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257,076 people (2025) 250k-1m South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Irving, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
221 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 33%
relative change
332 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
6.2%
2019-23
▼ 31%
relative change
9.0% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$81,830
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
$64,868 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,576 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 21%
relative change
1,989 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
42.4%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
37.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.8%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
85.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
3 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 62%
relative change
8 in the prior 12 months
Dropping fast  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
259 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
272 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Irving, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.1%
2020-24
▲ 76%
relative change
5.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.8%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
36.8%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
31.5% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
15.8%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
13.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
22.3%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
20.3% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.2%
Jul 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
3.9% a year earlier
Worsening recently Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
38.1%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
36.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.6%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
34.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
53.4%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
61.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
25.9%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
29.4% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
256,492
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
239,783 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.2%
2020-24
high
vs peers
26.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 20% lower than in 2021 (312 then, 250 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 346 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 259 in July 2026, down from 272 a year earlier.
Bright spot 259 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Toledo, OH 747 (Jun 26) -26.4% 1st
Lubbock, TX 525 (Jul 26) -26.0% 2nd
Glendale, AZ 363 (Jun 26) -25.0% 3rd
Laredo, TX 277 (Jul 26) -18.4% 4th
Norfolk, VA 390 (Jul 26) -17.6% 5th
Garland, TX 184 (Jul 26) -16.8% 6th
Boise, ID 270 (Jun 26) -13.6% 7th
Spokane, WA 534 (Apr 26) -12.9% 8th
Arlington, VA 264 (Jul 26) -12.0% 9th
Fort Wayne, IN 267 (Jul 26) -4.9% 10th
Irving, TX 259 (Jul 26) -4.7% 11th
St. Louis, MO 1,217 (Jul 26) -4.4% 12th
Winston-Salem, NC 775 (Apr 26) -4.3% 13th
Frisco, TX 102 (Jun 26) -2.5% 14th
Chandler, AZ 118 (Jul 26) -1.5% 15th
Chula Vista, CA 365 (Jul 26) -1.5% 16th
McKinney, TX 106 (Jul 26) -0.4% 17th
Scottsdale, AZ 177 (Jul 26) +4.9% 18th
Richmond, VA 416 (Jul 26) +4.9% 19th
Reno, NV 512 (May 26) +6.8% 20th
Chesapeake, VA 338 (Jul 26) +8.1% 21st
Buffalo, NY 702 (May 26) +8.9% 22nd
Port St. Lucie, FL 117 (May 26) +18.4% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Urban Honolulu, HI down about 8% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Madison, WI essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities. Irving started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,576 in July 2026, down from 1,989 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,576 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 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%
Reno, NV 1,827 (May 26) -24.9% 1st
Arlington, VA 1,544 (Jul 26) -21.1% 2nd
Irving, TX 1,576 (Jul 26) -20.8% 3rd
Tacoma, WA 3,552 (Jul 26) -20.7% 4th
Lubbock, TX 2,001 (Jul 26) -19.3% 5th
Laredo, TX 994 (Jul 26) -18.9% 6th
Boise, ID 814 (Jun 26) -18.3% 7th
Chandler, AZ 1,146 (Jul 26) -16.1% 8th
Glendale, AZ 2,129 (Jun 26) -15.2% 9th
Fort Wayne, IN 1,686 (Jul 26) -14.4% 10th
Frisco, TX 797 (Jun 26) -12.7% 11th
Toledo, OH 2,403 (Jun 26) -12.6% 12th
Garland, TX 1,529 (Jul 26) -12.3% 13th
Spokane, WA 4,207 (Apr 26) -12.0% 14th
Winston-Salem, NC 2,833 (Apr 26) -8.2% 15th
Scottsdale, AZ 1,690 (Jul 26) -7.7% 16th
Chesapeake, VA 1,495 (Jul 26) -6.9% 17th
McKinney, TX 691 (Jul 26) -5.8% 18th
St. Louis, MO 4,964 (Jul 26) -5.3% 19th
Richmond, VA 3,380 (Jul 26) -4.8% 20th
Norfolk, VA 3,338 (Jul 26) -2.0% 21st
Chula Vista, CA 1,080 (Jul 26) -1.4% 22nd
Port St. Lucie, FL 684 (May 26) -0.5% 23rd
Buffalo, NY 3,445 (May 26) +1.3% 24th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Reno, NV down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Urban Honolulu, HI down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Glendale, AZ down about 15% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 62% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 61% lower than in 2021 (4 then, 2 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 6 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 3 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 8 in the prior 12 months. That is 1 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 3 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 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%
Reno, NV 0 (May 26) -94.4% 1st
Boise, ID 0 (Jun 26) -75.0% 2nd
Irving, TX 1 (Jul 26) -62.4% 3rd
Scottsdale, AZ 1 (Jul 26) -60.0% 4th
Garland, TX 2 (Jul 26) -58.4% 5th
Frisco, TX 1 (Jun 26) -50.1% 6th
Glendale, AZ 3 (Jun 26) -42.9% 7th
Buffalo, NY 8 (May 26) -41.6% 8th
Lubbock, TX 3 (Jul 26) -39.9% 9th
Laredo, TX 2 (Jul 26) -37.4% 10th
McKinney, TX 3 (Jul 26) -36.3% 11th
Richmond, VA 18 (Jul 26) -26.3% 12th
Fort Wayne, IN 10 (Jul 26) -22.2% 13th
Spokane, WA 5 (Apr 26) -15.4% 14th
Toledo, OH 9 (Jun 26) -8.0% 15th
St. Louis, MO 51 (Jul 26) +5.2% 16th
Tacoma, WA 8 (Jul 26) +5.6% 17th
Norfolk, VA 15 (Jul 26) +16.6% 18th
Port St. Lucie, FL 2 (May 26) +24.7% 19th
Winston-Salem, NC 11 (Apr 26) +27.1% 20th
Chandler, AZ 1 (Jul 26) +50.5% 21st
Chula Vista, CA 3 (Jul 26) +75.2% 22nd
Arlington, VA 1 (Jul 26) +100.0% 23rd
Chesapeake, VA 5 (Jul 26) +133.2% 24th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Tucson, AZ down about 55% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corpus Christi, TX down about 52% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Glendale, AZ down about 43% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 33% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 39% lower than in 2021 (374 then, 229 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 487 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 221 in July 2026, down from 332 a year earlier.
Bright spot 221 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 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%
Glendale, AZ 230 (Jun 26) -41.8% 1st
Spokane, WA 287 (Apr 26) -37.3% 2nd
Garland, TX 203 (Jul 26) -34.5% 3rd
Irving, TX 221 (Jul 26) -33.5% 4th
Boise, ID 84 (Jun 26) -32.0% 5th
Laredo, TX 98 (Jul 26) -31.8% 6th
Arlington, VA 93 (Jul 26) -28.7% 7th
Reno, NV 238 (May 26) -27.7% 8th
Tacoma, WA 679 (Jul 26) -25.2% 9th
Richmond, VA 332 (Jul 26) -23.3% 10th
Chula Vista, CA 203 (Jul 26) -20.7% 11th
Port St. Lucie, FL 26 (May 26) -20.5% 12th
Lubbock, TX 183 (Jul 26) -19.2% 13th
Buffalo, NY 413 (May 26) -17.9% 14th
Scottsdale, AZ 114 (Jul 26) -17.6% 15th
Chandler, AZ 74 (Jul 26) -14.1% 16th
Frisco, TX 49 (Jun 26) -14.1% 17th
Fort Wayne, IN 168 (Jul 26) -13.6% 18th
Chesapeake, VA 88 (Jul 26) -12.4% 19th
McKinney, TX 50 (Jul 26) -9.9% 20th
Toledo, OH 414 (Jun 26) -8.4% 21st
Norfolk, VA 276 (Jul 26) -6.5% 22nd
St. Louis, MO 1,174 (Jul 26) -4.1% 23rd
Winston-Salem, NC 340 (Apr 26) -3.3% 24th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Miami, FL down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reno, NV down about 28% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 4% a year · 2020-2025
  • Lubbock, TX down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 26% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $64,868 to $81,830 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,935).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Irving started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 61% from 2014 to 2024 ($50,942 to $81,830).
Bright spot $81,830
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Hialeah, FL $55,594 28th +59% 1st 29% below peers
Boise, ID $83,904 11th +40% 2nd 7% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 20th +39% 3rd 10% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 10th +38% 4th 10% above peers
Reno, NV $80,760 13th +37% 5th 3% above peers
Richmond, VA $64,587 22nd +37% 6th 17% below peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 18th +35% 7th 4% below peers
Laredo, TX $63,915 23rd +34% 8th 18% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 29th +34% 9th 36% below peers
Glendale, AZ $73,530 19th +34% 10th 6% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL $80,648 14th +33% 11th 3% above peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 3rd +33% 12th 59% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 7th +33% 13th 38% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL $75,192 17th +32% 14th 4% below peers
Toledo, OH $49,724 30th +32% 15th 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 6th +30% 16th 38% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $59,268 26th +30% 17th 24% below peers
Norfolk, VA $66,109 21st +28% 18th 15% below peers
St. Louis, MO $56,160 27th +28% 19th 28% below peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 15th +27% 20th on par with peers
Irving, TX $81,830 12th +26% 21st 5% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $110,886 5th +26% 22nd 42% above peers
Garland, TX $76,320 16th +25% 23rd 2% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 24th +24% 24th 21% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 4th +23% 25th 58% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $95,373 9th +21% 26th 22% above peers
Enterprise, NV $98,462 8th +21% 27th 26% above peers
Lubbock, TX $60,895 25th +21% 28th 22% below peers
Arlington, VA $142,114 2nd +18% 29th 82% above peers
Frisco, TX $150,212 1st +18% 30th 92% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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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43 of 72 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the 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 Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,433 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 52% 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: 4.2% in July 2026, up from 3.9% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.2%
1990July 2026
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▸ 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
Toledo, OH 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th -3.0pp 1st 9% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.9pp 2nd 11% above peers
St. Louis, MO 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 4th 23% below peers
Spokane, WA 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.6pp 5th 20% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Hialeah, FL 2.3% (Jul 26) 1st -0.5pp 7th 48% below peers
Reno, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -0.4pp 8th 11% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 26th -0.3pp 9th 16% above peers
Laredo, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 10th 9% above peers
Boise, ID 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.1pp 11th 30% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 12th 18% below peers
Buffalo, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 28th +0.2pp 13th 30% above peers
Irving, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 9th +0.3pp 14th 5% below peers
Glendale, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.3pp 15th 11% above peers
Norfolk, VA 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Garland, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.4pp 17th 2% above peers
Lubbock, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 5.4% (Jul 26) 27th +0.4pp 19th 23% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th +0.5pp 20th 5% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 24th +0.5pp 21st 14% above peers
Richmond, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Frisco, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 23rd 2% below peers
McKinney, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 25th 2% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.6pp 26th 25% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.7pp 27th 14% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 28th 2% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.2% then, 11.0% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.0% to 11.0%).
11.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Huntsville, AL 12.6% 16th -4.2pp 1st on par with peers
Hialeah, FL 17.0% 23rd -5.4pp 2nd 35% above peers
Boise, ID 10.6% 11th -3.2pp 3rd 16% below peers
Laredo, TX 20.9% 28th -5.8pp 4th 66% above peers
Richmond, VA 18.2% 25th -5.0pp 5th 44% above peers
Spokane, WA 13.8% 19th -3.5pp 6th 9% above peers
McKinney, TX 5.7% 2nd -1.2pp 7th 55% below peers
Glendale, AZ 15.1% 20th -3.1pp 8th 20% above peers
Tacoma, WA 12.4% 14th -2.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.7% 24th -3.0pp 10th 41% above peers
Buffalo, NY 26.0% 30th -4.1pp 11th 106% above peers
Norfolk, VA 16.5% 22nd -2.2pp 12th 31% above peers
Irving, TX 11.0% 13th -1.2pp 13th 12% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 5th -0.8pp 14th 41% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.8% 8th -0.9pp 15th 31% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 12.4% 15th -0.9pp 16th 1% below peers
Reno, NV 12.7% 17th -0.8pp 17th on par with peers
Lubbock, TX 18.9% 26th -1.2pp 18th 50% above peers
St. Louis, MO 20.6% 27th -1.2pp 19th 64% above peers
Toledo, OH 24.3% 29th -1.1pp 20th 93% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 7.3% 3rd -0.3pp 21st 42% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.5% 1st -0.1pp 22nd 72% below peers
Garland, TX 13.0% 18th -0.1pp 23rd 3% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 16.0% 21st +0.1pp 24th 27% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.8% 12th +0.3pp 25th 15% below peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 6th +0.3pp 26th 37% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 9.5% 10th +0.5pp 27th 25% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.4% 4th +0.6pp 28th 41% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 9.4% 9th +0.8pp 29th 25% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.7% 7th +1.0pp 30th 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 (17.6% then, 16.4% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 7.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.3% to 16.4%).
16.4%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Hialeah, FL 19.5% 19th -9.9pp 1st 19% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 17th -8.5pp 2nd 4% above peers
Boise, ID 11.1% 9th -5.1pp 3rd 32% below peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 13th -6.4pp 4th 11% below peers
Glendale, AZ 20.2% 21st -6.8pp 5th 23% above peers
Richmond, VA 28.1% 26th -8.9pp 6th 71% above peers
Laredo, TX 28.3% 27th -8.5pp 7th 72% above peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 29th -10.4pp 8th 116% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 2nd -1.8pp 9th 59% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 8.4% 4th -2.2pp 10th 49% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 25.9% 25th -6.1pp 11th 57% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 5th -1.7pp 12th 47% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 12.5% 10th -2.4pp 13th 24% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 15th -2.7pp 14th 2% below peers
St. Louis, MO 29.7% 28th -4.2pp 15th 81% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 17.7% 18th -2.2pp 16th 8% above peers
Norfolk, VA 25.2% 24th -3.1pp 17th 53% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 7th -1.2pp 18th 39% below peers
Lubbock, TX 20.1% 20th -1.9pp 19th 22% above peers
Garland, TX 20.3% 22nd -1.5pp 20th 24% above peers
Irving, TX 16.4% 16th -1.2pp 21st on par with peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 14th -0.8pp 22nd 9% below peers
Toledo, OH 36.0% 30th -0.8pp 23rd 119% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 23rd -0.3pp 24th 45% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 6th +0.4pp 25th 39% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.2% 1st +0.2pp 26th 80% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 12th +0.7pp 27th 16% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.8% 3rd +1.2pp 28th 53% below peers
Enterprise, NV 10.6% 8th +2.1pp 29th 36% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 12.8% 11th +2.7pp 30th 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Santa Ana, CA down 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 7.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.4% to 92.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Irving started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 11.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.3% to 92.8%).
Bright spot 92.8%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Laredo, TX 87.5% 26th +18.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Hialeah, FL 86.7% 29th +15.7pp 2nd 7% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 24th +13.7pp 3rd 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 86.9% 28th +12.5pp 4th 6% below peers
Richmond, VA 86.3% 30th +10.6pp 5th 7% below peers
Boise, ID 93.8% 11th +10.5pp 6th 1% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 88.5% 25th +9.2pp 7th 5% below peers
Toledo, OH 87.2% 27th +9.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Glendale, AZ 88.8% 23rd +8.8pp 9th 4% below peers
Lubbock, TX 88.9% 22nd +8.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 92.9% 13th +8.9pp 11th on par with peers
St. Petersburg, FL 92.5% 16th +8.6pp 12th on par with peers
Irving, TX 92.8% 14th +7.4pp 13th on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 19th +6.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 18th +6.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 20th +5.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Garland, TX 94.9% 9th +6.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 10th +6.1pp 18th 2% above peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 17th +5.7pp 19th 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA 89.0% 21st +5.4pp 20th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 5th +5.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 12th +4.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 95.0% 8th +4.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Enterprise, NV 97.0% 2nd +4.3pp 24th 5% above peers
Arlington, VA 95.2% 7th +3.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 96.3% 4th +3.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 3rd +3.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 6th +3.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 92.8% 15th +2.5pp 29th on par with peers
Frisco, TX 97.7% 1st +1.8pp 30th 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started 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 →
  • Oklahoma City, OK up 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 68% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pittsburgh, PA up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA up 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 65% 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
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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 (0.43 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
38% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.44).
0.44
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Richmond, VA 0.51 29th -0.032 1st 14% above peers
Laredo, TX 0.45 16th -0.025 2nd on par with peers
Glendale, AZ 0.43 11th -0.023 3rd 5% below peers
Norfolk, VA 0.47 21st -0.017 4th 5% above peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 17th -0.016 5th 1% above peers
Toledo, OH 0.45 15th -0.015 6th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 0.51 28th -0.016 7th 12% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 12th -0.011 8th 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 23rd -0.010 9th 8% above peers
Boise, ID 0.46 20th -0.008 10th 3% above peers
Garland, TX 0.40 1st -0.006 11th 10% below peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 26th -0.007 12th 11% above peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 18th -0.003 13th 2% above peers
St. Louis, MO 0.50 27th -0.001 14th 12% above peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 6th -0.001 15th 7% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 14th +0.001 16th 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 9th +0.003 17th 6% below peers
Irving, TX 0.44 13th +0.004 18th 3% below peers
Lubbock, TX 0.49 24th +0.006 19th 9% above peers
Frisco, TX 0.42 4th +0.009 20th 7% below peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 7th +0.009 21st 7% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 0.41 2nd +0.009 22nd 9% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 0.42 5th +0.009 23rd 7% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 22nd +0.011 24th 6% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 10th +0.011 25th 5% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 0.50 25th +0.016 26th 10% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 0.52 30th +0.019 27th 16% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 3rd +0.017 28th 8% below peers
Arlington, VA 0.46 19th +0.019 29th 2% above peers
Enterprise, NV 0.42 8th +0.022 30th 6% 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
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 9.0% to 6.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way. Irving started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 5.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.9% to 6.2%).
Bright spot 6.2%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Boise, ID 6.2% 7th -2.9pp 1st 42% below peers
Irving, TX 6.2% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 42% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 9.1% 13th -3.8pp 3rd 15% below peers
Garland, TX 8.8% 12th -3.6pp 4th 18% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 2.3% 2nd -0.9pp 5th 78% below peers
Huntsville, AL 9.9% 14th -3.0pp 6th 8% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.4% 18th -2.9pp 7th 6% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 10th -1.7pp 8th 27% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.0% 25th -3.3pp 9th 68% above peers
Tacoma, WA 16.3% 23rd -2.6pp 10th 52% above peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 3rd -0.4pp 11th 75% below peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 26th -2.9pp 12th 81% above peers
Laredo, TX 23.9% 28th -3.3pp 13th 123% above peers
Buffalo, NY 29.9% 29th -3.9pp 14th 179% above peers
Toledo, OH 22.3% 27th -2.7pp 15th 108% above peers
Glendale, AZ 15.4% 21st -1.9pp 16th 44% above peers
Lubbock, TX 11.4% 17th -1.3pp 17th 6% above peers
Richmond, VA 14.6% 20th -1.3pp 18th 36% above peers
Frisco, TX 1.8% 1st -0.1pp 19th 83% below peers
Hialeah, FL 42.1% 30th -2.5pp 20th 292% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 6.9% 8th -0.3pp 21st 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ 5.3% 5th -0.2pp 22nd 51% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.7% 16th -0.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Arlington, VA 3.4% 4th +0.1pp 24th 68% below peers
Norfolk, VA 16.3% 22nd +0.9pp 25th 51% above peers
Reno, NV 12.2% 19th +0.8pp 26th 14% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.2% 24th +3.0pp 27th 60% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.6% 15th +2.0pp 28th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 11th +2.5pp 29th 25% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 9th +2.7pp 30th 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lexington, KY down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.6pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $339,198 in August 2026, down from $340,254 a year earlier.
$339,198
2000August 2026
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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%
Toledo, OH $133,536 (Aug 26) 27th +5.8% 1st 63% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $425,375 (Aug 26) 11th +3.6% 2nd 17% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $248,442 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.1% 3rd 32% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $851,107 (Aug 26) 1st +2.9% 4th 133% above peers
Buffalo, NY $248,828 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.9% 5th 32% below peers
Richmond, VA $364,726 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 6th on par with peers
Laredo, TX $222,782 (Aug 26) 24th +2.2% 7th 39% below peers
Lubbock, TX $212,039 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 8th 42% below peers
Reno, NV $573,360 (Aug 26) 6th +1.4% 9th 57% above peers
Norfolk, VA $312,422 (Aug 26) 17th +1.3% 10th 14% below peers
Huntsville, AL $290,244 (Aug 26) 18th +1.3% 11th 20% below peers
Louisville, KY $263,130 (Aug 26) 20th +1.2% 12th 28% below peers
Arlington, VA $806,571 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 13th 121% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $849,526 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.8% 14th 133% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $263,057 (Aug 26) 21st +0.2% 15th 28% below peers
Tacoma, WA $488,463 (Aug 26) 8th +0.1% 16th 34% above peers
St. Louis, MO $181,925 (Aug 26) 26th -0.3% 17th 50% below peers
Hialeah, FL $442,859 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 18th 21% above peers
Irving, TX $339,198 (Aug 26) 15th -0.3% 19th 7% below peers
Spokane, WA $396,121 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 20th 9% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $787,700 (Aug 26) 4th -0.9% 21st 116% above peers
Chandler, AZ $515,351 (Aug 26) 7th -1.3% 22nd 41% above peers
Glendale, AZ $401,811 (Aug 26) 12th -1.4% 23rd 10% above peers
Garland, TX $283,276 (Aug 26) 19th -3.3% 24th 22% below peers
Cape Coral, FL $335,825 (Aug 26) 16th -3.9% 25th 8% below peers
Frisco, TX $638,512 (Aug 26) 5th -4.1% 26th 75% above peers
McKinney, TX $472,118 (Aug 26) 9th -5.6% 27th 29% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $252,498 in August 2026, down from $252,693 a year earlier.
$252,498
2000August 2026
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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%
Toledo, OH $67,101 (Aug 26) 27th +5.4% 1st 73% below peers
Laredo, TX $152,796 (Aug 26) 24th +5.4% 2nd 39% below peers
Buffalo, NY $168,997 (Aug 26) 21st +4.1% 3rd 33% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $297,515 (Aug 26) 11th +3.6% 4th 18% above peers
Richmond, VA $252,463 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 5th on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN $160,142 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.7% 6th 37% below peers
Norfolk, VA $234,902 (Aug 26) 17th +2.1% 7th 7% below peers
Lubbock, TX $130,770 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 8th 48% below peers
Huntsville, AL $169,430 (Aug 26) 20th +1.7% 9th 33% below peers
Louisville, KY $172,131 (Aug 26) 19th +1.3% 10th 32% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $474,162 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 11th 88% above peers
Reno, NV $397,257 (Aug 26) 7th +0.8% 12th 57% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $164,482 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.2% 13th 35% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $658,593 (Aug 26) 1st +0.1% 14th 161% above peers
Irving, TX $252,498 (Aug 26) 14th -0.1% 15th on par with peers
Arlington, VA $419,929 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 16th 66% above peers
Tacoma, WA $390,199 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 17th 55% above peers
Spokane, WA $286,936 (Aug 26) 12th -1.2% 18th 14% above peers
Glendale, AZ $317,990 (Aug 26) 10th -1.5% 19th 26% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $579,663 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.7% 20th 130% above peers
Chandler, AZ $397,527 (Aug 26) 6th -2.3% 21st 57% above peers
St. Louis, MO $75,581 (Aug 26) 26th -3.3% 22nd 70% below peers
Garland, TX $223,055 (Aug 26) 18th -3.4% 23rd 12% below peers
Hialeah, FL $249,019 (Aug 26) 16th -4.0% 24th 1% below peers
Frisco, TX $451,788 (Aug 26) 4th -4.4% 25th 79% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $256,816 (Aug 26) 13th -4.6% 26th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX $358,925 (Aug 26) 9th -5.0% 27th 42% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.8% then, 38.1% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
66% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.7% to 38.1%).
Needs attention 38.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Port St. Lucie, FL 84.0% 1st +7.1pp 1st 40% above peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 19th +3.8pp 2nd 7% below peers
Norfolk, VA 46.3% 25th +2.9pp 3rd 23% below peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 16th +3.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 28th +2.3pp 5th 28% below peers
Toledo, OH 53.3% 21st +2.9pp 6th 11% below peers
Enterprise, NV 63.7% 10th +2.9pp 7th 6% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 74.3% 3rd +3.0pp 8th 24% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 55.6% 20th +2.1pp 9th 7% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 62.8% 12th +2.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 23rd +1.9pp 11th 17% below peers
Boise, ID 63.2% 11th +2.3pp 12th 6% above peers
St. Louis, MO 45.3% 26th +1.6pp 13th 24% below peers
Laredo, TX 64.1% 8th +2.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 2nd +2.7pp 15th 29% above peers
Irving, TX 38.1% 30th +1.3pp 16th 36% below peers
Glendale, AZ 57.2% 18th +1.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 17th +1.6pp 18th 3% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 4th +1.8pp 19th 20% above peers
Richmond, VA 43.5% 27th +0.9pp 20th 27% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 24th +0.9pp 21st 22% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 15th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Scottsdale, AZ 67.0% 5th +0.8pp 23rd 12% above peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 7th +0.1pp 24th 9% above peers
Lubbock, TX 51.2% 22nd -0.1pp 25th 14% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 13th -0.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Garland, TX 61.6% 14th -0.9pp 27th 3% above peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 9th -2.0pp 28th 7% above peers
Arlington, VA 41.3% 29th -1.5pp 29th 31% below peers
Frisco, TX 65.9% 6th -5.7pp 30th 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,590 in August 2026, up from $1,577 a year earlier.
$1,590
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Norfolk, VA $1,757 (Aug 26) 12th +7.2% 1st 7% above peers
Reno, NV $1,967 (Aug 26) 7th +7.1% 2nd 19% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $2,092 (Aug 26) 6th +6.7% 3rd 27% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $1,271 (Aug 26) 25th +5.9% 4th 23% below peers
Toledo, OH $1,128 (Aug 26) 27th +5.7% 5th 32% below peers
Spokane, WA $1,507 (Aug 26) 19th +3.9% 6th 9% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $1,507 (Aug 26) 18th +3.7% 7th 9% below peers
St. Louis, MO $1,330 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.5% 8th 19% below peers
Buffalo, NY $1,425 (Aug 26) 20th +2.9% 9th 14% below peers
Huntsville, AL $1,330 (Aug 26) 24th +2.7% 10th 19% below peers
Richmond, VA $1,648 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 11th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA $1,740 (Aug 26) 13th +2.3% 12th 6% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $2,127 (Aug 26) 5th +2.2% 13th 29% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $2,945 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 14th 79% above peers
Laredo, TX $1,190 (Aug 26) 26th +1.5% 15th 28% below peers
Louisville, KY $1,353 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 16th 18% below peers
Lubbock, TX $1,333 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.5% 17th 19% below peers
Chandler, AZ $1,868 (Aug 26) 10th +1.4% 18th 13% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,949 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 19th 18% above peers
Irving, TX $1,590 (Aug 26) 15th +0.8% 20th 4% below peers
Glendale, AZ $1,507 (Aug 26) 17th +0.8% 21st 9% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.4% 22nd 69% above peers
Arlington, VA $2,702 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.4% 23rd 64% above peers
Garland, TX $1,556 (Aug 26) 16th -0.2% 24th 6% below peers
Hialeah, FL $2,357 (Aug 26) 4th -0.6% 25th 43% above peers
Frisco, TX $1,874 (Aug 26) 9th -0.9% 26th 14% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,773 (Aug 26) 11th -2.1% 27th 8% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.5% to 36.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 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
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.9% to 36.8%).
Needs attention 36.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
St. Louis, MO 34.2% 12th -3.2pp 1st 5% below peers
Hialeah, FL 51.5% 30th -3.9pp 2nd 43% above peers
Toledo, OH 31.9% 9th -2.2pp 3rd 12% below peers
Richmond, VA 40.6% 26th -2.2pp 4th 12% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 2nd -1.3pp 5th 24% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 7th -0.9pp 6th 13% below peers
Norfolk, VA 41.2% 27th -0.9pp 7th 14% above peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 21st -0.8pp 8th 4% above peers
Laredo, TX 36.1% 16th -0.6pp 9th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 33.7% 11th -0.2pp 10th 7% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 32.7% 10th +0.1pp 11th 10% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 13th +0.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 25th +0.4pp 13th 12% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 35.8% 15th +0.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 29th +1.0pp 15th 24% above peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 1st +0.7pp 16th 25% below peers
Boise, ID 30.4% 5th +1.0pp 17th 16% below peers
Arlington, VA 31.2% 6th +1.1pp 18th 14% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 28th +1.7pp 19th 17% above peers
Glendale, AZ 36.4% 17th +1.5pp 20th 1% above peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 20th +1.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Garland, TX 36.9% 19th +2.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Lubbock, TX 38.6% 22nd +2.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Frisco, TX 28.7% 4th +2.0pp 24th 20% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 31.6% 8th +2.3pp 25th 13% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 3rd +2.2pp 26th 24% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 38.6% 23rd +3.2pp 27th 7% above peers
Enterprise, NV 35.6% 14th +5.0pp 28th 2% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 24th +5.8pp 29th 10% above peers
Irving, TX 36.8% 18th +5.4pp 30th 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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 (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.6% to 5.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 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
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 31% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.6% to 5.8%).
Needs attention 5.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Richmond, VA 13.0% 27th -3.5pp 1st 96% above peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 11th -1.3pp 2nd 27% below peers
Glendale, AZ 6.7% 17th -1.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 30th -5.3pp 4th 241% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 8.2% 20th -1.9pp 5th 24% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.7% 7th -0.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Toledo, OH 11.7% 26th -2.0pp 7th 77% above peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 24th -1.6pp 8th 48% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 7.3% 18th -1.0pp 9th 10% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 3rd -0.4pp 10th 50% below peers
Garland, TX 4.1% 9th -0.5pp 11th 38% below peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 21st -0.7pp 12th 26% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.5% 29th -1.2pp 13th 179% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 23rd -0.6pp 14th 43% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 4th -0.2pp 15th 50% below peers
Norfolk, VA 11.5% 25th -0.4pp 16th 74% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 10th -0.1pp 17th 31% below peers
Boise, ID 5.0% 13th -0.1pp 18th 24% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 22nd +0.2pp 19th 33% above peers
Lubbock, TX 6.1% 15th +0.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 6th +0.3pp 21st 47% below peers
Laredo, TX 6.6% 16th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 5th +0.4pp 23rd 49% below peers
Arlington, VA 15.2% 28th +2.1pp 24th 130% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 19th +1.2pp 25th 18% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.0% 12th +0.9pp 26th 24% below peers
Irving, TX 5.8% 14th +1.2pp 27th 12% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 2.7% 1st +0.6pp 28th 60% below peers
Enterprise, NV 3.8% 8th +1.0pp 29th 43% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.3% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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 (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.3% to 22.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 52% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.7% to 22.3%).
Needs attention 22.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Hialeah, FL 15.1% 27th -5.6pp 1st 67% above peers
Richmond, VA 8.8% 15th -3.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Norfolk, VA 9.1% 17th -2.8pp 3rd 1% above peers
Boise, ID 7.1% 11th -1.9pp 4th 22% below peers
Toledo, OH 5.7% 6th -1.5pp 5th 37% below peers
McKinney, TX 8.2% 14th -2.0pp 6th 9% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.8% 7th -1.4pp 7th 35% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 2nd -1.0pp 8th 49% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.3% 21st -2.1pp 9th 15% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.4% 9th -1.0pp 10th 29% below peers
St. Louis, MO 9.3% 18th -1.5pp 11th 3% above peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 1st -0.5pp 12th 55% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 5.1% 3rd -0.6pp 13th 44% below peers
Arlington, VA 5.3% 4th -0.6pp 14th 41% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 10.0% 20th -1.2pp 15th 11% above peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 10th -0.7pp 16th 27% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 11.2% 23rd -1.1pp 17th 24% above peers
Huntsville, AL 9.0% 16th -0.8pp 18th on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 24th -1.0pp 19th 29% above peers
Frisco, TX 6.3% 8th -0.4pp 20th 30% below peers
Spokane, WA 5.4% 5th -0.2pp 21st 40% below peers
Tacoma, WA 7.1% 12th -0.1pp 22nd 21% below peers
Laredo, TX 27.3% 30th -0.3pp 23rd 203% above peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 13th +0.2pp 24th 10% below peers
Lubbock, TX 13.7% 26th +0.6pp 25th 51% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.4% 19th +0.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Garland, TX 25.1% 29th +1.7pp 27th 178% above peers
Glendale, AZ 13.4% 25th +0.9pp 28th 48% above peers
Reno, NV 10.6% 22nd +0.8pp 29th 17% above peers
Irving, TX 22.3% 28th +2.0pp 30th 148% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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 (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Anaheim, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

30.7%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 1st 26% below peers
Arlington, VA 24.9% 2nd 26% below peers
Frisco, TX 26.6% 3rd 21% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 26.9% 4th 20% below peers
Enterprise, NV 28.7% 5th 15% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 28.8% 6th 14% below peers
Boise, ID 29.4% 7th 13% below peers
Reno, NV 30.1% 8th 10% below peers
Chandler, AZ 30.2% 9th 10% below peers
Irving, TX 30.7% 10th 9% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 11th 9% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 12th 8% below peers
Hialeah, FL 31.5% 13th 6% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 32.2% 14th 4% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 33.4% 15th 1% below peers
Garland, TX 33.6% 16th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 34.0% 17th 1% above peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 18th 3% above peers
Richmond, VA 35.3% 19th 5% above peers
Glendale, AZ 35.9% 20th 7% above peers
Lubbock, TX 36.6% 21st 9% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 22nd 9% above peers
St. Louis, MO 37.4% 23rd 11% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 24th 12% above peers
Buffalo, NY 38.4% 25th 14% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.4% 26th 17% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.4% 27th 17% above peers
Louisville, KY 39.9% 28th 19% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 40.4% 29th 20% above peers
Laredo, TX 42.3% 30th 26% above peers
Toledo, OH 45.0% 31st 34% 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 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.8% to 15.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.0% to 15.8%).
Needs attention 15.8%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Enterprise, NV 3.7% 10th -2.2pp 1st 29% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.9% 11th -2.1pp 2nd 26% below peers
Toledo, OH 2.1% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 59% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 6th -1.2pp 4th 42% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 20th -1.6pp 5th 16% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 5.0% 15th -1.1pp 6th 4% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 6.4% 22nd -1.4pp 7th 22% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.7% 9th -0.8pp 8th 30% below peers
Norfolk, VA 5.5% 18th -1.0pp 9th 4% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 19th -1.1pp 10th 12% above peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 23rd -1.2pp 11th 31% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 17th -0.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 4th -0.3pp 13th 44% below peers
Frisco, TX 4.0% 12th -0.4pp 14th 23% below peers
Richmond, VA 6.2% 21st -0.2pp 15th 19% above peers
St. Louis, MO 4.9% 13th -0.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 17th 55% below peers
Laredo, TX 14.1% 28th -0.2pp 18th 169% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 8th -0.0pp 19th 31% below peers
Glendale, AZ 9.9% 25th +0.3pp 20th 88% above peers
Arlington, VA 3.0% 5th +0.1pp 21st 43% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.2% 16th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Garland, TX 18.0% 30th +1.5pp 23rd 244% above peers
Boise, ID 4.9% 14th +0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Irving, TX 15.8% 29th +2.0pp 25th 202% above peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 7th +0.4pp 26th 38% below peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 1st +0.3pp 27th 63% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 26th +1.9pp 28th 100% above peers
Lubbock, TX 10.7% 27th +2.3pp 29th 105% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 24th +1.7pp 30th 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 census tracts
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HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.7% to 42.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Irving started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.8% to 42.4%).
Bright spot 42.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hialeah, FL 22.1% 28th +6.4pp 1st 40% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 28.1% 24th +5.5pp 2nd 24% below peers
Toledo, OH 21.9% 30th +3.6pp 3rd 40% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 42.6% 9th +6.9pp 4th 16% above peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 18th +4.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Norfolk, VA 33.5% 20th +4.6pp 6th 9% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 25th +3.6pp 7th 27% below peers
Richmond, VA 45.6% 8th +6.0pp 8th 24% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 39.5% 13th +5.0pp 9th 7% above peers
Boise, ID 47.5% 6th +5.9pp 10th 29% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 4th +6.7pp 11th 47% above peers
Laredo, TX 22.0% 29th +2.6pp 12th 40% below peers
St. Louis, MO 41.1% 11th +4.8pp 13th 12% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 33.2% 21st +3.8pp 14th 10% below peers
Buffalo, NY 31.2% 22nd +3.5pp 15th 15% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.7% 16th +4.0pp 16th 3% below peers
Glendale, AZ 24.3% 27th +2.7pp 17th 34% below peers
Irving, TX 42.4% 10th +4.7pp 18th 15% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.1% 17th +3.6pp 19th 5% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 36.9% 14th +3.7pp 20th on par with peers
Garland, TX 25.4% 26th +2.5pp 21st 31% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 15th +3.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 19th +2.6pp 23rd 8% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 12th +3.0pp 24th 8% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 7th +3.1pp 25th 28% above peers
Chandler, AZ 47.8% 5th +3.0pp 26th 30% above peers
Frisco, TX 67.5% 2nd +4.1pp 27th 84% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 61.9% 3rd +3.5pp 28th 68% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 29.0% 23rd +1.2pp 29th 21% below peers
Arlington, VA 77.1% 1st +1.8pp 30th 110% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
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
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 (34.9% then, 36.6% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.3% to 36.6%).
Needs attention 36.6%
20112024
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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%
St. Petersburg, FL 69.9% 1st +11.4pp 1st 58% above peers
McKinney, TX 62.0% 2nd +6.9pp 2nd 40% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 8th +4.3pp 3rd 16% above peers
Hialeah, FL 51.7% 7th +3.9pp 4th 17% above peers
Boise, ID 45.4% 13th +2.6pp 5th 3% above peers
Irving, TX 36.6% 25th +1.7pp 6th 17% below peers
Richmond, VA 48.8% 10th +2.1pp 7th 10% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 20th +1.1pp 8th 10% below peers
St. Louis, MO 53.8% 6th +1.0pp 9th 22% above peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 12th +0.8pp 10th 6% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 18th +0.1pp 11th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA 44.8% 14th -0.0pp 12th 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 15th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Toledo, OH 37.1% 23rd -1.2pp 14th 16% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 47.5% 11th -2.0pp 15th 7% above peers
Garland, TX 31.5% 29th -2.1pp 16th 29% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 54.5% 5th -5.6pp 17th 23% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 9th -5.9pp 18th 15% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 32.6% 28th -4.5pp 19th 26% below peers
Frisco, TX 55.6% 4th -8.7pp 20th 26% above peers
Enterprise, NV 36.0% 26th -5.7pp 21st 19% below peers
Lubbock, TX 39.6% 21st -7.3pp 22nd 10% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 24th -7.2pp 23rd 17% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 42.0% 17th -8.4pp 24th 5% below peers
Norfolk, VA 42.3% 16th -8.7pp 25th 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 41.2% 19th -11.0pp 26th 7% below peers
Arlington, VA 55.7% 3rd -15.9pp 27th 26% above peers
Laredo, TX 33.1% 27th -14.3pp 28th 25% below peers
Glendale, AZ 22.2% 30th -10.0pp 29th 50% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 38.2% 22nd -17.2pp 30th 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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 (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Corpus Christi, TX up 8.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • El Paso, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Aurora, CO up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.5pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth rose 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.7% to 10.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 10.1%).
Needs attention 10.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Arlington, VA 4.3% 5th -5.9pp 1st 39% below peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 4th -3.9pp 2nd 40% below peers
St. Louis, MO 6.7% 12th -3.3pp 3rd 6% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.0% 2nd -1.8pp 4th 43% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 15th -2.3pp 5th on par with peers
Laredo, TX 7.8% 19th -1.9pp 6th 9% above peers
Glendale, AZ 8.4% 23rd -1.9pp 7th 17% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.1% 9th -1.1pp 8th 29% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.3% 10th -1.0pp 9th 25% below peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 21st -0.6pp 10th 12% above peers
Richmond, VA 4.9% 7th -0.3pp 11th 31% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 14th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 8th -0.1pp 13th 31% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 24th +0.0pp 14th 21% above peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 13th +0.2pp 15th 6% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 6th +0.2pp 16th 36% below peers
Lubbock, TX 4.2% 3rd +0.3pp 17th 40% below peers
Enterprise, NV 7.8% 20th +1.0pp 18th 10% above peers
Boise, ID 5.7% 11th +0.7pp 19th 21% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.1% 1st +0.5pp 20th 56% below peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 29th +2.3pp 21st 52% above peers
Toledo, OH 12.0% 30th +2.6pp 22nd 68% above peers
Norfolk, VA 7.1% 16th +1.8pp 23rd on par with peers
St. Petersburg, FL 7.2% 17th +2.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 26th +3.1pp 25th 39% above peers
Garland, TX 10.1% 28th +3.2pp 26th 42% above peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 18th +2.9pp 27th 6% above peers
Irving, TX 10.1% 27th +4.4pp 28th 41% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 8.1% 22nd +3.7pp 29th 13% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 9.1% 25th +4.2pp 30th 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started 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 →
  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.6pp 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 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 239,783 to 256,492 - more than the combined survey margin (±113).

Broader trend
69% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 14% from 2014 to 2024 (224,859 to 256,492).
Big move 256,492
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Enterprise, NV 240,464 17th +41% 1st 3% below peers
Frisco, TX 219,304 28th +24% 2nd 11% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 232,491 21st +23% 3rd 6% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 29th +17% 4th 13% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 30th +16% 5th 15% below peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 26th +14% 6th 10% below peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 2nd +11% 7th 13% above peers
Reno, NV 273,212 5th +11% 8th 11% above peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 3rd +8% 9th 12% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 23rd +8% 10th 7% below peers
Irving, TX 256,492 11th +7% 11th 4% above peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 22nd +6% 12th 7% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 252,583 13th +5% 13th 2% above peers
Boise, ID 237,242 18th +5% 14th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 27th +5% 15th 10% below peers
Lubbock, TX 264,814 8th +4% 16th 7% above peers
Garland, TX 246,844 15th +4% 17th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 252,037 14th +3% 18th 2% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 4th +3% 19th 12% above peers
Glendale, AZ 252,833 12th +2% 20th 2% above peers
Richmond, VA 229,359 24th +1% 21st 7% below peers
Arlington, VA 236,254 19th +1% 22nd 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 6th +1% 23rd 9% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 262,732 9th +1% 24th 6% above peers
Laredo, TX 257,619 10th -1% 25th 4% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 243,821 16th -3% 26th 1% below peers
Toledo, OH 267,463 7th -3% 27th 8% above peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 25th -4% 28th 8% below peers
Norfolk, VA 233,596 20th -4% 29th 5% below peers
St. Louis, MO 288,512 1st -6% 30th 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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 ±91 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.9% then, 26.2% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.3% to 26.2%).
Big move 26.2%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Norfolk, VA 20.4% 19th +0.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Arlington, VA 18.0% 25th +0.2pp 2nd 20% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 24.2% 10th -0.1pp 3rd 7% above peers
Richmond, VA 17.5% 27th -0.1pp 4th 22% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 16th -0.3pp 5th 1% below peers
Lubbock, TX 22.9% 12th -0.4pp 6th 1% above peers
Irving, TX 26.2% 3rd -0.7pp 7th 16% above peers
Toledo, OH 22.9% 13th -0.6pp 8th 1% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 26th -0.6pp 9th 22% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 28th -0.6pp 10th 25% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 8th -0.8pp 11th 8% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 23.0% 11th -0.8pp 12th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 9th -1.0pp 13th 8% above peers
Glendale, AZ 24.5% 7th -1.0pp 14th 9% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 6th -1.2pp 15th 9% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 16.1% 29th -0.9pp 16th 29% below peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 18th -1.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Laredo, TX 31.3% 1st -1.8pp 18th 38% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.3% 24th -1.1pp 19th 19% below peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 22nd -1.2pp 20th 14% below peers
Garland, TX 25.5% 5th -1.7pp 21st 13% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 20th -1.4pp 22nd 12% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 20.4% 17th -1.5pp 23rd 10% below peers
Enterprise, NV 22.6% 15th -1.9pp 24th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 21st -1.8pp 25th 12% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 4th -2.5pp 26th 16% above peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 14th -2.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 13.9% 30th -1.6pp 28th 38% below peers
Frisco, TX 27.2% 2nd -3.2pp 29th 21% above peers
Boise, ID 18.5% 23rd -3.3pp 30th 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.4% to 25.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp).

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.9% to 25.9%).
Big move 25.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 22nd +5.1pp 1st 18% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 26.6% 24th +3.7pp 2nd 22% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 10th +4.3pp 3rd 13% above peers
Laredo, TX 39.6% 9th +4.4pp 4th 17% above peers
Enterprise, NV 28.5% 21st +2.9pp 5th 16% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 20th +2.0pp 6th 14% below peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 11th +2.6pp 7th 12% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 5th +3.1pp 8th 38% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 31.6% 17th +2.1pp 9th 7% below peers
Toledo, OH 61.7% 1st +3.8pp 10th 82% above peers
Arlington, VA 17.4% 29th +0.9pp 11th 49% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 27th +0.6pp 12th 41% below peers
Garland, TX 31.1% 18th +0.5pp 13th 8% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 8th +0.5pp 14th 19% above peers
Boise, ID 27.2% 23rd +0.3pp 15th 20% below peers
Norfolk, VA 46.5% 6th -0.5pp 16th 37% above peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 28th -0.2pp 17th 48% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 41.9% 7th -1.3pp 18th 23% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 30.1% 19th -1.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Richmond, VA 55.8% 2nd -3.3pp 20th 65% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 3rd -3.6pp 21st 54% above peers
St. Louis, MO 52.2% 4th -4.0pp 22nd 54% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.6% 13th -2.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 14th -3.2pp 24th 5% above peers
Frisco, TX 11.9% 30th -1.1pp 25th 65% below peers
Irving, TX 25.9% 25th -3.4pp 26th 24% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 26th -3.3pp 27th 30% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 36.0% 12th -5.7pp 28th 6% above peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 16th -5.2pp 29th 4% below peers
Glendale, AZ 33.9% 15th -7.3pp 30th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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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43 of 72 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Falling
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What changed

Working parents fell 8.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.9% to 53.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.0pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.9% to 53.4%).
Big move 53.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 15th +8.7pp 1st on par with peers
Frisco, TX 70.6% 11th +8.8pp 2nd 2% above peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 21st +7.7pp 3rd 5% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 69.0% 14th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 20th +6.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 4th +6.6pp 6th 6% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 13th +5.9pp 7th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 9th +5.5pp 8th 3% above peers
Laredo, TX 56.3% 29th +4.2pp 9th 18% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 19th +4.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 65.2% 23rd +2.3pp 11th 6% below peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 10th +2.5pp 12th 3% above peers
Norfolk, VA 67.7% 18th +1.6pp 13th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 73.0% 5th +1.6pp 14th 6% above peers
Arlington, VA 74.8% 2nd +1.0pp 15th 8% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 72.6% 7th +0.8pp 16th 5% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 1st +0.3pp 17th 9% above peers
Glendale, AZ 63.5% 26th -0.5pp 18th 8% below peers
Garland, TX 60.7% 28th -0.6pp 19th 12% below peers
Lubbock, TX 67.8% 17th -1.0pp 20th 2% below peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 24th -1.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 8th -1.3pp 22nd 4% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 65.3% 22nd -1.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
St. Louis, MO 74.5% 3rd -2.2pp 24th 8% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 73.0% 6th -2.8pp 25th 6% above peers
Boise, ID 63.9% 25th -3.2pp 26th 7% below peers
Toledo, OH 69.3% 12th -4.5pp 27th on par with peers
Richmond, VA 68.7% 16th -5.6pp 28th 1% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 27th -8.3pp 29th 10% below peers
Irving, TX 53.4% 30th -8.5pp 30th 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 72 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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43 of 72 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±4.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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