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Galveston, TX

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53,636 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Galveston, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
36.0%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
29.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.0%
2019-23
▼ 15%
relative change
15.3% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$55,631
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
$49,319 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
16.5%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
18.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.5%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
82.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,221 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
2,340 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
209 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 14%
relative change
242 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Galveston, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
35.7%
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
26.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.9%
Jul 2026
▲ 14%
relative change
4.3% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.7%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
39.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
21.4%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
19.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.52
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.51 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
43.5%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
48.9% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
11.2%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
11.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
46.2%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
43.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.7%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
11.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.2%
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
6.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
56.9%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
74.7% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
14.7%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
17.1% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
53,424
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
50,241 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
42.9%
2020-24
high
vs peers
43.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% 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 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 488 in July 2026, down from 490 a year earlier.
488 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 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%
Elyria, OH 179 (Apr 26) -34.3% 1st
Everett, MA 250 (Jun 26) -22.2% 2nd
Elkhart, IN 662 (Apr 26) -20.4% 3rd
Grand Island, NE 326 (Jul 26) -17.4% 4th
West New York, NJ 222 (Jul 26) -4.8% 5th
Joplin, MO 560 (Jul 26) -4.1% 6th
Galveston, TX 488 (Jul 26) -0.4% 7th
Minnetonka, MN 93 (May 26) +6.1% 8th
Arcadia, CA 209 (Jul 26) +8.7% 9th
Jeffersonville, IN 288 (Mar 25) +14.7% 10th
Normal, IL 372 (Jul 26) +26.9% 11th
Edina, MN 79 (Jul 26) +38.7% 12th
Rockwall, TX 163 (Jul 26) +41.9% 13th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities. Galveston started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,221 in July 2026, down from 2,340 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,221 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 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%
Elkhart, IN 1,374 (Apr 26) -42.4% 1st
Minnetonka, MN 1,121 (May 26) -25.0% 2nd
Arcadia, CA 2,223 (Jul 26) -16.7% 3rd
West New York, NJ 1,111 (Jul 26) -15.3% 4th
Rockwall, TX 974 (Jul 26) -13.8% 5th
Elyria, OH 1,262 (Jul 26) -13.3% 6th
Grand Island, NE 1,576 (Jul 26) -10.3% 7th
Joplin, MO 3,592 (Jul 26) -6.3% 8th
Normal, IL 1,594 (Jul 26) -6.2% 9th
Galveston, TX 2,221 (Jul 26) -5.1% 10th
Everett, MA 1,225 (Jun 26) -3.3% 11th
Jeffersonville, IN 1,667 (Mar 25) -0.8% 12th
Edina, MN 1,446 (Jul 26) +3.4% 13th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
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 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 100% 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: 4 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 5 in the prior 12 months. That is 7 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
4 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 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%
Grand Island, NE 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Rockwall, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Normal, IL 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Arcadia, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Elkhart, IN 4 (Apr 26) -33.3% 5th
Galveston, TX 7 (Jul 26) -20.0% 6th
Elyria, OH 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Edina, MN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Jeffersonville, IN 6 (Mar 25) +193.7% 9th
Everett, MA 0 (Jun 26)
Joplin, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Minnetonka, MN 0 (May 26)
West New York, NJ 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 14% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities. Galveston started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 209 in July 2026, down from 242 a year earlier.
Bright spot 209 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 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%
Elkhart, IN 128 (Apr 26) -55.5% 1st
Grand Island, NE 82 (Jul 26) -48.8% 2nd
Arcadia, CA 155 (Jul 26) -40.4% 3rd
Rockwall, TX 48 (Jul 26) -35.0% 4th
Normal, IL 49 (Jul 26) -25.7% 5th
Elyria, OH 93 (Jul 26) -21.9% 6th
Jeffersonville, IN 299 (Mar 25) -19.8% 7th
Minnetonka, MN 65 (May 26) -18.8% 8th
West New York, NJ 88 (Jul 26) -17.5% 9th
Galveston, TX 209 (Jul 26) -13.8% 10th
Joplin, MO 404 (Jul 26) +2.8% 11th
Everett, MA 146 (Jun 26) +12.8% 12th
Edina, MN 149 (Jul 26) +39.7% 13th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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 13% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $49,319 to $55,631 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,761).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Galveston 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 46% from 2014 to 2024 ($38,008 to $55,631).
Bright spot $55,631
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Pensacola, FL $74,212 19th +47% 1st 4% below peers
Murray, UT $90,746 12th +41% 2nd 17% above peers
Summerville, SC $81,046 15th +37% 3rd 5% above peers
Lebanon, TN $72,848 20th +34% 4th 6% below peers
Colton, CA $71,208 23rd +32% 5th 8% below peers
Wheaton, MD $111,478 9th +30% 6th 44% above peers
Everett, MA $85,218 13th +30% 7th 10% above peers
Gallatin, TN $77,518 16th +30% 8th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA $77,513 17th +29% 9th on par with peers
Aspen Hill, MD $111,575 8th +28% 10th 44% above peers
Clermont, FL $82,306 14th +27% 11th 6% above peers
West New York, NJ $71,729 21st +27% 12th 7% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $109,193 11th +27% 13th 41% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $70,930 24th +26% 14th 8% below peers
Elkhart, IN $51,028 31st +25% 15th 34% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $119,517 3rd +25% 16th 54% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ $115,304 5th +24% 17th 49% above peers
Elyria, OH $54,945 29th +24% 18th 29% below peers
Edina, MN $128,767 1st +24% 19th 66% above peers
Columbus, IN $77,456 18th +22% 20th on par with peers
Arcadia, CA $113,516 6th +21% 21st 46% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL $71,621 22nd +21% 22nd 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX $115,580 4th +21% 23rd 49% above peers
Manhattan, KS $60,172 27th +19% 24th 22% below peers
Oak Park, IL $110,820 10th +17% 25th 43% above peers
Wheaton, IL $120,008 2nd +16% 26th 55% above peers
Grand Island, NE $63,795 26th +16% 27th 18% below peers
Joplin, MO $52,097 30th +15% 28th 33% below peers
Galveston, TX $55,631 28th +13% 29th 28% below peers
Normal, IL $64,785 25th +11% 30th 16% below peers
Methuen, MA $113,310 7th 46% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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2 of 24 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,927 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment was essentially flat from 2022 to 2025.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.9% in July 2026, up from 4.3% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.9%
1990July 2026
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▸ 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
Elyria, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -1.5pp 1st 21% below peers
Grand Island, NE 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -1.5pp 2nd 29% below peers
Elkhart, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 16th -1.1pp 3rd 2% above peers
Normal, IL 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -1.1pp 4th 14% below peers
West New York, NJ 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th -1.0pp 5th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.7pp 6th 17% below peers
Arcadia, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.7pp 7th 17% above peers
Colton, CA 5.6% (Jul 26) 25th -0.6pp 8th 33% above peers
Joplin, MO 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.5pp 9th 5% below peers
Columbus, IN 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 10th 14% below peers
Gallatin, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 11th 26% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 7.6% (Jul 26) 26th -0.3pp 12th 81% above peers
Lebanon, TN 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 13th 24% below peers
Methuen, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.2pp 14th 24% above peers
Murray, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.1pp 15th 10% below peers
Summerville, SC 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Manhattan, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th +0.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Everett, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.2pp 18th 7% above peers
Rockwall, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 19th 2% below peers
Wheaton, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.4pp 20th 7% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.2% (Jul 26) 15th +0.5pp 21st on par with peers
Edina, MN 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 22nd 5% below peers
Pensacola, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 23rd 5% above peers
Galveston, TX 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st +0.6pp 24th 17% above peers
Oak Park, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.7pp 25th 24% above peers
Clermont, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th +0.7pp 26th 24% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.9% then, 21.4% now; margin ±2.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.7% to 21.4%).
Needs attention 21.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 30 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%
Clermont, FL 5.4% 4th -4.7pp 1st 53% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.7% 24th -6.4pp 2nd 48% above peers
Pensacola, FL 12.6% 17th -4.8pp 3rd 12% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 4.5% 2nd -1.3pp 4th 60% below peers
Murray, UT 6.0% 7th -1.5pp 5th 47% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.3% 15th -2.5pp 6th on par with peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.3% 12th -2.3pp 7th 9% below peers
Elkhart, IN 18.2% 26th -3.7pp 8th 61% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 11.0% 13th -2.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Rockwall, TX 4.0% 1st -0.6pp 10th 65% below peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 11th -1.6pp 11th 11% below peers
Normal, IL 21.4% 28th -3.2pp 12th 89% above peers
Arcadia, CA 8.6% 9th -1.2pp 13th 24% below peers
Manhattan, KS 23.3% 30th -3.0pp 14th 106% above peers
Colton, CA 13.7% 21st -1.4pp 15th 21% above peers
Joplin, MO 16.9% 25th -1.3pp 16th 49% above peers
Lebanon, TN 13.1% 20th -0.9pp 17th 16% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 9.7% 10th -0.5pp 18th 14% below peers
Edina, MN 4.7% 3rd -0.2pp 19th 59% below peers
Oak Park, IL 7.4% 8th -0.2pp 20th 34% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.4% 27th -0.6pp 21st 71% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.6% 5th +0.2pp 22nd 51% below peers
Galveston, TX 21.4% 29th +1.5pp 23rd 89% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 11.2% 14th +0.9pp 24th 1% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.0% 18th +1.3pp 25th 15% above peers
Everett, MA 14.7% 22nd +2.0pp 26th 30% above peers
Grand Island, NE 15.2% 23rd +2.4pp 27th 34% above peers
Wheaton, MD 13.1% 19th +2.8pp 28th 15% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 29th on par with peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.9% 6th +1.9pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp 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

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 9.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.5% to 35.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.8pp). 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
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 31% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.3% to 35.7%).
Needs attention 35.7%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.2% 1st -5.4pp 1st 86% below peers
Rockwall, TX 3.1% 2nd -3.2pp 2nd 80% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 13th -11.0pp 3rd 28% below peers
Normal, IL 7.4% 7th -5.5pp 4th 52% below peers
Murray, UT 4.9% 4th -3.2pp 5th 68% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.4% 12th -6.2pp 6th 33% below peers
Pensacola, FL 17.9% 19th -10.5pp 7th 16% above peers
Summerville, SC 11.5% 14th -5.9pp 8th 26% below peers
Elyria, OH 26.1% 27th -13.1pp 9th 69% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.4% 11th -4.2pp 10th 33% below peers
Clermont, FL 9.5% 10th -3.7pp 11th 38% below peers
Arcadia, CA 9.4% 9th -2.8pp 12th 39% below peers
Joplin, MO 19.1% 22nd -5.3pp 13th 24% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 15.5% 17th -3.3pp 14th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 13.5% 15th -2.6pp 15th 13% below peers
Lebanon, TN 19.5% 23rd -2.9pp 16th 26% above peers
West New York, NJ 28.7% 28th -3.0pp 17th 86% above peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 3rd -0.4pp 18th 71% below peers
Colton, CA 20.7% 24th -1.0pp 19th 34% above peers
Elkhart, IN 31.0% 29th -1.4pp 20th 101% above peers
Grand Island, NE 18.8% 21st +0.4pp 21st 21% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.0% 5th +0.5pp 22nd 68% below peers
Manhattan, KS 16.8% 18th +2.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
Everett, MA 23.6% 26th +3.5pp 24th 53% above peers
Wheaton, MD 18.6% 20th +3.0pp 25th 20% above peers
Galveston, TX 35.7% 30th +9.2pp 26th 131% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 15.5% 16th +5.2pp 27th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 25th +8.4pp 28th 40% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.7% 6th +2.5pp 29th 63% below peers
Oak Park, IL 8.6% 8th +4.9pp 30th 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.1% to 91.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Galveston 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 18.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.6% to 91.5%).
Bright spot 91.5%
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%
Kendale Lakes, FL 96.2% 4th +13.9pp 1st 3% above peers
Lebanon, TN 93.2% 15th +13.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 90.2% 25th +12.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Elyria, OH 87.0% 28th +11.6pp 4th 7% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 92.0% 21st +11.5pp 5th 1% below peers
Gallatin, TN 92.2% 19th +10.5pp 6th 1% below peers
Everett, MA 94.2% 12th +10.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Columbus, IN 94.3% 11th +9.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Pensacola, FL 92.5% 18th +9.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Joplin, MO 88.6% 27th +9.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Galveston, TX 91.5% 22nd +9.4pp 11th 2% below peers
Murray, UT 94.0% 13th +9.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Normal, IL 86.8% 30th +8.1pp 13th 7% below peers
West New York, NJ 87.0% 29th +8.1pp 14th 7% below peers
Colton, CA 90.8% 24th +8.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Grand Island, NE 89.7% 26th +7.8pp 16th 4% below peers
Summerville, SC 93.1% 16th +7.9pp 17th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 94.4% 9th +6.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Wheaton, MD 95.9% 5th +6.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 91.3% 23rd +6.1pp 20th 2% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 96.8% 1st +5.9pp 21st 4% above peers
Arcadia, CA 96.7% 2nd +5.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 94.3% 10th +5.0pp 23rd 1% above peers
Rockwall, TX 96.3% 3rd +4.5pp 24th 3% above peers
Manhattan, KS 92.1% 20th +4.2pp 25th 1% below peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 14th +4.0pp 26th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 95.2% 8th +4.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 95.8% 6th +3.8pp 28th 3% above peers
Wheaton, IL 95.8% 7th +3.4pp 29th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 92.9% 17th +0.8pp 30th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.51 then, 0.52 now; margin ±0.02). 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
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.53 to 0.52).
Needs attention 0.52
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lebanon, TN 0.42 11th -0.024 1st 7% below peers
Summerville, SC 0.42 6th -0.022 2nd 9% below peers
Pensacola, FL 0.49 24th -0.020 3rd 6% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 0.51 28th -0.020 4th 12% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.49 25th -0.018 5th 6% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 0.42 10th -0.013 6th 8% below peers
Colton, CA 0.39 1st -0.007 7th 15% below peers
Murray, UT 0.42 5th -0.007 8th 9% below peers
Joplin, MO 0.48 21st -0.008 9th 4% above peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 10th 15% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 0.42 9th -0.006 11th 8% below peers
Oak Park, IL 0.48 22nd -0.006 12th 5% above peers
Wheaton, MD 0.41 3rd -0.005 13th 11% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 0.47 19th -0.006 14th 3% above peers
Elyria, OH 0.45 12th +0.003 15th 3% below peers
Wheaton, IL 0.46 15th +0.003 16th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 0.47 20th +0.004 17th 3% above peers
Arcadia, CA 0.49 23rd +0.007 18th 6% above peers
Manhattan, KS 0.49 26th +0.015 19th 8% above peers
Galveston, TX 0.52 30th +0.017 20th 14% above peers
Columbus, IN 0.46 16th +0.015 21st on par with peers
Clermont, FL 0.41 2nd +0.014 22nd 12% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 0.42 8th +0.016 23rd 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX 0.41 4th +0.018 24th 11% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 0.45 13th +0.024 25th 2% below peers
Normal, IL 0.51 29th +0.029 26th 12% above peers
Grand Island, NE 0.47 18th +0.030 27th 2% above peers
Elkhart, IN 0.46 14th +0.031 28th on par with peers
Everett, MA 0.46 17th +0.035 29th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 0.51 27th +0.040 30th 11% above peers
Methuen, MA 0.42 7th 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 15.3% to 13.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Galveston started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 3.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (16.1% to 13.0%).
Bright spot 13.0%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Gallatin, TN 9.6% 18th -6.6pp 1st 2% above peers
Murray, UT 4.5% 5th -2.6pp 2nd 52% below peers
Lebanon, TN 11.0% 21st -5.7pp 3rd 17% above peers
Wheaton, IL 3.6% 4th -1.7pp 4th 61% below peers
Elkhart, IN 12.8% 23rd -5.8pp 5th 36% above peers
Grand Island, NE 9.4% 16th -4.1pp 6th on par with peers
Summerville, SC 8.1% 13th -3.0pp 7th 13% below peers
Pensacola, FL 11.4% 22nd -4.0pp 8th 21% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 17.6% 28th -4.6pp 9th 88% above peers
Columbus, IN 7.5% 11th -1.9pp 10th 20% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.0% 27th -3.3pp 11th 71% above peers
Galveston, TX 13.0% 24th -2.3pp 12th 39% above peers
Colton, CA 14.9% 25th -2.5pp 13th 59% above peers
West New York, NJ 18.0% 29th -2.7pp 14th 93% above peers
Normal, IL 7.3% 10th -0.9pp 15th 22% below peers
Clermont, FL 8.7% 15th -0.8pp 16th 8% below peers
Joplin, MO 15.7% 26th -0.9pp 17th 67% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 3.4% 3rd +0.0pp 18th 64% below peers
Everett, MA 18.6% 30th +1.0pp 19th 99% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.5% 14th +0.5pp 20th 9% below peers
Oak Park, IL 7.3% 9th +0.6pp 21st 23% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.8% 20th +0.9pp 22nd 15% above peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 19th +0.9pp 23rd 11% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.6% 1st +0.4pp 24th 72% below peers
Edina, MN 2.7% 2nd +0.6pp 25th 71% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 12th +1.6pp 26th 18% below peers
Rockwall, TX 5.0% 6th +1.7pp 27th 46% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 6.7% 8th +2.9pp 28th 28% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 9.4% 17th +4.4pp 29th 1% above peers
Arcadia, CA 5.8% 7th +4.2pp 30th 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 2% higher than in 2021 ($310,124 then, $317,544 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $379,038 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $317,544 in August 2026, down from $334,063 a year earlier.
$317,544
2001August 2026
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▸ 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 $299,367 (Aug 26) -1.6%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Oak Park, IL $486,880 (Aug 26) 9th +10.7% 1st 9% above peers
Elkhart, IN $233,030 (Aug 26) 24th +6.1% 2nd 48% below peers
Wheaton, IL $514,751 (Aug 26) 7th +5.3% 3rd 15% above peers
Manhattan, KS $298,350 (Aug 26) 18th +4.9% 4th 33% below peers
Elyria, OH $190,344 (Aug 26) 26th +4.8% 5th 57% below peers
West New York, NJ $450,193 (Aug 26) 12th +4.5% 6th 1% above peers
Edina, MN $626,258 (Aug 26) 4th +4.1% 7th 40% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $485,327 (Aug 26) 10th +3.0% 8th 8% above peers
Columbus, IN $280,503 (Aug 26) 19th +2.3% 9th 37% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $943,821 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.0% 10th 111% above peers
Joplin, MO $207,169 (Aug 26) 25th +2.0% 11th 54% below peers
Arcadia, CA $1,381,933 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 12th 209% above peers
Murray, UT $546,866 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 13th 22% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $253,784 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 14th 43% below peers
Lebanon, TN $447,311 (Aug 26) 13th +1.3% 15th on par with peers
Pensacola, FL $266,727 (Aug 26) 21st +1.2% 16th 40% below peers
Everett, MA $628,482 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 17th 41% above peers
Colton, CA $495,001 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 18th 11% above peers
Gallatin, TN $434,846 (Aug 26) 14th +0.6% 19th 3% below peers
Normal, IL $267,616 (Aug 26) 20th -0.2% 20th 40% below peers
Grand Island, NE $253,838 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.2% 21st 43% below peers
Summerville, SC $379,909 (Aug 26) 16th -0.8% 22nd 15% below peers
Rockwall, TX $474,989 (Aug 26) 11th -1.0% 23rd 6% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $538,918 (Aug 26) 6th -1.6% 24th 20% above peers
Clermont, FL $428,604 (Aug 26) 15th -2.3% 25th 4% below peers
Galveston, TX $317,544 (Aug 26) 17th -4.9% 26th 29% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 7% higher than in 2021 ($184,734 then, $197,563 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $231,575 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $197,563 in August 2026, down from $208,729 a year earlier.
$197,563
2001August 2026
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▸ 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 $184,827 (Aug 26) -0.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Manhattan, KS $215,910 (Aug 26) 17th +6.6% 1st 27% below peers
Oak Park, IL $250,053 (Aug 26) 15th +6.4% 2nd 16% below peers
Elyria, OH $129,698 (Aug 26) 26th +6.2% 3rd 56% below peers
Elkhart, IN $156,982 (Aug 26) 24th +6.0% 4th 47% below peers
Wheaton, IL $340,137 (Aug 26) 7th +5.3% 5th 15% above peers
Normal, IL $201,002 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 6th 32% below peers
Columbus, IN $196,669 (Aug 26) 20th +2.7% 7th 34% below peers
Joplin, MO $133,567 (Aug 26) 25th +2.6% 8th 55% below peers
Colton, CA $403,731 (Aug 26) 4th +2.2% 9th 36% above peers
Pensacola, FL $168,814 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.1% 10th 43% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $721,092 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.9% 11th 143% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $194,409 (Aug 26) 21st +1.8% 12th 34% below peers
West New York, NJ $277,283 (Aug 26) 14th +1.7% 13th 7% below peers
Lebanon, TN $322,593 (Aug 26) 10th +1.5% 14th 9% above peers
Everett, MA $444,185 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 15th 50% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $306,340 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 16th 3% above peers
Gallatin, TN $309,188 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 17th 4% above peers
Arcadia, CA $929,293 (Aug 26) 1st +0.4% 18th 213% above peers
Murray, UT $391,433 (Aug 26) 6th +0.3% 19th 32% above peers
Summerville, SC $296,674 (Aug 26) 13th +0.1% 20th on par with peers
Grand Island, NE $180,301 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.4% 21st 39% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $395,996 (Aug 26) 5th -1.6% 22nd 33% above peers
Rockwall, TX $336,573 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 23rd 13% above peers
Clermont, FL $337,837 (Aug 26) 8th -2.6% 24th 14% above peers
Edina, MN $243,048 (Aug 26) 16th -3.3% 25th 18% below peers
Galveston, TX $197,563 (Aug 26) 19th -5.3% 26th 33% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.9% then, 46.2% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.1% to 46.2%).
Needs attention 46.2%
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%
West New York, NJ 22.9% 30th +2.5pp 1st 64% below peers
Manhattan, KS 43.5% 28th +4.5pp 2nd 32% below peers
Summerville, SC 69.1% 9th +5.4pp 3rd 8% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 71.0% 8th +5.3pp 4th 11% above peers
Pensacola, FL 64.2% 15th +4.6pp 5th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.0% 5th +5.1pp 6th 12% above peers
Lebanon, TN 62.4% 16th +4.1pp 7th 3% below peers
Galveston, TX 46.2% 27th +2.4pp 8th 28% below peers
Elkhart, IN 53.2% 25th +2.5pp 9th 17% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 71.6% 7th +2.6pp 10th 12% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 76.5% 1st +2.7pp 11th 19% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 65.0% 11th +2.2pp 12th 1% above peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 4th +1.6pp 13th 13% above peers
Colton, CA 52.8% 26th +1.1pp 14th 18% below peers
Elyria, OH 60.0% 19th +0.6pp 15th 7% below peers
Oak Park, IL 60.0% 18th +0.5pp 16th 6% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 75.5% 2nd +0.3pp 17th 18% above peers
Wheaton, MD 64.6% 14th +0.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Normal, IL 54.8% 23rd -0.6pp 19th 15% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 64.8% 12th -0.8pp 20th 1% above peers
Grand Island, NE 57.8% 21st -1.0pp 21st 10% below peers
Columbus, IN 60.8% 17th -1.1pp 22nd 5% below peers
Wheaton, IL 71.7% 6th -1.6pp 23rd 12% above peers
Arcadia, CA 58.1% 20th -1.3pp 24th 9% below peers
Everett, MA 37.2% 29th -1.4pp 25th 42% below peers
Murray, UT 64.7% 13th -2.5pp 26th 1% above peers
Clermont, FL 68.1% 10th -3.4pp 27th 6% above peers
Rockwall, TX 72.5% 3rd -3.8pp 28th 13% above peers
Joplin, MO 53.4% 24th -4.3pp 29th 17% below peers
Gallatin, TN 57.1% 22nd -5.4pp 30th 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,405 in August 2026, up from $1,395 a year earlier.
$1,405
2016August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Elkhart, IN $1,170 (Aug 26) 26th +7.8% 1st 34% below peers
Elyria, OH $1,202 (Aug 26) 25th +6.1% 2nd 32% below peers
Joplin, MO $1,237 (Aug 26) 24th +6.0% 3rd 30% below peers
Oak Park, IL $2,025 (Aug 26) 8th +5.3% 4th 15% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $1,825 (Aug 26) 12th +4.5% 5th 4% above peers
Manhattan, KS $1,338 (Aug 26) 21st +4.4% 6th 24% below peers
Summerville, SC $1,895 (Aug 26) 10th +4.4% 7th 8% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $2,677 (Aug 26) 4th +4.1% 8th 52% above peers
Edina, MN $2,015 (Aug 26) 9th +3.3% 9th 14% above peers
Everett, MA $2,802 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.6% 10th 59% above peers
Pensacola, FL $1,657 (Aug 26) 15th +2.5% 11th 6% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $3,524 (Aug 26) 1st +2.4% 12th 100% above peers
Normal, IL $1,397 (Aug 26) 19th +2.3% 13th 21% below peers
West New York, NJ $2,531 (Aug 26) 5th +2.2% 14th 44% above peers
Lebanon, TN $1,639 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 15th 7% below peers
Colton, CA $1,883 (Aug 26) 11th +2.0% 16th 7% above peers
Wheaton, IL $2,182 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 17th 24% above peers
Murray, UT $1,482 (Aug 26) 17th +1.6% 18th 16% below peers
Gallatin, TN $1,660 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 19th 6% below peers
Columbus, IN $1,390 (Aug 26) 20th +1.4% 20th 21% below peers
Rockwall, TX $1,762 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 21st on par with peers
Arcadia, CA $3,414 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 22nd 94% above peers
Galveston, TX $1,405 (Aug 26) 18th +0.7% 23rd 20% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.3% 24th 26% below peers
Clermont, FL $2,058 (Aug 26) 7th -0.3% 25th 17% above peers
Grand Island, NE $1,322 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.9% 26th 25% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 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 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.1% to 43.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp). 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
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.6% to 43.7%).
Needs attention 43.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Wheaton, MD 32.2% 15th -7.4pp 1st 2% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.1% 18th -4.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Summerville, SC 31.1% 12th -3.2pp 3rd 6% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 34.7% 21st -3.1pp 4th 5% above peers
Elyria, OH 30.2% 9th -2.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 23.7% 1st -1.6pp 6th 28% below peers
Murray, UT 26.9% 4th -1.8pp 7th 19% below peers
Manhattan, KS 36.7% 23rd -2.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Pensacola, FL 33.1% 17th -1.6pp 9th on par with peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 10th 13% below peers
Everett, MA 49.0% 30th -0.8pp 11th 48% above peers
Oak Park, IL 32.1% 14th -0.4pp 12th 3% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 24.2% 2nd -0.3pp 13th 27% below peers
Colton, CA 43.9% 27th +0.1pp 14th 33% above peers
Elkhart, IN 33.5% 20th +0.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 42.5% 25th +0.3pp 16th 29% above peers
Lebanon, TN 29.9% 8th +0.9pp 17th 10% below peers
Wheaton, IL 28.5% 6th +1.0pp 18th 14% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 27.7% 5th +1.1pp 19th 16% below peers
West New York, NJ 50.0% 31st +3.6pp 20th 51% above peers
Joplin, MO 31.7% 13th +2.6pp 21st 4% below peers
Columbus, IN 24.2% 3rd +2.0pp 22nd 27% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 46.4% 29th +4.3pp 23rd 41% above peers
Arcadia, CA 45.8% 28th +4.3pp 24th 39% above peers
Normal, IL 33.0% 16th +3.1pp 25th on par with peers
Galveston, TX 43.7% 26th +4.6pp 26th 32% above peers
Clermont, FL 39.3% 24th +5.6pp 27th 19% above peers
Rockwall, TX 30.6% 10th +4.6pp 28th 7% below peers
Grand Island, NE 30.6% 11th +5.4pp 29th 7% below peers
Gallatin, TN 34.9% 22nd +6.9pp 30th 6% above peers
Methuen, MA 33.3% 19th 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.0pp 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 (11.3% then, 10.7% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.1% to 10.7%).
Needs attention 10.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Manhattan, KS 4.3% 7th -4.1pp 1st 28% below peers
Elkhart, IN 8.1% 22nd -3.7pp 2nd 36% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 3.9% 5th -1.1pp 3rd 35% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.0% 3rd -0.9pp 4th 49% below peers
Rockwall, TX 2.5% 1st -0.7pp 5th 58% below peers
Lebanon, TN 4.7% 10th -1.2pp 6th 22% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.1% 6th -0.8pp 7th 32% below peers
Oak Park, IL 11.7% 28th -1.7pp 8th 96% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.8% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 53% below peers
Elyria, OH 8.9% 25th -0.9pp 10th 50% above peers
Gallatin, TN 5.0% 12th -0.4pp 11th 17% below peers
Galveston, TX 10.7% 27th -0.6pp 12th 79% above peers
Normal, IL 6.0% 17th -0.3pp 13th 1% above peers
West New York, NJ 40.0% 31st -0.3pp 14th 571% above peers
Pensacola, FL 8.4% 24th +0.2pp 15th 40% above peers
Clermont, FL 3.5% 4th +0.1pp 16th 42% below peers
Everett, MA 19.0% 30th +0.9pp 17th 218% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 8.2% 23rd +0.5pp 18th 38% above peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 20th +0.4pp 19th 9% above peers
Joplin, MO 9.6% 26th +0.8pp 20th 61% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 6.1% 19th +0.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Summerville, SC 4.6% 8th +0.7pp 22nd 23% below peers
Columbus, IN 6.0% 18th +1.3pp 23rd 1% above peers
Murray, UT 5.5% 14th +1.2pp 24th 8% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.0% 11th +1.3pp 25th 17% below peers
Wheaton, MD 12.1% 29th +3.2pp 26th 103% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.4% 13th +1.6pp 27th 9% below peers
Grand Island, NE 7.3% 21st +2.2pp 28th 22% above peers
Colton, CA 5.6% 15th +1.8pp 29th 6% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.6% 9th +1.6pp 30th 23% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.0% 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.7% to 16.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Galveston started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.2% to 16.5%).
Bright spot 16.5%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Minnetonka, MN 1.3% 1st -1.2pp 1st 83% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 8.0% 17th -6.3pp 2nd 4% above peers
Wheaton, IL 2.2% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 71% below peers
Columbus, IN 5.7% 12th -2.3pp 4th 26% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.7% 8th -1.8pp 5th 39% below peers
Arcadia, CA 3.5% 6th -1.1pp 6th 55% below peers
Murray, UT 7.1% 15th -2.1pp 7th 8% below peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 78% below peers
Rockwall, TX 8.1% 19th -2.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Clermont, FL 4.8% 9th -1.0pp 10th 38% below peers
Elkhart, IN 12.0% 26th -2.0pp 11th 56% above peers
Galveston, TX 16.5% 30th -2.3pp 12th 115% above peers
Elyria, OH 6.7% 13th -0.9pp 13th 12% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 5.5% 11th -0.7pp 14th 28% below peers
Oak Park, IL 3.1% 4th -0.1pp 15th 60% below peers
West New York, NJ 21.4% 31st +0.0pp 16th 178% above peers
Everett, MA 6.9% 14th +0.0pp 17th 10% below peers
Gallatin, TN 8.6% 20th +0.1pp 18th 12% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 13.7% 27th +0.6pp 19th 78% above peers
Joplin, MO 11.7% 25th +0.6pp 20th 52% above peers
Lebanon, TN 9.5% 22nd +0.6pp 21st 24% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.3% 24th +0.9pp 22nd 47% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.0% 18th +0.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Wheaton, MD 14.4% 28th +1.4pp 24th 88% above peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 23rd +1.0pp 25th 32% above peers
Colton, CA 9.1% 21st +1.0pp 26th 18% above peers
Grand Island, NE 14.5% 29th +1.8pp 27th 89% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.5% 7th +0.7pp 28th 54% below peers
Normal, IL 4.9% 10th +0.9pp 29th 37% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 16th +2.0pp 30th on par with peers
Methuen, MA 3.4% 5th 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

43.1%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Arcadia, CA 16.3% 1st 51% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 21.8% 2nd 35% below peers
Edina, MN 23.8% 3rd 29% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 24.8% 4th 26% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 26.3% 5th 21% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 27.0% 6th 19% below peers
Wheaton, MD 27.4% 7th 18% below peers
Wheaton, IL 29.0% 8th 13% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 29.0% 9th 13% below peers
Everett, MA 29.3% 10th 13% below peers
Oak Park, IL 29.3% 11th 13% below peers
Pensacola, FL 31.7% 12th 5% below peers
Murray, UT 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 32.6% 14th 3% below peers
Clermont, FL 33.3% 15th 1% below peers
Manhattan, KS 33.5% 16th on par with peers
Columbus, IN 34.1% 17th 2% above peers
Rockwall, TX 34.3% 18th 2% above peers
West New York, NJ 34.9% 19th 4% above peers
Normal, IL 36.0% 20th 7% above peers
Joplin, MO 36.4% 21st 9% above peers
Summerville, SC 36.6% 22nd 9% above peers
Colton, CA 37.5% 23rd 12% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.3% 24th 14% above peers
Lebanon, TN 38.7% 25th 16% above peers
Gallatin, TN 40.6% 26th 21% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 41.6% 27th 24% above peers
Elyria, OH 42.5% 28th 27% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.1% 29th 29% above peers
Elkhart, IN 45.9% 30th 37% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.3% then, 11.2% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.6% to 11.2%).
Needs attention 11.2%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Columbus, IN 1.5% 6th -6.1pp 1st 52% below peers
Wheaton, IL 0.8% 1st -2.3pp 2nd 73% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.9% 2nd -1.5pp 3rd 71% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 1.0% 3rd -1.1pp 4th 67% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.9% 15th -2.9pp 5th 10% below peers
Everett, MA 2.3% 9th -2.3pp 6th 27% below peers
Gallatin, TN 2.6% 11th -2.4pp 7th 18% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 1.9% 8th -1.3pp 8th 39% below peers
Normal, IL 1.4% 4th -0.6pp 9th 56% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 2.5% 10th -1.1pp 10th 22% below peers
Rockwall, TX 7.1% 27th -3.0pp 11th 124% above peers
Colton, CA 3.6% 17th -1.0pp 12th 14% above peers
Elyria, OH 2.6% 12th -0.5pp 13th 18% below peers
Joplin, MO 4.1% 19th -0.6pp 14th 29% above peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 7th -0.2pp 15th 40% below peers
Galveston, TX 11.2% 31st -0.1pp 16th 253% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 18th +0.0pp 17th 25% above peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 25th +0.4pp 18th 111% above peers
Elkhart, IN 9.7% 29th +0.6pp 19th 203% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 6.6% 24th +0.5pp 20th 108% above peers
Clermont, FL 2.7% 14th +0.7pp 21st 14% below peers
Summerville, SC 6.4% 21st +1.8pp 22nd 101% above peers
Lebanon, TN 6.5% 22nd +2.4pp 23rd 105% above peers
Murray, UT 7.5% 28th +3.0pp 24th 136% above peers
Oak Park, IL 2.7% 13th +1.2pp 25th 16% below peers
Manhattan, KS 3.2% 16th +1.4pp 26th on par with peers
Wheaton, MD 7.0% 26th +3.2pp 27th 119% above peers
West New York, NJ 10.3% 30th +4.9pp 28th 224% above peers
Pensacola, FL 6.6% 23rd +3.5pp 29th 107% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 5.4% 20th +3.5pp 30th 69% above peers
Methuen, MA 1.5% 5th 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.2% to 36.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Galveston started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.4% to 36.0%).
Bright spot 36.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Murray, UT 41.9% 12th +8.4pp 1st 11% above peers
Everett, MA 24.9% 27th +4.9pp 2nd 34% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 28.2% 25th +5.4pp 3rd 25% below peers
Galveston, TX 36.0% 17th +6.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Lebanon, TN 30.8% 24th +5.3pp 5th 19% below peers
Gallatin, TN 33.5% 20th +5.7pp 6th 11% below peers
Elkhart, IN 17.7% 30th +2.7pp 7th 53% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 31.6% 22nd +4.7pp 8th 17% below peers
Pensacola, FL 43.0% 11th +5.8pp 9th 14% above peers
Elyria, OH 17.8% 29th +2.3pp 10th 53% below peers
Rockwall, TX 48.6% 9th +6.0pp 11th 28% above peers
Summerville, SC 33.5% 19th +3.8pp 12th 11% below peers
West New York, NJ 33.5% 21st +3.3pp 13th 12% below peers
Clermont, FL 37.8% 16th +3.7pp 14th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA 40.7% 13th +3.8pp 15th 8% above peers
Normal, IL 52.9% 8th +4.5pp 16th 40% above peers
Wheaton, MD 38.7% 15th +3.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 65.0% 4th +4.8pp 18th 72% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 71.4% 3rd +3.7pp 19th 89% above peers
Arcadia, CA 57.4% 6th +2.6pp 20th 52% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 21st 92% above peers
Oak Park, IL 72.5% 2nd +2.5pp 22nd 92% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 35.1% 18th +1.0pp 23rd 7% below peers
Manhattan, KS 53.3% 7th +1.4pp 24th 41% above peers
Grand Island, NE 20.9% 28th +0.3pp 25th 45% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 43.3% 10th +0.3pp 26th 14% above peers
Joplin, MO 26.6% 26th +0.2pp 27th 30% below peers
Wheaton, IL 64.5% 5th +0.3pp 28th 70% above peers
Columbus, IN 40.0% 14th -1.3pp 29th 6% above peers
Colton, CA 16.6% 31st -0.8pp 30th 56% below peers
Methuen, MA 31.0% 23rd 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.9% then, 43.5% now; margin ±17.9pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 24.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.3% to 43.5%).
Needs attention 43.5%
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%
Colton, CA 46.5% 18th +15.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Wheaton, MD 50.5% 13th +15.9pp 2nd 4% above peers
Grand Island, NE 45.6% 20th +13.3pp 3rd 6% below peers
Normal, IL 57.0% 9th +11.3pp 4th 17% above peers
Murray, UT 61.8% 5th +12.2pp 5th 27% above peers
Manhattan, KS 60.8% 6th +11.1pp 6th 25% above peers
Columbus, IN 48.5% 16th +6.2pp 7th 1% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 59.4% 8th +6.5pp 8th 22% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.9% 25th +3.6pp 9th 31% below peers
Elyria, OH 48.8% 15th +3.8pp 10th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 62.1% 4th +4.4pp 11th 27% above peers
Lebanon, TN 44.0% 21st +2.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Rockwall, TX 45.6% 19th +1.2pp 13th 6% below peers
West New York, NJ 64.8% 2nd -0.0pp 14th 33% above peers
Elkhart, IN 25.1% 29th -0.9pp 15th 49% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 52.3% 12th -3.3pp 16th 7% above peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 1st -7.9pp 17th 37% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.5% 23rd -5.4pp 18th 11% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 60.6% 7th -10.0pp 19th 24% above peers
Pensacola, FL 47.7% 17th -8.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Gallatin, TN 32.8% 27th -6.8pp 21st 33% below peers
Oak Park, IL 62.2% 3rd -13.3pp 22nd 28% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 56.7% 10th -12.4pp 23rd 16% above peers
Wheaton, IL 54.2% 11th -18.7pp 24th 11% above peers
Joplin, MO 21.9% 30th -8.0pp 25th 55% below peers
Everett, MA 43.5% 22nd -17.1pp 26th 11% below peers
Arcadia, CA 48.9% 14th -19.3pp 27th on par with peers
Summerville, SC 33.1% 26th -14.4pp 28th 32% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 26.4% 28th -14.5pp 29th 46% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 41.7% 24th -36.0pp 30th 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.8pp 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
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 (6.9% then, 10.2% now; margin ±5.8pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.1% to 10.2%).
Needs attention 10.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.0% 1st -3.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% 12th -7.3pp 2nd 28% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 3.6% 10th -2.9pp 3rd 42% below peers
Murray, UT 3.5% 9th -2.7pp 4th 45% below peers
Oak Park, IL 1.3% 3rd -0.9pp 5th 80% below peers
Manhattan, KS 1.8% 6th -0.9pp 6th 71% below peers
Elkhart, IN 11.1% 25th -3.6pp 7th 77% above peers
Columbus, IN 8.8% 22nd -1.1pp 8th 40% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 7.6% 21st -1.0pp 9th 21% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.5% 19th -0.1pp 10th 20% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 11th +0.1pp 11th 37% below peers
Lebanon, TN 4.9% 13th +0.6pp 12th 21% below peers
Joplin, MO 5.2% 14th +0.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Wheaton, IL 1.3% 4th +0.2pp 14th 80% below peers
Elyria, OH 18.2% 30th +3.6pp 15th 191% above peers
Rockwall, TX 6.0% 15th +1.3pp 16th 4% below peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 18th +1.8pp 17th 7% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.2% 23rd +3.2pp 18th 62% above peers
Summerville, SC 7.5% 20th +2.5pp 19th 20% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 2.6% 7th +1.0pp 20th 58% below peers
Everett, MA 6.5% 17th +2.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 8th +1.5pp 22nd 48% below peers
Arcadia, CA 1.6% 5th +0.8pp 23rd 74% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 24th +5.0pp 24th 66% above peers
Gallatin, TN 13.9% 28th +7.0pp 25th 122% above peers
West New York, NJ 23.0% 31st +13.5pp 26th 268% above peers
Colton, CA 11.6% 26th +7.5pp 27th 85% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.7% 27th +8.7pp 28th 87% above peers
Clermont, FL 18.0% 29th +13.9pp 29th 188% above peers
Normal, IL 0.8% 2nd +0.6pp 30th 87% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.3% 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.0pp 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 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50,241 to 53,424 - more than the combined survey margin (±79).

Broader trend
52% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 31% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (48,513 to 53,424).
Big move 53,424
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Lebanon, TN 44,788 31st +35% 1st 15% below peers
Clermont, FL 46,853 30th +33% 2nd 11% below peers
Gallatin, TN 48,532 29th +27% 3rd 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX 51,168 25th +16% 4th 3% below peers
Everett, MA 50,045 28th +9% 5th 5% below peers
Columbus, IN 51,824 23rd +8% 6th 2% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 26th +7% 7th 4% below peers
Galveston, TX 53,424 10th +6% 8th 1% above peers
Wheaton, MD 52,926 16th +5% 9th on par with peers
Joplin, MO 52,593 19th +4% 10th 1% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 52,593 20th +4% 11th 1% below peers
Grand Island, NE 52,884 17th +3% 12th on par with peers
Edina, MN 53,262 13th +3% 13th 1% above peers
Elkhart, IN 53,733 6th +3% 14th 2% above peers
Pensacola, FL 54,036 4th +3% 15th 2% above peers
Murray, UT 50,188 27th +2% 16th 5% below peers
Oak Park, IL 53,292 11th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Wheaton, IL 53,557 8th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 53,279 12th +0% 19th 1% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 53,064 14th +0% 20th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA 51,990 22nd -1% 21st 2% below peers
West New York, NJ 52,004 21st -1% 22nd 2% below peers
Elyria, OH 53,035 15th -1% 23rd on par with peers
Colton, CA 53,772 5th -1% 24th 2% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 54,291 2nd -2% 25th 3% above peers
Manhattan, KS 54,239 3rd -2% 26th 2% above peers
Normal, IL 53,569 7th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Summerville, SC 51,654 24th -3% 28th 2% below peers
Arcadia, CA 55,170 1st -5% 29th 4% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 52,622 18th -6% 30th 1% below peers
Methuen, MA 53,475 9th 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±36 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.1% to 14.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (17.5% to 14.8%).
Big move 14.7%
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
Clermont, FL 22.0% 13th +2.2pp 1st 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 21.4% 17th +1.1pp 2nd 1% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 25.6% 3rd +1.0pp 3rd 19% above peers
Grand Island, NE 28.2% 1st +0.2pp 4th 31% above peers
Lebanon, TN 23.1% 8th +0.2pp 5th 7% above peers
Columbus, IN 23.8% 6th -0.1pp 6th 10% above peers
Oak Park, IL 23.9% 5th -0.4pp 7th 11% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 16th -0.5pp 8th on par with peers
Murray, UT 21.1% 19th -0.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Everett, MA 21.8% 15th -0.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Elyria, OH 21.9% 14th -0.8pp 11th 2% above peers
Rockwall, TX 24.3% 4th -1.2pp 12th 13% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 11th -1.1pp 13th 4% above peers
Elkhart, IN 26.3% 2nd -1.3pp 14th 22% above peers
Manhattan, KS 14.6% 30th -0.8pp 15th 32% below peers
Wheaton, IL 22.0% 12th -1.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 18.1% 25th -1.1pp 17th 16% below peers
Arcadia, CA 20.9% 21st -1.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Normal, IL 16.1% 26th -1.0pp 19th 25% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 15.6% 27th -1.1pp 20th 28% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.5% 23rd -1.4pp 21st 10% below peers
Joplin, MO 20.9% 22nd -1.6pp 22nd 3% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 20.9% 20th -1.9pp 23rd 3% below peers
Wheaton, MD 22.5% 10th -2.1pp 24th 4% above peers
Summerville, SC 22.9% 9th -2.4pp 25th 6% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 12.8% 31st -1.6pp 26th 41% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 15.2% 28th -2.1pp 27th 29% below peers
Galveston, TX 14.8% 29th -2.4pp 28th 32% below peers
Colton, CA 23.4% 7th -4.3pp 29th 8% above peers
Pensacola, FL 18.7% 24th -5.6pp 30th 14% below peers
Methuen, MA 21.3% 18th 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 (43.7% then, 42.9% now; margin ±8.5pp).

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.5% to 42.9%).
Big move 42.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Hacienda Heights, CA 24.1% 21st +6.9pp 1st 23% below peers
Oak Park, IL 22.7% 23rd +5.5pp 2nd 27% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 29th +3.5pp 3rd 52% below peers
Joplin, MO 40.9% 6th +9.4pp 4th 31% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 37.2% 11th +7.9pp 5th 19% above peers
Gallatin, TN 37.8% 9th +7.6pp 6th 21% above peers
Elkhart, IN 56.0% 1st +7.9pp 7th 80% above peers
Arcadia, CA 21.9% 25th +2.5pp 8th 30% below peers
West New York, NJ 42.1% 4th +2.8pp 9th 35% above peers
Summerville, SC 34.4% 13th +0.5pp 10th 10% above peers
Everett, MA 42.1% 5th +0.5pp 11th 35% above peers
Columbus, IN 27.8% 18th +0.0pp 12th 11% below peers
Colton, CA 38.4% 7th +0.0pp 13th 23% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 35.0% 12th -0.2pp 14th 12% above peers
Rockwall, TX 16.2% 27th -0.3pp 15th 48% below peers
Galveston, TX 42.9% 3rd -0.8pp 16th 38% above peers
Wheaton, MD 31.2% 16th -1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 33.2% 15th -1.7pp 18th 7% above peers
Murray, UT 23.7% 22nd -1.3pp 19th 24% below peers
Grand Island, NE 38.2% 8th -4.4pp 20th 23% above peers
Pensacola, FL 37.6% 10th -4.8pp 21st 20% above peers
Elyria, OH 49.9% 2nd -7.7pp 22nd 60% above peers
Wheaton, IL 10.1% 31st -1.8pp 23rd 68% below peers
Normal, IL 22.6% 24th -4.2pp 24th 28% below peers
Manhattan, KS 27.6% 19th -6.2pp 25th 11% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 16.2% 28th -4.7pp 26th 48% below peers
Lebanon, TN 30.1% 17th -9.2pp 27th 3% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 14.3% 30th -4.8pp 28th 54% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 24.4% 20th -9.0pp 29th 22% below peers
Clermont, FL 21.6% 26th -8.9pp 30th 31% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.9% 14th 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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2 of 24 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.1pp 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 Falling
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What changed

Working parents fell 17.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.7% to 56.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.5pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 24% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents fell 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.8% to 56.9%).
Big move 56.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Arcadia, CA 70.7% 20th +17.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 66.5% 23rd +16.4pp 2nd 10% below peers
Colton, CA 71.5% 19th +17.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Wheaton, IL 73.0% 17th +15.4pp 4th 1% below peers
Joplin, MO 73.6% 15th +13.7pp 5th on par with peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 74.6% 12th +13.5pp 6th 2% above peers
Pensacola, FL 82.8% 1st +14.4pp 7th 13% above peers
Columbus, IN 67.7% 21st +11.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX 74.1% 13th +12.3pp 9th 1% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 82.2% 2nd +13.4pp 10th 12% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.9% 18th +10.3pp 11th 1% below peers
Oak Park, IL 79.5% 5th +10.1pp 12th 8% above peers
West New York, NJ 63.3% 27th +7.1pp 13th 14% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 82.0% 3rd +9.0pp 14th 12% above peers
Summerville, SC 81.2% 4th +7.8pp 15th 10% above peers
Lebanon, TN 74.7% 10th +5.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Elyria, OH 67.5% 22nd +3.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Normal, IL 76.8% 7th +3.0pp 18th 4% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 64.4% 26th +1.8pp 19th 12% below peers
Wheaton, MD 74.7% 11th +1.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 78.9% 6th +1.7pp 21st 7% above peers
Manhattan, KS 73.5% 16th +1.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Everett, MA 75.1% 8th +1.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Clermont, FL 62.2% 29th +0.6pp 24th 15% below peers
Gallatin, TN 65.0% 24th +0.5pp 25th 12% below peers
Murray, UT 64.9% 25th +0.1pp 26th 12% below peers
Grand Island, NE 75.0% 9th -3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 28th -10.5pp 28th 14% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.7% 31st -12.9pp 29th 23% below peers
Galveston, TX 56.9% 30th -17.9pp 30th 23% below peers
Methuen, MA 73.8% 14th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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3 of 24 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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