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Fulshear, TX
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64,630 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 12 indicators

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

What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Fulshear, 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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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Household income changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys ($166,863 then, $187,035 now; margin ±$25,140). 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
All similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Household income rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 ($165,208 to $187,035).
Bright spot $187,035
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%
Brentwood, NY $111,572 13th +51% 1st 15% above peers
Apopka, FL $96,884 17th +47% 2nd on par with peers
Lynwood, CA $74,844 24th +43% 3rd 23% below peers
Celina, TX $170,894 2nd +37% 4th 76% above peers
Millcreek, UT $98,045 15th +36% 5th 1% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $97,200 16th +34% 6th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA $142,779 5th +32% 7th 47% above peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 12th +31% 8th 16% above peers
Muncie, IN $44,471 31st +31% 9th 54% below peers
Bellevue, NE $85,462 22nd +31% 10th 12% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $136,578 7th +30% 11th 41% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $140,452 6th +29% 12th 44% above peers
Wylie, TX $119,522 11th +29% 13th 23% above peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 25th +27% 14th 25% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 30th +27% 15th 50% below peers
Marietta, GA $72,725 26th +27% 16th 25% below peers
Waltham, MA $120,216 10th +25% 17th 24% above peers
West Hartford, CT $129,890 9th +25% 18th 34% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $88,251 19th +24% 19th 9% below peers
Reston, VA $148,710 4th +24% 20th 53% above peers
Richland, WA $95,813 18th +23% 21st 1% below peers
Moore, OK $80,420 23rd +22% 22nd 17% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 14th +22% 23rd 10% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 24th 62% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $52,707 29th +21% 25th 46% below peers
Burnsville, MN $87,024 20th +18% 26th 10% below peers
Hamilton, OH $55,166 28th +17% 27th 43% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 21st +17% 28th 12% below peers
Union City, CA $133,715 8th +17% 29th 38% above peers
Kenner, LA $64,020 27th +16% 30th 34% below peers
Fulshear, TX $187,035 1st +12% 31st 92% above peers
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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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 ±$23,499 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
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 84% 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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.6% in July 2026, up from 4.0% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.6%
2020July 2026
▸ Compare all 26 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
Lorain, OH 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th -1.7pp 1st on par with peers
Hamilton, OH 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -1.3pp 2nd 7% below peers
Muncie, IN 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st -0.9pp 3rd 10% above peers
Lynwood, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 4th 40% above peers
Richland, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.7pp 5th 19% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 6th 12% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.8% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 7th 33% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 8th 5% below peers
Union City, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 20th -0.4pp 9th 7% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.3pp 10th 2% below peers
Millcreek, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 11th 19% below peers
Marietta, GA 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 12th 31% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 13th 5% below peers
Waltham, MA 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th -0.1pp 14th 2% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 4.6% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.1pp 15th 10% above peers
Bellevue, NE 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.0pp 16th 26% below peers
Kenner, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.1pp 17th 5% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 17th +0.4pp 18th 2% above peers
Celina, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 15th +0.5pp 19th on par with peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% (Jul 26) 24th +0.5pp 20th 14% above peers
Burnsville, MN 4.3% (Jul 26) 18th +0.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Fulshear, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 22nd 10% above peers
Apopka, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 19th +0.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 16th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 25th +0.8pp 25th 17% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th +1.1pp 26th 5% below peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.4% then, 1.6% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.6% to 1.6%).
Bright spot 1.6%
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%
Brentwood, NY 6.7% 10th -5.7pp 1st 15% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.6% 1st -0.8pp 2nd 80% below peers
Bellevue, NE 7.8% 16th -2.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Four Corners, FL 10.5% 21st -3.3pp 4th 34% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 3rd -1.4pp 5th 37% below peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 5th -1.2pp 6th 27% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.3% 29th -3.5pp 7th 160% above peers
Wylie, TX 5.6% 4th -0.8pp 8th 28% below peers
Kenner, LA 15.4% 25th -1.9pp 9th 98% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 6.4% 9th -0.8pp 10th 18% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.8% 15th -0.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Marietta, GA 12.8% 24th -1.2pp 12th 64% above peers
Muncie, IN 29.2% 31st -1.8pp 13th 274% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 18.6% 27th -0.9pp 14th 138% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 6.7% 12th -0.2pp 15th 14% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 6.7% 11th -0.2pp 16th 14% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.3% 8th -0.1pp 17th 19% below peers
Lorain, OH 25.2% 30th +0.1pp 18th 224% above peers
Lynwood, CA 18.0% 26th +0.1pp 19th 130% above peers
Waltham, MA 9.4% 19th +0.1pp 20th 21% above peers
Richland, WA 9.0% 18th +0.1pp 21st 15% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.3% 7th +0.1pp 22nd 19% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 20th +0.9pp 23rd 31% above peers
Hamilton, OH 19.6% 28th +2.6pp 24th 152% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.2% 14th +1.0pp 25th 7% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 6th +1.3pp 26th 25% below peers
Moore, OK 11.4% 23rd +2.8pp 27th 46% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 8.2% 17th +2.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Burnsville, MN 10.8% 22nd +3.3pp 29th 39% above peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 13th +2.2pp 30th 7% below peers
Celina, TX 4.7% 2nd +4.1pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ 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 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.2% then, 1.2% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Bright spot 1.2%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 13th -9.9pp 1st 5% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 84% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 2nd -3.3pp 3rd 43% below peers
Bellevue, NE 8.1% 18th -5.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 17th -4.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 24th -8.0pp 6th 105% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.7% 5th -2.7pp 7th 25% below peers
Reston, VA 6.6% 8th -2.9pp 8th 13% below peers
Kenner, LA 20.1% 26th -8.2pp 9th 166% above peers
West Hartford, CT 5.2% 4th -2.0pp 10th 30% below peers
Marietta, GA 15.3% 23rd -4.8pp 11th 103% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 27.8% 28th -8.5pp 12th 269% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.8% 6th -1.7pp 13th 23% below peers
Wylie, TX 6.8% 9th -1.8pp 14th 10% below peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 19th -3.0pp 15th 52% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 7.5% 16th -1.6pp 16th on par with peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 15th -1.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 12th -1.2pp 18th 8% below peers
Muncie, IN 30.3% 30th -4.3pp 19th 302% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 7.2% 14th -0.6pp 20th 4% below peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 21st -1.2pp 21st 78% above peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 31st -0.9pp 22nd 414% above peers
Lynwood, CA 29.0% 29th +2.3pp 23rd 284% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 11th +0.7pp 24th 9% below peers
Hamilton, OH 27.6% 27th +3.0pp 25th 267% above peers
Burnsville, MN 14.4% 22nd +2.6pp 26th 91% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 12.3% 20th +3.8pp 27th 64% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 10th +2.5pp 28th 9% below peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 25th +7.9pp 29th 132% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.2% 7th +3.5pp 30th 18% below peers
Celina, TX 4.7% 3rd 37% below peers
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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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (98.2% then, 96.0% now; margin ±7.5pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (95.5% to 96.0%).
Bright spot 96.0%
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%
Lynwood, CA 91.0% 25th +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 83.4% 30th +14.2pp 2nd 12% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 86.8% 29th +14.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Muncie, IN 87.7% 27th +11.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Kenner, LA 87.7% 28th +10.9pp 5th 7% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 15th +11.0pp 6th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 17th +9.8pp 7th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 94.2% 18th +9.1pp 8th on par with peers
Hamilton, OH 88.6% 26th +6.8pp 9th 6% below peers
Burnsville, MN 95.4% 11th +7.1pp 10th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 95.7% 9th +6.3pp 11th 1% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 95.4% 12th +6.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 96.7% 5th +5.9pp 13th 3% above peers
Millcreek, UT 93.3% 23rd +5.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Waltham, MA 94.0% 19th +5.4pp 15th on par with peers
Bellevue, NE 93.3% 20th +5.3pp 16th 1% below peers
West Hartford, CT 94.3% 16th +5.1pp 17th on par with peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 14th +5.0pp 18th 1% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 92.9% 24th +4.2pp 19th 1% below peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 22nd +4.0pp 20th 1% below peers
Wylie, TX 97.1% 3rd +4.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 2nd +4.0pp 22nd 3% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 21st +3.5pp 23rd 1% below peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 13th +2.9pp 24th 1% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 95.6% 10th +2.3pp 25th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 96.6% 6th +2.2pp 26th 2% above peers
Reston, VA 97.0% 4th +2.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Celina, TX 98.5% 1st +1.8pp 28th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 29th 18% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 8th -0.0pp 30th 1% above peers
Fulshear, TX 96.0% 7th -2.2pp 31st 2% above peers
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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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.5pp 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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.32 then, 0.34 now; margin ±0.05).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.37 to 0.34).
Bright spot 0.34
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
Celina, TX 0.37 4th -0.064 1st 15% below peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 7th -0.036 2nd 10% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0.41 11th -0.033 3rd 7% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 0.47 24th -0.030 4th 7% above peers
Muncie, IN 0.46 22nd -0.024 5th 5% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 0.47 23rd -0.017 6th 6% above peers
Reston, VA 0.41 13th -0.014 7th 6% below peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 8th -0.010 8th 9% below peers
Lynwood, CA 0.40 10th -0.006 9th 9% below peers
Marietta, GA 0.48 28th -0.006 10th 9% above peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 25th -0.004 11th 7% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 30th +0.000 12th 25% above peers
Burnsville, MN 0.40 9th +0.002 13th 9% below peers
Bellevue, NE 0.39 5th +0.004 14th 10% below peers
West Hartford, CT 0.47 26th +0.007 15th 7% above peers
Millcreek, UT 0.47 27th +0.009 16th 8% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 0.37 3rd +0.008 17th 16% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 0.43 15th +0.012 18th 3% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 20th +0.017 19th 1% above peers
Kenner, LA 0.49 29th +0.022 20th 11% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 0.55 31st +0.027 21st 25% above peers
Hamilton, OH 0.44 17th +0.022 22nd on par with peers
Richland, WA 0.44 16th +0.023 23rd on par with peers
Moore, OK 0.40 6th +0.024 24th 10% below peers
Waltham, MA 0.44 19th +0.032 25th 1% above peers
Fulshear, TX 0.34 1st +0.026 26th 22% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 12th +0.051 27th 7% below peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 14th +0.054 28th 4% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 0.46 21st +0.059 29th 4% above peers
Wylie, TX 0.37 2nd +0.051 30th 16% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 18th +0.066 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.05 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (1.3% then, 3.2% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.0% to 3.2%).
Bright spot 3.2%
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
Celina, TX 0.9% 1st -0.9pp 1st 88% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.5% 9th -2.6pp 2nd 37% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.1% 12th -2.2pp 3rd 29% below peers
Reston, VA 3.6% 6th -1.1pp 4th 50% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 8th -1.2pp 5th 40% below peers
Marietta, GA 9.4% 21st -2.6pp 6th 31% above peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 20th -2.3pp 7th 24% above peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 25th -3.1pp 8th 77% above peers
Millcreek, UT 4.9% 10th -1.2pp 9th 32% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 7.2% 16th -1.6pp 10th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 4.9% 11th -0.9pp 11th 31% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.4% 15th -1.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Bellevue, NE 7.3% 17th -1.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 22nd -1.7pp 14th 50% above peers
Hamilton, OH 17.8% 28th -2.8pp 15th 148% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.5% 27th -1.4pp 16th 89% above peers
Kenner, LA 13.0% 26th -0.8pp 17th 82% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 31st -1.1pp 18th 249% above peers
Lynwood, CA 21.4% 30th +1.2pp 19th 198% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2.7% 2nd +0.2pp 20th 62% below peers
Muncie, IN 20.5% 29th +1.8pp 21st 186% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 5th +0.4pp 22nd 51% below peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 23rd +1.7pp 23rd 61% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 18th +1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 24th +2.7pp 25th 69% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.7% 14th +1.6pp 26th 21% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 4th +0.9pp 27th 55% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 5.3% 13th +1.5pp 28th 26% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 19th +2.4pp 29th 12% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.2% 7th +1.6pp 30th 41% below peers
Fulshear, TX 3.2% 3rd +1.9pp 31st 56% below peers
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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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±3.2pp 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 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $499,162 in August 2026, down from $515,466 a year earlier.
$499,162
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 30 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%
West Hartford, CT $509,334 (Aug 26) 15th +5.5% 1st on par with peers
Brentwood, NY $645,519 (Aug 26) 9th +5.1% 2nd 27% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $1,485,606 (Aug 26) 1st +4.8% 3rd 192% above peers
Lorain, OH $156,898 (Aug 26) 30th +3.9% 4th 69% below peers
Kenner, LA $269,861 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 5th 47% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $169,776 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 6th 67% below peers
Hamilton, OH $307,195 (Aug 26) 24th +3.6% 7th 40% below peers
Muncie, IN $158,233 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 8th 69% below peers
Millcreek, UT $633,137 (Aug 26) 10th +3.4% 9th 24% above peers
Lynwood, CA $684,690 (Aug 26) 8th +3.3% 10th 34% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $695,799 (Aug 26) 7th +3.2% 11th 37% above peers
Bellevue, NE $300,450 (Aug 26) 25th +3.0% 12th 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,399,669 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.0% 13th 175% above peers
South San Francisco, CA $1,222,899 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.9% 14th 140% above peers
Burnsville, MN $368,875 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.4% 15th 28% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $330,973 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.1% 16th 35% below peers
Waltham, MA $819,328 (Aug 26) 6th +1.1% 17th 61% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $1,089,663 (Aug 26) 5th +0.8% 18th 114% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $518,234 (Aug 26) 13th +0.7% 19th 2% above peers
Richland, WA $466,478 (Aug 26) 18th +0.3% 20th 8% below peers
Reston, VA $624,958 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 21st 23% above peers
Moore, OK $222,111 (Aug 26) 27th +0.3% 22nd 56% below peers
Apopka, FL $394,175 (Aug 26) 21st -0.6% 23rd 23% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $631,034 (Aug 26) 11th -0.7% 24th 24% above peers
Marietta, GA $471,117 (Aug 26) 17th -1.2% 25th 8% below peers
Marana, AZ $417,076 (Aug 26) 19th -1.4% 26th 18% below peers
Union City, CA $1,198,720 (Aug 26) 4th -2.8% 27th 135% above peers
Fulshear, TX $499,162 (Aug 26) 16th -3.2% 28th 2% below peers
Wylie, TX $412,915 (Aug 26) 20th -5.7% 29th 19% below peers
Celina, TX $511,903 (Aug 26) 14th -9.2% 30th 1% 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 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 12% higher than in 2021 ($315,862 then, $352,861 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $377,660 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $352,861 in August 2026, down from $366,361 a year earlier.
$352,861
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 30 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%
Brentwood, NY $597,003 (Aug 26) 8th +13.3% 1st 66% above peers
Lorain, OH $108,986 (Aug 26) 28th +9.3% 2nd 70% below peers
Kenner, LA $195,822 (Aug 26) 25th +8.9% 3rd 46% below peers
West Hartford, CT $359,385 (Aug 26) 15th +5.4% 4th on par with peers
Lynwood, CA $618,877 (Aug 26) 6th +4.0% 5th 72% above peers
Hamilton, OH $173,177 (Aug 26) 27th +4.0% 6th 52% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $940,947 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.2% 7th 162% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $92,224 (Aug 26) 29th +3.1% 8th 74% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $895,797 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.1% 9th 149% above peers
Bellevue, NE $233,634 (Aug 26) 24th +3.0% 10th 35% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $987,175 (Aug 26) 1st +2.2% 11th 175% above peers
Muncie, IN $89,592 (Aug 26) 30th +2.1% 12th 75% below peers
Millcreek, UT $425,521 (Aug 26) 9th +1.8% 13th 18% above peers
Waltham, MA $613,699 (Aug 26) 7th +1.7% 14th 71% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $262,904 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.6% 15th 27% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $375,101 (Aug 26) 12th +1.0% 16th 4% above peers
Richland, WA $351,785 (Aug 26) 17th +0.9% 17th 2% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $844,087 (Aug 26) 4th +0.6% 18th 135% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $370,361 (Aug 26) 14th +0.2% 19th 3% above peers
Burnsville, MN $248,718 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.1% 20th 31% below peers
Moore, OK $174,228 (Aug 26) 26th +0.0% 21st 52% below peers
Reston, VA $388,601 (Aug 26) 11th -0.4% 22nd 8% above peers
Apopka, FL $293,799 (Aug 26) 21st -1.1% 23rd 18% below peers
Marana, AZ $314,133 (Aug 26) 20th -1.2% 24th 13% below peers
Marietta, GA $325,113 (Aug 26) 19th -1.3% 25th 10% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $372,531 (Aug 26) 13th -2.4% 26th 4% above peers
Fulshear, TX $352,861 (Aug 26) 16th -3.7% 27th 2% below peers
Union City, CA $748,596 (Aug 26) 5th -4.9% 28th 108% above peers
Wylie, TX $325,118 (Aug 26) 18th -5.0% 29th 10% below peers
Celina, TX $390,583 (Aug 26) 10th -8.7% 30th 9% above peers
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Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Worsening ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership fell 8.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 98.3% to 90.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up 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
Homeownership fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (91.7% to 90.0%).
Needs attention 90.0%
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%
Celina, TX 92.7% 1st +12.0pp 1st 43% above peers
Marietta, GA 47.2% 30th +5.2pp 2nd 27% below peers
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 5th +7.5pp 3rd 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 63.1% 19th +5.8pp 4th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 6th +5.8pp 5th 20% above peers
Bellevue, NE 65.5% 15th +3.4pp 6th 1% above peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 3rd +4.3pp 7th 29% above peers
Muncie, IN 52.0% 25th +2.6pp 8th 20% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 28th +2.0pp 9th 26% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 71.7% 11th +1.7pp 10th 11% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 72.5% 10th +1.3pp 11th 12% above peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 23rd +1.0pp 12th 12% below peers
Millcreek, UT 61.4% 20th +0.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64.7% 17th +0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 4th +0.4pp 15th 28% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 74.8% 8th +0.3pp 16th 16% above peers
Hamilton, OH 54.3% 24th -0.2pp 17th 16% below peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 12th -0.4pp 18th 5% above peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 18th -0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 16th -0.7pp 20th on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 73.0% 9th -0.9pp 21st 13% above peers
Wylie, TX 77.4% 7th -1.1pp 22nd 20% above peers
Reston, VA 60.6% 21st -1.0pp 23rd 6% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 67.4% 14th -1.6pp 24th 4% above peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 26th -1.3pp 25th 20% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 59.0% 22nd -2.2pp 26th 9% below peers
Waltham, MA 49.7% 27th -2.0pp 27th 23% below peers
West Hartford, CT 67.4% 13th -3.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 29th -2.9pp 29th 27% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 44.6% 31st -2.7pp 30th 31% below peers
Fulshear, TX 90.0% 2nd -8.3pp 31st 39% above peers
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.6% then, 23.0% now; margin ±11.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.1% to 23.0%).
Bright spot 23.0%
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 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 16th -14.5pp 1st on par with peers
Fulshear, TX 23.0% 2nd -3.6pp 2nd 31% below peers
Muncie, IN 31.9% 13th -4.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 31st -6.4pp 4th 43% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 19th -2.6pp 5th 4% above peers
West Hartford, CT 28.0% 8th -1.6pp 6th 16% below peers
Celina, TX 21.9% 1st -1.0pp 7th 34% below peers
Reston, VA 25.9% 4th -1.1pp 8th 23% below peers
Bellevue, NE 26.0% 6th -1.1pp 9th 22% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 41.4% 28th -1.1pp 10th 24% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 24th -0.4pp 11th 7% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 18th -0.2pp 12th 4% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 34.6% 17th -0.1pp 13th 4% above peers
Wylie, TX 30.4% 11th +0.4pp 14th 9% below peers
Hamilton, OH 32.9% 15th +1.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 35.6% 23rd +1.1pp 16th 7% above peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 7th +1.1pp 17th 18% below peers
Kenner, LA 35.9% 25th +1.8pp 18th 7% above peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 21st +1.9pp 19th 6% above peers
Waltham, MA 35.1% 20th +2.0pp 20th 5% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 29.5% 9th +1.8pp 21st 12% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 38.7% 26th +2.6pp 22nd 16% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 35.5% 22nd +3.2pp 23rd 6% above peers
Burnsville, MN 32.0% 14th +3.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 27th +4.0pp 25th 21% above peers
Millcreek, UT 30.4% 12th +3.2pp 26th 9% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 3rd +2.5pp 27th 30% below peers
Marietta, GA 42.4% 30th +5.1pp 28th 27% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 29.6% 10th +3.9pp 29th 11% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 29th +5.6pp 30th 27% above peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 5th +4.8pp 31st 22% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (0.1% then, 1.0% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.1% to 1.0%).
Bright spot 1.0%
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
Apopka, FL 2.4% 5th -2.0pp 1st 56% below peers
Wylie, TX 1.3% 3rd -0.8pp 2nd 76% below peers
Millcreek, UT 4.3% 13th -2.3pp 3rd 23% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 29th -2.6pp 4th 65% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 8.2% 24th -2.0pp 5th 49% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.6% 17th -1.1pp 6th 1% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 18th -1.0pp 7th 6% above peers
Bellevue, NE 3.8% 11th -0.5pp 8th 30% below peers
Hamilton, OH 8.1% 23rd -1.0pp 9th 48% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 10th 57% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% 6th -0.1pp 11th 51% below peers
Muncie, IN 10.6% 30th -0.3pp 12th 92% above peers
Lynwood, CA 7.1% 21st -0.0pp 13th 29% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 12th -0.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Marietta, GA 8.8% 27th +0.1pp 15th 60% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 7th +0.1pp 16th 51% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 19th +0.4pp 17th 6% above peers
Waltham, MA 8.6% 26th +0.7pp 18th 56% above peers
Kenner, LA 8.3% 25th +0.7pp 19th 51% above peers
Reston, VA 4.6% 14th +0.5pp 20th 16% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.5% 16th +0.8pp 21st on par with peers
West Hartford, CT 8.9% 28th +1.6pp 22nd 62% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 22nd +1.4pp 23rd 36% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 20th +1.4pp 24th 14% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.8% 15th +1.0pp 25th 13% below peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 10th +0.9pp 26th 30% below peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 8th +0.6pp 27th 50% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 31st +2.9pp 28th 92% above peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 9th +1.1pp 29th 37% below peers
Celina, TX 1.2% 2nd +0.4pp 30th 78% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.0% 1st +0.9pp 31st 82% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 2.8% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 2.8%).
Bright spot 2.8%
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
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% 6th -1.5pp 1st 57% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.1% 13th -2.2pp 2nd 15% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.3% 27th -3.8pp 3rd 57% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.7% 8th -1.2pp 4th 49% below peers
Celina, TX 7.4% 17th -2.1pp 5th 2% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.8% 18th -2.0pp 6th 8% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.9% 4th -0.6pp 7th 60% below peers
Fulshear, TX 2.8% 3rd -0.4pp 8th 61% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.8% 26th -1.6pp 9th 49% above peers
Lynwood, CA 13.6% 29th -2.0pp 10th 88% above peers
Muncie, IN 8.0% 19th -1.1pp 11th 10% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 1st -0.3pp 12th 65% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 10th -0.5pp 13th 31% below peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 12th -0.5pp 14th 21% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.2% 16th -0.6pp 15th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 13.0% 28th -0.3pp 16th 80% above peers
Marietta, GA 17.9% 31st -0.2pp 17th 147% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 23rd -0.1pp 18th 36% above peers
Kenner, LA 14.6% 30th +0.3pp 19th 102% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.9% 9th +0.1pp 20th 46% below peers
Hamilton, OH 8.6% 22nd +0.6pp 21st 19% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 10.5% 25th +0.7pp 22nd 45% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.1% 11th +0.3pp 23rd 30% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.3% 7th +0.2pp 24th 54% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.0% 15th +0.6pp 25th 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.2% 21st +1.1pp 26th 13% above peers
West Hartford, CT 2.6% 2nd +0.4pp 27th 64% below peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 24th +2.3pp 28th 43% above peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 5th +0.8pp 29th 60% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 14th +2.3pp 30th 13% below peers
Burnsville, MN 8.0% 20th +4.1pp 31st 11% above peers
▸ 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 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 below the peer median.

30.8%
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%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 51% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 19.3% 2nd 40% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 21.4% 3rd 33% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 4th 28% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.1% 5th 25% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 24.8% 6th 22% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 7th 20% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 26.2% 8th 18% below peers
West Hartford, CT 27.7% 9th 13% below peers
Reston, VA 27.9% 10th 13% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 11th 9% below peers
Fulshear, TX 30.8% 12th 4% below peers
Celina, TX 30.8% 13th 4% below peers
Millcreek, UT 31.2% 14th 3% below peers
Wylie, TX 31.7% 15th 1% below peers
Marietta, GA 32.0% 16th on par with peers
Lynwood, CA 33.1% 17th 3% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 18th 4% above peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 19th 5% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 20th 9% above peers
Burnsville, MN 35.3% 21st 10% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 22nd 14% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 36.8% 23rd 15% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 24th 17% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 37.7% 25th 18% above peers
Kenner, LA 39.8% 26th 24% above peers
Bellevue, NE 40.3% 27th 26% above peers
Hamilton, OH 40.4% 28th 26% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 41.1% 29th 28% above peers
Muncie, IN 41.6% 30th 30% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 31st 40% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.3% then, 1.8% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 1.8%).
Bright spot 1.8%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Celina, TX 4.5% 15th -7.0pp 1st 4% below peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 2nd -1.9pp 2nd 72% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 82% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 9th -2.0pp 4th 40% below peers
Muncie, IN 3.8% 13th -1.5pp 5th 20% below peers
Bellevue, NE 3.4% 11th -1.3pp 6th 29% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.0% 6th -0.6pp 7th 58% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.8% 5th -0.5pp 8th 63% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 1.4% 3rd -0.3pp 9th 71% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 14th -1.0pp 10th 13% below peers
Waltham, MA 2.1% 7th -0.3pp 11th 55% below peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 12th -0.4pp 12th 27% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.8% 16th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Lynwood, CA 5.4% 20th -0.5pp 14th 15% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 23rd +0.0pp 15th 26% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.3% 18th +0.2pp 16th 12% above peers
Reston, VA 5.3% 19th +0.4pp 17th 13% above peers
Marietta, GA 11.0% 31st +1.0pp 18th 132% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.8% 27th +1.3pp 19th 64% above peers
West Hartford, CT 1.8% 4th +0.4pp 20th 63% below peers
Wylie, TX 10.2% 30th +2.5pp 21st 115% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 5.8% 22nd +1.4pp 22nd 21% above peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 29th +2.1pp 23rd 82% above peers
Kenner, LA 7.1% 25th +1.9pp 24th 49% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 8th +0.8pp 25th 44% below peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 26th +2.8pp 26th 64% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.1% 10th +1.2pp 27th 35% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 28th +3.2pp 28th 75% above peers
Hamilton, OH 5.5% 21st +3.0pp 29th 17% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% 17th +2.8pp 30th 1% above peers
Burnsville, MN 6.8% 24th +5.0pp 31st 44% above peers
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (68.5% then, 74.8% now; margin ±8.9pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 20.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.4% to 74.8%).
Bright spot 74.8%
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
Celina, TX 64.3% 5th +19.8pp 1st 46% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.8% 20th +11.3pp 2nd 12% below peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 28th +4.2pp 3rd 61% below peers
Lynwood, CA 9.8% 31st +2.2pp 4th 78% below peers
Bellevue, NE 34.5% 22nd +6.0pp 5th 22% below peers
Wylie, TX 43.3% 17th +7.0pp 6th 1% below peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 30th +2.1pp 7th 66% below peers
Kenner, LA 29.1% 25th +4.0pp 8th 34% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.9% 16th +6.0pp 9th on par with peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 21st +4.6pp 10th 20% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 40.8% 18th +5.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.4% 12th +5.4pp 12th 8% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 14th +4.8pp 13th 3% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 59.8% 6th +6.2pp 14th 36% above peers
Muncie, IN 26.1% 26th +2.6pp 15th 40% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 30.6% 23rd +3.0pp 16th 30% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 57.4% 7th +5.0pp 17th 31% above peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 24th +2.5pp 18th 34% below peers
Fulshear, TX 74.8% 2nd +6.4pp 19th 70% above peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 13th +3.6pp 20th 6% above peers
Millcreek, UT 54.2% 10th +3.6pp 21st 23% above peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 11th +2.8pp 22nd 9% above peers
Waltham, MA 57.3% 8th +3.0pp 23rd 30% above peers
Reston, VA 72.0% 3rd +3.2pp 24th 64% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 9th +2.1pp 25th 28% above peers
West Hartford, CT 66.6% 4th +1.9pp 26th 52% above peers
Burnsville, MN 39.8% 19th +0.8pp 27th 9% below peers
Hamilton, OH 16.5% 29th +0.3pp 28th 62% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 25.7% 27th -0.1pp 29th 42% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 1st -0.3pp 30th 74% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 44.5% 15th -0.3pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Break down by group Sex · 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 35.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.7% to 49.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±27.5pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 20.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.0% to 49.5%).
Needs attention 49.5%
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%
Hamilton, OH 51.3% 11th +20.4pp 1st 7% above peers
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 12th +18.5pp 2nd 4% above peers
Bellevue, NE 43.1% 21st +12.3pp 3rd 10% below peers
Celina, TX 62.1% 6th +12.3pp 4th 30% above peers
Reston, VA 76.1% 1st +15.0pp 5th 59% above peers
Waltham, MA 74.0% 3rd +13.1pp 6th 55% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 23rd +6.9pp 7th 12% below peers
Muncie, IN 47.4% 17th +7.4pp 8th 1% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 63.2% 5th +9.0pp 9th 32% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 52.9% 9th +7.5pp 10th 11% above peers
Marietta, GA 51.8% 10th +4.5pp 11th 8% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.5% 20th +2.2pp 12th 9% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 63.9% 4th +2.3pp 13th 34% above peers
Burnsville, MN 48.9% 15th +1.3pp 14th 2% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 53.6% 8th +1.4pp 15th 12% above peers
West Hartford, CT 75.2% 2nd -1.1pp 16th 57% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 18th -0.7pp 17th 3% below peers
Millcreek, UT 47.8% 16th -2.5pp 18th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 24th -2.1pp 19th 20% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 28th -3.0pp 20th 29% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 36.0% 26th -5.3pp 21st 25% below peers
Wylie, TX 45.0% 19th -7.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 27th -6.3pp 23rd 29% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 25th -7.6pp 24th 21% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 59.8% 7th -16.1pp 25th 25% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 30th -12.3pp 26th 37% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 14th -22.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Kenner, LA 30.6% 29th -17.0pp 28th 36% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 22nd -25.1pp 29th 11% below peers
Lynwood, CA 27.0% 31st -17.1pp 30th 43% below peers
Fulshear, TX 49.5% 13th -35.3pp 31st 4% above peers
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Peers worth a call

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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 ±17.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (0.7% then, 0.0% now; margin ±7.7pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 14.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.9% to 0.0%).
Bright spot 0.0%
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
Fulshear, TX 0.0% 1st -0.7pp 1st 100% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 96% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 20th -7.1pp 3rd 18% above peers
Marietta, GA 1.6% 3rd -1.2pp 4th 69% below peers
Bellevue, NE 5.2% 17th -3.9pp 5th 2% above peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 6th 22% below peers
Muncie, IN 3.1% 7th -0.9pp 7th 38% below peers
Kenner, LA 9.1% 26th -1.9pp 8th 80% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.9% 30th -0.6pp 9th 177% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.4% 4th +0.1pp 10th 52% below peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 21st +0.9pp 11th 23% above peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% 12th +0.8pp 12th 14% below peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 27th +1.8pp 13th 87% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.6% 15th +1.1pp 14th 9% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.3% 18th +1.3pp 15th 5% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 16th +1.4pp 16th on par with peers
Waltham, MA 4.3% 11th +1.3pp 17th 15% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 4.1% 10th +1.2pp 18th 18% below peers
Hamilton, OH 10.2% 29th +3.5pp 19th 103% above peers
Lynwood, CA 14.4% 31st +5.3pp 20th 186% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 5th +1.0pp 21st 46% below peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 25th +3.1pp 22nd 56% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.5% 14th +2.1pp 23rd 10% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.0% 6th +1.4pp 24th 41% below peers
Millcreek, UT 6.7% 23rd +3.3pp 25th 33% above peers
Reston, VA 6.2% 22nd +3.1pp 26th 23% above peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 24th +3.8pp 27th 39% above peers
West Hartford, CT 5.7% 19th +3.2pp 28th 13% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 28th +7.7pp 29th 95% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.6% 8th +3.5pp 30th 28% below peers
Celina, TX 4.4% 13th 12% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 252% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9,906 to 34,868 - more than the combined survey margin (±61).

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 1427% from 2014 to 2024 (2,284 to 34,868).
Big move 34,868
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
Fulshear, TX 34,868 30th +252% 1st 46% below peers
Celina, TX 34,268 31st +208% 2nd 47% below peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 4th +54% 3rd 1% above peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 29th +26% 4th 11% below peers
Wylie, TX 60,334 27th +21% 5th 6% below peers
Bellevue, NE 64,510 12th +21% 6th 1% above peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 28th +12% 7th 9% below peers
Richland, WA 62,753 23rd +11% 8th 2% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 63,091 22nd +11% 9th 2% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 60,959 26th +8% 10th 5% below peers
Reston, VA 64,414 14th +5% 11th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 64,463 13th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Millcreek, UT 63,648 17th +5% 13th 1% below peers
Moore, OK 63,420 21st +4% 14th 1% below peers
Waltham, MA 64,902 8th +3% 15th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 65,001 6th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 5th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Marietta, GA 62,263 24th +3% 18th 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 3rd +2% 19th 2% above peers
Hamilton, OH 63,468 19th +2% 20th 1% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 63,468 20th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 25th +1% 22nd 4% below peers
West Hartford, CT 63,620 18th +1% 23rd 1% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 2nd -1% 24th 5% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 64,538 11th -2% 25th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 64,139 16th -3% 26th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 64,904 7th -3% 27th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 64,305 15th -5% 28th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 64,751 9th -6% 29th 1% above peers
Lynwood, CA 64,578 10th -9% 30th 1% above peers
Union City, CA 67,464 1st -10% 31st 5% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±27 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.8% then, 34.8% now; margin ±4.0pp). 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
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (34.7% to 34.8%).
Big move 34.8%
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 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 16.6% 28th +1.1pp 1st 26% below peers
Moore, OK 25.7% 4th +1.3pp 2nd 15% above peers
Fulshear, TX 34.8% 1st +1.0pp 3rd 55% above peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 6th +0.5pp 4th 13% above peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 8th -0.1pp 5th 7% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 21.5% 18th -0.1pp 6th 4% below peers
Waltham, MA 13.6% 31st -0.1pp 7th 39% below peers
Bellevue, NE 24.2% 7th -0.2pp 8th 8% above peers
Hamilton, OH 23.3% 11th -0.2pp 9th 4% above peers
Celina, TX 31.7% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 42% above peers
Burnsville, MN 22.4% 16th -0.4pp 11th on par with peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 20th -0.5pp 12th 6% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 14th -0.5pp 13th 1% above peers
West Hartford, CT 21.5% 17th -0.5pp 14th 4% below peers
Kenner, LA 23.6% 9th -0.6pp 15th 5% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 20.8% 22nd -0.8pp 16th 7% below peers
Marietta, GA 21.4% 19th -0.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 12th -1.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Muncie, IN 15.8% 29th -0.9pp 19th 30% below peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 10th -1.3pp 20th 5% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 17.2% 26th -1.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Millcreek, UT 20.9% 21st -1.4pp 22nd 7% below peers
Reston, VA 18.6% 24th -1.3pp 23rd 17% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 22.5% 15th -1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 30th -1.3pp 25th 34% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 17.9% 25th -1.7pp 26th 20% below peers
Wylie, TX 27.6% 3rd -2.8pp 27th 23% above peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 27th -1.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Lynwood, CA 25.4% 5th -2.9pp 29th 13% above peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 13th -3.9pp 30th 1% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.6% 23rd -4.5pp 31st 8% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp 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

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 (1.8% then, 6.0% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 6.0%).
Big move 6.0%
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 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fulshear, TX 6.0% 31st +4.2pp 1st 74% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 22.8% 17th +7.9pp 2nd 2% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.0% 15th +7.3pp 3rd 3% above peers
Lynwood, CA 53.3% 2nd +14.9pp 4th 129% above peers
Reston, VA 23.3% 16th +3.2pp 5th on par with peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 1st +5.2pp 6th 160% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 25th +1.4pp 7th 26% below peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 26th +1.0pp 8th 30% below peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 12th +1.2pp 9th 30% above peers
Hamilton, OH 47.6% 4th +1.7pp 10th 104% above peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 14th +0.5pp 11th 28% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 34.7% 8th +0.5pp 12th 49% above peers
Kenner, LA 38.0% 7th +0.1pp 13th 63% above peers
Bellevue, NE 30.1% 13th -0.1pp 14th 29% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 52.3% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 125% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.5% 5th -0.4pp 16th 104% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 22.4% 18th -0.4pp 17th 4% below peers
West Hartford, CT 22.4% 19th -0.8pp 18th 4% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 21st -1.3pp 19th 17% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 10th -2.2pp 20th 42% above peers
Marietta, GA 38.8% 6th -3.2pp 21st 67% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 9th -2.9pp 22nd 43% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 29th -1.6pp 23rd 47% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 18.8% 22nd -2.6pp 24th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18.7% 23rd -3.0pp 25th 20% below peers
Burnsville, MN 30.4% 11th -6.9pp 26th 30% above peers
Millcreek, UT 16.0% 27th -3.9pp 27th 31% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 18.0% 24th -5.4pp 28th 23% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 20th -7.5pp 29th 4% below peers
Celina, TX 10.0% 30th -9.0pp 30th 57% below peers
Wylie, TX 12.6% 28th -12.9pp 31st 46% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±7.2pp 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 (62.4% then, 65.1% now; margin ±28.7pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 36.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.9% to 65.1%).
65.1%
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 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marana, AZ 71.4% 15th +19.3pp 1st 1% above peers
Kenner, LA 79.3% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 13% above peers
Marietta, GA 74.4% 11th +17.6pp 3rd 5% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 78.8% 3rd +18.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 6th +14.3pp 5th 11% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 74.0% 12th +13.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Muncie, IN 71.6% 13th +10.7pp 7th 2% above peers
Lynwood, CA 64.2% 24th +8.4pp 8th 9% below peers
West Hartford, CT 79.3% 2nd +6.7pp 9th 12% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 8th +6.1pp 10th 8% above peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 16th +4.5pp 11th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 60.8% 27th +3.8pp 12th 14% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 19th +4.0pp 13th 4% below peers
Waltham, MA 78.3% 5th +4.6pp 14th 11% above peers
Millcreek, UT 57.3% 29th +3.1pp 15th 19% below peers
Bellevue, NE 71.5% 14th +3.6pp 16th 1% above peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 17th +3.0pp 17th 1% below peers
Fulshear, TX 65.1% 22nd +2.7pp 18th 8% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 78.4% 4th +2.7pp 19th 11% above peers
Hamilton, OH 75.5% 9th +1.6pp 20th 7% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 61.3% 26th +0.8pp 21st 13% below peers
Reston, VA 66.7% 21st -1.6pp 22nd 5% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 75.3% 10th -3.4pp 23rd 7% above peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 20th -4.9pp 24th 5% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 68.7% 18th -5.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 64.6% 23rd -4.9pp 26th 8% below peers
Burnsville, MN 76.1% 7th -6.4pp 27th 8% above peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 28th -7.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 25th -9.4pp 29th 13% below peers
Celina, TX 48.2% 31st -12.0pp 30th 32% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 31st 28% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±21.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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