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Mesquite, TX
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Mesquite, TX

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150,693 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Mesquite, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
45.9%
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
34.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$72,537
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$57,824 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
368 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 22%
relative change
470 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
384 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
459 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,144 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
2,445 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.0%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
86.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
62.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
59.1% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.9%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Mesquite, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
21.1%
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
17.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.8%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
35.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.7%
Jul 2026
▲ 7%
relative change
4.4% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
0.39 in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
21.5%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
20.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
13.8%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
12.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
19.6%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
17.8% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
13.4%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
12.8% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.4%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
7.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
149,299
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
143,456 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$258,678
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$265,305 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,471
Aug 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$1,481 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
77.0%
2020-24
high
vs peers
69.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
27.9%
2020-24
high
vs peers
29.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
46.3%
2020-24
high
vs peers
44.2% 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 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 11% lower than in 2021 (450 then, 399 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 498 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 384 in July 2026, down from 459 a year earlier.
Bright spot 384 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Lakewood, CO 203 (Mar 26) -73.5% 1st
Bridgeport, CT 222 (Jul 26) -27.8% 2nd
Pasadena, TX 370 (Jul 26) -27.5% 3rd
Visalia, CA 337 (Jul 26) -22.4% 4th
Charleston, SC 252 (Jul 26) -20.1% 5th
Rockford, IL 803 (Jul 26) -19.2% 6th
Mesquite, TX 384 (Jul 26) -16.3% 7th
Sunnyvale, CA 183 (Jul 26) -11.7% 8th
Escondido, CA 357 (Jul 26) -7.1% 9th
Thornton, CO 249 (Jul 26) -5.2% 10th
Pomona, CA 643 (Jul 26) -4.8% 11th
McAllen, TX 128 (Jul 26) -4.5% 12th
Waco, TX 397 (Jul 26) -3.5% 13th
Hayward, CA 453 (Jul 26) +3.0% 14th
Springfield, MA 929 (Jun 26) +7.6% 15th
Midland, TX 360 (Jul 26) +17.4% 16th
Meridian, ID 159 (Jul 26) +17.6% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Charleston, SC down about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Garland, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
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 12% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities. Mesquite 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 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,144 in July 2026, down from 2,445 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,144 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%
Lakewood, CO 1,334 (Mar 26) -72.5% 1st
Visalia, CA 1,572 (Jul 26) -19.5% 2nd
McAllen, TX 1,334 (Jul 26) -18.8% 3rd
Bridgeport, CT 1,160 (Jul 26) -18.7% 4th
Thornton, CO 2,235 (Jul 26) -16.7% 5th
Charleston, SC 1,488 (Jul 26) -16.6% 6th
Pasadena, TX 1,682 (Jul 26) -16.1% 7th
Meridian, ID 404 (Jul 26) -15.9% 8th
Mesquite, TX 2,144 (Jul 26) -12.3% 9th
Rockford, IL 2,352 (Jul 26) -10.6% 10th
Springfield, MA 2,398 (Jun 26) -10.2% 11th
Pomona, CA 2,241 (Jul 26) -9.8% 12th
Escondido, CA 1,376 (Jul 26) -9.6% 13th
Sunnyvale, CA 1,730 (Jul 26) -8.4% 14th
Waco, TX 1,748 (Jul 26) -6.0% 15th
Hayward, CA 2,746 (Jul 26) -2.7% 16th
Midland, TX 1,458 (Jul 26) +41.5% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 33% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Everett, WA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 21% 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 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 19% lower than in 2021 (8 then, 7 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 4 in 2024 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 8 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 10 in the prior 12 months. That is 5 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
8 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Hayward, CA 1 (Jul 26) -81.9% 1st
Springfield, MA 6 (Jun 26) -44.5% 2nd
Pomona, CA 5 (Jul 26) -41.6% 3rd
Rockford, IL 7 (Jul 26) -28.5% 4th
Lakewood, CO 2 (Jul 26) -25.1% 5th
Bridgeport, CT 5 (Jul 26) -22.2% 6th
Mesquite, TX 5 (Jul 26) -20.0% 7th
Charleston, SC 5 (Jul 26) -11.2% 8th
Waco, TX 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Sunnyvale, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Meridian, ID 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 11th
Visalia, CA 3 (Jul 26) +24.9% 12th
Pasadena, TX 3 (Jul 26) +33.2% 13th
Escondido, CA 1 (Jul 26) +100.1% 14th
Midland, TX 6 (Jul 26) +125.1% 15th
Thornton, CO 6 (Jul 26) +351.1% 16th
McAllen, TX 1 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oxnard, CA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 36% lower than in 2021 (568 then, 365 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 843 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 368 in July 2026, down from 470 a year earlier.
Bright spot 368 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lakewood, CO 193 (Mar 26) -73.5% 1st
McAllen, TX 15 (Jul 26) -58.5% 2nd
Thornton, CO 303 (Jul 26) -36.5% 3rd
Visalia, CA 177 (Jul 26) -33.7% 4th
Escondido, CA 121 (Jul 26) -32.4% 5th
Sunnyvale, CA 174 (Jul 26) -29.3% 6th
Rockford, IL 360 (Jul 26) -26.8% 7th
Pasadena, TX 252 (Jul 26) -25.2% 8th
Springfield, MA 427 (Jun 26) -25.0% 9th
Charleston, SC 131 (Jul 26) -22.3% 10th
Mesquite, TX 368 (Jul 26) -21.7% 11th
Bridgeport, CT 343 (Jul 26) -18.6% 12th
Hayward, CA 742 (Jul 26) -16.8% 13th
Pomona, CA 468 (Jul 26) -6.9% 14th
Waco, TX 160 (Jul 26) -6.0% 15th
Meridian, ID 29 (Jul 26) +10.8% 16th
Midland, TX 174 (Jul 26) +27.2% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Boulder, CO down about 61% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 48% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% 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 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $57,824 to $72,537 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,433).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Mesquite started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 46% from 2014 to 2024 ($49,837 to $72,537).
Bright spot $72,537
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%
Salinas, CA $91,908 11th +49% 1st 16% above peers
Escondido, CA $91,967 10th +44% 2nd 16% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 17th +41% 3rd 9% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 7th +41% 4th 27% above peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 5th 108% above peers
Kansas City, KS $62,401 21st +37% 6th 21% below peers
Waco, TX $54,365 27th +35% 7th 32% below peers
Charleston, SC $92,414 8th +35% 8th 16% above peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 12th +35% 9th 13% above peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 28th +34% 10th 34% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 11th 134% above peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 24th +32% 12th 28% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 15th +32% 13th 3% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 22nd +32% 14th 23% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 16th +31% 15th on par with peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 9th +31% 16th 16% above peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 5th +31% 17th 43% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 6th +30% 18th 30% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 14th +26% 19th 12% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 4th +26% 20th 43% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 23rd +26% 21st 26% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 18th +25% 22nd 9% below peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 30th +25% 23rd 40% below peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 31st +24% 24th 42% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 29th +24% 25th 36% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 19th +24% 26th 15% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 26th +24% 27th 31% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 28th 95% above peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 20th +18% 29th 18% below peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 25th +17% 30th 30% below peers
Midland, TX $89,585 13th +13% 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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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16 of 33 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,899 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 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.7% in July 2026, up from 4.4% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.7%
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
Rockford, IL 5.0% (Jul 26) 19th -1.2pp 1st 6% above peers
Columbia, SC 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th -0.9pp 2nd 2% above peers
Pomona, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th -0.8pp 3rd 21% above peers
Hayward, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th -0.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Charleston, SC 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.6pp 5th 32% below peers
Salinas, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 27th -0.4pp 6th 34% above peers
Visalia, CA 7.0% (Jul 26) 29th -0.3pp 7th 49% above peers
Escondido, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 8th 6% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 9th 26% below peers
Kansas City, KS 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th -0.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 11th 36% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 12th 9% below peers
Savannah, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.1pp 13th 34% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 14th 21% below peers
Pasadena, TX 5.8% (Jul 26) 26th +0.0pp 15th 23% above peers
Thornton, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th +0.0pp 16th 11% below peers
Springfield, MA 8.0% (Jul 26) 31st +0.0pp 17th 70% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 18th 15% below peers
Midland, TX 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 19th 26% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.1pp 20th 11% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.2pp 21st 13% above peers
Waco, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 18th +0.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 24th 4% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th +0.3pp 25th 15% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Hollywood, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.6pp 27th 9% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 28th 11% above peers
Miramar, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th +0.8pp 29th 6% below peers
Gainesville, FL 6.6% (Jul 26) 28th +1.0pp 30th 40% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 7.3% (Jul 26) 30th +1.6pp 31st 55% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.8% then, 13.4% now; margin ±2.2pp). 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
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.4% to 13.4%).
Needs attention 13.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 4th -2.6pp 1st 55% below peers
Visalia, CA 11.5% 11th -4.7pp 2nd 14% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 47% below peers
Pomona, CA 14.3% 18th -3.6pp 4th 7% above peers
Kansas City, KS 15.9% 20th -3.8pp 5th 19% above peers
Salinas, CA 13.6% 17th -3.2pp 6th 2% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 7th -1.4pp 7th 36% below peers
Escondido, CA 12.2% 13th -1.9pp 8th 9% below peers
McAllen, TX 20.0% 23rd -3.1pp 9th 50% above peers
Waco, TX 23.1% 26th -3.1pp 10th 73% above peers
Savannah, GA 19.6% 22nd -2.2pp 11th 47% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.7% 12th -1.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Syracuse, NY 28.8% 30th -2.3pp 13th 115% above peers
Charleston, SC 12.3% 14th -0.9pp 14th 8% below peers
Rockford, IL 21.3% 25th -1.0pp 15th 59% above peers
Springfield, MA 25.8% 29th -1.1pp 16th 93% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.6% 2nd -0.2pp 17th 58% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 21.0% 24th -0.8pp 18th 57% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.7% 28th -0.2pp 19th 85% above peers
Gainesville, FL 30.8% 31st +0.1pp 20th 130% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.2% 8th +0.1pp 21st 31% below peers
Joliet, IL 11.1% 10th +0.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 23rd 67% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.4% 16th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 56% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 6th +0.6pp 26th 46% below peers
Columbia, SC 24.0% 27th +2.2pp 27th 79% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.9% 21st +1.9pp 28th 42% above peers
Hayward, CA 9.6% 9th +1.3pp 29th 28% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.7% 19th +2.1pp 30th 10% above peers
Midland, TX 12.4% 15th +3.2pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.2% to 21.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 43% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.4% to 21.1%).
Needs attention 21.1%
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%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 2nd -4.1pp 1st 69% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 2nd 80% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 16th -8.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 10th -6.8pp 4th 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 3rd -2.5pp 5th 69% below peers
Salinas, CA 17.8% 17th -7.8pp 6th 2% above peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 11th -5.5pp 7th 17% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 5th -2.8pp 8th 50% below peers
Kansas City, KS 21.7% 20th -7.0pp 9th 25% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 22nd -6.4pp 10th 57% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 13th -2.7pp 11th 12% below peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 7th -1.7pp 12th 40% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 24th -3.4pp 13th 63% above peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 27th -3.4pp 14th 76% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 14th -1.7pp 15th 10% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 30th -3.3pp 16th 108% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 29th -2.0pp 17th 105% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 18th 154% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 21st -0.7pp 19th 34% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 26th -0.8pp 20th 74% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 28th +2.1pp 21st 93% above peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 9th +1.2pp 22nd 25% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 23rd +2.6pp 23rd 62% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 25th +3.0pp 24th 72% above peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 8th +1.3pp 25th 34% below peers
Charleston, SC 16.9% 15th +2.2pp 26th 2% below peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 18th +2.6pp 27th 11% above peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 19th +3.9pp 28th 22% above peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 12th +3.3pp 29th 14% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 4th +1.5pp 30th 67% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 6th +3.6pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.4% to 94.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Mesquite started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 10.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (83.5% to 94.0%).
Bright spot 94.0%
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%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 26th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 29th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 23rd +13.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Kansas City, KS 88.8% 24th +13.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Charleston, SC 92.9% 15th +13.6pp 5th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 94.4% 9th +11.5pp 6th 2% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 30th +10.4pp 7th 7% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 19th +10.9pp 8th 1% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 22nd +9.6pp 9th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 27th +9.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 5th +9.8pp 11th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 28th +8.0pp 12th 7% below peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 25th +7.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 11th +7.8pp 14th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 16th +7.8pp 15th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 13th +7.6pp 16th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 10th +7.5pp 17th 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 8th +7.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 4th +6.5pp 19th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 18th +6.2pp 20th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 21st +5.9pp 21st 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 17th +6.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 7th +5.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 14th +5.6pp 24th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 20th +4.7pp 25th 1% below peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 12th +4.6pp 26th 1% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 6th +2.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 31st +0.8pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.39 to 0.40 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.40).
Needs attention 0.40
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
Visalia, CA 0.41 5th -0.037 1st 11% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 21st -0.026 2nd 6% above peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 18th -0.011 3rd 4% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 25th -0.011 4th 9% above peers
Charleston, SC 0.49 23rd -0.008 5th 8% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 10th -0.006 6th 7% below peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 19th -0.006 7th 4% above peers
Kansas City, KS 0.43 11th -0.001 8th 7% below peers
Salinas, CA 0.41 6th -0.001 9th 10% below peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 8th -0.000 10th 8% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 29th +0.002 11th 14% above peers
Waco, TX 0.51 28th +0.002 12th 12% above peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 3rd +0.003 13th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 22nd +0.005 14th 7% above peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 15th 17% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 16th 21% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 7th +0.005 17th 8% below peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 12th +0.006 18th 4% below peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 15th +0.008 19th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 27th +0.010 20th 11% above peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 1st +0.010 21st 15% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 24th +0.017 22nd 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 26th +0.018 23rd 9% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 9th +0.016 24th 8% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 17th +0.020 25th 1% above peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 2nd +0.017 26th 12% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 20th +0.022 27th 6% above peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 16th +0.023 28th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 4th +0.021 29th 11% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 13th +0.031 30th 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 14th +0.049 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (14.1% then, 13.8% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.1% to 13.8%).
13.8%
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
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 82% below peers
Charleston, SC 5.2% 6th -2.0pp 2nd 62% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 72% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 10th -2.5pp 4th 35% below peers
Kansas City, KS 13.2% 15th -2.8pp 5th 4% below peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 14th -2.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 4th -0.8pp 7th 69% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 22nd -2.4pp 8th 26% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 28th -3.1pp 9th 75% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 26th -2.4pp 10th 42% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 20th -1.7pp 11th 8% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 19th -1.6pp 12th 5% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 13th 105% above peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 9th -0.4pp 14th 39% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 15th 164% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 17th -0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 21st -0.2pp 17th 19% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 11th +0.2pp 18th 24% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 25th +1.1pp 19th 36% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 13th +0.8pp 20th 19% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 27th +1.8pp 21st 61% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 24th +1.6pp 22nd 35% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 7th +0.6pp 23rd 47% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 23rd +2.0pp 24th 29% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 18th +1.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 29th +3.6pp 26th 104% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 16th +1.9pp 27th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 11.0% 12th +1.7pp 28th 20% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 8th +1.3pp 29th 43% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 79% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 5th +1.8pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 10% higher than in 2021 ($234,549 then, $258,678 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $286,567 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $258,678 in August 2026, down from $265,305 a year earlier.
Big move $258,678
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%
Rockford, IL $186,897 (Aug 26) 30th +9.7% 1st 53% below peers
Syracuse, NY $224,508 (Aug 26) 26th +5.4% 2nd 44% below peers
Olathe, KS $434,937 (Aug 26) 14th +4.8% 3rd 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $364,989 (Aug 26) 16th +4.5% 4th 8% below peers
Naperville, IL $625,494 (Aug 26) 7th +4.4% 5th 57% above peers
Springfield, MA $305,068 (Aug 26) 19th +4.3% 6th 23% below peers
Kansas City, KS $204,669 (Aug 26) 28th +2.2% 7th 49% below peers
Midland, TX $330,434 (Aug 26) 17th +1.9% 8th 17% below peers
Visalia, CA $397,626 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 9th on par with peers
Salinas, CA $748,418 (Aug 26) 5th +1.4% 10th 88% above peers
Charleston, SC $591,821 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 11th 49% above peers
Joliet, IL $269,608 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.2% 12th 32% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,994,916 (Aug 26) 1st +1.2% 13th 402% above peers
Columbia, SC $230,191 (Aug 26) 24th +1.2% 14th 42% below peers
Meridian, ID $535,976 (Aug 26) 10th +0.9% 15th 35% above peers
McAllen, TX $229,066 (Aug 26) 25th +0.5% 16th 42% below peers
Escondido, CA $842,305 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.4% 17th 112% above peers
Pomona, CA $682,283 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 18th 72% above peers
Gainesville, FL $295,760 (Aug 26) 21st -1.2% 19th 26% below peers
Waco, TX $197,932 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 20th 50% below peers
Miramar, FL $521,195 (Aug 26) 11th -1.4% 21st 31% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $303,910 (Aug 26) 20th -1.7% 22nd 24% below peers
Lakewood, CO $556,597 (Aug 26) 9th -2.0% 23rd 40% above peers
Thornton, CO $492,295 (Aug 26) 12th -2.2% 24th 24% above peers
Hollywood, FL $444,268 (Aug 26) 13th -2.3% 25th 12% above peers
Pasadena, TX $218,883 (Aug 26) 27th -2.3% 26th 45% below peers
Mesquite, TX $258,678 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.5% 27th 35% below peers
Savannah, GA $322,239 (Aug 26) 18th -2.8% 28th 19% below peers
Hayward, CA $820,844 (Aug 26) 4th -3.2% 29th 106% above peers
Bellevue, WA $1,418,231 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.9% 30th 257% 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $207,504 in August 2026, down from $213,680 a year earlier.
$207,504
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $184,827 (Aug 26) -0.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Rockford, IL $117,389 (Aug 26) 30th +12.9% 1st 55% below peers
Syracuse, NY $154,567 (Aug 26) 26th +6.8% 2nd 40% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $230,143 (Aug 26) 18th +6.2% 3rd 11% below peers
Olathe, KS $333,257 (Aug 26) 13th +6.1% 4th 29% above peers
Springfield, MA $258,798 (Aug 26) 15th +5.6% 5th on par with peers
Kansas City, KS $140,601 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 6th 46% below peers
Naperville, IL $396,237 (Aug 26) 8th +3.3% 7th 53% above peers
Midland, TX $226,993 (Aug 26) 19th +2.9% 8th 12% below peers
Salinas, CA $626,114 (Aug 26) 5th +1.9% 9th 142% above peers
Visalia, CA $316,933 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 10th 22% above peers
McAllen, TX $160,497 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 11th 38% below peers
Joliet, IL $202,194 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.2% 12th 22% below peers
Meridian, ID $434,141 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 13th 68% above peers
Charleston, SC $394,543 (Aug 26) 9th +1.1% 14th 52% above peers
Columbia, SC $141,482 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 15th 45% below peers
Pomona, CA $570,077 (Aug 26) 6th +0.5% 16th 120% above peers
Escondido, CA $648,894 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.6% 17th 151% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,214,029 (Aug 26) 1st -0.8% 18th 369% above peers
Waco, TX $125,268 (Aug 26) 29th -1.0% 19th 52% below peers
Gainesville, FL $182,482 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.4% 20th 29% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $240,102 (Aug 26) 16th -2.5% 21st 7% below peers
Miramar, FL $365,221 (Aug 26) 12th -2.6% 22nd 41% above peers
Mesquite, TX $207,504 (Aug 26) 21st -2.9% 23rd 20% below peers
Hayward, CA $636,981 (Aug 26) 4th -2.9% 24th 146% above peers
Thornton, CO $384,871 (Aug 26) 10th -3.0% 25th 49% above peers
Pasadena, TX $166,424 (Aug 26) 24th -3.4% 26th 36% below peers
Hollywood, FL $239,304 (Aug 26) 17th -3.7% 27th 8% below peers
Bellevue, WA $762,573 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.8% 28th 195% above peers
Savannah, GA $214,177 (Aug 26) 20th -3.8% 29th 17% below peers
Lakewood, CO $367,696 (Aug 26) 11th -4.5% 30th 42% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59.1% to 62.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.8% to 62.8%).
Bright spot 62.8%
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%
Hayward, CA 58.0% 15th +5.2pp 1st 4% above peers
Kansas City, KS 60.9% 11th +4.6pp 2nd 10% above peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 24th +3.3pp 3rd 11% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 4th 43% above peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 30th +2.7pp 5th 25% below peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 23rd +3.0pp 6th 11% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 9th +3.7pp 7th 13% above peers
Salinas, CA 47.0% 25th +2.2pp 8th 15% below peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 20th +2.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 5th +3.0pp 10th 33% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 13th +2.3pp 11th 6% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 27th +1.6pp 12th 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 2nd +2.6pp 13th 35% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 29th +1.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 10th +1.4pp 15th 10% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 19th +1.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 18th +0.9pp 17th 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 17th +0.7pp 18th 1% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 8th +0.1pp 19th 17% above peers
Charleston, SC 55.6% 16th +0.0pp 20th on par with peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 14th -0.2pp 21st 5% above peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 7th -0.6pp 22nd 24% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 26th -0.5pp 23rd 18% below peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 3rd -0.8pp 24th 35% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 22nd -0.9pp 25th 8% below peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 6th -1.4pp 26th 28% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 4th -1.6pp 27th 34% above peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 12th -1.4pp 28th 7% above peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 31st -1.2pp 29th 32% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 28th -1.6pp 30th 21% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 21st -2.1pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,471 in August 2026, down from $1,481 a year earlier.
Big move $1,471
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Sunnyvale, CA $3,932 (Aug 26) 1st +8.8% 1st 111% above peers
Rockford, IL $1,195 (Aug 26) 30th +7.8% 2nd 36% below peers
Salinas, CA $2,501 (Aug 26) 6th +5.5% 3rd 34% above peers
Kansas City, KS $1,326 (Aug 26) 28th +5.4% 4th 29% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,668 (Aug 26) 20th +5.2% 5th 11% below peers
Charleston, SC $2,312 (Aug 26) 9th +5.0% 6th 24% above peers
Meridian, ID $2,084 (Aug 26) 11th +4.7% 7th 12% above peers
Olathe, KS $1,810 (Aug 26) 17th +4.4% 8th 3% below peers
Syracuse, NY $1,541 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.3% 9th 17% below peers
Springfield, MA $1,853 (Aug 26) 16th +4.3% 10th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA $1,871 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 11th on par with peers
Hayward, CA $2,637 (Aug 26) 4th +3.0% 12th 41% above peers
Naperville, IL $2,289 (Aug 26) 10th +2.7% 13th 23% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $1,990 (Aug 26) 12th +2.7% 14th 7% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,479 (Aug 26) 24th +2.7% 15th 21% below peers
Gainesville, FL $1,618 (Aug 26) 21st +1.7% 16th 13% below peers
Bellevue, WA $2,828 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 17th 51% above peers
Hollywood, FL $2,341 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 18th 25% above peers
Pasadena, TX $1,378 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 19th 26% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,353 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 20th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,867 (Aug 26) 15th +1.1% 21st on par with peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Aug 26) 29th +1.0% 22nd 31% below peers
Waco, TX $1,363 (Aug 26) 27th +0.3% 23rd 27% below peers
Escondido, CA $2,547 (Aug 26) 5th +0.2% 24th 36% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,689 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.1% 25th 44% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,757 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 26th 6% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,471 (Aug 26) 25th -0.7% 27th 21% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,881 (Aug 26) 13th -1.1% 28th 1% above peers
Lakewood, CO $1,800 (Aug 26) 18th -1.3% 29th 4% below peers
Midland, TX $1,599 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.2% 30th 14% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 35.2% to 39.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.8% to 39.8%).
Needs attention 39.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Salinas, CA 41.2% 22nd -5.9pp 1st 12% above peers
Joliet, IL 28.5% 4th -3.9pp 2nd 23% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 26th -4.0pp 3rd 19% above peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 28th -3.0pp 4th 26% above peers
Kansas City, KS 33.0% 8th -1.5pp 5th 11% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 6th 39% above peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 29% below peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 19th -1.2pp 8th 9% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 6th -0.7pp 9th 20% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 10th 34% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 27th -0.8pp 11th 25% above peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 9th -0.6pp 12th 9% below peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 24th -0.3pp 13th 13% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 5th -0.1pp 14th 20% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 23rd +0.1pp 15th 13% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 7th +0.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 14th +0.6pp 17th 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 11th +0.7pp 18th 7% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 20th +1.0pp 19th 10% above peers
Charleston, SC 36.6% 15th +1.2pp 20th 1% below peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 21st +1.4pp 21st 10% above peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 16th +1.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 17th +2.2pp 23rd 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 25th +3.4pp 24th 18% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 25th 36% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 12th +3.2pp 26th 3% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 29th +4.5pp 27th 36% above peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 18th +4.6pp 28th 8% above peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 29th 39% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 13th +5.5pp 30th 2% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 10th +7.4pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 4.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.4% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
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 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 5th -1.6pp 1st 47% below peers
Kansas City, KS 7.3% 21st -2.4pp 2nd 12% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 24th -3.2pp 3rd 62% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 17th -1.9pp 4th 5% above peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 29th -3.7pp 5th 179% above peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 14th -0.9pp 6th 7% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 3rd -0.3pp 7th 50% below peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 12th -0.5pp 8th 10% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 2nd -0.2pp 9th 54% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 31st -1.4pp 10th 295% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 26th -0.6pp 11th 73% above peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 12th 7% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 6th -0.1pp 13th 42% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 30th -0.6pp 14th 199% above peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 22nd -0.2pp 15th 26% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 11th -0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 16th -0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 1st -0.0pp 18th 63% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 27th -0.0pp 19th 76% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 28th +0.1pp 20th 96% above peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 10th +0.0pp 21st 20% below peers
Charleston, SC 7.2% 20th +0.3pp 22nd 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 7th +0.2pp 23rd 28% below peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 18th +0.3pp 24th 7% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 8th +0.2pp 25th 25% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 13th +0.5pp 26th 7% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 9th +0.7pp 27th 23% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 4th +0.5pp 28th 47% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 25th +1.7pp 29th 66% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 19th +1.1pp 30th 8% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 23rd +1.7pp 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.8% then, 21.5% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.0% to 21.5%).
Needs attention 21.5%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Charleston, SC 6.0% 6th -2.1pp 1st 40% below peers
Miramar, FL 10.3% 17th -3.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 71% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.9% 23rd -3.1pp 4th 40% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.9% 9th -1.2pp 5th 31% below peers
Midland, TX 14.4% 24th -2.4pp 6th 45% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.4% 12th -1.1pp 7th 25% below peers
Columbia, SC 7.7% 14th -1.1pp 8th 22% below peers
Escondido, CA 10.8% 18th -1.5pp 9th 9% above peers
Pomona, CA 11.0% 19th -1.4pp 10th 11% above peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 11th 75% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.5% 27th -1.4pp 12th 56% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 4th -0.3pp 13th 57% below peers
Salinas, CA 12.3% 20th -0.8pp 14th 24% above peers
Kansas City, KS 17.8% 28th -1.0pp 15th 79% above peers
McAllen, TX 24.1% 30th -1.2pp 16th 143% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 3rd -0.2pp 17th 61% below peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 13th -0.3pp 18th 24% below peers
Waco, TX 15.2% 26th -0.2pp 19th 54% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.2% 10th -0.0pp 20th 28% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.0% 5th +0.0pp 21st 49% below peers
Joliet, IL 8.1% 15th +0.2pp 22nd 18% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.5% 29th +0.7pp 23rd 117% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.6% 22nd +0.6pp 24th 37% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.8% 21st +0.7pp 25th 29% above peers
Rockford, IL 7.2% 11th +0.4pp 26th 27% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.5% 31st +2.1pp 27th 187% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 7th +0.5pp 28th 39% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.8% 25th +1.2pp 29th 50% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 16th +1.6pp 30th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 6.2% 8th +1.4pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 somewhat above the peer median.

36.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Bellevue, WA 19.1% 1st 44% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.4% 2nd 43% below peers
Hayward, CA 21.7% 3rd 37% below peers
Lakewood, CO 25.6% 4th 25% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 5th 20% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 6th 17% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 7th 17% below peers
Charleston, SC 29.1% 8th 15% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 9th 14% below peers
Hollywood, FL 31.5% 10th 8% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 11th 7% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 12th 6% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 13th 3% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 14th 1% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 15th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 17th 1% above peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 18th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 19th 4% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 20th 7% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 21st 8% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 22nd 13% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 23rd 14% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 24th 17% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 25th 18% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 26th 19% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 27th 20% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 28th 21% above peers
Kansas City, KS 42.3% 29th 24% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 30th 30% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 48.5% 31st 42% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.4% then, 13.8% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.0% to 13.8%).
Needs attention 13.8%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Charleston, SC 2.3% 6th -1.0pp 1st 57% below peers
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 2nd 73% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 12th -1.1pp 3rd 27% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 28th -3.0pp 4th 124% above peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 20th -1.0pp 5th 28% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 15th -0.7pp 6th 9% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 16th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 2nd -0.1pp 8th 67% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 24th -0.3pp 9th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 22nd -0.1pp 10th 31% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 14th +0.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Kansas City, KS 9.3% 27th +0.3pp 12th 79% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 18th +0.2pp 13th 2% above peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 14th 181% above peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 15th 238% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 25th +0.8pp 16th 68% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 29th +1.4pp 17th 166% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 8th +0.4pp 18th 45% below peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 19th +0.8pp 19th 6% above peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 11th +0.6pp 20th 29% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 10th +0.6pp 21st 37% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 23rd +1.2pp 22nd 32% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 9th +0.7pp 23rd 44% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 7th +0.6pp 24th 55% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 13th +1.1pp 25th 22% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 4th +0.6pp 26th 60% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 26th +2.4pp 27th 72% above peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 5th +0.6pp 28th 59% below peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 21st +2.7pp 29th 30% above peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 17th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.8% then, 19.6% now; margin ±1.9pp). 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
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.1% to 19.6%).
Needs attention 19.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 10th +10.1pp 1st 15% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 25th +4.6pp 2nd 28% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 23rd +4.7pp 3rd 26% below peers
Salinas, CA 16.5% 30th +3.1pp 4th 49% below peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 11th +6.3pp 5th 5% above peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 18th +5.1pp 6th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 33.8% 12th +5.9pp 7th 4% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 5th +8.6pp 8th 65% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 9th +6.9pp 9th 36% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 14th +5.1pp 10th 3% above peers
Kansas City, KS 20.8% 26th +3.1pp 11th 36% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 13th +4.8pp 12th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 21st +3.4pp 13th 21% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 19th +3.8pp 14th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 15th +3.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 31st +1.8pp 16th 50% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 28th +2.2pp 17th 38% below peers
Lakewood, CO 45.3% 8th +4.4pp 18th 39% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 27th +1.9pp 19th 37% below peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 17th +2.8pp 20th 4% below peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 29th +1.8pp 21st 40% below peers
Charleston, SC 58.3% 4th +5.2pp 22nd 79% above peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 16th +2.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 69.3% 3rd +4.3pp 24th 114% above peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 25th 123% above peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 24th +1.1pp 26th 28% below peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 27th 122% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 7th +2.1pp 28th 41% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 22nd +0.9pp 29th 26% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 26.3% 20th +0.9pp 30th 19% below peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 6th +0.8pp 31st 56% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp 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

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 11.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.1% to 45.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±11.8pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Mesquite started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 15.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.6% to 45.9%).
Bright spot 45.9%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 19th +11.8pp 1st 4% below peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 18th +9.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 21st +5.4pp 3rd 14% below peers
Charleston, SC 64.9% 2nd +8.3pp 4th 36% above peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 4th +7.7pp 5th 31% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 11th +5.9pp 6th 7% above peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 10th +5.8pp 7th 7% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 14th +4.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 17th +3.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 27th +1.7pp 10th 30% below peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 29th +1.0pp 11th 37% below peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 5th +1.6pp 12th 25% above peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 13th -1.3pp 13th 5% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 16th -1.5pp 14th on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 1st -2.2pp 15th 39% above peers
Kansas City, KS 40.7% 22nd -2.0pp 16th 15% below peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 20th -3.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 6th -5.9pp 18th 25% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 3rd -6.5pp 19th 34% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 15th -4.9pp 20th on par with peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 24th -3.8pp 21st 23% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 23rd -4.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 12th -6.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 8th -9.6pp 24th 11% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 9th -12.0pp 25th 10% above peers
Salinas, CA 26.9% 31st -8.9pp 26th 44% below peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 7th -19.0pp 27th 14% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 26th -12.3pp 28th 29% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 25th -15.7pp 29th 27% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 30th -19.0pp 30th 42% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 28th -23.1pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 6.4% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 6.4%).
Needs attention 6.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 95% below peers
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 73% below peers
Kansas City, KS 6.3% 17th -4.9pp 3rd 5% above peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 11th -3.2pp 4th 9% below peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 10th -2.4pp 5th 12% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 14th -2.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 18th -2.2pp 7th 6% above peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 62% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 26th -1.9pp 9th 45% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 19th -1.4pp 10th 8% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 7th -0.7pp 11th 32% below peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 12th -0.9pp 12th 6% below peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 13th 3% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 16th -0.8pp 14th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 22nd -0.9pp 15th 12% above peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 20th -0.8pp 16th 8% above peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 9th -0.4pp 17th 25% below peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 24th -0.4pp 18th 36% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 8th -0.1pp 19th 31% below peers
Salinas, CA 8.4% 25th +0.0pp 20th 40% above peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 27th +0.1pp 21st 55% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 15th +0.2pp 22nd 1% below peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 30th +0.7pp 23rd 109% above peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 31st +2.3pp 24th 116% above peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 23rd +1.3pp 25th 18% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 28th +2.4pp 26th 80% above peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 29th +2.6pp 27th 82% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 6th +1.2pp 28th 36% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 21st +2.1pp 29th 10% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 5th +1.9pp 30th 36% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 4th +1.7pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 143,456 to 149,299 - more than the combined survey margin (±357).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (142,552 to 149,299).
Big move 149,299
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 30th +28% 1st 13% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 31st +16% 2nd 13% below peers
Charleston, SC 154,338 8th +14% 3rd 3% above peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 21st +10% 4th 2% below peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 25th +9% 5th 3% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 26th +6% 6th 4% below peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 23rd +5% 7th 3% below peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 24th +5% 8th 3% below peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 10th +5% 9th 2% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 27th +5% 10th 6% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 15th +4% 11th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 161,761 1st +4% 12th 8% above peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 20th +2% 13th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 16th +2% 14th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 22nd +2% 15th 3% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 4th +2% 16th 5% above peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 11th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 12th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 18th +2% 19th 1% below peers
Kansas City, KS 155,135 5th +2% 20th 4% above peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 6th +2% 21st 4% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 9th +1% 22nd 3% above peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 3rd +1% 23rd 5% above peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 7th +0% 24th 4% above peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 19th +0% 25th 1% below peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 2nd -0% 26th 6% above peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 28th -1% 27th 7% below peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 13th -1% 28th on par with peers
Midland, TX 136,640 29th -1% 29th 8% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 14th -3% 30th on par with peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 17th -3% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±335 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction 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 (29.1% then, 27.9% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.9% to 27.9%).
Big move 27.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Midland, TX 29.8% 1st +2.2pp 1st 30% above peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 26% below peers
Charleston, SC 17.3% 28th +0.6pp 3rd 24% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 23rd -0.0pp 4th 11% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 3rd -0.1pp 5th 23% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 6th 43% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 12th -0.2pp 7th 7% above peers
Kansas City, KS 27.6% 7th -0.2pp 8th 20% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 20th -0.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 11th -0.6pp 10th 9% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 14th -0.6pp 11th 6% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 15th -0.8pp 12th 6% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 27th -0.7pp 13th 17% below peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 19th -0.9pp 14th 3% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 17th -1.0pp 15th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 5th -1.3pp 16th 22% above peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 22nd -1.0pp 17th 10% below peers
Salinas, CA 29.4% 2nd -1.6pp 18th 28% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 25th -1.1pp 19th 15% below peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 6th -1.6pp 20th 22% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 4th -1.8pp 21st 22% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 26th -1.5pp 22nd 15% below peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 18th -1.8pp 23rd 1% below peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 16th -2.2pp 24th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 8th -2.4pp 25th 14% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 24th -1.9pp 26th 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 21st -2.3pp 27th 9% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 9th -3.0pp 28th 9% above peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 10th -3.1pp 29th 9% above peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 30th -2.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 13th -3.3pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.2% then, 46.3% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.1% to 46.3%).
Big move 46.3%
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
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 27th +3.8pp 1st 58% below peers
Salinas, CA 43.8% 11th +9.2pp 2nd 16% above peers
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 12th +7.2pp 3rd 8% above peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 18th +5.8pp 4th 2% below peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 23rd +2.3pp 5th 31% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 10th +3.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 15th +2.8pp 7th 2% above peers
Kansas City, KS 44.8% 9th +2.3pp 8th 19% above peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 8th +2.1pp 9th 23% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 5th +2.4pp 10th 44% above peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 19th +1.5pp 11th 9% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 4th +2.2pp 12th 44% above peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 16th +1.3pp 13th on par with peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 14th 63% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 20th +0.2pp 15th 16% below peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 6th -0.1pp 16th 37% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 7th -0.6pp 17th 24% above peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 3rd -1.0pp 18th 48% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 19th 69% above peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 14th -1.1pp 20th 2% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 21st 65% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 17th -1.8pp 22nd 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 2nd -3.0pp 23rd 51% above peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 24th -2.0pp 24th 32% below peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 13th -3.3pp 25th 4% above peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 21st -2.7pp 26th 21% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 22nd -3.3pp 27th 22% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 29th -1.9pp 28th 61% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 26th -5.0pp 29th 42% below peers
Charleston, SC 24.8% 25th -6.3pp 30th 34% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 28th -5.8pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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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16 of 33 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 ±4.8pp 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

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.6% then, 77.0% now; margin ±11.0pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.6% to 77.0%).
Big move 77.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 24th +10.0pp 1st 8% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 15th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 21st +7.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Salinas, CA 59.9% 27th +6.0pp 4th 13% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 3rd +7.8pp 5th 13% above peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 4th +7.3pp 6th 12% above peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 13th +6.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Charleston, SC 79.5% 2nd +6.5pp 8th 16% above peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 6th +4.7pp 9th 8% above peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 14th +4.0pp 10th 1% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 12th +3.9pp 11th 1% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 26th +3.5pp 12th 9% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 7th +3.7pp 13th 8% above peers
Kansas City, KS 68.5% 17th +2.8pp 14th on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 11th +2.5pp 15th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 16th 19% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 16th +2.2pp 17th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 28th -0.4pp 18th 14% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 19th 24% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 19th -1.3pp 20th 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 9th -1.7pp 21st 5% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 22nd -1.6pp 22nd 6% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 5th -2.0pp 23rd 10% above peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 29th -1.7pp 24th 18% below peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 10th -2.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 8th -3.4pp 26th 6% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 25th -3.2pp 27th 9% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 23rd -3.9pp 28th 8% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 29th 18% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 18th -6.3pp 30th 1% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 20th -7.7pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 33 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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16 of 33 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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