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83,236 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Longview, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.9%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
13.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$63,340
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
$49,086 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
147 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 28%
relative change
203 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.6%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
7.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
16.3%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
19.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.1%
2019-23
▼ 15%
relative change
15.4% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.5%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
80.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
23.7%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
21.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,020 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
2,226 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.9%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
31.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Longview, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.2%
Jul 2026
▲ 11%
relative change
4.7% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
24.2%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
26.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
17.3%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
18.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.3%
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
6.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 7 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 →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,174
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,143 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
82,923
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
81,653 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$138,287
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$136,922 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$235,107
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$233,693 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
42.5%
2020-24
high
vs peers
37.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
60.2%
2020-24
low
vs peers
60.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
25.1%
2020-24
high
vs peers
26.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 4% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is less than 1% higher than in 2021 (344 then, 345 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 411 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 351 in July 2026, down from 366 a year earlier.
351 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%
Redmond, WA 50 (Jul 26) -66.1% 1st
Redwood City, CA 296 (Jul 26) -31.9% 2nd
Cicero, IL 186 (Jul 26) -28.0% 3rd
Loveland, CO 178 (Jul 26) -26.4% 4th
Miami Beach, FL 505 (Jul 26) -18.9% 5th
Farmington Hills, MI 145 (Apr 26) -17.7% 6th
Newport Beach, CA 195 (Jul 26) -15.8% 7th
Somerville, MA 190 (Dec 25) -12.2% 8th
Castle Rock, CO 42 (May 26) -8.0% 9th
Jonesboro, AR 582 (Jun 26) -4.6% 10th
Longview, TX 351 (Jul 26) -4.3% 11th
Brooklyn Park, MN 322 (Jul 26) -3.9% 12th
Bloomington, IN 266 (Jan 26) -1.7% 13th
Lake Charles, LA 619 (Jul 26) -1.7% 14th
Lynchburg, VA 345 (Jul 26) +2.6% 15th
Westland, MI 452 (Jul 26) +4.8% 16th
Woodbury, MN 65 (Jul 26) +6.0% 17th
Buena Park, CA 263 (Jun 26) +7.0% 18th
Livermore, CA 220 (Jun 26) +8.9% 19th
Cranston, RI 99 (Jun 26) +9.1% 20th
Warwick, RI 91 (Jul 26) +10.0% 21st
Mansfield, TX 200 (Apr 26) +90.2% 22nd
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Burnsville, MN down about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2023-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities. Longview started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,020 in July 2026, down from 2,226 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,020 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%
Redmond, WA 1,539 (Jul 26) -35.8% 1st
Bloomington, IN 1,724 (Jan 26) -33.5% 2nd
Livermore, CA 1,600 (Jun 26) -27.7% 3rd
Loveland, CO 1,293 (Jul 26) -26.4% 4th
Warwick, RI 817 (Jul 26) -23.8% 5th
Brooklyn Park, MN 1,670 (Jul 26) -23.2% 6th
Newport Beach, CA 1,359 (Jul 26) -22.5% 7th
Cranston, RI 809 (Jun 26) -19.4% 8th
Jonesboro, AR 2,360 (Jun 26) -15.0% 9th
Miami Beach, FL 5,078 (Jul 26) -14.2% 10th
Lynchburg, VA 1,494 (Jul 26) -13.6% 11th
Redwood City, CA 1,379 (Jul 26) -9.5% 12th
Longview, TX 2,020 (Jul 26) -9.3% 13th
Mansfield, TX 1,172 (Apr 26) -8.4% 14th
Farmington Hills, MI 686 (Jul 26) -8.3% 15th
Buena Park, CA 1,983 (Jun 26) -7.8% 16th
Somerville, MA 1,540 (Dec 25) -6.9% 17th
Lake Charles, LA 2,290 (Jul 26) -2.2% 18th
Woodbury, MN 1,135 (Jul 26) -1.4% 19th
Westland, MI 1,238 (Jul 26) -0.1% 20th
Cicero, IL 1,038 (Jul 26) +3.0% 21st
Castle Rock, CO 1,011 (May 26) +11.8% 22nd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 3 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 6 in the prior 12 months. That is 4 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
3 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%
Warwick, RI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Woodbury, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Loveland, CO 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Lake Charles, LA 7 (Jul 26) -68.4% 4th
Bloomington, IN 1 (Jan 26) -66.9% 5th
Brooklyn Park, MN 2 (Jul 26) -50.1% 6th
Longview, TX 4 (Jul 26) -50.1% 7th
Miami Beach, FL 1 (Jul 26) -49.8% 8th
Redwood City, CA 2 (Jul 26) -33.4% 9th
Lynchburg, VA 7 (Jul 26) -33.3% 10th
Jonesboro, AR 5 (Jun 26) -20.0% 11th
Livermore, CA 1 (Jun 26) +0.0% 12th
Westland, MI 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Cranston, RI 2 (Jun 26) +100.0% 14th
Mansfield, TX 6 (Jul 26) +401.7% 15th
Farmington Hills, MI 1 (Jul 26)
Castle Rock, CO 0 (May 26)
Redmond, WA 0 (Jul 26)
Somerville, MA 0 (Dec 25)
Newport Beach, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Cicero, IL 2 (Jul 26)
Buena Park, CA 1 (Jun 26)
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Peers worth a call

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

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities. Longview started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 147 in July 2026, down from 203 a year earlier.
Bright spot 147 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 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Redmond, WA 72 (Jul 26) -71.2% 1st
Loveland, CO 52 (Jul 26) -64.7% 2nd
Miami Beach, FL 186 (Jul 26) -48.5% 3rd
Livermore, CA 235 (Jun 26) -37.0% 4th
Lynchburg, VA 164 (Jul 26) -31.8% 5th
Bloomington, IN 113 (Jan 26) -31.2% 6th
Farmington Hills, MI 76 (Jul 26) -30.8% 7th
Longview, TX 147 (Jul 26) -27.8% 8th
Brooklyn Park, MN 193 (Jul 26) -27.8% 9th
Lake Charles, LA 132 (Jul 26) -24.8% 10th
Somerville, MA 97 (Dec 25) -22.7% 11th
Westland, MI 153 (Jul 26) -22.2% 12th
Castle Rock, CO 41 (May 26) -21.0% 13th
Newport Beach, CA 116 (Jul 26) -20.8% 14th
Redwood City, CA 150 (Jul 26) -19.1% 15th
Woodbury, MN 22 (Jul 26) -18.2% 16th
Jonesboro, AR 136 (Jun 26) -18.1% 17th
Buena Park, CA 280 (Jun 26) -15.8% 18th
Cicero, IL 226 (Jul 26) -15.5% 19th
Warwick, RI 63 (Jul 26) -10.2% 20th
Mansfield, TX 105 (Jul 26) -5.3% 21st
Cranston, RI 79 (Jun 26) -0.0% 22nd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 29% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $49,086 to $63,340 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,892).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Longview started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 45% from 2014 to 2024 ($43,767 to $63,340).
Bright spot $63,340
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%
Cicero, IL $70,842 23rd +44% 1st 20% below peers
Buena Park, CA $110,550 10th +40% 2nd 24% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $75,848 21st +40% 3rd 15% below peers
Perris, CA $88,911 16th +39% 4th on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA $59,235 28th +38% 5th 33% below peers
Pasco, WA $85,586 18th +36% 6th 4% below peers
Somerville, MA $132,572 6th +36% 7th 49% above peers
Bloomington, IN $50,465 31st +36% 8th 43% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $72,856 22nd +35% 9th 18% below peers
Redwood City, CA $157,814 3rd +35% 10th 77% above peers
Auburn, AL $63,668 25th +35% 11th 28% below peers
Castle Rock, CO $145,197 5th +32% 12th 63% above peers
Longview, TX $63,340 26th +29% 13th 29% below peers
Livermore, CA $160,775 2nd +26% 14th 81% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI $104,836 11th +26% 15th 18% above peers
Cranston, RI $90,206 14th +25% 16th 1% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $57,947 29th +25% 17th 35% below peers
Loveland, CO $84,604 19th +23% 18th 5% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $156,867 4th +23% 19th 76% above peers
Redmond, WA $162,560 1st +23% 20th 83% above peers
Westland, MI $62,076 27th +22% 21st 30% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $70,074 24th +22% 22nd 21% below peers
Mansfield, TX $121,126 8th +22% 23rd 36% above peers
The Villages, FL $77,622 20th +22% 24th 13% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $89,891 15th +22% 25th 1% above peers
Doral, FL $94,164 13th +22% 26th 6% above peers
Waldorf, MD $116,089 9th +21% 27th 31% above peers
Jonesboro, AR $55,424 30th +21% 28th 38% below peers
Warwick, RI $88,708 17th +20% 29th on par with peers
Silver Spring, MD $99,860 12th +19% 30th 12% above peers
Woodbury, MN $125,310 7th +15% 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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3 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,530 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.2% in July 2026, up from 4.7% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.2%
1990July 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
Bloomington, IN 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.8pp 1st 2% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 27th -0.8pp 2nd 26% above peers
Warwick, RI 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.8pp 3rd 23% below peers
Pasco, WA 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.7pp 4th 2% below peers
Perris, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 28th -0.6pp 5th 37% above peers
Cranston, RI 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 6th 12% below peers
Redwood City, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 7th 12% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 2.1% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 51% below peers
Doral, FL 2.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 9th 47% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Buena Park, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 11th on par with peers
Livermore, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th -0.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th -0.2pp 13th 7% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 14th 12% below peers
Somerville, MA 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th +0.0pp 15th 14% below peers
Loveland, CO 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st +0.2pp 17th 7% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th +0.2pp 18th 14% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 5.0% (Jul 26) 24th +0.3pp 19th 16% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 5.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.3pp 20th 16% above peers
Auburn, AL 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th +0.3pp 21st 14% below peers
Westland, MI 4.4% (Jul 26) 19th +0.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 4.8% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Mansfield, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.4pp 24th 7% above peers
Redmond, WA 4.3% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Longview, TX 5.2% (Jul 26) 26th +0.5pp 26th 21% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 27th on par with peers
Woodbury, MN 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th +0.6pp 28th 9% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.8% then, 17.3% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.9% to 17.3%).
Needs attention 17.3%
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%
Perris, CA 10.7% 19th -6.1pp 1st 5% above peers
Redwood City, CA 6.3% 7th -2.7pp 2nd 38% below peers
Buena Park, CA 8.8% 13th -3.6pp 3rd 14% below peers
Doral, FL 10.3% 17th -2.4pp 4th 1% above peers
Pasco, WA 12.6% 20th -2.9pp 5th 23% above peers
Bloomington, IN 29.8% 31st -5.5pp 6th 192% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.8% 15th -1.7pp 7th 4% below peers
Cicero, IL 14.7% 24th -1.5pp 8th 44% above peers
Longview, TX 17.3% 26th -1.4pp 9th 70% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 6.6% 8th -0.5pp 10th 35% below peers
Auburn, AL 25.4% 30th -1.9pp 11th 149% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 18.6% 27th -0.9pp 12th 82% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.8% 1st -0.1pp 13th 63% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 13.7% 21st -0.1pp 14th 34% above peers
Westland, MI 14.3% 22nd -0.0pp 15th 40% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 15.5% 25th +0.1pp 16th 52% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 10.6% 18th +0.1pp 17th 4% above peers
The Villages, FL 4.7% 2nd +0.1pp 18th 54% below peers
Loveland, CO 8.5% 12th +0.2pp 19th 16% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 23.3% 29th +0.5pp 20th 128% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.4% 23rd +0.4pp 21st 41% above peers
Redmond, WA 5.6% 5th +0.2pp 22nd 45% below peers
Livermore, CA 4.9% 3rd +0.4pp 23rd 52% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 7.6% 10th +0.8pp 24th 25% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 9.5% 14th +1.1pp 25th 7% below peers
Cranston, RI 10.2% 16th +1.5pp 26th on par with peers
Warwick, RI 7.6% 9th +1.4pp 27th 26% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 22.8% 28th +4.7pp 28th 124% above peers
Waldorf, MD 7.7% 11th +2.2pp 29th 24% below peers
Mansfield, TX 5.8% 6th +2.0pp 30th 43% below peers
Woodbury, MN 5.3% 4th +2.1pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.6% then, 24.2% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.2% to 24.2%).
Needs attention 24.2%
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%
Somerville, MA 6.7% 8th -13.5pp 1st 46% below peers
Redwood City, CA 5.7% 5th -5.9pp 2nd 55% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.9% 13th -8.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Perris, CA 13.7% 17th -11.2pp 4th 10% above peers
Livermore, CA 2.7% 1st -2.1pp 5th 78% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.9% 2nd -2.0pp 6th 77% below peers
Pasco, WA 15.7% 20th -5.9pp 7th 26% above peers
Doral, FL 12.4% 15th -4.0pp 8th on par with peers
Redmond, WA 3.0% 3rd -0.7pp 9th 76% below peers
Auburn, AL 14.0% 18th -2.9pp 10th 12% above peers
Loveland, CO 9.3% 12th -1.8pp 11th 26% below peers
Cranston, RI 10.3% 14th -1.8pp 12th 18% below peers
Waldorf, MD 6.2% 6th -1.1pp 13th 51% below peers
Cicero, IL 19.9% 22nd -3.4pp 14th 60% above peers
Longview, TX 24.2% 28th -2.4pp 15th 95% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 5.3% 4th -0.4pp 16th 58% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 34.3% 30th -2.4pp 17th 176% above peers
Bloomington, IN 22.5% 25th -1.3pp 18th 81% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 21.2% 23rd -0.8pp 19th 71% above peers
Westland, MI 23.1% 27th -0.4pp 20th 85% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 22.8% 26th -0.2pp 21st 83% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 21.9% 24th +0.2pp 22nd 76% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.9% 19th +0.7pp 23rd 20% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.1% 21st +1.8pp 24th 30% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 12.4% 16th +1.5pp 25th on par with peers
Warwick, RI 7.0% 9th +1.4pp 26th 44% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 8.8% 11th +2.1pp 27th 29% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.9% 29th +8.2pp 28th 156% above peers
Mansfield, TX 8.3% 10th +4.2pp 29th 33% below peers
Woodbury, MN 6.2% 7th +3.3pp 30th 50% below peers
The Villages, FL 71.8% 31st 477% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.2% to 89.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Longview started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 16.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.3% to 89.5%).
Bright spot 89.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lake Charles, LA 85.5% 31st +12.3pp 1st 9% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 92.5% 18th +12.6pp 2nd 1% below peers
Cicero, IL 88.0% 27th +11.5pp 3rd 6% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 93.7% 15th +10.1pp 4th on par with peers
Longview, TX 89.5% 25th +9.3pp 5th 4% below peers
Pasco, WA 93.9% 13th +9.1pp 6th on par with peers
Miami Beach, FL 87.6% 30th +8.3pp 7th 6% below peers
Westland, MI 91.6% 23rd +8.3pp 8th 2% below peers
Perris, CA 95.3% 11th +8.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Somerville, MA 94.8% 12th +6.5pp 10th 1% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 89.1% 26th +6.0pp 11th 5% below peers
Cranston, RI 92.0% 21st +6.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 95.4% 10th +5.8pp 13th 2% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 92.4% 19th +5.4pp 14th 1% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 87.8% 29th +4.7pp 15th 6% below peers
Warwick, RI 91.3% 24th +4.7pp 16th 2% below peers
Buena Park, CA 95.4% 9th +4.9pp 17th 2% above peers
Redwood City, CA 95.4% 8th +4.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Auburn, AL 91.7% 22nd +4.5pp 19th 2% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 93.7% 16th +3.9pp 20th on par with peers
Bloomington, IN 88.0% 28th +3.7pp 21st 6% below peers
Livermore, CA 96.9% 4th +3.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
Waldorf, MD 93.9% 14th +3.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Doral, FL 97.1% 3rd +3.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Loveland, CO 92.3% 20th +3.0pp 25th 1% below peers
Woodbury, MN 98.1% 1st +3.1pp 26th 5% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 97.7% 2nd +2.5pp 27th 4% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 96.0% 6th +2.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Mansfield, TX 96.3% 5th +2.0pp 29th 3% above peers
Redmond, WA 95.8% 7th +0.7pp 30th 2% above peers
The Villages, FL 93.3% 17th +0.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.46).
Needs attention 0.46
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
Perris, CA 0.36 1st -0.031 1st 17% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 0.52 27th -0.027 2nd 19% above peers
Buena Park, CA 0.40 5th -0.016 3rd 8% below peers
Longview, TX 0.46 23rd -0.015 4th 7% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 0.40 6th -0.010 5th 8% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 0.44 17th -0.010 6th 1% above peers
Auburn, AL 0.55 29th -0.004 7th 26% above peers
Cicero, IL 0.40 7th -0.002 8th 8% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 0.44 16th -0.001 9th on par with peers
Westland, MI 0.43 11th -0.001 10th 2% below peers
The Villages, FL 0.40 8th +0.000 11th 7% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 0.45 20th +0.002 12th 3% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 0.61 31st +0.004 13th 40% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 0.47 24th +0.004 14th 7% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 0.44 19th +0.006 15th 1% above peers
Warwick, RI 0.44 15th +0.007 16th on par with peers
Jonesboro, AR 0.51 26th +0.011 17th 16% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 0.53 28th +0.011 18th 21% above peers
Pasco, WA 0.41 10th +0.009 19th 6% below peers
Redwood City, CA 0.48 25th +0.011 20th 11% above peers
Doral, FL 0.43 13th +0.010 21st 1% below peers
Woodbury, MN 0.41 9th +0.012 22nd 6% below peers
Waldorf, MD 0.38 2nd +0.015 23rd 12% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 0.39 3rd +0.018 24th 10% below peers
Bloomington, IN 0.57 30th +0.026 25th 29% above peers
Cranston, RI 0.44 18th +0.022 26th 1% above peers
Somerville, MA 0.45 21st +0.025 27th 3% above peers
Loveland, CO 0.43 14th +0.024 28th on par with peers
Mansfield, TX 0.40 4th +0.025 29th 8% below peers
Livermore, CA 0.43 12th +0.027 30th 2% below peers
Redmond, WA 0.45 22nd +0.041 31st 3% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 15.4% to 13.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Longview started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (14.3% to 13.1%).
Bright spot 13.1%
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
Doral, FL 7.6% 11th -2.2pp 1st 23% below peers
Bloomington, IN 7.1% 10th -1.9pp 2nd 27% below peers
Longview, TX 13.1% 22nd -2.3pp 3rd 34% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 10.7% 18th -1.8pp 4th 10% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 10.6% 17th -1.6pp 5th 8% above peers
Cicero, IL 22.3% 31st -2.6pp 6th 128% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 16.3% 27th -1.9pp 7th 66% above peers
Mansfield, TX 4.1% 6th -0.4pp 8th 58% below peers
Redmond, WA 3.4% 5th -0.3pp 9th 65% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 13.3% 23rd -0.9pp 10th 36% above peers
Somerville, MA 8.6% 14th -0.3pp 11th 13% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 13.8% 24th -0.5pp 12th 42% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 5.4% 8th +0.1pp 13th 44% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.2% 4th +0.0pp 14th 67% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 25th +0.2pp 15th 46% above peers
Perris, CA 17.1% 28th +0.4pp 16th 75% above peers
Auburn, AL 7.8% 13th +0.2pp 17th 20% below peers
Loveland, CO 7.8% 12th +0.3pp 18th 21% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.8% 16th +0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Westland, MI 15.6% 26th +0.9pp 20th 60% above peers
Pasco, WA 21.0% 30th +1.3pp 21st 115% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 8.9% 15th +0.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Warwick, RI 12.5% 21st +1.1pp 23rd 28% above peers
Cranston, RI 11.8% 20th +1.2pp 24th 21% above peers
Waldorf, MD 10.8% 19th +1.3pp 25th 11% above peers
Redwood City, CA 5.8% 9th +0.8pp 26th 41% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 2.1% 2nd +0.3pp 27th 78% below peers
Livermore, CA 4.3% 7th +1.1pp 28th 56% below peers
Woodbury, MN 2.6% 3rd +0.7pp 29th 73% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 18.7% 29th +8.0pp 30th 92% above peers
The Villages, FL 1.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 87% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.5pp 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 Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $235,107 in August 2026, up from $233,693 a year earlier.
Big move $235,107
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%
Newport Beach, CA $3,697,219 (Aug 26) 1st +10.7% 1st 733% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,878,298 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.6% 2nd 323% above peers
Cicero, IL $279,769 (Aug 26) 26th +4.6% 3rd 37% below peers
Warwick, RI $422,122 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 4th 5% below peers
Auburn, AL $419,162 (Aug 26) 19th +4.3% 5th 6% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $227,300 (Aug 26) 29th +3.8% 6th 49% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI $389,783 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.4% 7th 12% below peers
Buena Park, CA $931,550 (Aug 26) 5th +2.3% 8th 110% above peers
Westland, MI $215,324 (Aug 26) 30th +2.3% 9th 51% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $206,515 (Aug 26) 31st +2.2% 10th 53% below peers
Woodbury, MN $462,126 (Aug 26) 14th +2.0% 11th 4% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $868,408 (Aug 26) 7th +1.9% 12th 96% above peers
Bloomington, IN $315,772 (Aug 26) 25th +1.4% 13th 29% below peers
Cranston, RI $457,533 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 14th 3% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $522,429 (Aug 26) 12th +1.0% 15th 18% above peers
Perris, CA $543,032 (Aug 26) 10th +0.9% 16th 22% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $347,941 (Aug 26) 24th +0.8% 17th 22% below peers
Lynchburg, VA $266,065 (Aug 26) 27th +0.8% 18th 40% below peers
Longview, TX $235,107 (Aug 26) 28th +0.6% 19th 47% below peers
Somerville, MA $923,850 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 20th 108% above peers
Pasco, WA $416,723 (Aug 26) 20th +0.3% 21st 6% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $403,510 (Aug 26) 21st -0.3% 22nd 9% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $542,238 (Aug 26) 11th -0.3% 23rd 22% above peers
Mansfield, TX $443,697 (Aug 26) 16th -0.4% 24th on par with peers
Loveland, CO $496,109 (Aug 26) 13th -0.8% 25th 12% above peers
The Villages, FL $392,083 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.1% 26th 12% below peers
Doral, FL $543,159 (Aug 26) 9th -1.2% 27th 22% above peers
Castle Rock, CO $660,519 (Aug 26) 8th -1.2% 28th 49% above peers
Waldorf, MD $431,875 (Aug 26) 17th -1.7% 29th 3% below peers
Livermore, CA $1,075,802 (Aug 26) 4th -3.1% 30th 142% above peers
Redmond, WA $1,315,884 (Aug 26) 3rd -3.9% 31st 197% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $138,287 in August 2026, up from $136,922 a year earlier.
Big move $138,287
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%
Cicero, IL $236,519 (Aug 26) 25th +8.9% 1st 29% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $1,928,506 (Aug 26) 1st +8.5% 2nd 477% above peers
Auburn, AL $300,072 (Aug 26) 20th +6.1% 3rd 10% below peers
Warwick, RI $351,429 (Aug 26) 13th +5.7% 4th 5% above peers
Jonesboro, AR $148,376 (Aug 26) 29th +4.4% 5th 56% below peers
Westland, MI $158,312 (Aug 26) 28th +3.8% 6th 53% below peers
Cranston, RI $384,983 (Aug 26) 11th +3.7% 7th 15% above peers
Buena Park, CA $823,379 (Aug 26) 4th +3.2% 8th 146% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,215,002 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 9th 263% above peers
Bloomington, IN $218,791 (Aug 26) 26th +2.5% 10th 35% below peers
Hawthorne, CA $714,460 (Aug 26) 6th +2.4% 11th 114% above peers
Pasco, WA $343,040 (Aug 26) 15th +1.9% 12th 3% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI $253,591 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 13th 24% below peers
Perris, CA $469,581 (Aug 26) 9th +1.7% 14th 40% above peers
Somerville, MA $671,382 (Aug 26) 7th +1.3% 15th 101% above peers
Longview, TX $138,287 (Aug 26) 30th +1.0% 16th 59% below peers
Woodbury, MN $306,422 (Aug 26) 18th +1.0% 17th 8% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $271,905 (Aug 26) 21st +0.8% 18th 19% below peers
Lynchburg, VA $166,403 (Aug 26) 27th +0.0% 19th 50% below peers
Mansfield, TX $330,802 (Aug 26) 17th -0.2% 20th 1% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $104,600 (Aug 26) 31st -0.5% 21st 69% below peers
Castle Rock, CO $529,388 (Aug 26) 8th -1.0% 22nd 58% above peers
Loveland, CO $402,715 (Aug 26) 10th -1.1% 23rd 20% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $269,622 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.1% 24th 19% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $334,453 (Aug 26) 16th -1.2% 25th on par with peers
Waldorf, MD $348,899 (Aug 26) 14th -1.6% 26th 4% above peers
The Villages, FL $301,149 (Aug 26) 19th -1.8% 27th 10% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $238,810 (Aug 26) 24th -2.6% 28th 29% below peers
Doral, FL $366,175 (Aug 26) 12th -2.9% 29th 9% above peers
Livermore, CA $824,424 (Aug 26) 3rd -3.3% 30th 146% above peers
Redmond, WA $773,721 (Aug 26) 5th -3.9% 31st 131% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (54.3% then, 54.7% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.5% to 54.7%).
54.7%
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%
Auburn, AL 53.1% 21st +7.4pp 1st 13% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 60.9% 16th +8.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Miami Beach, FL 40.9% 27th +4.3pp 3rd 33% below peers
Cicero, IL 54.6% 19th +4.9pp 4th 10% below peers
Perris, CA 68.8% 10th +5.7pp 5th 13% above peers
Waldorf, MD 74.9% 4th +5.9pp 6th 23% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 38.3% 28th +2.5pp 7th 37% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 64.7% 13th +4.3pp 8th 6% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 54.3% 20th +3.0pp 9th 11% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 64.7% 12th +2.1pp 10th 6% above peers
Warwick, RI 73.3% 5th +1.9pp 11th 20% above peers
Pasco, WA 70.9% 8th +1.7pp 12th 17% above peers
Westland, MI 61.3% 15th +1.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.2% 30th +0.6pp 14th 44% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 78.8% 2nd +1.1pp 15th 29% above peers
Longview, TX 54.7% 18th +0.5pp 16th 10% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 48.9% 23rd +0.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Cranston, RI 67.6% 11th +0.2pp 18th 11% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 27.2% 31st -0.1pp 19th 55% below peers
Livermore, CA 72.0% 6th -0.5pp 20th 18% above peers
Bloomington, IN 34.8% 29th -0.7pp 21st 43% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 70.2% 9th -1.5pp 22nd 15% above peers
Loveland, CO 62.1% 14th -1.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
Redwood City, CA 48.6% 24th -1.2pp 24th 20% below peers
The Villages, FL 93.3% 1st -2.6pp 25th 53% above peers
Doral, FL 46.5% 25th -1.3pp 26th 24% below peers
Woodbury, MN 77.6% 3rd -3.2pp 27th 27% above peers
Buena Park, CA 55.0% 17th -2.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Mansfield, TX 71.5% 7th -4.1pp 29th 18% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 52.1% 22nd -4.6pp 30th 14% below peers
Redmond, WA 43.2% 26th -6.8pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2017 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,174 in August 2026, up from $1,143 a year earlier.
Big move $1,174
2017August 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%
Lake Charles, LA $1,375 (Aug 26) 26th +20.3% 1st 36% below peers
Redwood City, CA $4,146 (Aug 26) 2nd +9.9% 2nd 93% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $1,590 (Aug 26) 23rd +8.4% 3rd 26% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI $1,440 (Aug 26) 25th +6.4% 4th 33% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +5.8% 5th 104% above peers
Perris, CA $2,883 (Aug 26) 6th +5.6% 6th 34% above peers
Auburn, AL $1,705 (Aug 26) 21st +4.5% 7th 21% below peers
Woodbury, MN $2,177 (Aug 26) 14th +4.1% 8th 2% above peers
Livermore, CA $3,079 (Aug 26) 4th +4.0% 9th 44% above peers
Somerville, MA $3,414 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.9% 10th 59% above peers
Waldorf, MD $2,291 (Aug 26) 12th +3.9% 11th 7% above peers
Cicero, IL $1,294 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 12th 40% below peers
Redmond, WA $2,639 (Aug 26) 8th +3.4% 13th 23% above peers
Warwick, RI $2,182 (Aug 26) 13th +3.4% 14th 2% above peers
Westland, MI $1,315 (Aug 26) 28th +3.3% 15th 39% below peers
Cranston, RI $2,109 (Aug 26) 17th +3.2% 16th 2% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $2,799 (Aug 26) 7th +3.0% 17th 31% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $1,283 (Aug 26) 30th +3.0% 18th 40% below peers
Longview, TX $1,174 (Aug 26) 31st +2.7% 19th 45% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $1,336 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 20th 38% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $2,371 (Aug 26) 10th +2.1% 21st 11% above peers
Bloomington, IN $1,549 (Aug 26) 24th +2.1% 22nd 28% below peers
The Villages, FL $2,145 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 23rd on par with peers
Hawthorne, CA $2,147 (Aug 26) 15th +1.9% 24th on par with peers
Loveland, CO $1,925 (Aug 26) 19th +1.8% 25th 10% below peers
Castle Rock, CO $2,370 (Aug 26) 11th +1.8% 26th 11% above peers
Buena Park, CA $2,513 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 27th 17% above peers
Doral, FL $2,893 (Aug 26) 5th +0.2% 28th 35% above peers
Mansfield, TX $1,735 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 29th 19% below peers
Pasco, WA $1,650 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.7% 30th 23% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $1,962 (Aug 26) 18th -0.8% 31st 9% below 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 (31.6% then, 32.9% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.5% to 32.9%).
Bright spot 32.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Buena Park, CA 37.2% 20th -7.2pp 1st 7% above peers
Cicero, IL 34.7% 16th -6.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Perris, CA 37.2% 21st -5.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 29.0% 5th -2.8pp 4th 16% below peers
Redwood City, CA 37.4% 22nd -3.4pp 5th 8% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.1% 15th -0.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 33.4% 12th -0.8pp 7th 4% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 27.2% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 21% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 40.2% 25th -0.4pp 9th 16% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 50.6% 29th -0.3pp 10th 46% above peers
Cranston, RI 35.3% 19th +0.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Westland, MI 31.8% 10th +0.4pp 12th 8% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 52.6% 30th +1.1pp 13th 52% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 35.1% 18th +0.8pp 14th 1% above peers
Auburn, AL 39.2% 24th +1.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Bloomington, IN 47.4% 28th +1.3pp 16th 37% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.2% 9th +1.0pp 17th 10% below peers
Longview, TX 32.9% 11th +1.3pp 18th 5% below peers
Waldorf, MD 34.0% 14th +1.6pp 19th 2% below peers
Warwick, RI 33.7% 13th +1.9pp 20th 3% below peers
Doral, FL 54.3% 31st +3.1pp 21st 57% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 44.7% 27th +3.0pp 22nd 29% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 29.7% 6th +2.0pp 23rd 14% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 43.5% 26th +3.1pp 24th 26% above peers
The Villages, FL 24.2% 1st +2.2pp 25th 30% below peers
Livermore, CA 34.8% 17th +3.2pp 26th on par with peers
Pasco, WA 30.1% 7th +2.9pp 27th 13% below peers
Redmond, WA 28.2% 4th +3.9pp 28th 19% below peers
Woodbury, MN 24.4% 2nd +4.1pp 29th 30% below peers
Mansfield, TX 30.8% 8th +5.5pp 30th 11% below peers
Loveland, CO 37.7% 23rd +7.0pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.4% to 5.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Longview started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 5.6%).
Bright spot 5.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Longview, TX 5.6% 16th -1.8pp 1st on par with peers
Farmington Hills, MI 4.8% 10th -1.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Cicero, IL 9.2% 25th -2.0pp 3rd 66% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 7.5% 20th -1.0pp 4th 36% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 22.6% 31st -2.6pp 5th 306% above peers
Somerville, MA 21.6% 30th -2.3pp 6th 287% above peers
Mansfield, TX 2.2% 1st -0.2pp 7th 60% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.3% 3rd -0.2pp 8th 59% below peers
Warwick, RI 5.5% 15th -0.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Auburn, AL 4.1% 6th -0.2pp 10th 27% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 6.1% 17th -0.2pp 11th 10% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.5% 29th -0.5pp 12th 196% above peers
Bloomington, IN 12.2% 28th -0.3pp 13th 118% above peers
The Villages, FL 2.2% 2nd +0.0pp 14th 60% below peers
Westland, MI 8.7% 24th +0.1pp 15th 57% above peers
Redmond, WA 7.6% 21st +0.2pp 16th 36% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 7.8% 22nd +0.3pp 17th 39% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 10.5% 26th +0.4pp 18th 88% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 11.6% 27th +0.6pp 19th 108% above peers
Cranston, RI 7.4% 19th +0.5pp 20th 32% above peers
Pasco, WA 4.5% 9th +0.5pp 21st 19% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 8.4% 23rd +0.9pp 22nd 51% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 4.4% 8th +0.5pp 23rd 22% below peers
Loveland, CO 5.4% 14th +0.7pp 24th 4% below peers
Woodbury, MN 2.7% 4th +0.4pp 25th 52% below peers
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 18th +1.0pp 26th 11% above peers
Perris, CA 4.9% 11th +0.8pp 27th 12% below peers
Waldorf, MD 3.8% 5th +0.8pp 28th 32% below peers
Livermore, CA 5.2% 12th +1.4pp 29th 8% below peers
Buena Park, CA 5.3% 13th +2.1pp 30th 5% below peers
Doral, FL 4.2% 7th +2.2pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.5% to 16.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way. Longview started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.1% to 16.3%).
Bright spot 16.3%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Doral, FL 9.3% 22nd -7.8pp 1st 41% above peers
Somerville, MA 1.9% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 71% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 6.0% 15th -3.1pp 3rd 9% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.9pp 4th 71% below peers
Bloomington, IN 5.8% 13th -2.4pp 5th 12% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 3.2% 5th -0.9pp 6th 52% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 9.9% 23rd -2.3pp 7th 50% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.6% 29th -3.5pp 8th 137% above peers
Livermore, CA 2.5% 4th -0.5pp 9th 63% below peers
Longview, TX 16.3% 30th -3.2pp 10th 147% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 10.6% 24th -2.0pp 11th 61% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 20th -1.5pp 12th 26% above peers
Redwood City, CA 4.6% 10th -0.8pp 13th 31% below peers
Pasco, WA 11.8% 26th -1.5pp 14th 79% above peers
Warwick, RI 3.3% 6th -0.3pp 15th 50% below peers
Buena Park, CA 8.0% 19th -0.5pp 16th 21% above peers
Westland, MI 5.8% 14th -0.1pp 17th 12% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 8.9% 21st -0.1pp 18th 35% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.3% 28th +0.0pp 19th 132% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 6.6% 16th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Cicero, IL 20.1% 31st +1.4pp 21st 204% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 4.8% 11th +0.9pp 22nd 27% below peers
Perris, CA 12.5% 27th +2.3pp 23rd 89% above peers
Loveland, CO 7.1% 18th +1.3pp 24th 7% above peers
Redmond, WA 3.7% 7th +0.7pp 25th 44% below peers
Auburn, AL 6.8% 17th +1.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Waldorf, MD 4.2% 8th +1.1pp 27th 36% below peers
Woodbury, MN 4.3% 9th +1.3pp 28th 35% below peers
Cranston, RI 5.3% 12th +1.9pp 29th 20% below peers
Mansfield, TX 11.3% 25th +4.3pp 30th 71% above peers
The Villages, FL 1.5% 1st +0.7pp 31st 77% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

40.0%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Redmond, WA 19.3% 1st 37% below peers
Livermore, CA 20.2% 2nd 34% below peers
Loveland, CO 22.2% 3rd 27% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 22.5% 4th 26% below peers
Somerville, MA 23.6% 5th 23% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 23.8% 6th 22% below peers
Redwood City, CA 23.9% 7th 22% below peers
Buena Park, CA 24.8% 8th 19% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 26.5% 9th 13% below peers
Doral, FL 26.9% 10th 12% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 27.3% 11th 11% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 28.5% 12th 7% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.8% 13th 6% below peers
Woodbury, MN 30.2% 14th 1% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 30.6% 15th on par with peers
Cranston, RI 30.6% 16th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 31.7% 17th 4% above peers
The Villages, FL 32.7% 18th 7% above peers
Auburn, AL 33.0% 19th 8% above peers
Warwick, RI 33.4% 20th 9% above peers
Westland, MI 34.5% 21st 13% above peers
Mansfield, TX 36.9% 22nd 21% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 38.1% 23rd 25% above peers
Perris, CA 38.2% 24th 25% above peers
Cicero, IL 38.4% 25th 25% above peers
Bloomington, IN 38.6% 26th 26% above peers
Pasco, WA 39.4% 27th 29% above peers
Longview, TX 40.0% 28th 31% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 40.4% 29th 32% above peers
Waldorf, MD 43.7% 30th 43% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 46.2% 31st 51% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.0% to 8.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Longview started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 8.9%).
Bright spot 8.9%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Newport Beach, CA 0.0% 1st -1.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 2.4% 9th -5.3pp 2nd 35% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 1.2% 2nd -1.9pp 3rd 66% below peers
Doral, FL 5.5% 24th -5.4pp 4th 48% above peers
Warwick, RI 1.5% 5th -1.3pp 5th 58% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 1.8% 7th -1.2pp 6th 52% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 3.9% 17th -2.6pp 7th 6% above peers
Longview, TX 8.9% 28th -4.1pp 8th 142% above peers
Redwood City, CA 1.7% 6th -0.6pp 9th 54% below peers
Bloomington, IN 4.2% 19th -1.4pp 10th 14% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 4.8% 21st -1.1pp 11th 31% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 9.3% 29th -1.7pp 12th 152% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 9.6% 30th -1.5pp 13th 159% above peers
Westland, MI 2.1% 8th -0.2pp 14th 42% below peers
Loveland, CO 3.6% 15th -0.4pp 15th 4% below peers
Woodbury, MN 3.5% 14th -0.1pp 16th 4% below peers
Waldorf, MD 2.8% 11th -0.0pp 17th 25% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.2% 23rd +0.4pp 18th 40% above peers
Livermore, CA 1.4% 4th +0.2pp 19th 64% below peers
Pasco, WA 5.0% 22nd +0.7pp 20th 34% above peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% 20th +0.8pp 21st 24% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.7% 16th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Mansfield, TX 10.2% 31st +4.2pp 23rd 176% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.0% 18th +2.0pp 24th 9% above peers
Redmond, WA 1.3% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 66% below peers
Cranston, RI 3.2% 12th +1.7pp 26th 12% below peers
Somerville, MA 2.5% 10th +1.4pp 27th 33% below peers
Auburn, AL 3.3% 13th +1.9pp 28th 12% below peers
Perris, CA 8.0% 27th +5.2pp 29th 115% above peers
Buena Park, CA 7.1% 26th +5.4pp 30th 92% above peers
The Villages, FL 6.2% 25th 66% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.4% to 23.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Longview started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.6% to 23.7%).
Bright spot 23.7%
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 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Perris, CA 12.3% 30th +3.1pp 1st 68% below peers
Cicero, IL 10.8% 31st +1.9pp 2nd 72% below peers
Livermore, CA 52.3% 13th +8.3pp 3rd 34% above peers
Waldorf, MD 34.8% 19th +5.2pp 4th 11% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 26.0% 26th +3.7pp 5th 33% below peers
Pasco, WA 21.4% 29th +3.1pp 6th 45% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 55.9% 10th +7.6pp 7th 43% above peers
Doral, FL 59.2% 7th +7.3pp 8th 52% above peers
Longview, TX 23.7% 27th +2.3pp 9th 39% below peers
Auburn, AL 64.1% 4th +6.2pp 10th 65% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 52.9% 12th +5.0pp 11th 36% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 60.6% 6th +5.7pp 12th 55% above peers
Cranston, RI 36.4% 18th +3.2pp 13th 7% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 32.1% 23rd +2.7pp 14th 18% below peers
Redwood City, CA 54.4% 11th +4.2pp 15th 40% above peers
Buena Park, CA 33.0% 21st +2.5pp 16th 15% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 38.5% 17th +2.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 32.7% 22nd +2.4pp 18th 16% below peers
Somerville, MA 69.4% 3rd +5.0pp 19th 78% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.8% 24th +2.3pp 20th 18% below peers
Loveland, CO 39.0% 16th +2.2pp 21st on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA 29.1% 25th +1.6pp 22nd 25% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 57.6% 9th +3.1pp 23rd 48% above peers
Bloomington, IN 58.8% 8th +2.9pp 24th 51% above peers
Redmond, WA 75.3% 1st +3.5pp 25th 93% above peers
Westland, MI 23.0% 28th +0.9pp 26th 41% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 69.6% 2nd +2.6pp 27th 79% above peers
Woodbury, MN 61.3% 5th +2.3pp 28th 57% above peers
The Villages, FL 42.8% 14th +0.5pp 29th 10% above peers
Mansfield, TX 42.5% 15th +0.3pp 30th 9% above peers
Warwick, RI 33.6% 20th -0.1pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.2% then, 48.9% now; margin ±14.0pp). 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
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.5% to 48.9%).
48.9%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Castle Rock, CO 70.3% 4th +21.6pp 1st 38% above peers
Warwick, RI 57.1% 11th +16.3pp 2nd 12% above peers
Livermore, CA 75.3% 3rd +16.7pp 3rd 48% above peers
Longview, TX 48.9% 17th +7.7pp 4th 4% below peers
Buena Park, CA 54.0% 14th +6.0pp 5th 6% above peers
Cranston, RI 44.5% 23rd +3.9pp 6th 13% below peers
Somerville, MA 60.0% 7th +1.8pp 7th 18% above peers
Bloomington, IN 56.7% 12th +1.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Westland, MI 47.5% 19th +1.0pp 9th 7% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 79.1% 2nd +1.5pp 10th 55% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 58.4% 10th -0.5pp 11th 15% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 59.3% 9th -1.9pp 12th 16% above peers
Pasco, WA 26.1% 30th -0.9pp 13th 49% below peers
Waldorf, MD 44.8% 21st -2.8pp 14th 12% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 47.5% 18th -3.6pp 15th 7% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 44.7% 22nd -4.0pp 16th 12% below peers
Doral, FL 61.3% 6th -5.6pp 17th 20% above peers
Mansfield, TX 41.5% 24th -5.0pp 18th 19% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 51.2% 15th -8.1pp 19th 1% above peers
Loveland, CO 50.9% 16th -8.2pp 20th on par with peers
Woodbury, MN 37.9% 25th -6.1pp 21st 26% below peers
Redwood City, CA 55.6% 13th -9.1pp 22nd 9% above peers
Auburn, AL 45.9% 20th -8.0pp 23rd 10% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 63.4% 5th -12.1pp 24th 24% above peers
Redmond, WA 59.7% 8th -12.4pp 25th 17% above peers
Perris, CA 23.4% 31st -7.2pp 26th 54% below peers
Cicero, IL 30.6% 29th -9.7pp 27th 40% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 35.3% 26th -15.4pp 28th 31% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 34.7% 27th -15.8pp 29th 32% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 33.6% 28th -19.4pp 30th 34% below peers
The Villages, FL 100.0% 1st 96% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±11.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.6% then, 8.3% now; margin ±4.8pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 8.3%).
Needs attention 8.3%
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 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
The Villages, FL 0.0% 1st -100.0pp 1st 100% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 0.4% 2nd -7.9pp 2nd 92% below peers
Livermore, CA 1.5% 6th -3.0pp 3rd 72% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 1.9% 8th -3.2pp 4th 65% below peers
Cranston, RI 2.6% 11th -3.3pp 5th 52% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.4% 4th -1.5pp 6th 74% below peers
Auburn, AL 0.8% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 86% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.1% 10th -2.0pp 8th 61% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 7.2% 20th -5.4pp 9th 32% above peers
Perris, CA 7.9% 23rd -3.9pp 10th 44% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.5% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Cicero, IL 9.7% 27th -1.4pp 12th 77% above peers
Mansfield, TX 3.6% 13th -0.4pp 13th 33% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 7.7% 22nd +0.5pp 14th 42% above peers
Waldorf, MD 6.3% 18th +0.7pp 15th 16% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 3.7% 14th +0.5pp 16th 32% below peers
Bloomington, IN 1.4% 5th +0.2pp 17th 73% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 26th +1.3pp 18th 53% above peers
Pasco, WA 10.0% 29th +2.0pp 19th 83% above peers
Longview, TX 8.3% 25th +1.7pp 20th 52% above peers
Woodbury, MN 2.1% 9th +0.6pp 21st 62% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 6.5% 19th +2.1pp 22nd 19% above peers
Loveland, CO 9.9% 28th +3.9pp 23rd 83% above peers
Doral, FL 7.7% 21st +3.3pp 24th 41% above peers
Buena Park, CA 6.1% 17th +3.2pp 25th 12% above peers
Redwood City, CA 4.2% 15th +2.2pp 26th 23% below peers
Westland, MI 17.3% 31st +11.0pp 27th 218% above peers
Warwick, RI 8.2% 24th +5.2pp 28th 50% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.4% 30th +11.1pp 29th 183% above peers
Somerville, MA 1.6% 7th +1.2pp 30th 70% below peers
Redmond, WA 2.8% 12th +2.1pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.8pp 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 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81,653 to 82,923 - more than the combined survey margin (±850).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (82,030 to 82,923).
Big move 82,923
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Doral, FL 79,216 26th +32% 1st 3% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 79,123 27th +27% 2nd 3% below peers
Auburn, AL 80,594 20th +26% 3rd 1% below peers
Redmond, WA 77,353 31st +18% 4th 5% below peers
Woodbury, MN 78,305 29th +12% 5th 4% below peers
Mansfield, TX 77,510 30th +11% 6th 5% below peers
Waldorf, MD 82,943 10th +10% 7th 2% above peers
Pasco, WA 79,575 24th +9% 8th 2% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 81,435 17th +6% 9th on par with peers
Jonesboro, AR 80,137 22nd +5% 10th 2% below peers
The Villages, FL 83,498 7th +5% 11th 2% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 81,143 18th +5% 12th on par with peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 83,876 3rd +5% 13th 3% above peers
Perris, CA 80,511 21st +4% 14th 1% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 83,515 6th +3% 15th 3% above peers
Warwick, RI 83,175 9th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Cranston, RI 83,250 8th +2% 17th 2% above peers
Westland, MI 83,633 5th +2% 18th 3% above peers
Loveland, CO 78,410 28th +2% 19th 4% below peers
Longview, TX 82,923 11th +2% 20th 2% above peers
Cicero, IL 82,797 13th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Buena Park, CA 82,871 12th +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Somerville, MA 81,036 19th +0% 23rd 1% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 81,462 16th -0% 24th on par with peers
Lynchburg, VA 79,497 25th -1% 25th 2% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 83,845 4th -2% 26th 3% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 85,191 2nd -2% 27th 5% above peers
Redwood City, CA 82,447 14th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Livermore, CA 85,522 1st -5% 29th 5% above peers
Bloomington, IN 80,049 23rd -5% 30th 2% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 82,031 15th -9% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±728 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.0% then, 25.1% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.9% to 25.1%).
Big move 25.1%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Auburn, AL 19.3% 22nd +1.0pp 1st 12% below peers
Buena Park, CA 23.1% 13th +1.0pp 2nd 6% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.1% 28th +0.3pp 3rd 31% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 19.4% 21st +0.1pp 4th 11% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.0% 4th -0.1pp 5th 28% above peers
Redwood City, CA 21.3% 17th -0.1pp 6th 3% below peers
Warwick, RI 17.6% 25th -0.1pp 7th 20% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 22.2% 15th -0.2pp 8th 2% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 21.9% 16th -0.3pp 9th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 17.1% 26th -0.3pp 10th 22% below peers
Livermore, CA 23.0% 14th -0.6pp 11th 5% above peers
Westland, MI 20.1% 19th -0.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Cranston, RI 19.6% 20th -0.6pp 13th 10% below peers
Mansfield, TX 28.4% 3rd -0.8pp 14th 30% above peers
Waldorf, MD 24.9% 9th -0.8pp 15th 14% above peers
Longview, TX 25.1% 8th -0.9pp 16th 15% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 24.7% 10th -1.0pp 17th 13% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 16.5% 27th -0.7pp 18th 24% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 24.0% 12th -1.2pp 19th 10% above peers
Bloomington, IN 10.6% 29th -0.5pp 20th 52% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 17.8% 24th -1.2pp 21st 19% below peers
Pasco, WA 31.4% 1st -2.2pp 22nd 43% above peers
Redmond, WA 20.9% 18th -1.5pp 23rd 5% below peers
Woodbury, MN 25.8% 6th -1.9pp 24th 18% above peers
Doral, FL 24.5% 11th -2.0pp 25th 12% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 26.1% 5th -2.7pp 26th 19% above peers
The Villages, FL 0.7% 31st -0.1pp 27th 97% below peers
Loveland, CO 19.0% 23rd -2.1pp 28th 13% below peers
Cicero, IL 25.8% 7th -3.0pp 29th 18% above peers
Perris, CA 28.5% 2nd -3.7pp 30th 30% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.8% 30th -1.9pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.8% then, 42.5% now; margin ±6.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.5% to 42.5%).
Big move 42.5%
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
Farmington Hills, MI 24.5% 22nd +9.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Loveland, CO 30.4% 16th +8.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Westland, MI 43.3% 2nd +12.0pp 3rd 42% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 21.5% 24th +5.6pp 4th 29% below peers
Buena Park, CA 31.6% 15th +7.2pp 5th 4% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 33.8% 13th +7.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Pasco, WA 35.6% 12th +5.9pp 7th 17% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 14.1% 29th +2.1pp 8th 54% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 41.0% 8th +5.5pp 9th 35% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 38.3% 10th +4.9pp 10th 26% above peers
Mansfield, TX 25.0% 21st +3.0pp 11th 18% below peers
Longview, TX 42.5% 4th +4.7pp 12th 40% above peers
Bloomington, IN 36.0% 11th +2.4pp 13th 18% above peers
Warwick, RI 27.1% 19th +1.7pp 14th 11% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 42.9% 3rd +2.5pp 15th 41% above peers
Cicero, IL 41.1% 6th +1.9pp 16th 35% above peers
Perris, CA 32.0% 14th +1.4pp 17th 5% above peers
Woodbury, MN 17.2% 26th +0.5pp 18th 43% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 40.5% 9th +0.4pp 19th 33% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 41.1% 7th -0.2pp 20th 35% above peers
Redmond, WA 12.1% 31st -0.1pp 21st 60% below peers
Livermore, CA 13.0% 30th -1.0pp 22nd 57% below peers
Auburn, AL 24.3% 23rd -2.1pp 23rd 20% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 27.8% 18th -2.6pp 24th 9% below peers
Cranston, RI 26.3% 20th -2.8pp 25th 14% below peers
Doral, FL 19.2% 25th -2.4pp 26th 37% below peers
Waldorf, MD 28.8% 17th -9.2pp 27th 5% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 41.6% 5th -13.8pp 28th 37% above peers
Redwood City, CA 16.4% 28th -6.7pp 29th 46% below peers
Somerville, MA 17.0% 27th -13.7pp 30th 44% below peers
The Villages, FL 47.1% 1st 55% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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3 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.7pp 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 (60.7% then, 60.2% now; margin ±11.9pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.9% to 60.2%).
Big move 60.2%
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 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Castle Rock, CO 76.6% 5th +15.1pp 1st 7% above peers
Doral, FL 72.7% 11th +13.8pp 2nd 2% above peers
Buena Park, CA 70.0% 18th +13.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Redmond, WA 57.6% 30th +6.9pp 4th 19% below peers
Westland, MI 72.0% 12th +8.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 74.9% 7th +8.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Woodbury, MN 83.3% 2nd +8.8pp 7th 17% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 68.0% 19th +7.2pp 8th 5% below peers
Auburn, AL 66.3% 22nd +6.8pp 9th 7% below peers
Redwood City, CA 73.6% 10th +6.2pp 10th 3% above peers
Livermore, CA 72.0% 13th +6.0pp 11th 1% above peers
Waldorf, MD 78.3% 4th +4.8pp 12th 10% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 84.5% 1st +5.0pp 13th 18% above peers
Somerville, MA 80.0% 3rd +3.9pp 14th 12% above peers
Loveland, CO 66.7% 21st +3.2pp 15th 7% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 60.1% 28th +2.5pp 16th 16% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 67.5% 20th +2.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Bloomington, IN 62.5% 23rd +1.9pp 18th 12% below peers
Cicero, IL 61.9% 24th +1.7pp 19th 13% below peers
Mansfield, TX 76.0% 6th +1.9pp 20th 6% above peers
Perris, CA 59.4% 29th +1.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 71.1% 16th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Cranston, RI 70.8% 17th +1.1pp 23rd 1% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 74.7% 8th +0.1pp 24th 5% above peers
Longview, TX 60.2% 27th -0.5pp 25th 16% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 74.6% 9th -4.2pp 26th 4% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 71.7% 14th -4.4pp 27th on par with peers
Pasco, WA 61.9% 25th -4.4pp 28th 13% below peers
Warwick, RI 71.4% 15th -8.0pp 29th on par with peers
Jonesboro, AR 60.2% 26th -21.0pp 30th 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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3 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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