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74,067 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Leander, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
24 /100k
May 2026
▼ 61%
relative change
62 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
395 /100k
May 2026
▼ 54%
relative change
862 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$139,048
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
$101,872 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
64.4%
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
49.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
53.3%
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
41.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
97.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
93.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
1.8%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
1.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.2%
2020-24
▼ 62%
relative change
11.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
3.4%
2019-23
▼ 8%
relative change
3.7% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.8%
2020-24
▲ 40%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
25.6%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
27.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Leander, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
7.6%
2020-24
▲ 83%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.5%
May 2026
▲ 13%
relative change
3.1% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
0.37 in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
73.4%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
78.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
2 /100k
May 2026
▲ 73%
relative change
1 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.8%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
8.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.2%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
9.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
58 /100k
May 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
60 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly Leading peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
74,067
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
53,716 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.9%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
31.6% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$427,762
Jun 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
$460,411 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$331,017
Jun 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
$352,520 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,000
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$2,008 a year earlier
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
14.6%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
16.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Violent crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 58 in May 2026, down from 60 a year earlier.
58 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Blaine, MN 60 (May 26) 2nd -41.8% 1st 74% below peers
Bismarck, ND 270 (May 26) 14th -36.0% 2nd 19% above peers
Appleton, WI 171 (May 26) 7th -33.6% 3rd 25% below peers
Greenville, SC 499 (May 26) 18th -21.5% 4th 119% above peers
Framingham, MA 256 (Dec 25) 12th -21.0% 5th 12% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 228 (May 26) 10th -16.6% 6th on par with peers
Redlands, CA 254 (Feb 26) 11th -14.9% 7th 11% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 389 (May 26) 16th -14.7% 8th 71% above peers
Iowa City, IA 266 (May 26) 13th -13.9% 9th 17% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 480 (Mar 26) 17th -12.7% 10th 111% above peers
Noblesville, IN 64 (May 26) 3rd -10.9% 11th 72% below peers
New Britain, CT 362 (May 26) 15th -9.2% 12th 59% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 998 (Apr 26) 19th -6.8% 13th 338% above peers
Leander, TX 58 (May 26) 1st -3.1% 14th 74% below peers
Rocklin, CA 126 (May 26) 5th +1.1% 15th 45% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 192 (May 26) 8th +2.0% 16th 16% below peers
Ankeny, IA 156 (May 26) 6th +5.1% 17th 32% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 201 (May 26) 9th +8.8% 18th 12% below peers
Lakeville, MN 101 (May 26) 4th +42.1% 19th 56% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 54% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 395 in May 2026, down from 862 a year earlier.
395 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Leander, TX 395 (May 26) 1st -54.1% 1st 68% below peers
Bismarck, ND 1,738 (May 26) 14th -48.7% 2nd 40% above peers
Appleton, WI 873 (May 26) 7th -38.7% 3rd 30% below peers
Framingham, MA 787 (Dec 25) 5th -25.0% 4th 37% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 2,133 (May 26) 16th -21.3% 5th 71% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 2,557 (Apr 26) 18th -18.1% 6th 105% above peers
Greenville, SC 2,637 (May 26) 19th -17.0% 7th 112% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 1,245 (May 26) 10th -13.3% 8th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 447 (May 26) 2nd -10.5% 9th 64% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 652 (May 26) 4th -8.2% 10th 48% below peers
Blaine, MN 1,059 (May 26) 9th -7.8% 11th 15% below peers
Lakeville, MN 494 (May 26) 3rd -7.0% 12th 60% below peers
New Britain, CT 1,641 (May 26) 13th -6.9% 13th 32% above peers
Redlands, CA 1,926 (Feb 26) 15th -5.6% 14th 55% above peers
Iowa City, IA 1,628 (May 26) 12th -2.9% 15th 31% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 2,283 (May 26) 17th -1.3% 16th 83% above peers
Ankeny, IA 1,043 (May 26) 8th +1.5% 17th 16% below peers
Rocklin, CA 845 (May 26) 6th +4.9% 18th 32% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 1,408 (Mar 26) 11th +9.0% 19th 13% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 73% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2 in May 2026, up from 1 a year earlier.
2 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Bolingbrook, IL 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Lakeville, MN 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Appleton, WI 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Blaine, MN 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Iowa City, IA 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Redlands, CA 1 (Feb 26) 9th -66.7% 6th 36% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 8 (Apr 26) 19th -40.0% 7th 292% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 8 (May 26) 18th -33.3% 8th 278% above peers
Greenville, SC 4 (May 26) 16th -25.0% 9th 91% above peers
New Britain, CT 3 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 10th 25% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 2 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 11th 18% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 3 (Mar 26) 15th +0.0% 12th 33% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 5 (May 26) 17th +33.5% 13th 148% above peers
Leander, TX 2 (May 26) 10th +72.7% 14th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 0 (May 26) 6th 100% below peers
Rocklin, CA 0 (May 26) 7th 100% below peers
Ankeny, IA 3 (May 26) 12th 21% above peers
Bismarck, ND 3 (May 26) 13th 22% above peers
Framingham, MA 0 (Dec 25) 8th 100% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 61% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 24 in May 2026, down from 62 a year earlier.
24 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Leander, TX 24 (May 26) 2nd -61.0% 1st 80% below peers
Bismarck, ND 137 (May 26) 11th -57.0% 2nd 12% above peers
Framingham, MA 64 (Dec 25) 7th -42.0% 3rd 47% below peers
Lakeville, MN 16 (May 26) 1st -40.9% 4th 87% below peers
Appleton, WI 39 (May 26) 4th -37.6% 5th 68% below peers
Ankeny, IA 51 (May 26) 5th -36.5% 6th 58% below peers
Noblesville, IN 38 (May 26) 3rd -34.1% 7th 69% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 172 (May 26) 12th -33.2% 8th 41% above peers
Greenville, SC 210 (May 26) 15th -16.8% 9th 73% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 386 (Apr 26) 18th -13.5% 10th 217% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 175 (Mar 26) 13th -13.2% 11th 43% above peers
Redlands, CA 270 (Feb 26) 17th -11.5% 12th 121% above peers
Iowa City, IA 122 (May 26) 10th -4.1% 13th on par with peers
Bolingbrook, IL 83 (May 26) 8th -3.5% 14th 32% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 205 (May 26) 14th -1.2% 15th 68% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 227 (May 26) 16th -1.1% 16th 87% above peers
New Britain, CT 445 (May 26) 19th +12.5% 17th 265% above peers
Blaine, MN 84 (May 26) 9th +18.5% 18th 31% below peers
Rocklin, CA 53 (May 26) 6th +21.2% 19th 57% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 36% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $101,872 to $139,048 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,743). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 83% from 2014 to 2024 ($75,983 to $139,048).
$139,048
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Lake Elsinore, CA $101,888 12th +43% 1st 27% above peers
Rogers, AR $86,728 14th +41% 2nd 8% above peers
Redlands, CA $105,041 9th +40% 3rd 31% above peers
Turlock, CA $82,995 15th +39% 4th 3% above peers
Appleton, WI $80,483 16th +38% 5th on par with peers
Leander, TX $139,048 2nd +36% 6th 73% above peers
Poinciana, FL $68,015 23rd +36% 7th 15% below peers
Rock Hill, SC $68,771 21st +36% 8th 15% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $68,310 22nd +35% 9th 15% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $78,779 17th +32% 10th 2% below peers
Framingham, MA $107,419 7th +30% 11th 33% above peers
Marysville, WA $103,974 11th +29% 12th 29% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $69,882 20th +28% 13th 13% below peers
Gulfport, MS $49,919 29th +27% 14th 38% below peers
Noblesville, IN $104,047 10th +27% 15th 29% above peers
Greenville, SC $71,472 19th +26% 16th 11% below peers
Lakeville, MN $139,041 3rd +26% 17th 73% above peers
Tamarac, FL $61,718 24th +26% 18th 23% below peers
New Britain, CT $58,613 25th +26% 19th 27% below peers
Rocklin, CA $124,168 4th +26% 20th 54% above peers
Blaine, MN $106,801 8th +26% 21st 33% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI $52,272 27th +25% 22nd 35% below peers
Ankeny, IA $108,198 6th +25% 23rd 34% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $88,280 13th +25% 24th 10% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $51,165 28th +23% 25th 36% below peers
Bismarck, ND $78,387 18th +22% 26th 3% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $156,964 1st +19% 27th 95% above peers
Iowa City, IA $58,546 26th +19% 28th 27% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL $108,400 5th +19% 29th 35% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR $27,054 31st +17% 30th 66% below peers
Bowling Green, KY $48,873 30th +16% 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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13 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,055 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 85% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.5% in May 2026, up from 3.1% a year earlier.
3.5%
2000May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 4.3% (May 26) +0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Pawtucket, RI 3.9% (May 26) 14th -0.9pp 1st on par with peers
Turlock, CA 4.9% (May 26) 22nd -0.7pp 2nd 26% above peers
Iowa City, IA 2.4% (May 26) 2nd -0.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Ankeny, IA 2.7% (May 26) 3rd -0.6pp 4th 31% below peers
Bismarck, ND 1.8% (May 26) 1st -0.3pp 5th 54% below peers
Appleton, WI 2.7% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 6th 31% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 5.8% (May 26) 26th -0.3pp 7th 49% above peers
Noblesville, IN 2.8% (May 26) 5th -0.2pp 8th 28% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 5.7% (May 26) 25th -0.2pp 9th 46% above peers
Gulfport, MS 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 10th 15% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 4.5% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 11th 15% above peers
Redlands, CA 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.2pp 12th 5% below peers
Framingham, MA 3.7% (May 26) 12th -0.2pp 13th 5% below peers
Greenville, SC 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 14th 15% below peers
Rocklin, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th +0.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 4.8% (May 26) 21st +0.0pp 16th 23% above peers
Rogers, AR 2.8% (May 26) 6th +0.1pp 17th 28% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 4.5% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 18th 15% above peers
Leander, TX 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.4pp 19th 10% below peers
Marysville, WA 5.0% (May 26) 23rd +0.5pp 20th 28% above peers
Lakeville, MN 3.6% (May 26) 10th +0.6pp 21st 8% below peers
Blaine, MN 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 4.7% (May 26) 20th +0.7pp 23rd 21% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% (May 26) 18th +0.7pp 24th 15% above peers
Tamarac, FL 4.5% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 25th 15% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 5.3% (May 26) 24th +1.4pp 26th 36% above peers
New Britain, CT 6.7% (May 26) 27th +1.6pp 27th 72% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 5.8%).
5.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 12.0%
Lake Elsinore, CA 9.4% 14th -5.1pp 1st 9% below peers
Turlock, CA 11.1% 17th -4.3pp 2nd 7% above peers
Lakeville, MN 2.9% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 72% below peers
Appleton, WI 8.0% 8th -2.5pp 4th 23% below peers
Ankeny, IA 4.1% 3rd -1.1pp 5th 60% below peers
Noblesville, IN 5.2% 4th -1.3pp 6th 50% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 12.1% 18th -2.8pp 7th 17% above peers
Redlands, CA 8.8% 10th -2.0pp 8th 15% below peers
New Britain, CT 17.3% 25th -3.6pp 9th 67% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 13.2% 20th -2.3pp 10th 27% above peers
Gulfport, MS 22.2% 27th -3.4pp 11th 114% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 22.7% 28th -3.2pp 12th 119% above peers
Poinciana, FL 14.8% 23rd -1.6pp 13th 43% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 19.3% 26th -1.5pp 14th 86% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.7% 2nd -0.3pp 15th 64% below peers
Iowa City, IA 24.0% 30th -1.3pp 16th 131% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 16.5% 24th -0.7pp 17th 59% above peers
Rocklin, CA 5.6% 5th +0.0pp 18th 46% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 39.6% 31st +0.0pp 19th 282% above peers
Rogers, AR 10.4% 16th +0.0pp 20th on par with peers
Bismarck, ND 9.0% 11th +0.1pp 21st 13% below peers
Greenville, SC 13.3% 21st +0.6pp 22nd 28% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 14.6% 22nd +0.9pp 23rd 41% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 23.7% 29th +2.0pp 24th 128% above peers
Marysville, WA 8.0% 9th +0.9pp 25th 23% below peers
Tamarac, FL 12.9% 19th +1.4pp 26th 25% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 9.2% 13th +1.0pp 27th 11% below peers
Framingham, MA 10.0% 15th +1.9pp 28th 4% below peers
Blaine, MN 7.2% 7th +1.4pp 29th 31% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 9.1% 12th +2.5pp 30th 12% below peers
Leander, TX 5.8% 6th +1.7pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.2% to 7.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 7.6%).
7.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Lakeville, MN 2.0% 1st -2.5pp 1st 87% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 2.1% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 86% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.2% 14th -8.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Turlock, CA 12.0% 13th -7.9pp 4th 21% below peers
Appleton, WI 11.0% 12th -5.0pp 5th 28% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 17.3% 19th -7.1pp 6th 14% above peers
New Britain, CT 24.0% 26th -9.4pp 7th 58% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 22.2% 25th -8.2pp 8th 46% above peers
Rocklin, CA 3.9% 4th -1.2pp 9th 75% below peers
Redlands, CA 10.6% 10th -2.8pp 10th 30% below peers
Iowa City, IA 14.2% 15th -3.6pp 11th 7% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 17.5% 21st -4.3pp 12th 15% above peers
Gulfport, MS 31.6% 30th -7.5pp 13th 107% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 29.0% 28th -6.4pp 14th 91% above peers
Noblesville, IN 6.1% 5th -1.3pp 15th 60% below peers
Ankeny, IA 3.4% 3rd -0.6pp 16th 78% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 25.5% 27th -1.7pp 17th 68% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 31.2% 29th -0.1pp 18th 105% above peers
Poinciana, FL 21.6% 24th +0.3pp 19th 42% above peers
Greenville, SC 18.3% 22nd +0.9pp 20th 20% above peers
Rogers, AR 16.4% 17th +1.2pp 21st 8% above peers
Marysville, WA 9.7% 7th +0.8pp 22nd 36% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.0% 23rd +1.9pp 23rd 38% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 10.6% 11th +1.0pp 24th 30% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 64.2% 31st +7.7pp 25th 322% above peers
Bismarck, ND 9.7% 8th +1.3pp 26th 36% below peers
Tamarac, FL 16.9% 18th +2.8pp 27th 11% above peers
Blaine, MN 9.9% 9th +2.9pp 28th 35% below peers
Framingham, MA 15.2% 16th +4.5pp 29th on par with peers
Bolingbrook, IL 17.4% 20th +7.3pp 30th 14% above peers
Leander, TX 7.6% 6th +3.4pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 →

Broadband rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.6% to 97.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 4.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.2% to 97.3%).
97.3%
20172024
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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 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Rogers, AR 93.8% 14th +26.5pp 1st on par with peers
Lauderhill, FL 91.7% 19th +23.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 85.8% 29th +15.7pp 3rd 8% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 83.8% 31st +13.2pp 4th 10% below peers
Poinciana, FL 92.9% 18th +13.8pp 5th 1% below peers
New Britain, CT 85.1% 30th +12.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Gulfport, MS 86.0% 28th +10.1pp 7th 8% below peers
Turlock, CA 93.1% 17th +9.3pp 8th 1% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 89.6% 23rd +8.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 93.8% 13th +8.6pp 10th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 90.5% 21st +7.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Redlands, CA 93.7% 15th +8.1pp 12th on par with peers
Appleton, WI 94.3% 11th +7.7pp 13th 1% above peers
Bismarck, ND 88.2% 24th +6.3pp 14th 6% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 94.1% 12th +6.1pp 15th on par with peers
Bowling Green, KY 90.1% 22nd +5.6pp 16th 4% below peers
Framingham, MA 95.7% 7th +5.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Tamarac, FL 87.9% 25th +5.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 91.3% 20th +5.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 95.7% 6th +4.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 93.6% 16th +4.2pp 21st on par with peers
Kalamazoo, MI 87.3% 26th +3.7pp 22nd 7% below peers
Rocklin, CA 96.6% 2nd +3.9pp 23rd 3% above peers
Blaine, MN 95.3% 8th +3.9pp 24th 2% above peers
Marysville, WA 94.7% 9th +3.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Leander, TX 97.3% 1st +3.7pp 26th 4% above peers
Ankeny, IA 94.3% 10th +3.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Lakeville, MN 96.3% 4th +3.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 96.5% 3rd +3.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Noblesville, IN 95.9% 5th +2.7pp 30th 2% above peers
Iowa City, IA 86.5% 27th -0.6pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 11% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.37 to 0.41 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 16% from 2014 to 2024 (0.36 to 0.41).
0.41
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Rogers, AR 0.46 21st -0.041 1st 5% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 0.43 12th -0.034 2nd 2% below peers
Turlock, CA 0.44 14th -0.021 3rd on par with peers
Redlands, CA 0.46 22nd -0.019 4th 5% above peers
Ankeny, IA 0.38 3rd -0.013 5th 13% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 0.43 13th -0.014 6th 2% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 0.38 4th -0.011 7th 13% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 0.49 26th -0.012 8th 12% above peers
Tamarac, FL 0.44 17th -0.007 9th on par with peers
Blaine, MN 0.39 5th -0.006 10th 11% below peers
New Britain, CT 0.45 20th -0.004 11th 3% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 0.48 24th -0.003 12th 11% above peers
Bismarck, ND 0.44 15th -0.001 13th on par with peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 0.50 28th -0.000 14th 14% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 0.39 6th +0.000 15th 10% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 0.44 18th +0.001 16th 1% above peers
Marysville, WA 0.38 1st +0.003 17th 14% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 0.41 10th +0.003 18th 6% below peers
Noblesville, IN 0.41 8th +0.003 19th 7% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 0.45 19th +0.005 20th 2% above peers
Gulfport, MS 0.49 25th +0.006 21st 12% above peers
Lakeville, MN 0.38 2nd +0.007 22nd 13% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 0.49 27th +0.010 23rd 13% above peers
Iowa City, IA 0.53 30th +0.015 24th 20% above peers
Greenville, SC 0.56 31st +0.016 25th 27% above peers
Framingham, MA 0.46 23rd +0.015 26th 6% above peers
Poinciana, FL 0.41 7th +0.015 27th 7% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 0.41 9th +0.019 28th 6% below peers
Rocklin, CA 0.44 16th +0.038 29th on par with peers
Leander, TX 0.41 11th +0.041 30th 5% below peers
Appleton, WI 0.50 29th +0.062 31st 14% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (3.7% then, 3.4% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 4.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.8% to 3.4%).
3.4%
20102023
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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 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
Ankeny, IA 3.1% 1st -2.3pp 1st 72% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 8.5% 12th -5.2pp 2nd 24% below peers
Rogers, AR 5.2% 6th -1.8pp 3rd 54% below peers
Greenville, SC 8.8% 13th -2.4pp 4th 22% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 28th -5.9pp 5th 105% above peers
Iowa City, IA 6.6% 9th -1.6pp 6th 41% below peers
Redlands, CA 7.1% 11th -1.7pp 7th 37% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 20.4% 26th -3.9pp 8th 83% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 15.1% 22nd -2.8pp 9th 35% above peers
New Britain, CT 28.1% 30th -3.8pp 10th 152% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 11th 71% below peers
Leander, TX 3.4% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 69% below peers
Appleton, WI 9.5% 14th -0.8pp 13th 15% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 16.8% 23rd -1.2pp 14th 50% above peers
Gulfport, MS 22.5% 27th -0.6pp 15th 102% above peers
Noblesville, IN 4.3% 5th -0.1pp 16th 61% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 26.3% 29th -0.3pp 17th 136% above peers
Bismarck, ND 6.3% 8th +0.1pp 18th 43% below peers
Marysville, WA 10.8% 15th +0.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Tamarac, FL 12.2% 17th +0.7pp 20th 10% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.8% 24th +1.8pp 21st 68% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.6% 18th +1.2pp 22nd 12% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 13.4% 20th +1.3pp 23rd 20% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 11.2% 16th +1.4pp 24th on par with peers
Mount Vernon, NY 19.8% 25th +2.8pp 25th 77% above peers
Blaine, MN 6.6% 10th +1.0pp 26th 41% below peers
Lakeville, MN 3.8% 4th +0.6pp 27th 66% below peers
Turlock, CA 14.7% 21st +3.0pp 28th 32% above peers
Framingham, MA 12.8% 19th +2.9pp 29th 15% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 46.0% 31st +10.9pp 30th 312% above peers
Rocklin, CA 5.7% 7th +2.1pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 7% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 5% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $427,762 in June 2026, down from $460,411 a year earlier.
$427,762
2008June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $302,999 (Jun 26) -1.9%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
New Britain, CT $313,635 (Jun 26) 22nd +6.9% 1st 19% below peers
Appleton, WI $308,435 (Jun 26) 23rd +6.5% 2nd 21% below peers
Bismarck, ND $381,727 (Jun 26) 17th +5.5% 3rd 2% below peers
Iowa City, IA $305,697 (Jun 26) 24th +4.4% 4th 21% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $594,937 (Jun 26) 6th +4.2% 5th 53% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI $245,800 (Jun 26) 28th +4.0% 6th 37% below peers
Rogers, AR $387,696 (Jun 26) 16th +3.2% 7th on par with peers
Bolingbrook, IL $376,397 (Jun 26) 18th +2.5% 8th 3% below peers
Noblesville, IN $397,221 (Jun 26) 14th +2.1% 9th 2% above peers
Greenville, SC $333,224 (Jun 26) 20th +2.1% 10th 14% below peers
Blaine, MN $388,347 (Jun 26) 15th +1.6% 11th on par with peers
Ankeny, IA $342,159 (Jun 26) 19th +1.3% 12th 12% below peers
Gulfport, MS $205,550 (Jun 26) 30th +1.1% 13th 47% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $405,279 (Jun 26) 12th +1.1% 14th 4% above peers
Lakeville, MN $493,681 (Jun 26) 8th +0.9% 15th 27% above peers
Redlands, CA $640,636 (Jun 26) 4th +0.7% 16th 65% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $435,130 (Jun 26) 10th +0.7% 17th 12% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $401,291 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 18th 3% above peers
Bowling Green, KY $288,478 (Jun 26) 26th +0.2% 19th 26% below peers
Marysville, WA $631,610 (Jun 26) 5th +0.1% 20th 63% above peers
Framingham, MA $682,124 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.0% 21st 76% above peers
Ellicott City, MD $748,152 (Jun 26) 1st -0.2% 22nd 93% above peers
Turlock, CA $485,817 (Jun 26) 9th -0.6% 23rd 25% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $586,307 (Jun 26) 7th -0.8% 24th 51% above peers
Rocklin, CA $697,458 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.9% 25th 80% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $329,229 (Jun 26) 21st -1.4% 26th 15% below peers
Poinciana, FL $282,132 (Jun 26) 27th -4.7% 27th 27% below peers
Tamarac, FL $293,570 (Jun 26) 25th -5.9% 28th 24% below peers
Leander, TX $427,762 (Jun 26) 11th -7.1% 29th 10% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $210,361 (Jun 26) 29th -7.5% 30th 46% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 5% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $331,017 in June 2026, down from $352,520 a year earlier.
$331,017
2008June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $185,570 (Jun 26) -0.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Mount Vernon, NY $307,231 (Jun 26) 14th +12.8% 1st 2% above peers
New Britain, CT $252,463 (Jun 26) 19th +8.9% 2nd 16% below peers
Appleton, WI $242,191 (Jun 26) 22nd +7.3% 3rd 20% below peers
Bismarck, ND $258,567 (Jun 26) 18th +6.9% 4th 14% below peers
Iowa City, IA $198,799 (Jun 26) 26th +5.1% 5th 34% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI $147,956 (Jun 26) 28th +4.6% 6th 51% below peers
Greenville, SC $208,705 (Jun 26) 24th +4.2% 7th 31% below peers
Gulfport, MS $127,679 (Jun 26) 29th +3.0% 8th 58% below peers
Rogers, AR $276,843 (Jun 26) 17th +3.0% 9th 8% below peers
Noblesville, IN $301,427 (Jun 26) 15th +2.4% 10th on par with peers
Bolingbrook, IL $286,367 (Jun 26) 16th +2.3% 11th 5% below peers
Blaine, MN $308,055 (Jun 26) 13th +2.2% 12th 2% above peers
Redlands, CA $508,195 (Jun 26) 4th +2.1% 13th 69% above peers
Lakeville, MN $369,295 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 14th 23% above peers
Pawtucket, RI $353,324 (Jun 26) 10th +1.5% 15th 17% above peers
Ankeny, IA $244,353 (Jun 26) 21st +0.9% 16th 19% below peers
Apple Valley, CA $362,090 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 17th 20% above peers
Bowling Green, KY $202,777 (Jun 26) 25th +0.7% 18th 33% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD $324,959 (Jun 26) 12th +0.7% 19th 8% above peers
Marysville, WA $526,027 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 20th 75% above peers
Turlock, CA $404,933 (Jun 26) 7th +0.2% 21st 34% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $478,065 (Jun 26) 5th -0.2% 22nd 59% above peers
Rocklin, CA $564,786 (Jun 26) 1st -0.4% 23rd 87% above peers
Ellicott City, MD $517,639 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.4% 24th 72% above peers
Framingham, MA $472,843 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 25th 57% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $217,628 (Jun 26) 23rd -3.0% 26th 28% below peers
Poinciana, FL $245,895 (Jun 26) 20th -4.4% 27th 18% below peers
Leander, TX $331,017 (Jun 26) 11th -6.1% 28th 10% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $105,256 (Jun 26) 30th -9.8% 29th 65% below peers
Tamarac, FL $149,326 (Jun 26) 27th -11.7% 30th 50% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 78.2% to 73.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (77.9% to 73.4%).
73.4%
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 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Mount Vernon, NY 42.9% 28th +5.2pp 1st 33% below peers
Poinciana, FL 77.2% 4th +8.7pp 2nd 21% above peers
New Britain, CT 45.0% 27th +5.0pp 3rd 30% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 55.8% 21st +6.1pp 4th 13% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 50.1% 25th +5.0pp 5th 22% below peers
Gulfport, MS 55.1% 22nd +5.1pp 6th 14% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 69.9% 11th +4.3pp 7th 9% above peers
Tamarac, FL 76.2% 5th +3.8pp 8th 19% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 64.1% 16th +2.9pp 9th on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 70.9% 10th +3.1pp 10th 11% above peers
Turlock, CA 56.0% 20th +2.4pp 11th 13% below peers
Bismarck, ND 65.5% 15th +2.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Marysville, WA 69.4% 12th +2.2pp 13th 8% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 54.2% 24th +1.7pp 14th 15% below peers
Lakeville, MN 87.8% 1st +2.3pp 15th 37% above peers
Appleton, WI 67.0% 14th +1.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Rocklin, CA 68.3% 13th +1.2pp 17th 7% above peers
Framingham, MA 54.8% 23rd +0.9pp 18th 15% below peers
Noblesville, IN 71.2% 9th -0.0pp 19th 11% above peers
Rogers, AR 57.2% 18th -0.4pp 20th 11% below peers
Iowa City, IA 47.2% 26th -0.5pp 21st 26% below peers
Blaine, MN 85.3% 2nd -1.1pp 22nd 33% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 79.1% 3rd -1.8pp 23rd 23% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.0% 7th -2.1pp 24th 12% above peers
Ankeny, IA 71.3% 8th -2.4pp 25th 11% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 42.3% 29th -1.9pp 26th 34% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 36.6% 31st -2.2pp 27th 43% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 59.5% 17th -3.6pp 28th 7% below peers
Leander, TX 73.4% 6th -4.8pp 29th 15% above peers
Greenville, SC 41.1% 30th -3.0pp 30th 36% below peers
Redlands, CA 56.8% 19th -4.4pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: rent fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,000 in June 2026, down from $2,008 a year earlier.
$2,000
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Mount Vernon, NY $2,794 (Jun 26) 1st +6.7% 1st 48% above peers
New Britain, CT $1,627 (Jun 26) 20th +5.0% 2nd 14% below peers
Appleton, WI $1,187 (Jun 26) 30th +5.0% 3rd 37% below peers
Gulfport, MS $1,486 (Jun 26) 24th +4.5% 4th 21% below peers
Bismarck, ND $1,372 (Jun 26) 26th +4.3% 5th 27% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $1,872 (Jun 26) 16th +4.1% 6th 1% below peers
Rock Hill, SC $1,494 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.1% 7th 21% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI $1,253 (Jun 26) 29th +3.9% 8th 34% below peers
Apple Valley, CA $1,868 (Jun 26) 17th +3.6% 9th 1% below peers
Iowa City, IA $1,308 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 10th 31% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $2,552 (Jun 26) 4th +3.4% 11th 35% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL $2,693 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.1% 12th 42% above peers
Marysville, WA $2,656 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.0% 13th 40% above peers
Poinciana, FL $1,932 (Jun 26) 14th +2.9% 14th 2% above peers
Bowling Green, KY $1,284 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 15th 32% below peers
Redlands, CA $2,418 (Jun 26) 7th +2.8% 16th 28% above peers
Blaine, MN $2,112 (Jun 26) 10th +2.6% 17th 12% above peers
Noblesville, IN $1,716 (Jun 26) 18th +2.5% 18th 9% below peers
Rogers, AR $1,473 (Jun 26) 25th +2.5% 19th 22% below peers
Rocklin, CA $2,469 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 20th 31% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $1,708 (Jun 26) 19th +1.9% 21st 10% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $2,436 (Jun 26) 6th +1.9% 22nd 29% above peers
Lakeville, MN $2,029 (Jun 26) 12th +1.7% 23rd 7% above peers
Greenville, SC $1,561 (Jun 26) 21st +1.0% 24th 17% below peers
Ankeny, IA $1,520 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.4% 25th 20% below peers
Turlock, CA $2,083 (Jun 26) 11th -0.3% 26th 10% above peers
Leander, TX $2,000 (Jun 26) 13th -0.4% 27th 6% above peers
Tamarac, FL $2,155 (Jun 26) 9th -0.7% 28th 14% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $1,892 (Jun 26) 15th -2.7% 29th on par with peers
Framingham, MA $2,360 (Jun 26) 8th -3.1% 30th 25% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.3% then, 25.6% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.6% to 25.6%).
25.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Appleton, WI 21.8% 2nd -3.5pp 1st 39% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 47.4% 29th -4.8pp 2nd 33% above peers
Turlock, CA 37.9% 20th -3.8pp 3rd 6% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 37.9% 19th -3.3pp 4th 6% above peers
Leander, TX 25.6% 7th -1.7pp 5th 28% below peers
Rogers, AR 23.5% 6th -1.3pp 6th 34% below peers
Redlands, CA 35.4% 14th -1.8pp 7th 1% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.9% 11th -1.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Gulfport, MS 38.5% 22nd -1.5pp 9th 8% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 42.9% 27th -1.6pp 10th 20% above peers
Framingham, MA 35.4% 15th -0.9pp 11th 1% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 31.1% 10th -0.3pp 12th 13% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 36.0% 17th +0.1pp 13th 1% above peers
Bismarck, ND 25.6% 8th +0.2pp 14th 28% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 34.0% 12th +0.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Rocklin, CA 35.6% 16th +0.9pp 16th on par with peers
New Britain, CT 44.4% 28th +1.1pp 17th 25% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 41.1% 25th +1.2pp 18th 15% above peers
Noblesville, IN 23.1% 4th +0.7pp 19th 35% below peers
Poinciana, FL 41.1% 24th +1.7pp 20th 15% above peers
Iowa City, IA 42.2% 26th +1.9pp 21st 18% above peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 5th +1.2pp 22nd 34% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 40.0% 23rd +2.6pp 23rd 12% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 58.1% 31st +4.4pp 24th 63% above peers
Marysville, WA 35.0% 13th +2.9pp 25th 2% below peers
Tamarac, FL 48.8% 30th +4.4pp 26th 37% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 38.4% 21st +3.8pp 27th 8% above peers
Ankeny, IA 22.8% 3rd +2.5pp 28th 36% below peers
Greenville, SC 36.4% 18th +3.9pp 29th 2% above peers
Lakeville, MN 20.4% 1st +2.6pp 30th 43% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 29.6% 9th +3.9pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.8% then, 1.8% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.3% to 1.8%).
1.8%
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
Ellicott City, MD 3.0% 5th -1.7pp 1st 55% below peers
Blaine, MN 2.4% 4th -1.1pp 2nd 65% below peers
Greenville, SC 7.9% 19th -3.0pp 3rd 18% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 14.1% 29th -4.7pp 4th 111% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 10.2% 24th -2.9pp 5th 53% above peers
Rogers, AR 3.3% 9th -0.9pp 6th 50% below peers
Framingham, MA 8.6% 22nd -1.6pp 7th 29% above peers
Poinciana, FL 3.1% 7th -0.6pp 8th 53% below peers
Gulfport, MS 8.6% 21st -1.1pp 9th 29% above peers
Rocklin, CA 3.7% 11th -0.4pp 10th 44% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 12.7% 28th -1.1pp 11th 90% above peers
New Britain, CT 15.3% 30th -1.2pp 12th 128% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 12.7% 27th -0.8pp 13th 89% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 3.0% 6th -0.0pp 14th 55% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 6.9% 17th -0.0pp 15th 3% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.0% 13th -0.0pp 16th 25% below peers
Leander, TX 1.8% 1st +0.0pp 17th 73% below peers
Ankeny, IA 1.8% 2nd +0.0pp 18th 73% below peers
Turlock, CA 6.7% 16th +0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 2.0% 3rd +0.0pp 20th 70% below peers
Iowa City, IA 11.0% 26th +0.3pp 21st 65% above peers
Appleton, WI 5.5% 14th +0.2pp 22nd 18% below peers
Bismarck, ND 7.2% 18th +1.0pp 23rd 8% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 3.3% 8th +0.5pp 24th 51% below peers
Tamarac, FL 9.0% 23rd +1.4pp 25th 35% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 8.1% 20th +1.3pp 26th 22% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.0% 31st +5.4pp 27th 393% above peers
Lakeville, MN 3.5% 10th +0.8pp 28th 48% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 10.5% 25th +2.7pp 29th 57% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 4.9% 12th +1.3pp 30th 27% below peers
Marysville, WA 5.6% 15th +1.6pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 9.2% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.0% to 9.2%).
9.2%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 16.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Rocklin, CA 2.5% 1st -1.6pp 1st 59% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.3% 17th -2.1pp 2nd 1% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 4.7% 8th -1.5pp 3rd 25% below peers
Iowa City, IA 4.4% 7th -1.3pp 4th 29% below peers
Poinciana, FL 13.0% 29th -3.2pp 5th 108% above peers
Appleton, WI 4.3% 6th -0.9pp 6th 32% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 6.0% 13th -1.1pp 7th 4% below peers
Gulfport, MS 15.1% 31st -2.4pp 8th 141% above peers
Tamarac, FL 9.6% 26th -1.5pp 9th 54% above peers
Bismarck, ND 5.0% 10th -0.7pp 10th 19% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.0% 14th -0.8pp 11th 3% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 9.0% 23rd -0.9pp 12th 44% above peers
Greenville, SC 9.4% 25th -0.5pp 13th 51% above peers
Leander, TX 9.2% 24th -0.5pp 14th 47% above peers
Blaine, MN 3.6% 3rd -0.1pp 15th 42% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.7% 9th -0.2pp 16th 25% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 7.5% 21st -0.2pp 17th 20% above peers
Framingham, MA 5.5% 12th -0.2pp 18th 12% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 14.8% 30th -0.4pp 19th 137% above peers
Rogers, AR 12.9% 28th +0.2pp 20th 107% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.1% 11th +0.2pp 21st 18% below peers
Ankeny, IA 3.6% 4th +0.3pp 22nd 42% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 7.7% 22nd +0.9pp 23rd 23% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 7.1% 20th +0.9pp 24th 13% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 6.2% 16th +0.9pp 25th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 6.1% 15th +0.9pp 26th 3% below peers
Marysville, WA 6.3% 18th +1.4pp 27th 1% above peers
New Britain, CT 7.0% 19th +1.6pp 28th 13% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.0% 5th +1.1pp 29th 35% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 9.9% 27th +3.0pp 30th 59% above peers
Lakeville, MN 2.7% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

29.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Ellicott City, MD 23.4% 1st 33% below peers
Rocklin, CA 24.1% 2nd 31% below peers
Framingham, MA 25.2% 3rd 28% below peers
Leander, TX 29.0% 4th 17% below peers
Noblesville, IN 30.8% 5th 12% below peers
Greenville, SC 30.8% 6th 12% below peers
Redlands, CA 31.7% 7th 9% below peers
Lakeville, MN 31.9% 8th 9% below peers
Iowa City, IA 32.4% 9th 7% below peers
Tamarac, FL 32.9% 10th 6% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.9% 11th 3% below peers
Turlock, CA 34.3% 12th 2% below peers
Marysville, WA 34.7% 13th 1% below peers
Ankeny, IA 34.8% 14th 1% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 34.8% 15th 1% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 35.0% 16th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.3% 17th 1% above peers
Blaine, MN 35.9% 18th 3% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 36.6% 19th 5% above peers
Rogers, AR 36.8% 20th 5% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 36.9% 21st 5% above peers
Gulfport, MS 37.4% 22nd 7% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 37.5% 23rd 7% above peers
Poinciana, FL 38.1% 24th 9% above peers
New Britain, CT 38.3% 25th 9% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 38.5% 26th 10% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 39.3% 27th 12% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.5% 28th 13% above peers
Bismarck, ND 39.5% 29th 13% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 40.2% 30th 15% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.5% then, 6.8% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 6.8%).
6.8%
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
Tamarac, FL 2.6% 10th -7.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Rocklin, CA 1.2% 1st -2.7pp 2nd 64% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 1.5% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 56% below peers
Bismarck, ND 3.2% 14th -3.3pp 4th 6% below peers
Turlock, CA 1.2% 2nd -0.9pp 5th 64% below peers
Iowa City, IA 1.6% 4th -1.2pp 6th 53% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 5.3% 25th -2.8pp 7th 53% above peers
Blaine, MN 1.9% 5th -0.9pp 8th 45% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 2.9% 11th -0.9pp 9th 16% below peers
Poinciana, FL 8.8% 31st -2.2pp 10th 154% above peers
Leander, TX 6.8% 28th -1.6pp 11th 98% above peers
Appleton, WI 2.0% 7th -0.5pp 12th 40% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 3.7% 19th -0.6pp 13th 8% above peers
Marysville, WA 3.2% 15th -0.2pp 14th 6% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 4.3% 23rd -0.1pp 15th 26% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 3.2% 13th -0.0pp 16th 7% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 3.1% 12th +0.1pp 17th 10% below peers
Gulfport, MS 8.0% 29th +0.6pp 18th 132% above peers
Redlands, CA 2.2% 9th +0.2pp 19th 36% below peers
Framingham, MA 3.8% 20th +0.5pp 20th 10% above peers
Rogers, AR 8.3% 30th +1.2pp 21st 141% above peers
Noblesville, IN 3.4% 16th +0.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 3.5% 17th +0.9pp 23rd 1% above peers
Lakeville, MN 2.0% 8th +0.5pp 24th 40% below peers
Greenville, SC 6.5% 27th +2.3pp 25th 88% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 4.0% 21st +1.4pp 26th 16% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% 24th +1.8pp 27th 29% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.1% 22nd +2.0pp 28th 20% above peers
New Britain, CT 3.5% 18th +2.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 5.7% 26th +3.8pp 30th 64% above peers
Ankeny, IA 1.9% 6th +1.4pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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College attainment rose 12.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.1% to 53.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 12 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 23.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.1% to 53.3%).
53.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Leander, TX 53.3% 4th +12.1pp 1st 45% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 24.3% 24th +4.6pp 2nd 34% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 35.9% 16th +6.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Marysville, WA 24.3% 23rd +3.8pp 4th 34% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.1% 27th +3.4pp 5th 40% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.1% 17th +4.8pp 6th 5% below peers
Appleton, WI 38.2% 14th +4.8pp 7th 4% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 38.5% 13th +4.6pp 8th 4% above peers
Rogers, AR 34.4% 18th +4.0pp 9th 7% below peers
Tamarac, FL 29.4% 20th +3.3pp 10th 20% below peers
Greenville, SC 55.5% 3rd +5.2pp 11th 51% above peers
Bismarck, ND 39.2% 12th +3.5pp 12th 6% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 27.4% 21st +2.4pp 13th 26% below peers
Noblesville, IN 51.6% 6th +4.2pp 14th 40% above peers
Gulfport, MS 23.6% 25th +1.4pp 15th 36% below peers
Blaine, MN 36.9% 15th +2.0pp 16th on par with peers
Turlock, CA 26.5% 22nd +1.4pp 17th 28% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.9% 29th +0.9pp 18th 49% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 39.6% 11th +1.6pp 19th 8% above peers
Rocklin, CA 48.0% 9th +1.6pp 20th 30% above peers
Ankeny, IA 52.1% 5th +1.3pp 21st 41% above peers
Framingham, MA 48.7% 8th +1.2pp 22nd 32% above peers
Iowa City, IA 60.5% 2nd +1.4pp 23rd 64% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 68.8% 1st +1.4pp 24th 87% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 22.2% 26th +0.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Lakeville, MN 50.6% 7th +0.1pp 26th 37% above peers
Redlands, CA 41.5% 10th -0.3pp 27th 13% above peers
New Britain, CT 19.6% 28th -0.2pp 28th 47% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 31.2% 19th -1.4pp 29th 15% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 18.6% 30th -1.6pp 30th 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 14.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 49.7% to 64.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.1pp). None of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 12.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.5% to 64.4%).
64.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Leander, TX 64.4% 1st +14.7pp 1st 47% above peers
Bismarck, ND 38.1% 23rd +7.0pp 2nd 13% below peers
Redlands, CA 47.6% 10th +5.0pp 3rd 8% above peers
Marysville, WA 42.5% 17th +4.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Appleton, WI 39.7% 19th +3.9pp 5th 10% below peers
Framingham, MA 52.9% 8th +5.1pp 6th 20% above peers
Iowa City, IA 46.5% 12th +2.2pp 7th 6% above peers
Lakeville, MN 53.5% 7th +1.1pp 8th 22% above peers
Noblesville, IN 46.3% 13th -0.6pp 9th 5% above peers
Tamarac, FL 57.8% 3rd -2.1pp 10th 32% above peers
Gulfport, MS 48.4% 9th -1.9pp 11th 10% above peers
New Britain, CT 47.5% 11th -2.0pp 12th 8% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 54.1% 6th -3.8pp 13th 23% above peers
Ankeny, IA 43.9% 16th -6.0pp 14th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 55.4% 4th -7.5pp 15th 26% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 61.7% 2nd -8.5pp 16th 40% above peers
Poinciana, FL 28.6% 29th -4.2pp 17th 35% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 54.8% 5th -8.1pp 18th 25% above peers
Blaine, MN 45.6% 14th -7.6pp 19th 4% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 34.6% 25th -5.9pp 20th 21% below peers
Rocklin, CA 43.9% 15th -8.0pp 21st on par with peers
Bolingbrook, IL 37.6% 24th -8.5pp 22nd 14% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 38.5% 21st -9.4pp 23rd 12% below peers
Turlock, CA 38.4% 22nd -9.7pp 24th 13% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 40.0% 18th -10.7pp 25th 9% below peers
Rogers, AR 28.6% 28th -11.7pp 26th 35% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 38.7% 20th -16.7pp 27th 12% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 27.9% 30th -16.7pp 28th 37% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.3% 26th -21.6pp 29th 24% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.4% 31st -18.9pp 30th 49% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 31.0% 27th -28.0pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.2% then, 4.2% now; margin ±7.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.1% to 4.2%).
4.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Ellicott City, MD 1.3% 1st -2.9pp 1st 77% below peers
Leander, TX 4.2% 10th -7.0pp 2nd 24% below peers
Ankeny, IA 1.8% 2nd -2.8pp 3rd 68% below peers
Tamarac, FL 2.1% 4th -3.0pp 4th 62% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 3.8% 8th -3.5pp 5th 32% below peers
Blaine, MN 4.2% 9th -3.9pp 6th 24% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.4% 12th -3.8pp 7th 20% below peers
New Britain, CT 7.3% 22nd -5.8pp 8th 31% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.7% 21st -5.1pp 9th 22% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 8.5% 25th -6.0pp 10th 54% above peers
Poinciana, FL 7.8% 23rd -4.6pp 11th 41% above peers
Rogers, AR 4.4% 11th -1.8pp 12th 21% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 5.7% 18th -2.2pp 13th 3% above peers
Gulfport, MS 10.5% 31st -2.4pp 14th 90% above peers
Framingham, MA 2.8% 5th -0.5pp 15th 50% below peers
Bismarck, ND 5.6% 17th -1.0pp 16th 1% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 5.1% 14th -0.9pp 17th 8% below peers
Appleton, WI 3.3% 7th -0.5pp 18th 40% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.5% 20th -0.6pp 19th 17% above peers
Marysville, WA 8.9% 28th -0.3pp 20th 62% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 9.1% 30th -0.1pp 21st 64% above peers
Lakeville, MN 3.1% 6th +0.0pp 22nd 44% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 8.8% 26th +0.5pp 23rd 58% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.5% 16th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 6.1% 19th +2.1pp 25th 10% above peers
Rocklin, CA 4.5% 13th +2.0pp 26th 19% below peers
Iowa City, IA 2.0% 3rd +1.2pp 27th 65% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 8.9% 27th +5.7pp 28th 61% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 5.5% 15th +4.0pp 29th 1% below peers
Noblesville, IN 9.0% 29th +7.1pp 30th 62% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 8.4% 24th +6.6pp 31st 52% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 38% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53,716 to 74,067 - more than the combined survey margin (±712). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 25 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 147% from 2014 to 2024 (30,040 to 74,067).
74,067
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Leander, TX 74,067 14th +38% 1st 1% above peers
Ankeny, IA 72,615 25th +17% 2nd 1% below peers
Lakeville, MN 74,354 11th +16% 3rd 1% above peers
Noblesville, IN 73,362 16th +16% 4th on par with peers
Rocklin, CA 73,327 17th +13% 5th on par with peers
Blaine, MN 72,488 28th +13% 6th 1% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 75,388 5th +12% 7th 3% above peers
Tamarac, FL 73,019 19th +11% 8th on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 72,461 29th +10% 9th 1% below peers
Rogers, AR 72,981 22nd +10% 10th 1% below peers
Greenville, SC 72,935 23rd +8% 11th 1% below peers
Poinciana, FL 75,068 8th +7% 12th 2% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 72,427 30th +7% 13th 1% below peers
Marysville, WA 73,002 21st +6% 14th on par with peers
Pawtucket, RI 75,893 1st +6% 15th 3% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 74,896 10th +5% 16th 2% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72,590 26th +4% 17th 1% below peers
Bismarck, ND 75,556 3rd +4% 18th 3% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 75,473 4th +4% 19th 3% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 75,257 7th +4% 20th 3% above peers
Redlands, CA 73,375 15th +3% 21st on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 75,259 6th +3% 22nd 3% above peers
New Britain, CT 74,223 12th +2% 23rd 1% above peers
Gulfport, MS 73,003 20th +2% 24th on par with peers
Appleton, WI 75,023 9th +1% 25th 2% above peers
Iowa City, IA 75,752 2nd +1% 26th 3% above peers
Framingham, MA 72,399 31st +0% 27th 1% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 74,096 13th -0% 28th 1% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72,922 24th -1% 29th 1% below peers
Turlock, CA 72,502 27th -1% 30th 1% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 73,076 18th -4% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 ±88 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
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Children fell 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.6% to 26.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (31.0% to 26.9%).
26.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 24.1% -1.2pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Framingham, MA 21.7% 23rd +2.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 22.7% 17th +2.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Redlands, CA 23.9% 14th +1.9pp 3rd 5% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 22.4% 18th +1.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.1% 25th +1.0pp 5th 7% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 18.9% 27th +0.0pp 6th 17% below peers
Ankeny, IA 27.3% 4th -0.1pp 7th 20% above peers
Tamarac, FL 17.7% 28th -0.0pp 8th 22% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 24.7% 10th -0.3pp 9th 9% above peers
Bismarck, ND 21.5% 24th -0.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 27.6% 2nd -0.4pp 11th 21% above peers
Blaine, MN 25.9% 8th -0.8pp 12th 14% above peers
Lakeville, MN 27.8% 1st -0.8pp 13th 22% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 21.7% 22nd -0.9pp 14th 4% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 24.1% 12th -1.1pp 15th 6% above peers
Noblesville, IN 26.0% 7th -1.3pp 16th 14% above peers
Rocklin, CA 24.6% 11th -1.2pp 17th 8% above peers
New Britain, CT 22.0% 21st -1.4pp 18th 3% below peers
Rogers, AR 26.3% 6th -1.6pp 19th 16% above peers
Iowa City, IA 14.3% 31st -0.9pp 20th 37% below peers
Turlock, CA 24.8% 9th -1.7pp 21st 9% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 20.7% 26th -1.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Appleton, WI 22.8% 16th -1.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Lauderhill, FL 24.0% 13th -1.9pp 24th 6% above peers
Gulfport, MS 22.3% 20th -2.2pp 25th 2% below peers
Greenville, SC 17.1% 29th -1.9pp 26th 25% below peers
Marysville, WA 22.3% 19th -2.5pp 27th 2% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 15th -3.6pp 28th 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 27.3% 3rd -4.5pp 29th 20% above peers
Leander, TX 26.9% 5th -4.7pp 30th 18% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -3.3pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.8% then, 14.6% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.0% to 14.6%).
14.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Redlands, CA 31.0% 16th +7.7pp 1st on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 21.7% 26th +5.0pp 2nd 30% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 25.4% 21st +4.5pp 3rd 18% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 41.1% 8th +6.5pp 4th 33% above peers
Marysville, WA 24.1% 23rd +2.8pp 5th 22% below peers
Appleton, WI 31.4% 13th +3.3pp 6th 1% above peers
Iowa City, IA 28.5% 19th +2.6pp 7th 8% below peers
Poinciana, FL 35.3% 12th +3.0pp 8th 14% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 14.0% 30th +1.1pp 9th 55% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72.4% 1st +4.7pp 10th 134% above peers
Rogers, AR 25.9% 20th +1.4pp 11th 16% below peers
Tamarac, FL 38.0% 10th +1.8pp 12th 23% above peers
Framingham, MA 29.0% 18th +0.8pp 13th 7% below peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 24th +0.3pp 14th 24% below peers
Rocklin, CA 13.7% 31st +0.1pp 15th 56% below peers
Turlock, CA 30.6% 17th -0.3pp 16th 1% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 54.7% 3rd -0.6pp 17th 77% above peers
Greenville, SC 31.4% 14th -0.9pp 18th 1% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 46.9% 6th -1.4pp 19th 51% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 49.3% 5th -2.5pp 20th 59% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 46.3% 7th -3.5pp 21st 49% above peers
New Britain, CT 56.3% 2nd -4.4pp 22nd 82% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 40.2% 9th -3.3pp 23rd 30% above peers
Lakeville, MN 14.4% 29th -1.2pp 24th 53% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 31.2% 15th -3.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Gulfport, MS 53.1% 4th -5.6pp 26th 72% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 35.5% 11th -4.4pp 27th 14% above peers
Leander, TX 14.6% 28th -2.2pp 28th 53% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.3% 25th -5.0pp 29th 28% below peers
Ankeny, IA 18.0% 27th -4.2pp 30th 42% below peers
Bismarck, ND 24.2% 22nd -7.8pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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13 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.1% then, 70.0% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.0% to 70.0%).
70.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Redlands, CA 73.3% 13th +20.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Turlock, CA 71.1% 19th +16.6pp 2nd 2% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 65.3% 26th +14.8pp 3rd 10% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 90.8% 1st +17.2pp 4th 26% above peers
Poinciana, FL 73.5% 12th +13.7pp 5th 2% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 77.4% 5th +11.4pp 6th 7% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 73.8% 11th +10.5pp 7th 2% above peers
Greenville, SC 72.9% 14th +8.7pp 8th 1% above peers
Tamarac, FL 84.1% 2nd +9.4pp 9th 16% above peers
New Britain, CT 72.6% 15th +5.2pp 10th 1% above peers
Lakeville, MN 77.4% 6th +5.1pp 11th 7% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72.0% 17th +4.6pp 12th on par with peers
Ankeny, IA 84.0% 3rd +5.2pp 13th 16% above peers
Leander, TX 70.0% 21st +4.0pp 14th 3% below peers
Appleton, WI 74.8% 9th +3.5pp 15th 4% above peers
Iowa City, IA 68.9% 23rd +2.2pp 16th 5% below peers
Blaine, MN 75.5% 8th +2.2pp 17th 5% above peers
Rogers, AR 65.8% 25th +1.3pp 18th 9% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 77.4% 4th +0.7pp 19th 7% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.2% 16th +0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Rocklin, CA 63.2% 27th +0.3pp 21st 13% below peers
Marysville, WA 57.2% 29th -0.8pp 22nd 21% below peers
Noblesville, IN 69.5% 22nd -1.6pp 23rd 4% below peers
Gulfport, MS 71.6% 18th -1.9pp 24th 1% below peers
Framingham, MA 76.0% 7th -3.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 70.3% 20th -3.8pp 26th 3% below peers
Bismarck, ND 74.1% 10th -10.8pp 27th 3% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 66.8% 24th -11.0pp 28th 7% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 61.4% 28th -14.1pp 29th 15% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 46.1% 31st -11.2pp 30th 36% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 50.9% 30th -15.3pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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13 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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