% below peers
Portland, OR 54.4% 5th -7.4pp 12th 30% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 38.7% 12th -5.9pp 13th 8% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 32.7% 16th -5.9pp 14th 22% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 42.3% 8th -7.8pp 15th 1% above peers
Baltimore, MD 42.0% 9th -9.8pp 16th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 31.9% 17th -9.6pp 17th 24% below peers
Detroit, MI 31.0% 18th -9.8pp 18th 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.8% then, 8.0% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
18% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 8.0%).
8.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Baltimore, MD 9.0% 15th -2.7pp 1st 9% above peers
Washington, DC 5.2% 4th -1.5pp 2nd 37% below peers
El Paso, TX 8.0% 9th -0.9pp 3rd 3% below peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.2pp 4th 64% below peers
Seattle, WA 3.1% 3rd -0.2pp 5th 62% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.2% 7th -0.4pp 6th 12% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 8.2% 10th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
Denver, CO 8.4% 11th -0.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Fresno, CA 8.9% 14th -0.4pp 9th 9% above peers
Tucson, AZ 7.3% 8th -0.0pp 10th 11% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 5.7% 6th +0.3pp 11th 30% below peers
San Francisco, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.2pp 12th 64% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 8.8% 13th +0.7pp 13th 7% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 8.5% 12th +0.7pp 14th 4% above peers
Portland, OR 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 15th 30% below peers
Memphis, TN 13.1% 17th +1.8pp 16th 60% above peers
Detroit, MI 16.7% 18th +2.7pp 17th 103% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 11.9% 16th +2.2pp 18th 45% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Orlando, FL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kansas City, MO down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tulsa, OK down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 679,813 to 680,130 - more than the combined survey margin (±151).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 29% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (669,771 to 680,130).
680,130
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Oklahoma City, OK 697,125 4th +8% 1st 6% above peers
Seattle, WA 754,195 2nd +4% 2nd 14% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 660,400 9th +4% 3rd on par with peers
Fresno, CA 545,970 18th +4% 4th 17% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 690,130 5th +4% 5th 5% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 631,818 12th +2% 6th 4% below peers
Denver, CO 718,877 3rd +2% 7th 9% above peers
Tucson, AZ 547,073 17th +1% 8th 17% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 562,218 16th +1% 9th 15% below peers
El Paso, TX 680,130 7th +0% 10th 3% above peers
Portland, OR 641,165 10th -1% 11th 3% below peers
Washington, DC 681,294 6th -2% 12th 3% above peers
Boston, MA 666,442 8th -3% 13th 1% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 566,973 15th -5% 14th 14% below peers
Memphis, TN 618,980 13th -5% 15th 6% below peers
San Francisco, CA 830,235 1st -5% 16th 26% above peers
Detroit, MI 638,530 11th -5% 17th 3% below peers
Baltimore, MD 573,243 14th -6% 18th 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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 ±130 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 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.7% to 24.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.3pp).

Broader trend
65% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 12% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 2.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.2% to 24.9%).
Big move 24.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Washington, DC 18.7% 13th +0.8pp 1st 10% below peers
San Francisco, CA 13.7% 18th +0.2pp 2nd 34% below peers
Memphis, TN 25.2% 3rd +0.3pp 3rd 21% above peers
Baltimore, MD 20.9% 9th +0.2pp 4th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 22.5% 7th +0.0pp 5th 8% above peers
Detroit, MI 24.8% 6th -0.1pp 6th 19% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 20.7% 10th -0.3pp 7th 1% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 25.4% 2nd -0.6pp 8th 21% above peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 1st -1.0pp 9th 31% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 24.9% 4th -1.0pp 10th 19% above peers
Boston, MA 15.1% 16th -0.8pp 11th 28% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 22.4% 8th -1.4pp 12th 7% above peers
El Paso, TX 24.9% 5th -1.8pp 13th 19% above peers
Portland, OR 16.3% 15th -1.5pp 14th 22% below peers
Seattle, WA 13.8% 17th -1.3pp 15th 34% below peers
Tucson, AZ 19.4% 12th -1.8pp 16th 7% below peers
Denver, CO 18.0% 14th -1.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 20.3% 11th -2.1pp 18th 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.0% then, 37.6% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
29% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.9% to 37.6%).
37.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Portland, OR 31.3% 15th +2.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 42.2% 8th +2.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 61.4% 2nd +2.9pp 3rd 50% above peers
El Paso, TX 37.6% 12th +1.6pp 4th 8% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 38.0% 11th +1.6pp 5th 7% below peers
San Francisco, CA 21.4% 17th +0.6pp 6th 48% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 40.5% 10th +0.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Denver, CO 30.9% 16th +0.3pp 8th 24% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 34.6% 14th +0.2pp 9th 15% below peers
Memphis, TN 59.9% 3rd -0.2pp 10th 46% above peers
Detroit, MI 67.1% 1st -1.0pp 11th 64% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 36.3% 13th -0.9pp 12th 11% below peers
Tucson, AZ 43.2% 6th -1.7pp 13th 6% above peers
Seattle, WA 21.1% 18th -1.0pp 14th 48% below peers
Washington, DC 45.3% 5th -2.3pp 15th 11% above peers
Baltimore, MD 54.2% 4th -3.8pp 16th 33% above peers
Fresno, CA 40.9% 9th -3.3pp 17th on par with peers
Boston, MA 42.6% 7th -3.9pp 18th 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.8% then, 58.5% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Broader trend
18% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.4% to 58.5%).
Big move 58.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Oklahoma City, OK 68.8% 12th +4.6pp 1st 1% below peers
Fresno, CA 65.0% 14th +3.6pp 2nd 7% below peers
Denver, CO 69.9% 8th +3.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Seattle, WA 72.9% 5th +3.8pp 4th 5% above peers
Baltimore, MD 74.6% 3rd +3.8pp 5th 7% above peers
Washington, DC 77.5% 2nd +1.4pp 6th 11% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 72.5% 6th +1.3pp 7th 4% above peers
Boston, MA 78.6% 1st +0.9pp 8th 13% above peers
San Francisco, CA 73.9% 4th +0.8pp 9th 6% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 69.7% 9th +0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Portland, OR 70.6% 7th +0.1pp 11th 1% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 69.3% 10th -0.3pp 12th 1% below peers
Memphis, TN 66.7% 13th -1.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 62.4% 16th -2.0pp 14th 11% below peers
El Paso, TX 58.5% 18th -2.2pp 15th 16% below peers
Tucson, AZ 62.5% 15th -3.9pp 16th 10% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 69.0% 11th -4.6pp 17th 1% below peers
Detroit, MI 61.8% 17th -5.1pp 18th 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 148 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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