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Grand Prairie, TX
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209,434 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 10 indicators

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

What needs attention 7 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 3 indicators

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

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 13% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 7% lower than in 2021 (231 then, 216 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 193 in 2024 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 224 in July 2026, up from 198 a year earlier.
Needs attention 224 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 16 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Sioux Falls, SD 363 (Feb 26) -29.6% 1st
Amarillo, TX 541 (Mar 26) -15.2% 2nd
Chattanooga, TN 688 (Apr 26) -14.0% 3rd
Knoxville, TN 621 (Jul 26) -12.9% 4th
Fayetteville, NC 577 (Jul 26) -12.1% 5th
San Bernardino, CA 898 (May 25) -9.4% 6th
Little Rock, AR 1,448 (Jul 26) -8.9% 7th
Oxnard, CA 540 (Jul 26) -6.2% 8th
Salt Lake City, UT 743 (May 26) -2.1% 9th
Baton Rouge, LA 1,413 (Jul 26) -1.4% 10th
Grand Rapids, MI 863 (Jul 26) -0.5% 11th
Peoria, AZ 254 (Apr 26) +2.6% 12th
Des Moines, IA 658 (Jul 26) +3.9% 13th
Providence, RI 301 (Jun 26) +7.7% 14th
Grand Prairie, TX 224 (Jul 26) +13.3% 15th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pearland, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Clara, CA down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Alexandria, VA down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities. Grand Prairie started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,231 in July 2026, down from 1,394 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,231 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Oxnard, CA 1,280 (Jul 26) -32.0% 1st
Rochester, NY 2,531 (Jun 26) -25.9% 2nd
Sioux Falls, SD 2,316 (Feb 26) -24.5% 3rd
Des Moines, IA 2,372 (Jul 26) -22.9% 4th
Knoxville, TN 2,003 (Jul 26) -20.8% 5th
San Bernardino, CA 2,680 (May 25) -13.8% 6th
Amarillo, TX 2,243 (Mar 26) -12.8% 7th
Baton Rouge, LA 4,432 (Jul 26) -12.5% 8th
Grand Prairie, TX 1,231 (Jul 26) -11.7% 9th
Little Rock, AR 4,061 (Jul 26) -10.8% 10th
Salt Lake City, UT 4,493 (May 26) -10.6% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,142 (Jul 26) -10.3% 12th
Fontana, CA 1,092 (Jul 26) -9.6% 13th
Chattanooga, TN 3,202 (Jul 26) -8.2% 14th
Peoria, AZ 1,080 (Apr 26) -5.4% 15th
Fayetteville, NC 2,720 (Jul 26) -5.0% 16th
Providence, RI 1,525 (Jun 26) -4.7% 17th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 133% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities. Grand Prairie started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 18% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 7 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 3 in the prior 12 months. That is 3 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 7 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 20 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%
Rochester, NY 9 (Jun 26) -50.0% 1st
Oxnard, CA 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 2nd
Fayetteville, NC 11 (Jul 26) -42.1% 3rd
Fontana, CA 3 (Jul 26) -41.7% 4th
Sioux Falls, SD 4 (Feb 26) -40.5% 5th
Little Rock, AR 15 (Jul 26) -36.2% 6th
Mobile, AL 14 (Jul 26) -34.1% 7th
Providence, RI 3 (Jun 26) -33.4% 8th
Birmingham, AL 35 (Jul 26) -29.9% 9th
Amarillo, TX 5 (Mar 26) -21.6% 10th
San Bernardino, CA 11 (May 25) -16.7% 11th
Chattanooga, TN 8 (Apr 26) -11.3% 12th
Baton Rouge, LA 31 (Jul 26) -9.3% 13th
Salt Lake City, UT 5 (May 26) +25.1% 14th
Grand Rapids, MI 7 (Jul 26) +25.2% 15th
Knoxville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +29.9% 16th
Des Moines, IA 4 (Jul 26) +33.2% 17th
Grand Prairie, TX 3 (Jul 26) +133.6% 18th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +199.7% 19th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oxnard, CA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 159 in July 2026, down from 226 a year earlier.
Bright spot 159 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Rochester, NY 630 (Jun 26) -42.9% 1st
Sioux Falls, SD 251 (Feb 26) -42.4% 2nd
Oxnard, CA 225 (Jul 26) -35.4% 3rd
Des Moines, IA 329 (Jul 26) -33.3% 4th
Grand Prairie, TX 159 (Jul 26) -29.8% 5th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.8% 6th
Chattanooga, TN 347 (Jul 26) -28.9% 7th
Knoxville, TN 227 (Jul 26) -28.4% 8th
Grand Rapids, MI 217 (Jul 26) -26.6% 9th
Fayetteville, NC 258 (Jul 26) -26.2% 10th
Salt Lake City, UT 329 (May 26) -24.8% 11th
Baton Rouge, LA 575 (Jul 26) -19.0% 12th
Little Rock, AR 300 (Jul 26) -16.7% 13th
Providence, RI 148 (Jun 26) -15.8% 14th
Fontana, CA 204 (Jul 26) -15.7% 15th
Amarillo, TX 215 (Mar 26) -13.0% 16th
San Bernardino, CA 712 (May 25) -4.3% 17th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Provo, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $67,388 to $81,619 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,636).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Grand Prairie started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 47% from 2014 to 2024 ($55,336 to $81,619).
Bright spot $81,619
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 15th +49% 1st 1% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 16th +47% 2nd on par with peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 13th +46% 3rd 4% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 19th +42% 4th 4% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 2nd +41% 5th 53% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 5th +41% 6th 38% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 14th +38% 7th 3% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 21st +35% 8th 13% below peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 9th +35% 9th 19% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 27th +34% 10th 20% below peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 11th 30% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 3rd +32% 12th 43% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 8th +32% 13th 21% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 6th +31% 14th 24% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 26th +30% 15th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 22nd +30% 16th 13% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 12th +28% 17th 11% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 4th +27% 18th 42% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 10th +27% 19th 13% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 28th +27% 20th 21% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 24th +26% 21st 15% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 23rd +25% 22nd 14% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 18th +25% 23rd 2% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 11th +24% 24th 11% above peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 25th 32% below peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 17th +23% 26th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 20th +22% 27th 7% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 1st +21% 28th 56% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 7th +21% 29th 21% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 25th +18% 30th 16% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 29th +12% 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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28 of 49 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,114 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 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.8% in July 2026, up from 4.3% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.8%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 4.5% (Jul 26) +0.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -1.2pp 1st 7% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th -0.9pp 2nd 28% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.8pp 3rd 15% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 4th 13% above peers
Fontana, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 20th -0.6pp 5th 11% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 6th 20% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.7% (Jul 26) 28th -0.6pp 7th 46% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.5pp 8th 11% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 9th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th -0.4pp 10th 30% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 11th 26% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.4pp 12th 17% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 13th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 14th 13% below peers
Worcester, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 15th 7% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 16th 26% below peers
Little Rock, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.1pp 17th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.1pp 18th 59% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 19th 13% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 20th 2% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Rochester, NY 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 22nd 33% above peers
Amarillo, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th +0.6pp 23rd 15% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.7pp 24th 11% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th +0.7pp 25th 7% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.7pp 26th 2% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 24th +0.8pp 27th 20% above peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th +0.8pp 28th on par with peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.3% then, 12.1% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.5% to 12.1%).
Bright spot 12.1%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
San Bernardino, CA 18.6% 19th -7.4pp 1st 6% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 4th -3.0pp 2nd 43% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 5th -2.5pp 3rd 42% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 6th -2.7pp 4th 37% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% 7th -2.8pp 5th 33% below peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 26th -4.8pp 6th 19% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.6% 11th -3.0pp 7th 22% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 15th -3.5pp 8th 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 24th -4.1pp 9th 15% above peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 23rd -3.0pp 10th 15% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.3% 10th -1.8pp 11th 24% below peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 18th -2.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 31st -3.5pp 13th 59% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 28th -2.7pp 14th 35% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 17.7% 17th -1.6pp 15th 1% above peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 20th -1.6pp 16th 9% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% 3rd -0.8pp 17th 45% below peers
Yonkers, NY 13.8% 12th -1.1pp 18th 21% below peers
Des Moines, IA 14.9% 13th -1.1pp 19th 15% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 25th -1.2pp 20th 15% above peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 29th -1.2pp 21st 41% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 22nd -0.4pp 22nd 12% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.2% 9th -0.1pp 23rd 30% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 25.7% 30th +0.9pp 24th 47% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 27th +0.9pp 25th 23% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.8% 14th +0.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Little Rock, AR 17.5% 16th +0.9pp 27th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.1% 8th +0.7pp 28th 31% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 21st +1.5pp 29th 9% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 52% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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28 of 49 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.0% then, 17.7% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.5% to 17.7%).
Bright spot 17.7%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 5th -7.2pp 1st 43% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 4th -6.5pp 2nd 48% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 21st -12.1pp 3rd 12% above peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 6th -5.7pp 4th 41% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 18th -9.1pp 5th 4% above peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 10th -4.5pp 6th 26% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 16th -5.9pp 7th on par with peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 9th -4.2pp 8th 28% below peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 24th -6.8pp 9th 21% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 8th -3.9pp 10th 30% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 23rd -5.7pp 11th 20% above peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 17th -3.7pp 12th 1% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 7th -2.3pp 13th 35% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 12th -2.9pp 14th 18% below peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 15th 79% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 26th -4.8pp 16th 36% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 19th -3.5pp 17th 6% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 13th -2.8pp 18th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 20th -3.2pp 19th 11% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 28th -3.3pp 20th 41% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 3rd -0.9pp 21st 48% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 25th -2.1pp 22nd 27% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 23rd 78% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 14th -1.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 30th -0.4pp 25th 76% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 29th +0.1pp 26th 41% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 11th +0.6pp 27th 23% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 2nd +0.6pp 28th 60% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 22nd +3.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 15th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 27th +4.6pp 31st 36% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.5% to 93.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Grand Prairie started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 14.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.3% to 93.0%).
Bright spot 93.1%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 29th +15.0pp 1st 4% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 89.1% 25th +15.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 18th +12.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 26th +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 27th +11.5pp 6th 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 10th +12.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 13th +11.5pp 8th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 30th +10.5pp 9th 5% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 22nd +10.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 19th +10.9pp 11th 1% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 21st +10.6pp 12th 1% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 7th +10.9pp 13th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 14th +10.6pp 14th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 20th +9.8pp 15th 1% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 1st +10.4pp 16th 6% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 9th +9.6pp 17th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 23rd +8.9pp 18th 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 24th +8.8pp 19th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 20th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 17th +7.8pp 21st 1% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 15th +7.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 8th +7.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 12th +6.8pp 24th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 5th +7.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 6th +5.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 11th +5.3pp 27th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 3rd +4.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 4th +4.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 16th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 2nd +2.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.39 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Bright spot 0.41
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 6% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 5th -0.018 2nd 10% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 17th -0.020 3rd on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 6th -0.017 4th 9% below peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 5th 20% below peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 18th -0.015 6th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 23rd -0.012 7th 4% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 20th -0.010 8th 3% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 8th -0.008 9th 8% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 21st -0.007 10th 3% above peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 30th -0.007 11th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 7th -0.005 12th 8% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 24th -0.004 13th 5% above peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 22nd -0.003 14th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 15th 20% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 25th -0.001 16th 6% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 13th +0.000 17th 6% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 26th +0.002 18th 6% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 19th 15% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 28th +0.005 20th 7% above peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 10th +0.006 21st 7% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 29th +0.009 22nd 8% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 14th +0.010 23rd 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 11th +0.010 24th 7% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 12th +0.011 25th 6% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 19th +0.014 26th 3% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 4th +0.013 27th 14% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 16th +0.017 28th on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 31st +0.023 29th 18% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 9th +0.025 30th 8% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 15th +0.028 31st 3% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 11.6% to 9.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Grand Prairie started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 4.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.2% to 9.1%).
Bright spot 9.0%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 10th -4.7pp 1st 18% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 14th -4.5pp 2nd 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 2nd -1.9pp 3rd 59% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 29th -7.4pp 4th 60% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 5th 88% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 5th -2.5pp 6th 43% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 17th -4.4pp 7th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 15th -3.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 18th -2.3pp 9th 5% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.4% 27th -3.2pp 10th 48% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 4th -1.1pp 11th 45% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 8th -1.3pp 12th 32% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 31st -3.5pp 13th 98% above peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 14th 38% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 9th -0.9pp 15th 21% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 19th -0.7pp 16th 5% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 22nd -0.2pp 17th 23% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 24th -0.1pp 18th 34% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 3rd +0.0pp 19th 56% below peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 11th +0.3pp 20th 11% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 16th +0.6pp 21st on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 23rd +0.9pp 22nd 27% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 6th +0.4pp 23rd 38% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 28th +1.1pp 24th 57% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 25th +1.6pp 25th 38% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 12th +1.2pp 26th 11% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 7th +1.1pp 27th 32% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 20th +2.0pp 28th 18% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 21st +2.2pp 29th 22% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 13th +1.7pp 30th 8% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 30th +4.7pp 31st 70% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $314,397 in August 2026, down from $318,562 a year earlier.
$314,397
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $299,367 (Aug 26) -1.6%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Yonkers, NY $706,055 (Aug 26) 2nd +7.0% 1st 112% above peers
Overland Park, KS $483,940 (Aug 26) 8th +5.5% 2nd 46% above peers
Rochester, NY $247,040 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 3rd 26% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,528 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.0% 4th 36% below peers
Little Rock, AR $221,588 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.7% 5th 33% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $307,094 (Aug 26) 17th +3.2% 6th 8% below peers
Columbus, GA $175,951 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 7th 47% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $572,003 (Aug 26) 4th +2.4% 8th 72% above peers
Providence, RI $434,698 (Aug 26) 12th +2.3% 9th 31% above peers
Montgomery, AL $152,837 (Aug 26) 27th +2.1% 10th 54% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $492,161 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 11th 48% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $232,056 (Aug 26) 20th +1.6% 12th 30% below peers
Worcester, MA $435,944 (Aug 26) 11th +1.6% 13th 31% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $294,444 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 14th 11% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $332,295 (Aug 26) 14th +1.3% 15th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN $370,699 (Aug 26) 13th +1.1% 16th 12% above peers
Oxnard, CA $759,573 (Aug 26) 1st +1.0% 17th 129% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $551,273 (Aug 26) 5th +0.4% 18th 66% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $224,044 (Aug 26) 21st +0.3% 19th 33% below peers
Fontana, CA $633,683 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.2% 20th 91% above peers
Modesto, CA $442,564 (Aug 26) 10th +0.1% 21st 33% above peers
Vancouver, WA $501,696 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 22nd 51% above peers
Des Moines, IA $210,572 (Aug 26) 24th -0.2% 23rd 37% below peers
Mobile, AL $198,189 (Aug 26) 25th -0.6% 24th 40% below peers
Peoria, AZ $480,596 (Aug 26) 9th -0.8% 25th 45% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $319,185 (Aug 26) 15th -1.2% 26th 4% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX $314,397 (Aug 26) 16th -1.3% 27th 5% below peers
Birmingham, AL $136,876 (Aug 26) 28th -2.3% 28th 59% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $240,238 in August 2026, down from $241,791 a year earlier.
$240,238
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $184,827 (Aug 26) -0.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Yonkers, NY $358,222 (Aug 26) 9th +8.1% 1st 48% above peers
Overland Park, KS $335,304 (Aug 26) 12th +5.7% 2nd 38% above peers
Amarillo, TX $126,073 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.6% 3rd 48% below peers
Little Rock, AR $116,179 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 4th 52% below peers
Montgomery, AL $67,882 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 5th 72% below peers
Rochester, NY $163,825 (Aug 26) 19th +4.2% 6th 32% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $230,222 (Aug 26) 16th +3.3% 7th 5% below peers
Providence, RI $351,330 (Aug 26) 10th +2.9% 8th 45% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $403,548 (Aug 26) 6th +2.6% 9th 67% above peers
Worcester, MA $345,745 (Aug 26) 11th +2.5% 10th 43% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $155,564 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 11th 36% below peers
Oxnard, CA $642,182 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 12th 165% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $181,951 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 13th 25% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $494,959 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 104% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,045 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 15th 62% below peers
Knoxville, TN $248,842 (Aug 26) 13th +1.1% 16th 3% above peers
Mobile, AL $94,677 (Aug 26) 25th +1.0% 17th 61% below peers
Fontana, CA $544,358 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.0% 18th 125% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $403,783 (Aug 26) 5th +1.0% 19th 67% above peers
Modesto, CA $361,618 (Aug 26) 8th +0.8% 20th 49% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $242,098 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 21st on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA $119,486 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.1% 22nd 51% below peers
Birmingham, AL $63,068 (Aug 26) 28th -0.1% 23rd 74% below peers
Des Moines, IA $153,884 (Aug 26) 21st -0.2% 24th 36% below peers
Vancouver, WA $408,333 (Aug 26) 4th -0.4% 25th 69% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $240,238 (Aug 26) 15th -0.6% 26th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $198,250 (Aug 26) 17th -0.9% 27th 18% below peers
Peoria, AZ $364,173 (Aug 26) 7th -1.3% 28th 50% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 62.7% to 58.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.7% to 58.7%).
Needs attention 58.7%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Providence, RI 41.4% 29th +5.3pp 1st 20% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 20th +5.3pp 2nd 2% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 23rd +3.2pp 3rd 8% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 8th +3.8pp 4th 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 17th +2.8pp 5th 2% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 21st +2.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 7th 26% below peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 28th +1.5pp 8th 17% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 16th +1.7pp 9th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 3rd +1.6pp 10th 22% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 11th 47% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 10th +1.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 2nd +1.3pp 13th 29% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 24th +0.8pp 14th 10% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 15th 21% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 27th +0.6pp 16th 12% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 13th +0.7pp 17th 4% above peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 5th +0.4pp 18th 17% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 25th +0.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 15th -0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 11th -0.7pp 21st 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 6th -0.8pp 22nd 15% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 7th -1.1pp 23rd 15% above peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 19th -0.9pp 24th 2% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 12th -1.4pp 25th 5% above peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 18th -1.3pp 26th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 14th -1.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 22nd -2.0pp 28th 8% below peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 4th -2.8pp 29th 17% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 26th -2.2pp 30th 11% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 9th -3.9pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 ±1.3pp 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 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,647 in August 2026, up from $1,637 a year earlier.
$1,647
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Amarillo, TX $1,330 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.3% 1st 17% below peers
Yonkers, NY $2,755 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.3% 2nd 72% above peers
Providence, RI $2,213 (Aug 26) 5th +4.9% 3rd 38% above peers
Columbus, GA $1,308 (Aug 26) 24th +4.6% 4th 18% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,580 (Aug 26) 15th +4.2% 5th 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,302 (Aug 26) 25th +3.9% 6th 19% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,280 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 7th 20% below peers
Fontana, CA $3,190 (Aug 26) 1st +3.7% 8th 99% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,757 (Aug 26) 11th +3.2% 9th 10% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,476 (Aug 26) 17th +3.1% 10th 8% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,333 (Aug 26) 21st +3.0% 11th 17% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,382 (Aug 26) 4th +2.9% 12th 49% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,338 (Aug 26) 20th +2.6% 13th 17% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,954 (Aug 26) 8th +2.5% 14th 22% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,513 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 15th 6% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,367 (Aug 26) 19th +2.1% 16th 15% below peers
Little Rock, AR $1,212 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 17th 24% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,470 (Aug 26) 18th +1.5% 18th 8% below peers
Birmingham, AL $1,322 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 19th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,126 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 20th 30% below peers
Modesto, CA $2,021 (Aug 26) 7th +1.0% 21st 26% above peers
Oxnard, CA $2,864 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 22nd 79% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,828 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 23rd 14% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,647 (Aug 26) 13th +0.6% 24th 3% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,870 (Aug 26) 9th +0.5% 25th 17% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,603 (Aug 26) 14th +0.5% 26th on par with peers
Worcester, MA $2,130 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 27th 33% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,712 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 28th 7% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 8.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.3% to 37.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 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
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.9% to 37.6%).
Needs attention 37.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 17th -5.0pp 1st 1% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 5th -2.8pp 2nd 17% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 3rd 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 4th 11% above peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 23rd -1.9pp 5th 9% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 4th -1.3pp 6th 18% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 10th -1.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 18th -1.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 13th -0.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 27th -0.7pp 10th 14% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 30th -0.7pp 11th 17% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 19th -0.6pp 12th 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 13th 32% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 14th 15% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 8th -0.0pp 15th 15% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 47.5% 31st -0.0pp 16th 24% above peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 17th 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 7th +0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 19th 23% below peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 21st +1.1pp 20th 7% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 16th +1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 12th +1.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 15th +1.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 9th +2.0pp 24th 7% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 22nd +2.6pp 25th 8% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 20th +2.7pp 26th 6% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 29th +3.3pp 27th 16% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 6th +2.4pp 28th 17% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 11th +4.1pp 29th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 14th +8.3pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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

2
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.2% to 5.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 5.0%).
Needs attention 5.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Bernardino, CA 6.8% 11th -2.8pp 1st 15% below peers
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 13th -1.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 28th -2.8pp 3rd 100% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 14th -1.2pp 4th 4% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 20th -1.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 26th -1.7pp 6th 50% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 18th -0.9pp 7th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 24th -0.8pp 8th 36% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 29th -1.3pp 9th 113% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 10th 191% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 11th 195% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 4th -0.3pp 12th 46% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 9th -0.2pp 13th 21% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 12th -0.2pp 14th 14% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 16th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 19th -0.1pp 16th 12% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 7th -0.0pp 17th 31% below peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 8th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 23rd +0.4pp 19th 35% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 22nd +0.4pp 20th 34% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 15th +0.3pp 21st 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 21st +0.6pp 22nd 25% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 27th +1.0pp 23rd 51% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 5th +0.4pp 24th 44% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 25th +1.1pp 25th 49% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 17th +0.9pp 26th 6% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 27th 60% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 2nd +0.6pp 28th 52% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 10th +1.0pp 29th 18% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 3rd +1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 6th +1.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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

2
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.5% then, 18.5% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.9% to 18.5%).
Needs attention 18.5%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.3pp 1st 38% above peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 3rd -1.1pp 2nd 53% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.4% 19th -2.2pp 3rd 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 7th -1.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 5th 54% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.3% 5th -1.0pp 6th 37% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 14th -1.5pp 7th 1% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.3% 18th -1.5pp 8th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 10.0% 16th -1.0pp 9th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 24th -1.1pp 10th 19% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 11th -0.6pp 11th 21% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.4% 29th -1.1pp 12th 55% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 13th -0.5pp 13th 9% below peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 4th -0.3pp 14th 51% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 22nd -0.4pp 15th 11% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 10th -0.3pp 16th 24% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 8th -0.2pp 17th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 9.9% 15th -0.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.5% 31st +0.0pp 19th 85% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 20th 77% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.1% 12th +0.3pp 21st 19% below peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 27th +0.4pp 22nd 29% above peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 6th +0.3pp 23rd 28% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 26th +0.5pp 24th 25% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.1% 17th +0.4pp 25th 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 21st +0.5pp 26th 11% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 23rd +1.5pp 27th 17% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 25th +1.8pp 28th 22% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 9th +1.2pp 29th 25% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.6% 20th +2.2pp 30th 7% above peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 1st +1.0pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

36.7%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 1st 17% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 2nd 17% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 3rd 17% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 4th 13% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 5th 13% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 6th 10% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 7th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 8th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 9th 5% below peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 10th 5% below peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 11th 4% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 12th 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 13th 3% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 14th 2% below peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 15th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 16th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 17th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 18th 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 19th 3% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 20th 5% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 21st 8% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 22nd 10% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 23rd 10% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 24th 10% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 25th 12% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 26th 14% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 27th 19% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 28th 20% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 29th 20% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 30th 22% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 31st 22% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.6% to 14.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.2% to 14.0%).
Needs attention 14.0%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 8th -2.5pp 1st 24% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 56% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 27th -3.0pp 3rd 82% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 5th 33% below peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 6th 38% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 19th -0.7pp 7th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 20th -0.2pp 8th 7% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 14th -0.1pp 9th 5% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 29th -0.1pp 10th 112% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 11th +0.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 12th 26% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 13th 142% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 10th +0.5pp 14th 15% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 12th +0.7pp 15th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 22nd +0.9pp 16th 21% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 17th 190% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 17th +0.9pp 18th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 18th +1.0pp 19th 1% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 28th +1.9pp 20th 98% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 9th +0.9pp 21st 20% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 4th +0.7pp 22nd 44% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 16th +1.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 13th +1.8pp 24th 6% below peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 21st +2.3pp 25th 13% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 26th 76% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 15th +2.0pp 27th 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 25th +3.9pp 28th 69% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 23rd +3.8pp 29th 56% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 3rd +1.2pp 30th 51% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 24th +4.6pp 31st 67% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.6% to 30.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Grand Prairie started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.0% to 30.0%).
Bright spot 30.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 21st +6.4pp 1st 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 17th +6.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 9th +5.9pp 3rd 13% above peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 20th +4.9pp 4th 6% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 26th +3.4pp 5th 33% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 19th +4.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 11th +5.0pp 7th 10% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 12th +4.5pp 8th 8% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 5th +5.2pp 9th 30% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 10th 23% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 11th 62% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 18th +3.7pp 12th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 27th +2.5pp 13th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 24th +3.0pp 14th 17% below peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 22nd +3.0pp 15th 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 15th +3.1pp 16th 1% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 2nd +4.9pp 17th 61% above peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 8th +3.4pp 18th 13% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 30th +1.2pp 19th 59% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 7th +3.3pp 20th 14% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 29th +1.5pp 21st 44% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 16th +2.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 6th +2.9pp 23rd 19% above peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 28th +1.5pp 24th 39% below peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 4th +2.8pp 25th 40% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 13th +2.2pp 26th 8% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 3rd +3.2pp 27th 61% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 9% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 10th +2.2pp 29th 12% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 1st +2.1pp 30th 99% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 14th +1.0pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.1% then, 38.1% now; margin ±8.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.4% to 38.1%).
38.1%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 11th +5.0pp 1st 23% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 26th +2.2pp 2nd 26% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 16th +3.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 12th +2.1pp 4th 9% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 8th +0.8pp 5th 30% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 2nd +0.2pp 6th 47% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 10th -2.1pp 7th 26% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 8th 63% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 13th -2.4pp 9th 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 15th -2.5pp 10th 7% above peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 14th -3.0pp 11th 9% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 7th -3.6pp 12th 31% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 3rd -5.6pp 13th 39% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 21st -4.1pp 14th 13% below peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 9th -6.6pp 15th 29% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 29th -3.2pp 16th 37% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 18th -4.9pp 17th 7% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 19th -6.3pp 18th 8% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 22nd -6.0pp 19th 13% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 28th -5.0pp 20th 28% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 6th -12.1pp 21st 33% above peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 23rd -7.8pp 22nd 15% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 4th -13.6pp 23rd 36% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 24th -8.6pp 24th 16% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 5th -16.5pp 25th 33% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 17th -12.6pp 26th 4% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 27th -9.9pp 27th 28% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 20th -13.7pp 28th 12% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 29th 41% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 20.5% 31st -15.5pp 30th 46% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 25th -24.6pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

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 (5.8% then, 8.0% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
8.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 85% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 88% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 8th -3.5pp 3rd 28% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 9th -2.9pp 5th 25% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 12th -2.2pp 6th 19% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 18th -2.3pp 7th 4% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 11th -1.7pp 8th 20% below peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 4th -0.8pp 9th 43% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 17th -1.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 10th -0.9pp 11th 25% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 23rd -0.8pp 12th 12% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 6th -0.4pp 13th 38% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 25th -0.7pp 14th 17% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 24th -0.4pp 15th 14% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 16th -0.4pp 16th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 14th -0.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 26th -0.3pp 18th 19% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 29th +0.4pp 19th 67% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 5th +0.2pp 20th 41% below peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 21st +1.4pp 21st 9% above peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 22nd +1.6pp 22nd 9% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 27th +2.1pp 23rd 25% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 19th +1.8pp 24th 4% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 15th +2.2pp 25th 8% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 20th +2.7pp 26th 6% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 7th +1.7pp 27th 34% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 13th +2.9pp 28th 11% below peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 29th 85% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 28th +4.7pp 30th 27% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 73% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 192,565 to 201,883 - more than the combined survey margin (±345).

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 11% from 2014 to 2024 (181,135 to 201,883).
Big move 201,883
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 27th +17% 1st 2% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 20th +14% 2nd on par with peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 12th +12% 3rd 3% above peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 28th +8% 4th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 30th +7% 5th 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 15th +7% 6th 1% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 4th +6% 7th 9% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 18th +6% 8th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 11th +5% 9th 3% above peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 9th +5% 10th 4% above peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 22nd +5% 11th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 29th +5% 12th 3% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 17th +5% 13th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 13th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 31st +3% 15th 8% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 23rd +3% 16th 1% below peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 3rd +3% 17th 9% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 2nd +3% 18th 10% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 14th +3% 19th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 19th +2% 20th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 7th +2% 21st 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 5th +2% 22nd 6% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 16th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 10th +1% 24th 3% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 8th +0% 25th 4% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 24th +0% 26th 2% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 1st -1% 27th 10% above peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 26th -1% 28th 2% below peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 6th -1% 29th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 21st -3% 30th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 25th -7% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 ±335 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.3% to 26.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 1.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.3% to 26.8%).
Big move 26.8%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 7% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 17th +1.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 11th +1.0pp 3rd 7% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 26th +0.8pp 4th 14% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 5th +0.7pp 5th 15% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 13th +0.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 12th +0.2pp 7th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 9th +0.2pp 8th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 1st -0.1pp 9th 20% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 10th 27% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 15th -0.3pp 11th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 10th -0.6pp 12th 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 14th -0.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 21st -0.7pp 14th 8% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 6th -0.9pp 15th 15% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 18th -1.0pp 16th 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 2nd -1.4pp 18th 20% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 29th -0.9pp 19th 21% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 3rd -1.5pp 20th 18% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 21st 8% below peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 8th -1.5pp 22nd 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 27th -1.2pp 23rd 17% below peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 23rd -1.6pp 24th 9% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 22nd -1.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 26th 14% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 25th -2.0pp 27th 14% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 28th -1.8pp 28th 19% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 4th -2.9pp 29th 18% above peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 24th -2.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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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 (29.8% then, 27.5% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.6% to 27.5%).
Big move 27.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 20th +5.9pp 1st 9% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 22nd +5.4pp 2nd 16% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 26th +3.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 8th +5.2pp 4th 14% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 24th +2.8pp 5th 21% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 23rd +2.7pp 6th 17% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 30th +1.7pp 7th 40% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 28th +1.8pp 8th 35% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 4th +3.3pp 9th 30% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 7th +3.0pp 10th 19% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 3rd +3.2pp 11th 40% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 10th +2.0pp 12th 12% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 2nd +1.4pp 13th 57% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 18th +0.8pp 14th 6% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 17th +0.5pp 15th 1% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 5th -0.1pp 16th 25% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 25th -0.1pp 17th 22% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 11th -0.9pp 18th 7% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 15th -0.9pp 19th 2% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 6th -1.1pp 20th 24% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 21st 63% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 16th -1.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 13th -1.3pp 23rd 4% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 9th -1.6pp 24th 12% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 19th -2.2pp 25th 8% below peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 31st -1.1pp 26th 58% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 21st -2.3pp 27th 14% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 27th -1.8pp 28th 31% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 14th -3.4pp 29th 2% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 29th -2.3pp 30th 35% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 12th -4.2pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.0% then, 68.4% now; margin ±6.9pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.8% to 68.4%).
68.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 22nd +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 4th +7.0pp 2nd 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 27th +5.8pp 3rd 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 5th 19% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 10th +6.3pp 6th 4% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 23rd +5.4pp 7th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 18th +5.0pp 8th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 12th +4.6pp 9th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 6th +4.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 7th +4.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 11th +3.6pp 12th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 3rd +2.7pp 13th 6% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 17th +2.5pp 14th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 8th +2.0pp 15th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 19th +1.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 20th +1.3pp 17th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 21st +0.4pp 18th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 14th -0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 20th 8% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 16th -0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 15th -1.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 23rd 8% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 29th -2.0pp 24th 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 25th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 13th -2.9pp 26th 2% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 28th -2.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 26th -3.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 29th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 9th -5.2pp 30th 4% above peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 5th -7.0pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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28 of 49 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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