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Little Elm, TX
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62,727 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Little Elm, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Property crime
Property crime rate
285 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 24%
relative change
375 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$119,219
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$98,803 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
2.3%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
3.0% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
98.3%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
95.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.1%
2019-23
▲ 15%
relative change
4.5% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.8%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
30.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
44.2%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
43.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
116 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
131 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Little Elm, 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
11.4%
2020-24
▲ 96%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.0%
2020-24
▲ 78%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
70.1%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
76.5% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.5%
Jul 2026
▲ 7%
relative change
4.2% a year earlier
Worsening recently Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
10.0%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
12.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
11.6%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
13.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
33 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 19%
relative change
41 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.5%
2020-24
▲ 60%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.37
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
0.35 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
29.2%
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
21.2% in 2019
Rising  
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Population
54,820
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
45,967 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
28.0%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
30.6% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$320,336
Aug 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
$339,904 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$393,657
Aug 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
$417,588 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
63.5%
2020-24
low
vs peers
73.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities. Little Elm started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 116 in July 2026, down from 131 a year earlier.
Bright spot 116 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
West Hartford, CT 17 (Jul 26) -73.8% 1st
Utica, NY 394 (Jul 26) -21.0% 2nd
Chapel Hill, NC 94 (Jul 26) -18.9% 3rd
Smyrna, TN 257 (Jul 26) -18.1% 4th
Eden Prairie, MN 51 (Jul 26) -18.0% 5th
Taunton, MA 353 (Jul 26) -17.8% 6th
Wylie, TX 74 (Jul 26) -16.1% 7th
Bossier City, LA 737 (Jul 26) -14.7% 8th
Little Elm, TX 116 (Jul 26) -11.0% 9th
Pontiac, MI 854 (Apr 26) -6.3% 10th
Bentonville, AR 206 (Jul 26) -5.8% 11th
Council Bluffs, IA 499 (Jul 26) -3.4% 12th
Kannapolis, NC 170 (Jul 26) -1.9% 13th
Blue Springs, MO 229 (Jul 26) +0.7% 14th
Santa Cruz, CA 584 (Jul 26) +0.8% 15th
Porterville, CA 333 (Jul 26) +1.9% 16th
Marietta, GA 335 (May 26) +16.3% 17th
Brookline, MA 123 (Apr 25) +19.8% 18th
Moore, OK 245 (Jul 26) +20.9% 19th
Bristol, CT 61 (Jul 26) +40.8% 20th
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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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 8% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 23% lower than in 2021 (400 then, 306 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 534 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 285 in July 2026, down from 375 a year earlier.
Bright spot 285 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Wylie, TX 487 (Jul 26) -27.7% 1st
Little Elm, TX 285 (Jul 26) -23.8% 2nd
Blue Springs, MO 1,720 (Jul 26) -21.5% 3rd
Chapel Hill, NC 1,842 (Jul 26) -18.5% 4th
Porterville, CA 1,135 (Jul 26) -18.2% 5th
Kannapolis, NC 1,360 (Jul 26) -17.5% 6th
Bossier City, LA 3,070 (Jul 26) -17.1% 7th
Bristol, CT 585 (Jul 26) -16.1% 8th
Smyrna, TN 1,688 (Jul 26) -14.8% 9th
Santa Cruz, CA 2,270 (Jul 26) -12.0% 10th
Utica, NY 2,706 (Jul 26) -10.7% 11th
Pontiac, MI 1,401 (Apr 26) -8.2% 12th
West Hartford, CT 1,997 (Jul 26) -8.1% 13th
Eden Prairie, MN 1,119 (Jul 26) -7.2% 14th
Bentonville, AR 685 (Jul 26) -6.7% 15th
Marietta, GA 1,570 (May 26) -3.3% 16th
Moore, OK 1,431 (Jul 26) +1.7% 17th
Taunton, MA 948 (Jul 26) +4.6% 18th
Brookline, MA 869 (Apr 25) +9.0% 19th
Council Bluffs, IA 2,699 (Jul 26) +21.0% 20th
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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 →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 18% lower than in 2021 (4 then, 3 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 0 in 2022 it has risen mostly since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 10% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 2 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, unchanged from 2 in the prior 12 months. That is 3 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
2 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Taunton, MA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Utica, NY 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Eden Prairie, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Kannapolis, NC 3 (Jul 26) -60.0% 4th
Marietta, GA 6 (May 26) -20.1% 5th
Pontiac, MI 13 (Apr 26) -0.1% 6th
Little Elm, TX 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Council Bluffs, IA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Bentonville, AR 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Bossier City, LA 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Smyrna, TN 3 (Jul 26) +100.0% 11th
Porterville, CA 2 (Jul 26)
Bristol, CT 0 (Jul 26)
Brookline, MA 0 (Apr 25)
Chapel Hill, NC 0 (Jul 26)
Moore, OK 0 (Jul 26)
West Hartford, CT 0 (Jul 26)
Santa Cruz, CA 2 (Jul 26)
Blue Springs, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Wylie, TX 2 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 38% lower than in 2021 (57 then, 35 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 92 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 11% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 33 in July 2026, down from 41 a year earlier.
Needs attention 33 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Bentonville, AR 29 (Jul 26) -47.1% 1st
Porterville, CA 195 (Jul 26) -43.6% 2nd
West Hartford, CT 108 (Jul 26) -42.4% 3rd
Pontiac, MI 182 (Apr 26) -40.6% 4th
Bossier City, LA 207 (Jul 26) -39.1% 5th
Blue Springs, MO 162 (Jul 26) -36.7% 6th
Chapel Hill, NC 98 (Jul 26) -35.4% 7th
Brookline, MA 21 (Apr 25) -35.1% 8th
Bristol, CT 109 (Jul 26) -33.3% 9th
Eden Prairie, MN 27 (Jul 26) -32.0% 10th
Kannapolis, NC 130 (Jul 26) -27.9% 11th
Wylie, TX 19 (Jul 26) -25.0% 12th
Santa Cruz, CA 125 (Jul 26) -24.5% 13th
Little Elm, TX 33 (Jul 26) -19.2% 14th
Smyrna, TN 194 (Jul 26) -12.1% 15th
Moore, OK 112 (Jul 26) -10.1% 16th
Council Bluffs, IA 313 (Jul 26) -3.0% 17th
Marietta, GA 146 (May 26) +8.1% 18th
Utica, NY 146 (Jul 26) +8.2% 19th
Taunton, MA 109 (Jul 26) +17.2% 20th
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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 →
  • Janesville, WI down about 52% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $98,803 to $119,219 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$10,236).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Little Elm started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 46% from 2014 to 2024 ($81,866 to $119,219).
Bright spot $119,219
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 9th +48% 1st 41% above peers
Lakewood, WA $74,720 22nd +44% 2nd 9% below peers
Lynwood, CA $74,844 21st +43% 3rd 9% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 10th +40% 4th 38% above peers
Utica, NY $52,484 30th +39% 5th 36% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 23rd +38% 6th 10% below peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 27th +38% 7th 26% below peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 8th 46% below peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 16th +31% 9th on par with peers
Woodland, CA $90,180 13th +30% 10th 10% above peers
Wylie, TX $119,522 6th +29% 11th 46% above peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 12th +28% 12th 35% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $59,648 28th +28% 13th 27% below peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 2nd +27% 14th 71% above peers
Marietta, GA $72,725 24th +27% 15th 11% below peers
Taunton, MA $79,283 18th +26% 16th 3% below peers
Wellington, FL $115,632 8th +25% 17th 41% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 25th +25% 18th 17% below peers
West Hartford, CT $129,890 4th +25% 19th 59% above peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 20th +23% 20th 7% below peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 11th +22% 21st 35% above peers
Moore, OK $80,420 17th +22% 22nd 2% below peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 1st +21% 23rd 73% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 5th +21% 24th 50% above peers
Little Elm, TX $119,219 7th +21% 25th 46% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $64,578 26th +21% 26th 21% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 14th +17% 27th 9% above peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 19th +17% 28th 3% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 15th +17% 29th 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 3rd +17% 30th 59% above peers
Bossier City, LA $55,819 29th +11% 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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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6 of 7 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 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$8,047 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.5% in July 2026, up from 4.2% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.5%
2000July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 4.5% (Jul 26) +0.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Vineland, NJ 7.2% (Jul 26) 26th -2.0pp 1st 67% above peers
Porterville, CA 12.8% (Jul 26) 29th -1.2pp 2nd 198% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 3rd 21% below peers
Lynwood, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 4th 37% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 5th 7% below peers
Woodland, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 6th 37% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 7th 7% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 8th 16% below peers
Bossier City, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.4pp 9th 7% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 18th -0.4pp 10th 28% above peers
Hanford, CA 8.1% (Jul 26) 27th -0.3pp 11th 88% above peers
Smyrna, TN 2.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 12th 33% below peers
Marietta, GA 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 13th 33% below peers
Bentonville, AR 3.0% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 14th 30% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 15th 7% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 16th 26% below peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 17th 19% below peers
Taunton, MA 5.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 18th 33% above peers
Little Elm, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 19th 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Utica, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.4pp 22nd 33% above peers
Lakewood, WA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.5pp 23rd 37% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 6.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.6pp 24th 40% above peers
Pontiac, MI 10.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.6pp 25th 147% above peers
Jupiter, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 26th 2% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 27th 12% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th +1.1pp 28th 7% below peers
Bristol, CT 5.8% (Jul 26) 21st +1.4pp 29th 35% 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty rose 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.1% to 9.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 9.0%).
Needs attention 9.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Porterville, CA 17.3% 26th -10.2pp 1st 38% above peers
Bentonville, AR 5.2% 3rd -2.4pp 2nd 58% below peers
Brookline, MA 8.7% 10th -3.5pp 3rd 30% below peers
Woodland, CA 8.2% 9th -3.0pp 4th 34% below peers
Pontiac, MI 24.4% 30th -6.4pp 5th 95% above peers
Lakewood, WA 13.2% 20th -3.4pp 6th 5% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 17.0% 25th -3.9pp 7th 36% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 1st -0.8pp 8th 63% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.6% 17th -1.9pp 9th 1% above peers
Wylie, TX 5.6% 4th -0.8pp 10th 55% below peers
Taunton, MA 13.0% 19th -1.2pp 11th 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 11.2% 14th -1.1pp 12th 10% below peers
Marietta, GA 12.8% 18th -1.2pp 13th 3% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.4% 24th -1.1pp 14th 31% above peers
Utica, NY 27.5% 31st -1.9pp 15th 120% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.5% 21st -0.7pp 16th 16% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 18.6% 28th -0.9pp 17th 49% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.0% 7th -0.2pp 18th 44% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.3% 6th -0.1pp 19th 49% below peers
Lynwood, CA 18.0% 27th +0.1pp 20th 44% above peers
Bossier City, LA 20.8% 29th +1.1pp 21st 66% above peers
Bristol, CT 10.7% 13th +0.6pp 22nd 14% below peers
Vineland, NJ 14.6% 22nd +0.9pp 23rd 17% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 5th +0.5pp 24th 54% below peers
Wellington, FL 7.8% 8th +0.7pp 25th 38% below peers
Jupiter, FL 9.5% 12th +1.4pp 26th 24% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 15.1% 23rd +2.2pp 27th 21% above peers
Smyrna, TN 12.5% 16th +1.8pp 28th on par with peers
Moore, OK 11.4% 15th +2.8pp 29th 9% below peers
Little Elm, TX 9.0% 11th +3.9pp 30th 28% below peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 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 ±3.1pp 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 →
What changed

Child poverty rose 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.8% to 11.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 11.4%).
Needs attention 11.4%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Woodland, CA 7.6% 9th -7.9pp 1st 50% below peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 15th -10.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 4th -3.5pp 3rd 67% below peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 3rd -2.8pp 4th 69% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 25th -13.0pp 5th 45% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 10th -5.1pp 6th 38% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 6th -2.5pp 7th 58% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.2% 5th -2.0pp 8th 66% below peers
Marietta, GA 15.3% 16th -4.8pp 9th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 6.8% 7th -1.8pp 10th 56% below peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 30th -7.5pp 11th 132% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 22nd -3.7pp 12th 30% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 8th -1.2pp 13th 55% below peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 14th 157% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 21st -2.1pp 15th 19% above peers
Taunton, MA 20.4% 24th -2.2pp 16th 33% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 17th 79% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 23.3% 27th -1.7pp 18th 52% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 11th -0.4pp 19th 34% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 12th +0.6pp 20th 30% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 18th +1.2pp 21st 12% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 20th +1.3pp 22nd 18% above peers
Lynwood, CA 29.0% 28th +2.3pp 23rd 89% above peers
Bossier City, LA 34.2% 29th +4.5pp 24th 124% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 17th +2.5pp 25th 6% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.4% 26th +5.6pp 26th 46% above peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 23rd +5.9pp 27th 32% above peers
Wellington, FL 11.9% 14th +3.8pp 28th 22% below peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 19th +7.9pp 29th 14% above peers
Little Elm, TX 11.4% 13th +5.6pp 30th 25% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 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 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (95.6% then, 98.3% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 7.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (90.9% to 98.3%).
Bright spot 98.3%
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%
Bossier City, LA 85.2% 30th +21.7pp 1st 10% below peers
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 3rd +24.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 89.2% 26th +21.9pp 3rd 5% below peers
Lynwood, CA 91.0% 21st +19.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 29th +12.2pp 5th 8% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 28th +11.7pp 6th 7% below peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 22nd +11.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 25th +10.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Taunton, MA 90.7% 24th +10.0pp 9th 4% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 18th +9.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 85.0% 31st +8.6pp 11th 10% below peers
Marietta, GA 94.2% 16th +9.1pp 12th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 13th +8.0pp 13th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 20th +7.3pp 14th 2% below peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 19th +7.0pp 15th 2% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 14th +6.2pp 16th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 11th +6.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Woodland, CA 90.8% 23rd +5.6pp 18th 4% below peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 27th +4.9pp 19th 6% below peers
West Hartford, CT 94.3% 15th +5.1pp 20th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 7th +5.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 10th +5.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 4th +4.6pp 23rd 3% above peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 12th +4.0pp 24th 1% above peers
Wylie, TX 97.1% 2nd +4.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 17th +3.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 8th +2.7pp 27th 1% above peers
Little Elm, TX 98.3% 1st +2.7pp 28th 4% above peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 5th +2.3pp 29th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 9th +2.2pp 30th 1% above peers
Wellington, FL 96.2% 6th +1.6pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.35 then, 0.37 now; margin ±0.03). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.33 to 0.37).
Needs attention 0.37
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Porterville, CA 0.42 9th -0.061 1st 7% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 22nd -0.035 2nd 6% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 8th -0.025 3rd 8% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 15th -0.023 4th 1% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 27th -0.020 5th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 20th -0.017 6th 3% above peers
Woodland, CA 0.42 10th -0.013 7th 6% below peers
Taunton, MA 0.43 11th -0.014 8th 4% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 0.46 19th -0.014 9th 3% above peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 14th -0.012 10th 2% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 17th -0.011 11th 1% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 29th -0.013 12th 16% above peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 28th -0.009 13th 14% above peers
Lynwood, CA 0.40 5th -0.006 14th 10% below peers
Marietta, GA 0.48 25th -0.006 15th 7% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 16th -0.005 16th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 12th -0.004 17th 4% below peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 30th -0.002 18th 17% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 31st +0.000 19th 23% above peers
Wellington, FL 0.45 18th +0.005 20th 2% above peers
West Hartford, CT 0.47 23rd +0.007 21st 6% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 0.43 13th +0.012 22nd 4% below peers
Bossier City, LA 0.46 21st +0.014 23rd 4% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 26th +0.015 24th 9% above peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 24th +0.019 25th 6% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 26th 24% below peers
Little Elm, TX 0.37 2nd +0.018 27th 18% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 6th +0.022 28th 9% below peers
Moore, OK 0.40 4th +0.024 29th 11% below peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 7th +0.031 30th 9% below peers
Wylie, TX 0.37 3rd +0.051 31st 17% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (4.5% then, 5.1% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.6% to 5.1%).
Bright spot 5.1%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 86% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.9% 7th -1.9pp 2nd 53% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 12.5% 19th -3.5pp 3rd 19% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 6th -1.2pp 4th 59% below peers
Marietta, GA 9.4% 14th -2.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 10th -1.2pp 6th 49% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 62% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.9% 8th -0.9pp 8th 53% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.4% 12th -1.2pp 9th 39% below peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 25th -2.8pp 10th 55% above peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 13th -0.7pp 11th 36% below peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 30th -3.0pp 12th 187% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 18th -1.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 22nd -1.5pp 14th 44% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.7% 15th -0.8pp 15th 7% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.6% 26th -0.8pp 16th 59% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 17th 193% above peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 23rd -0.3pp 18th 47% above peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 24th -0.0pp 19th 48% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 29th +0.3pp 20th 155% above peers
Bossier City, LA 13.2% 20th +0.7pp 21st 26% above peers
Lynwood, CA 21.4% 27th +1.2pp 22nd 104% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 68% below peers
Woodland, CA 14.0% 21st +1.4pp 24th 34% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 4th +0.5pp 25th 61% below peers
Little Elm, TX 5.1% 9th +0.7pp 26th 51% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 5th +0.8pp 27th 61% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 16th +2.1pp 28th on par with peers
Taunton, MA 24.5% 28th +5.2pp 29th 135% above peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 17th +2.7pp 30th 16% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 11th +1.4pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 5% higher than in 2021 ($375,793 then, $393,657 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $479,861 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $393,657 in August 2026, down from $417,588 a year earlier.
Big move $393,657
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $299,367 (Aug 26) -1.6%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Utica, NY $212,423 (Aug 26) 30th +7.0% 1st 55% below peers
White Plains, NY $808,180 (Aug 26) 4th +5.8% 2nd 72% above peers
Bristol, CT $350,637 (Aug 26) 21st +5.8% 3rd 26% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,348,968 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.7% 4th 186% above peers
West Hartford, CT $509,334 (Aug 26) 13th +5.5% 5th 8% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,743,951 (Aug 26) 1st +5.1% 6th 270% above peers
Taunton, MA $521,740 (Aug 26) 11th +4.0% 7th 11% above peers
Lynwood, CA $684,690 (Aug 26) 6th +3.3% 8th 45% above peers
Bentonville, AR $492,753 (Aug 26) 15th +2.8% 9th 5% above peers
Hanford, CA $383,336 (Aug 26) 20th +2.7% 10th 19% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $502,326 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 11th 7% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $229,838 (Aug 26) 27th +2.5% 12th 51% below peers
Vineland, NJ $314,247 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.3% 13th 33% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $311,297 (Aug 26) 24th +2.1% 14th 34% below peers
Jupiter, FL $704,677 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 15th 50% above peers
Wellington, FL $658,628 (Aug 26) 7th +1.7% 16th 40% above peers
Pontiac, MI $139,885 (Aug 26) 31st +1.5% 17th 70% below peers
Bossier City, LA $229,529 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 18th 51% below peers
Porterville, CA $330,293 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.1% 19th 30% below peers
Herriman, UT $601,499 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 20th 28% above peers
Lakewood, WA $515,727 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 21st 9% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $279,713 (Aug 26) 25th +0.3% 22nd 41% below peers
Moore, OK $222,111 (Aug 26) 29th +0.3% 23rd 53% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $631,034 (Aug 26) 8th -0.7% 24th 34% above peers
Woodland, CA $551,676 (Aug 26) 10th -0.7% 25th 17% above peers
Smyrna, TN $401,595 (Aug 26) 18th -0.8% 26th 15% below peers
Marietta, GA $471,117 (Aug 26) 16th -1.2% 27th on par with peers
Winter Haven, FL $272,484 (Aug 26) 26th -2.7% 28th 42% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,122,975 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.4% 29th 138% above peers
Wylie, TX $412,915 (Aug 26) 17th -5.7% 30th 12% below peers
Little Elm, TX $393,657 (Aug 26) 19th -5.7% 31st 16% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 6% higher than in 2021 ($301,764 then, $320,336 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $386,952 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $320,336 in August 2026, down from $339,904 a year earlier.
Big move $320,336
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $184,827 (Aug 26) -0.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Santa Cruz, CA $956,795 (Aug 26) 2nd +7.1% 1st 194% above peers
White Plains, NY $460,903 (Aug 26) 5th +6.9% 2nd 42% above peers
Utica, NY $150,018 (Aug 26) 29th +6.8% 3rd 54% below peers
Bristol, CT $271,159 (Aug 26) 21st +6.3% 4th 17% below peers
West Hartford, CT $359,385 (Aug 26) 13th +5.4% 5th 11% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,201,516 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 6th 270% above peers
Taunton, MA $408,647 (Aug 26) 10th +4.7% 7th 26% above peers
Vineland, NJ $249,567 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.4% 8th 23% below peers
Lynwood, CA $618,877 (Aug 26) 4th +4.0% 9th 90% above peers
Pontiac, MI $106,058 (Aug 26) 31st +3.2% 10th 67% below peers
Porterville, CA $263,368 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.1% 11th 19% below peers
Bentonville, AR $348,303 (Aug 26) 14th +3.0% 12th 7% above peers
Hanford, CA $297,783 (Aug 26) 20th +2.5% 13th 8% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $248,317 (Aug 26) 24th +2.2% 14th 24% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $157,756 (Aug 26) 28th +1.9% 15th 51% below peers
Bossier City, LA $124,503 (Aug 26) 30th +1.7% 16th 62% below peers
Brookline, MA $709,683 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 17th 118% above peers
Jupiter, FL $431,982 (Aug 26) 9th +1.1% 18th 33% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $319,173 (Aug 26) 19th +1.0% 19th 2% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $202,090 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 20th 38% below peers
Lakewood, WA $403,686 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 21st 24% above peers
Moore, OK $174,228 (Aug 26) 27th +0.0% 22nd 46% below peers
Wellington, FL $453,911 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 23rd 40% above peers
Woodland, CA $456,617 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 24th 40% above peers
Herriman, UT $443,129 (Aug 26) 8th -0.6% 25th 36% above peers
Smyrna, TN $323,583 (Aug 26) 17th -0.6% 26th on par with peers
Marietta, GA $325,113 (Aug 26) 16th -1.3% 27th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC $372,531 (Aug 26) 12th -2.4% 28th 15% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $191,731 (Aug 26) 26th -3.2% 29th 41% below peers
Wylie, TX $325,118 (Aug 26) 15th -5.0% 30th on par with peers
Little Elm, TX $320,336 (Aug 26) 18th -5.8% 31st 1% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 76.5% to 70.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.4pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (80.2% to 70.1%).
Needs attention 70.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 31st +6.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.2% 29th +5.2pp 2nd 24% below peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 27th +4.1pp 3rd 24% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 12th +5.4pp 4th 6% above peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 17th +5.0pp 5th on par with peers
Woodland, CA 58.7% 18th +4.4pp 6th 5% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 63.7% 14th +4.3pp 7th 3% above peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 2nd +4.5pp 8th 26% above peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 7th +4.0pp 9th 13% above peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 20th +2.7pp 10th 13% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 26th +2.0pp 11th 23% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 4th +3.1pp 12th 23% above peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 24th +1.7pp 13th 20% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 63.1% 15th +1.9pp 14th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 25th +1.4pp 15th 22% below peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 13th +1.3pp 16th 5% above peers
Bossier City, LA 53.2% 21st +0.4pp 17th 14% below peers
Wellington, FL 75.8% 5th -0.3pp 18th 22% above peers
Taunton, MA 62.1% 16th -0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 19th -0.3pp 20th 8% below peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 9th -0.4pp 21st 9% above peers
Wylie, TX 77.4% 3rd -1.1pp 22nd 25% above peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 22nd -0.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 11th -1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 8th -2.4pp 25th 11% above peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 30th -2.1pp 26th 25% below peers
West Hartford, CT 67.4% 10th -3.6pp 27th 9% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 28th -2.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 23rd -3.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Little Elm, TX 70.1% 6th -6.4pp 30th 13% above peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 1st -8.9pp 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,307 in August 2026, up from $2,262 a year earlier.
$2,307
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Utica, NY $1,404 (Aug 26) 29th +7.2% 1st 22% below peers
Taunton, MA $2,096 (Aug 26) 11th +6.1% 2nd 16% above peers
White Plains, NY $3,262 (Aug 26) 5th +6.0% 3rd 80% above peers
Bristol, CT $1,709 (Aug 26) 19th +6.0% 4th 6% below peers
Bossier City, LA $1,515 (Aug 26) 26th +5.9% 5th 16% below peers
San Clemente, CA $3,426 (Aug 26) 4th +5.5% 6th 89% above peers
Lynwood, CA $2,129 (Aug 26) 10th +5.0% 7th 18% above peers
Porterville, CA $1,431 (Aug 26) 28th +4.8% 8th 21% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,811 (Aug 26) 16th +4.6% 9th on par with peers
Hanford, CA $2,003 (Aug 26) 12th +4.2% 10th 11% above peers
West Hartford, CT $2,448 (Aug 26) 7th +4.1% 11th 35% above peers
Wellington, FL $3,540 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.7% 12th 96% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,532 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.8% 13th 95% above peers
Jupiter, FL $3,066 (Aug 26) 6th +2.7% 14th 69% above peers
Woodland, CA $2,330 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 15th 29% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,613 (Aug 26) 25th +2.6% 16th 11% below peers
Smyrna, TN $1,699 (Aug 26) 20th +2.4% 17th 6% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $1,350 (Aug 26) 30th +2.2% 18th 25% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,713 (Aug 26) 18th +2.0% 19th 5% below peers
Bentonville, AR $1,656 (Aug 26) 24th +2.0% 20th 9% below peers
Little Elm, TX $2,307 (Aug 26) 9th +2.0% 21st 27% above peers
Brookline, MA $3,559 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 22nd 97% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $1,698 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 23rd 6% below peers
Marietta, GA $1,689 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 24th 7% below peers
Moore, OK $1,513 (Aug 26) 27th +1.5% 25th 16% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,748 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 26th 3% below peers
Herriman, UT $1,892 (Aug 26) 15th +0.9% 27th 4% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $1,690 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.5% 28th 7% below peers
Wylie, TX $1,914 (Aug 26) 14th -0.5% 29th 6% above peers
Pontiac, MI $1,319 (Aug 26) 31st -0.5% 30th 27% below peers
Vineland, NJ 13th 7% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.4% then, 31.8% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.1% to 31.8%).
Bright spot 31.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 27th -7.0pp 1st 10% above peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 31st -6.4pp 2nd 31% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 21st -5.1pp 3rd 7% above peers
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 4th 50% below peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 15th -3.2pp 5th 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 25th -3.3pp 6th 9% above peers
West Hartford, CT 28.0% 6th -1.6pp 7th 23% below peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 24th -2.0pp 8th 8% above peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 28th -1.9pp 9th 12% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 23rd -1.7pp 10th 7% above peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 18th -1.1pp 11th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 36.5% 17th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 3rd +0.2pp 13th 39% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 2nd +0.2pp 14th 39% below peers
Wylie, TX 30.4% 9th +0.4pp 15th 17% below peers
Wellington, FL 36.5% 16th +0.8pp 16th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 22nd +0.9pp 17th 7% above peers
Bossier City, LA 35.5% 12th +0.9pp 18th 3% below peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 5th +1.1pp 19th 25% below peers
Little Elm, TX 31.8% 10th +1.4pp 20th 13% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 11th +2.3pp 21st 12% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 19th +2.8pp 22nd 4% above peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 7th +2.4pp 23rd 18% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 30.0% 8th +2.5pp 24th 18% below peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 14th +3.1pp 25th 1% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 4th +2.3pp 26th 27% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 13th +3.2pp 27th 2% below peers
Woodland, CA 38.5% 20th +3.6pp 28th 6% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 26th +4.0pp 29th 10% above peers
Marietta, GA 42.4% 29th +5.1pp 30th 16% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.5% 30th +8.6pp 31st 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 →
  • 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 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 2.3% now; margin ±1.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.6% to 2.3%).
Bright spot 2.3%
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
Wylie, TX 1.3% 1st -0.8pp 1st 81% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.0% 14th -2.0pp 2nd 16% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 4th -0.9pp 3rd 57% below peers
Little Elm, TX 2.3% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 67% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 12th -1.0pp 5th 18% below peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 18th -1.1pp 6th 7% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 8.0% 21st -0.9pp 7th 12% above peers
Woodland, CA 7.0% 15th -0.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Taunton, MA 9.5% 26th -0.9pp 9th 33% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 10th -0.4pp 10th 46% below peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 28th -1.5pp 11th 118% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.6% 17th -0.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 22nd -0.7pp 13th 15% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 5th -0.2pp 14th 56% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 15th 278% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 13th -0.2pp 16th 18% below peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 30th -0.4pp 17th 207% above peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 24th -0.1pp 18th 24% above peers
Lynwood, CA 7.1% 16th -0.0pp 19th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 8.8% 23rd +0.1pp 20th 24% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 29th +0.2pp 21st 139% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 20th +0.5pp 22nd 12% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 6th +0.3pp 23rd 56% below peers
West Hartford, CT 8.9% 25th +1.6pp 24th 25% above peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 19th +1.9pp 25th 9% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 11th +1.0pp 26th 46% below peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 9th +1.1pp 27th 49% below peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 8th +1.1pp 28th 51% below peers
Wellington, FL 3.3% 7th +1.1pp 29th 54% below peers
Bossier City, LA 10.1% 27th +3.7pp 30th 42% above peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 3rd +2.5pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp 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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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.1% then, 11.6% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.7% to 11.7%).
Needs attention 11.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 86% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 63% below peers
White Plains, NY 5.9% 14th -3.7pp 3rd 21% below peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 8th -2.1pp 4th 49% below peers
Woodland, CA 5.2% 11th -2.1pp 5th 30% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 7th -0.9pp 6th 49% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 19th -1.8pp 7th 19% above peers
Lynwood, CA 13.6% 30th -2.0pp 8th 82% above peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 15th -1.0pp 9th 13% below peers
Hanford, CA 5.8% 12th -0.8pp 10th 23% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 11th 22% below peers
Little Elm, TX 11.7% 24th -1.5pp 12th 56% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 5th -0.4pp 13th 52% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 12.4% 26th -1.0pp 14th 66% above peers
Wylie, TX 13.0% 28th -0.3pp 15th 74% above peers
Marietta, GA 17.9% 31st -0.2pp 16th 139% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 21st -0.1pp 17th 31% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.6% 18th +0.1pp 18th 15% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.5% 27th +0.2pp 19th 67% above peers
Vineland, NJ 9.6% 20th +0.5pp 20th 28% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.1% 10th +0.3pp 21st 32% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.0% 22nd +0.7pp 22nd 33% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.1% 23rd +0.7pp 23rd 34% above peers
Bristol, CT 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 24th 39% below peers
West Hartford, CT 2.6% 2nd +0.4pp 25th 65% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 4th +0.7pp 26th 60% below peers
Bossier City, LA 12.1% 25th +2.8pp 27th 61% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 16th +2.1pp 28th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 13.5% 29th +3.9pp 29th 81% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 17th +2.3pp 30th 6% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.7% 6th +1.5pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

32.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 1st 26% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 2nd 24% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 3rd 21% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 4th 20% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 5th 17% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 6th 17% below peers
Wellington, FL 27.3% 7th 15% below peers
West Hartford, CT 27.7% 8th 14% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 9th 10% below peers
Woodland, CA 29.2% 10th 10% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 11th 5% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 12th 3% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 13th 2% below peers
Wylie, TX 31.7% 14th 2% below peers
Marietta, GA 32.0% 15th 1% below peers
Little Elm, TX 32.3% 16th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 17th 1% above peers
Lynwood, CA 33.1% 18th 2% above peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 19th 5% above peers
Taunton, MA 34.6% 20th 7% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 21st 11% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 22nd 13% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 23rd 14% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 24th 16% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 25th 18% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 26th 20% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 27th 30% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 28th 31% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.8% 29th 33% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 43.2% 30th 34% above peers
Bossier City, LA 46.2% 31st 43% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.6% then, 10.0% now; margin ±5.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.2% to 10.0%).
Needs attention 10.0%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Herriman, UT 1.6% 5th -4.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 3rd -2.2pp 2nd 75% below peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 4th -1.1pp 3rd 72% below peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 78% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 10th -2.0pp 5th 34% below peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 9th -0.8pp 6th 54% below peers
Woodland, CA 1.9% 7th -0.6pp 7th 57% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 18th -1.6pp 8th 16% above peers
Little Elm, TX 10.0% 28th -2.6pp 9th 128% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2.9% 11th -0.6pp 10th 33% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 8th -0.4pp 11th 56% below peers
Lynwood, CA 5.4% 20th -0.5pp 12th 25% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 7.7% 23rd -0.3pp 13th 77% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 14th -0.0pp 14th 21% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 21st +0.5pp 15th 28% above peers
Marietta, GA 11.0% 30th +1.0pp 16th 153% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 17th 91% below peers
West Hartford, CT 1.8% 6th +0.4pp 18th 59% below peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 22nd +1.2pp 19th 41% above peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 15th +0.9pp 20th 3% below peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 19th +1.1pp 21st 20% above peers
Wylie, TX 10.2% 29th +2.5pp 22nd 134% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 17th +1.6pp 23rd 12% above peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 24th +2.8pp 24th 78% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 12th +1.2pp 25th 30% below peers
Wellington, FL 8.8% 26th +3.5pp 26th 102% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 27th +3.8pp 27th 117% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 16th +2.6pp 28th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 11.6% 31st +7.8pp 29th 166% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 25th +5.6pp 30th 83% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.1% 13th +2.9pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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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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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.1% then, 44.2% now; margin ±5.0pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 13.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.5% to 44.2%).
Bright spot 44.2%
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 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 18th +7.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Lynwood, CA 9.8% 31st +2.2pp 2nd 68% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 22nd +5.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 30th +3.0pp 4th 52% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 29th +2.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 14th +7.4pp 6th 40% above peers
Wylie, TX 43.3% 13th +7.0pp 7th 43% above peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 25th +3.4pp 8th 26% below peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 17th +3.8pp 9th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 21.5% 27th +2.6pp 10th 29% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.4% 11th +5.4pp 11th 56% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 22.0% 26th +2.4pp 12th 27% below peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 9th +5.7pp 13th 76% above peers
Woodland, CA 30.4% 16th +3.1pp 14th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 49.7% 10th +4.7pp 15th 64% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 6th +5.1pp 16th 82% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 20th +2.6pp 17th 9% below peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 19th +2.5pp 18th 4% below peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 7th +4.4pp 19th 78% above peers
Bossier City, LA 24.7% 21st +1.7pp 20th 19% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 5th +3.8pp 21st 90% above peers
Taunton, MA 23.9% 23rd +1.4pp 22nd 21% below peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 8th +2.9pp 23rd 77% above peers
West Hartford, CT 66.6% 3rd +1.9pp 24th 119% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 24th +0.7pp 25th 24% below peers
Little Elm, TX 44.2% 12th +1.1pp 26th 46% above peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 27th 181% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 4th +1.2pp 28th 114% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 15th +0.4pp 29th 15% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 2nd -0.3pp 30th 152% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 28th -1.0pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.3% then, 46.4% now; margin ±18.5pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 8.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.1% to 46.4%).
46.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 24th +13.5pp 1st 24% below peers
Little Elm, TX 46.4% 14th +15.2pp 2nd 4% above peers
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 3rd 73% above peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 18th +6.5pp 4th 3% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 10th +6.6pp 5th 26% above peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 8th +5.5pp 6th 31% above peers
Marietta, GA 51.8% 11th +4.5pp 7th 16% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 36.8% 22nd +1.4pp 8th 18% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 4th +2.4pp 9th 63% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 17th +1.0pp 10th 2% below peers
Woodland, CA 51.1% 12th -0.2pp 11th 14% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 29th -0.3pp 12th 38% below peers
West Hartford, CT 75.2% 2nd -1.1pp 13th 68% above peers
Taunton, MA 44.7% 16th -1.5pp 14th on par with peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 3rd -2.6pp 15th 66% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 13th -2.2pp 16th 10% above peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 23rd -2.7pp 17th 19% below peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 21st -5.4pp 18th 16% below peers
Wylie, TX 45.0% 15th -7.0pp 19th 1% above peers
Wellington, FL 58.2% 9th -9.2pp 20th 30% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 28.1% 28th -4.9pp 21st 37% below peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 6th -11.2pp 22nd 40% above peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 5th -12.8pp 23rd 40% above peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 26th -7.1pp 24th 30% below peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 7th -14.2pp 25th 39% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 27th -12.3pp 26th 32% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 19th -25.1pp 27th 4% below peers
Bossier City, LA 31.9% 25th -19.8pp 28th 29% below peers
Lynwood, CA 27.0% 30th -17.1pp 29th 40% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 20th -25.1pp 30th 14% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 7.5% now; margin ±7.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 7.5%).
Needs attention 7.5%
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
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 97% below peers
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 3rd -4.5pp 2nd 87% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 97% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 7th -3.5pp 4th 62% below peers
Marietta, GA 1.6% 5th -1.2pp 5th 77% below peers
Woodland, CA 6.0% 14th -4.2pp 6th 12% below peers
Wellington, FL 2.8% 8th -1.5pp 7th 60% below peers
Taunton, MA 1.9% 6th -1.0pp 8th 73% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 16th -3.2pp 9th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 15th -2.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 9th -1.1pp 11th 53% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 31st -4.7pp 12th 189% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 13th 20% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 18th +0.3pp 14th 4% above peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 28th +2.5pp 15th 119% above peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 25th +2.0pp 16th 59% above peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% 10th +0.8pp 17th 37% below peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 26th +3.9pp 18th 107% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 4th +0.3pp 19th 85% below peers
Lynwood, CA 14.4% 27th +5.3pp 20th 111% above peers
Little Elm, TX 7.5% 21st +2.8pp 21st 10% above peers
Bossier City, LA 17.6% 30th +6.8pp 22nd 158% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 17.0% 29th +7.9pp 23rd 149% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 24th +4.9pp 24th 52% above peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 13th +3.1pp 25th 15% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 11th +2.6pp 26th 32% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.7% 12th +3.2pp 27th 17% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.0% 17th +4.6pp 28th 2% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 20th +5.3pp 29th 9% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 23rd +7.7pp 30th 44% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 19th +6.8pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 19% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45,967 to 54,820 - more than the combined survey margin (±78).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 81% from 2014 to 2024 (30,213 to 54,820).
Big move 54,820
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
Herriman, UT 59,346 26th +48% 1st 4% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 55,200 30th +34% 2nd 11% below peers
Wylie, TX 60,334 23rd +21% 3rd 2% below peers
Little Elm, TX 54,820 31st +19% 4th 11% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 28th +19% 5th 6% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 27th +18% 6th 6% below peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 29th +14% 7th 8% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 24th +9% 8th 3% below peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 6th +7% 9th 2% above peers
Utica, NY 64,217 2nd +6% 10th 4% above peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 25th +6% 11th 3% below peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 7th +6% 12th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 60,433 22nd +6% 13th 2% below peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 9th +5% 14th 2% above peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 21st +4% 15th 2% below peers
Moore, OK 63,420 4th +4% 16th 3% above peers
Woodland, CA 61,854 16th +4% 17th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 14th +4% 18th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 62,263 12th +3% 19th 1% above peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 19th +2% 20th 1% below peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 20th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 17th +1% 22nd on par with peers
West Hartford, CT 63,620 3rd +1% 23rd 3% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 62,586 11th +0% 24th 1% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 8th -2% 25th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 5th -2% 26th 2% above peers
Wellington, FL 62,146 13th -3% 27th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 15th -4% 28th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 18th -5% 29th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 62,901 10th -8% 30th 2% above peers
Lynwood, CA 64,578 1st -9% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 ±67 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.6% to 28.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 3.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (31.7% to 28.0%).
Big move 28.0%
20172024
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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 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 9th +1.6pp 1st 11% above peers
Moore, OK 25.7% 8th +1.3pp 2nd 12% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 10th +0.6pp 3rd 10% above peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 3rd +0.4pp 4th 25% above peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 27th +0.1pp 5th 19% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 21.4% 22nd +0.0pp 6th 7% below peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 12th -0.1pp 7th 9% above peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 25th -0.2pp 8th 13% below peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 28th -0.3pp 9th 19% below peers
Woodland, CA 23.6% 15th -0.4pp 10th 2% above peers
Bossier City, LA 23.7% 13th -0.5pp 11th 3% above peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 2nd -0.7pp 12th 33% above peers
West Hartford, CT 21.5% 21st -0.5pp 13th 6% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.2% 18th -0.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 7th -0.8pp 15th 19% above peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 24th -0.6pp 16th 10% below peers
Marietta, GA 21.4% 23rd -0.8pp 17th 7% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 29th -0.8pp 18th 20% below peers
Taunton, MA 21.6% 20th -1.0pp 19th 6% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 6th -1.3pp 20th 19% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 16th -1.7pp 21st on par with peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 26th -1.6pp 22nd 15% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 30th -1.3pp 23rd 35% below peers
Little Elm, TX 28.0% 4th -2.7pp 24th 22% above peers
Wellington, FL 23.6% 14th -2.4pp 25th 3% above peers
Wylie, TX 27.6% 5th -2.8pp 26th 20% above peers
Lynwood, CA 25.4% 11th -2.9pp 27th 10% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 28th 51% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 29th 50% above peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 19th -4.5pp 30th 4% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 17th -5.5pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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 ±1.6pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent rose 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.2% to 29.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.6pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 11.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.2% to 29.2%).
Big move 29.2%
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 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 22nd +12.0pp 1st 23% below peers
Lynwood, CA 53.3% 2nd +14.9pp 2nd 69% above peers
Little Elm, TX 29.2% 19th +8.1pp 3rd 8% below peers
Woodland, CA 31.6% 16th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 22.8% 23rd +4.3pp 5th 28% below peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 5th +7.9pp 6th 45% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 26th +2.7pp 7th 45% below peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 15th +3.4pp 8th 3% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 17th +2.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 13th +2.3pp 10th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 11th 115% above peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 21st +1.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 9th +1.6pp 13th 19% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 18th +1.2pp 14th 4% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 12th +1.3pp 15th 12% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 40.6% 6th -0.0pp 16th 28% above peers
Taunton, MA 47.5% 3rd -0.1pp 17th 50% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 31st -0.1pp 18th 74% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 10th -0.6pp 19th 15% above peers
West Hartford, CT 22.4% 24th -0.8pp 20th 29% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 28th -0.6pp 21st 52% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 29th -0.8pp 22nd 53% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 25th -1.3pp 23rd 39% below peers
Marietta, GA 38.8% 7th -3.2pp 24th 23% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 4th -4.6pp 25th 47% above peers
Bossier City, LA 38.5% 8th -4.0pp 26th 22% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 20th -4.8pp 27th 10% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 14th -6.8pp 28th 10% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 36.0% 11th -8.9pp 29th 14% above peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 27th -11.2pp 30th 49% below peers
Wylie, TX 12.6% 30th -12.9pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (73.4% then, 63.5% now; margin ±14.3pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 14.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.1% to 63.5%).
Big move 63.5%
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 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Winter Haven, FL 70.4% 16th +21.6pp 1st on par with peers
Marietta, GA 74.4% 10th +17.6pp 2nd 6% above peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 18th +15.2pp 3rd 3% below peers
Lynwood, CA 64.2% 22nd +8.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 14th +9.0pp 5th 2% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 5th +8.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 25th +6.3pp 7th 11% below peers
Bossier City, LA 68.2% 19th +6.9pp 8th 3% below peers
Woodland, CA 67.1% 20th +6.2pp 9th 5% below peers
West Hartford, CT 79.3% 4th +6.7pp 10th 13% above peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 15th +5.9pp 11th 2% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 6th +6.1pp 12th 8% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 12th +5.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 2nd +6.1pp 14th 16% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 3rd +5.9pp 15th 15% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 7th +5.3pp 16th 7% above peers
Wylie, TX 60.8% 27th +3.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 11th +4.0pp 18th 5% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 19th 18% above peers
Wellington, FL 64.0% 23rd +2.1pp 20th 9% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 29th +0.7pp 21st 14% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 9th +0.2pp 22nd 6% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 21st -0.2pp 23rd 6% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 72.1% 13th -3.7pp 24th 2% above peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 30th -5.4pp 25th 20% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 8th -7.8pp 26th 6% above peers
Taunton, MA 69.0% 17th -8.6pp 27th 2% below peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 28th -7.9pp 28th 14% below peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 26th -9.4pp 29th 13% below peers
Little Elm, TX 63.5% 24th -9.9pp 30th 10% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 31st -16.8pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 7 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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