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Midland, TX
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Midland, TX

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147,615 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Midland, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
11.6%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
14.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
33.7%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
28.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
14.4%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
16.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$89,585
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
$79,329 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.9%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
85.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
65.1%
2020-24
flat
relative change
65.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.5%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
8.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.0%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
4.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Midland, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Property crime
Property crime rate
1,458 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 41%
relative change
1,030 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
12.4%
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
9.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
14.8%
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
11.5% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
34.1%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
26.7% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
174 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 27%
relative change
137 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
360 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 17%
relative change
307 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.50
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
9 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 125%
relative change
4 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
41.0%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
35.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
7.8%
2019-23
▲ 20%
relative change
6.5% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
21.7%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
26.7% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
29.8%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
27.6% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,599
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$1,634 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
136,640
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
138,549 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
56.6%
2020-24
low
vs peers
58.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 360 in July 2026, up from 307 a year earlier.
Needs attention 360 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%
Bridgeport, CT 222 (Jul 26) -27.8% 1st
Pasadena, TX 370 (Jul 26) -27.5% 2nd
Visalia, CA 337 (Jul 26) -22.4% 3rd
Rockford, IL 803 (Jul 26) -19.2% 4th
Mesquite, TX 384 (Jul 26) -16.3% 5th
Elizabeth, NJ 313 (Jul 26) -15.3% 6th
Lewisville, TX 195 (Jul 26) -8.8% 7th
Escondido, CA 357 (Jul 26) -7.1% 8th
Thornton, CO 249 (Jul 26) -5.2% 9th
Pomona, CA 643 (Jul 26) -4.8% 10th
McAllen, TX 128 (Jul 26) -4.5% 11th
Waco, TX 397 (Jul 26) -3.5% 12th
Springfield, MA 929 (Jun 26) +7.6% 13th
Stamford, CT 153 (Jul 26) +11.5% 14th
Round Rock, TX 127 (Jul 26) +11.8% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime rose about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,458 in July 2026, up from 1,030 a year earlier.
Needs attention 1,458 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%
Round Rock, TX 1,199 (Jul 26) -25.5% 1st
Elizabeth, NJ 2,046 (Jul 26) -20.5% 2nd
Visalia, CA 1,572 (Jul 26) -19.5% 3rd
McAllen, TX 1,334 (Jul 26) -18.8% 4th
Bridgeport, CT 1,160 (Jul 26) -18.7% 5th
Thornton, CO 2,235 (Jul 26) -16.7% 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
Waco, TX 1,748 (Jul 26) -6.0% 14th
Stamford, CT 1,005 (Jul 26) -3.0% 15th
Lewisville, TX 1,396 (Jul 26) +3.6% 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 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 →
  • Clarksville, TN down about 35% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 22% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides rose about 125% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 19% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 9 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 4 in the prior 12 months. That is 6 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 9 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%
Springfield, MA 6 (Jun 26) -44.5% 1st
Pomona, CA 5 (Jul 26) -41.6% 2nd
Rockford, IL 7 (Jul 26) -28.5% 3rd
Bridgeport, CT 5 (Jul 26) -22.2% 4th
Mesquite, TX 5 (Jul 26) -20.0% 5th
Lewisville, TX 3 (Jul 26) -20.0% 6th
Waco, TX 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Meridian, ID 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Round Rock, TX 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Stamford, CT 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Visalia, CA 3 (Jul 26) +24.9% 11th
Pasadena, TX 3 (Jul 26) +33.2% 12th
Elizabeth, NJ 2 (Jul 26) +50.4% 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 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 →
  • Lansing, MI down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, NY down about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft rose about 27% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 174 in July 2026, up from 137 a year earlier.
Needs attention 174 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%
McAllen, TX 15 (Jul 26) -58.5% 1st
Thornton, CO 303 (Jul 26) -36.5% 2nd
Lewisville, TX 159 (Jul 26) -35.6% 3rd
Visalia, CA 177 (Jul 26) -33.7% 4th
Escondido, CA 121 (Jul 26) -32.4% 5th
Elizabeth, NJ 381 (Jul 26) -28.6% 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
Mesquite, TX 368 (Jul 26) -21.7% 10th
Stamford, CT 115 (Jul 26) -21.2% 11th
Bridgeport, CT 343 (Jul 26) -18.6% 12th
Pomona, CA 468 (Jul 26) -6.9% 13th
Waco, TX 160 (Jul 26) -6.0% 14th
Round Rock, TX 93 (Jul 26) -2.2% 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Provo, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 13% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $79,329 to $89,585 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,735).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Midland started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 33% from 2014 to 2024 ($67,144 to $89,585).
Bright spot $89,585
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Escondido, CA $91,967 10th +44% 1st 24% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 18th +41% 2nd 2% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 6th +41% 3rd 35% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 12th +38% 4th 20% above peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 16th +38% 5th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 20th +37% 6th 11% below peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 1st +37% 7th 123% above peers
Waco, TX $54,365 27th +35% 8th 27% below peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 28th +34% 9th 29% below peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 24th +32% 10th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 14th +32% 11th 10% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 22nd +32% 12th 17% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 15th +31% 13th 7% above peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 9th +31% 14th 24% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 5th +30% 15th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 13th +26% 16th 20% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 3rd +26% 17th 53% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 23rd +26% 18th 21% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 19th +25% 19th 3% below peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 29th +25% 20th 36% below peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 30th +24% 21st 38% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 26th +24% 22nd 26% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 2nd +23% 23rd 108% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 17th +23% 24th 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 8th +21% 25th 26% above peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 7th +20% 26th 33% above peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 4th +20% 27th 50% above peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 21st +18% 28th 13% below peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 25th +17% 29th 25% below peers
Midland, TX $89,585 11th +13% 30th 20% above peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 31st +8% 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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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5 of 27 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$6,078 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.3 percentage points lower than in 2022 (3.4% then, 3.1% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 2.9% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.5% in July 2026, up from 3.4% a year earlier.
3.5%
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
Elizabeth, NJ 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th -1.6pp 1st 27% above peers
Rockford, IL 5.0% (Jul 26) 17th -1.2pp 2nd 4% above peers
Columbia, SC 4.8% (Jul 26) 14th -0.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Pomona, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 4th 19% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 28th -0.6pp 5th 50% above peers
Visalia, CA 7.0% (Jul 26) 27th -0.3pp 6th 46% above peers
Escondido, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 7th 8% below peers
Jackson, MS 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 9th 38% below peers
Savannah, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.1pp 10th 35% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th -0.1pp 11th 23% below peers
Thornton, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 12th 12% below peers
Pasadena, TX 5.8% (Jul 26) 24th +0.0pp 13th 21% above peers
Springfield, MA 8.0% (Jul 26) 30th +0.0pp 14th 67% above peers
Midland, TX 3.5% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.1pp 15th 27% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 16th 8% above peers
Waco, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 15th +0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st +0.2pp 18th 10% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 19th 2% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 11th +0.3pp 20th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 6th +0.3pp 21st 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.4% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.3pp 22nd 13% above peers
Round Rock, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 5th +0.4pp 23rd 17% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.5% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 25th 8% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th +0.8pp 26th on par with peers
Miramar, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th +0.8pp 27th 8% below peers
Gainesville, FL 6.6% (Jul 26) 26th +1.0pp 28th 38% above peers
Stamford, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 18th +1.3pp 29th 4% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 7.3% (Jul 26) 29th +1.6pp 30th 52% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.2% to 12.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.8% to 12.4%).
Needs attention 12.4%
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% 3rd -2.6pp 1st 52% below peers
Visalia, CA 11.5% 12th -4.7pp 2nd 8% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 8th -2.6pp 3rd 37% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.6% 6th -2.3pp 4th 40% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 4th -1.8pp 5th 44% below peers
Pomona, CA 14.3% 18th -3.6pp 6th 14% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 9th -1.4pp 7th 32% below peers
Escondido, CA 12.2% 14th -1.9pp 8th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 20.0% 23rd -3.1pp 9th 59% above peers
Waco, TX 23.1% 26th -3.1pp 10th 84% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.8% 19th -1.9pp 11th 26% above peers
Savannah, GA 19.6% 22nd -2.2pp 12th 57% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.7% 13th -1.3pp 13th 6% below peers
Victorville, CA 18.4% 20th -1.8pp 14th 46% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.8% 30th -2.3pp 15th 130% above peers
Rockford, IL 21.3% 25th -1.0pp 16th 70% above peers
Springfield, MA 25.8% 28th -1.1pp 17th 106% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.6% 2nd -0.2pp 18th 55% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 21.0% 24th -0.8pp 19th 68% above peers
Gainesville, FL 30.8% 31st +0.1pp 20th 145% above peers
Joliet, IL 11.1% 11th +0.2pp 21st 12% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 22nd 65% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.4% 17th +0.6pp 23rd 7% above peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 16th +0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 5th +0.6pp 25th 42% below peers
Jackson, MS 27.9% 29th +2.5pp 26th 123% above peers
Columbia, SC 24.0% 27th +2.2pp 27th 91% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.1% 10th +1.0pp 28th 19% below peers
Pasadena, TX 18.9% 21st +1.9pp 29th 51% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.8% 7th +0.8pp 30th 38% below peers
Midland, TX 12.4% 15th +3.2pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.5% to 14.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 47% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.7% to 14.8%).
Needs attention 14.8%
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 67% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 5th -7.1pp 2nd 41% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 3rd 78% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 17th -8.8pp 4th 6% above peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 10th -6.8pp 5th 13% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 3rd -2.5pp 6th 67% below peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 11th -5.5pp 7th 12% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 8th -3.7pp 8th 35% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 4th -2.8pp 9th 47% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 18th -5.2pp 10th 21% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 22nd -6.4pp 11th 66% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 13th -2.7pp 12th 7% below peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 7th -1.7pp 13th 37% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 24th -3.4pp 14th 73% above peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 16th -1.9pp 15th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 27th -3.4pp 16th 87% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 14th -1.7pp 17th 5% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 29th -3.3pp 18th 121% above peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 21st -1.6pp 19th 52% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 20th 169% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 20th -0.7pp 21st 42% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 26th -0.8pp 22nd 84% above peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 30th +1.0pp 23rd 151% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 28th +2.1pp 24th 105% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 23rd +2.6pp 25th 72% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 25th +3.0pp 26th 83% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 9th +1.5pp 27th 31% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 19th +3.9pp 28th 29% above peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 12th +3.3pp 29th 9% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 15th +4.2pp 30th 4% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 6th +3.6pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.3% to 92.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Midland started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 10.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (82.1% to 92.9%).
Bright spot 92.9%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 27th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 30th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 25th +13.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 24th +13.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 23rd +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 19th +10.9pp 6th 1% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 21st +9.7pp 7th 2% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 22nd +9.6pp 8th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 28th +9.2pp 9th 5% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 6th +9.8pp 10th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 29th +8.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 26th +7.8pp 12th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 12th +7.8pp 13th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 16th +7.8pp 14th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 14th +7.6pp 15th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 11th +7.5pp 16th 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 9th +7.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 3rd +6.5pp 18th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 18th +6.2pp 19th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 17th +6.0pp 20th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 15th +5.6pp 21st on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 4th +5.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 10th +5.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 20th +4.7pp 24th 1% below peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 13th +4.6pp 25th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 5th +2.9pp 26th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 7th +2.3pp 27th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 31st +0.8pp 30th 8% below peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 8th +0.7pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.50 now; margin ±0.03). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.50).
Needs attention 0.50
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Visalia, CA 0.41 5th -0.037 1st 11% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 22nd -0.026 2nd 6% above peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 17th -0.011 3rd 4% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 24th -0.011 4th 9% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 28th -0.007 5th 11% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 10th -0.006 6th 7% below peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 19th -0.006 7th 4% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 6th -0.004 8th 9% below peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 8th -0.000 9th 8% below peers
Waco, TX 0.51 29th +0.002 10th 12% above peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 3rd +0.003 11th 11% below peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 12th 17% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 13th 21% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 7th +0.005 14th 8% below peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 15th +0.008 15th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 27th +0.010 16th 11% above peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 21st +0.011 17th 6% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 12th +0.010 18th 4% below peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 1st +0.010 19th 15% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 23rd +0.017 20th 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 25th +0.018 21st 9% above peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 26th +0.018 22nd 10% above peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 2nd +0.017 23rd 12% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 20th +0.022 24th 6% above peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 16th +0.023 25th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 4th +0.021 26th 11% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 13th +0.031 27th 3% below peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 18th +0.042 28th 4% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 9th +0.038 29th 8% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 11th +0.047 30th 5% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 14th +0.049 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (6.5% then, 7.8% now; margin ±1.6pp). 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
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (9.5% to 7.8%).
Needs attention 7.8%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 83% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 5th -1.8pp 2nd 63% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 2nd -1.3pp 3rd 72% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 10th -2.5pp 4th 36% below peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 23rd -4.1pp 5th 33% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 14th -2.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 69% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 6th -1.3pp 8th 48% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 21st -2.4pp 9th 26% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 27th -3.1pp 10th 75% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 26th -2.4pp 11th 42% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 18th -1.7pp 12th 8% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 19th -1.4pp 13th 16% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 14th 105% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 11th -0.6pp 15th 33% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 8th -0.4pp 16th 40% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 17th 163% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 16th -0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 20th -0.2pp 19th 19% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 9th +0.2pp 20th 37% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 25th +1.1pp 21st 36% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 12th +0.6pp 22nd 32% below peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 13th +0.8pp 23rd 19% below peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 28th +2.3pp 24th 97% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 24th +1.6pp 25th 35% above peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 22nd +2.0pp 26th 29% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 17th +1.7pp 27th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 29th +3.6pp 28th 104% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 15th +1.9pp 29th on par with peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 7th +1.3pp 30th 43% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 4th +1.8pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $330,434 in August 2026, up from $324,369 a year earlier.
$330,434
2009August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $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 49% below peers
Stamford, CT $724,387 (Aug 26) 3rd +7.7% 2nd 98% above peers
Metairie, LA $328,021 (Aug 26) 18th +6.4% 3rd 10% below peers
Syracuse, NY $224,508 (Aug 26) 27th +5.4% 4th 38% below peers
Olathe, KS $434,937 (Aug 26) 11th +4.8% 5th 19% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $364,989 (Aug 26) 16th +4.5% 6th on par with peers
Naperville, IL $625,494 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 7th 71% above peers
Springfield, MA $305,068 (Aug 26) 20th +4.3% 8th 16% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $548,920 (Aug 26) 6th +2.5% 9th 50% above peers
Midland, TX $330,434 (Aug 26) 17th +1.9% 10th 9% below peers
Visalia, CA $397,626 (Aug 26) 14th +1.5% 11th 9% above peers
Joliet, IL $269,608 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 12th 26% below peers
Columbia, SC $230,191 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 13th 37% below peers
Jackson, MS $86,367 (Aug 26) 31st +1.1% 14th 76% below peers
Meridian, ID $535,976 (Aug 26) 7th +0.9% 15th 47% above peers
Victorville, CA $434,932 (Aug 26) 12th +0.7% 16th 19% above peers
McAllen, TX $229,066 (Aug 26) 26th +0.5% 17th 37% below peers
Escondido, CA $842,305 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.4% 18th 131% above peers
Pomona, CA $682,283 (Aug 26) 4th -0.1% 19th 87% above peers
Gainesville, FL $295,760 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.2% 20th 19% below peers
Waco, TX $197,932 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 21st 46% below peers
Miramar, FL $521,195 (Aug 26) 9th -1.4% 22nd 43% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $303,910 (Aug 26) 21st -1.7% 23rd 17% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $523,439 (Aug 26) 8th -1.9% 24th 43% above peers
Thornton, CO $492,295 (Aug 26) 10th -2.2% 25th 35% above peers
Pasadena, TX $218,883 (Aug 26) 28th -2.3% 26th 40% below peers
Mesquite, TX $258,678 (Aug 26) 24th -2.5% 27th 29% below peers
Lewisville, TX $387,166 (Aug 26) 15th -2.8% 28th 6% above peers
Savannah, GA $322,239 (Aug 26) 19th -2.8% 29th 12% below peers
Bellevue, WA $1,418,231 (Aug 26) 1st -3.9% 30th 289% above peers
Round Rock, TX $398,221 (Aug 26) 13th -5.4% 31st 9% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $226,993 in August 2026, up from $220,653 a year earlier.
$226,993
2009August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $184,827 (Aug 26) -0.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Rockford, IL $117,389 (Aug 26) 30th +12.9% 1st 51% below peers
Metairie, LA $231,140 (Aug 26) 17th +12.5% 2nd 4% below peers
Syracuse, NY $154,567 (Aug 26) 27th +6.8% 3rd 36% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $230,143 (Aug 26) 18th +6.2% 4th 4% below peers
Olathe, KS $333,257 (Aug 26) 11th +6.1% 5th 39% above peers
Springfield, MA $258,798 (Aug 26) 15th +5.6% 6th 8% above peers
Stamford, CT $393,405 (Aug 26) 7th +5.5% 7th 64% above peers
Jackson, MS $37,873 (Aug 26) 31st +5.1% 8th 84% below peers
Naperville, IL $396,237 (Aug 26) 6th +3.3% 9th 65% above peers
Midland, TX $226,993 (Aug 26) 19th +2.9% 10th 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $426,821 (Aug 26) 5th +2.7% 11th 78% above peers
Visalia, CA $316,933 (Aug 26) 12th +1.8% 12th 32% above peers
Victorville, CA $383,617 (Aug 26) 9th +1.2% 13th 60% above peers
McAllen, TX $160,497 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 14th 33% below peers
Joliet, IL $202,194 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 15th 16% below peers
Meridian, ID $434,141 (Aug 26) 4th +1.1% 16th 81% above peers
Columbia, SC $141,482 (Aug 26) 28th +1.0% 17th 41% below peers
Pomona, CA $570,077 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.5% 18th 137% above peers
Escondido, CA $648,894 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.6% 19th 170% above peers
Waco, TX $125,268 (Aug 26) 29th -1.0% 20th 48% below peers
Gainesville, FL $182,482 (Aug 26) 24th -2.4% 21st 24% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $240,102 (Aug 26) 16th -2.5% 22nd on par with peers
Miramar, FL $365,221 (Aug 26) 10th -2.6% 23rd 52% above peers
Lewisville, TX $308,593 (Aug 26) 13th -2.8% 24th 29% above peers
Mesquite, TX $207,504 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.9% 25th 14% below peers
Thornton, CO $384,871 (Aug 26) 8th -3.0% 26th 60% above peers
Pasadena, TX $166,424 (Aug 26) 25th -3.4% 27th 31% below peers
Bellevue, WA $762,573 (Aug 26) 1st -3.8% 28th 218% above peers
Savannah, GA $214,177 (Aug 26) 21st -3.8% 29th 11% below peers
Round Rock, TX $306,560 (Aug 26) 14th -5.7% 30th 28% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $217,912 (Aug 26) 20th -6.4% 31st 9% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.1% then, 65.1% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.8% to 65.1%).
Bright spot 65.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 12th +6.5pp 1st 10% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 25th +4.2pp 2nd 16% below peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 22nd +3.3pp 3rd 10% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 4th 45% above peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 29th +2.7pp 5th 24% below peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 21st +3.0pp 6th 10% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 9th +3.7pp 7th 14% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 8th 53% below peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 19th +2.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 5th +3.0pp 10th 34% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 27th +1.6pp 11th 17% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 2nd +2.6pp 12th 36% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 28th +1.0pp 13th 22% below peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 11th +1.4pp 14th 11% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 18th +1.2pp 15th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 10th +1.1pp 16th 13% above peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 17th +0.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 16th +0.7pp 18th on par with peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 8th +0.1pp 19th 19% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 13th -0.2pp 20th 10% above peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 7th -0.6pp 21st 25% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 26th -0.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 3rd -0.8pp 23rd 36% above peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 6th -1.4pp 24th 30% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 4th -1.6pp 25th 36% above peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 14th -1.4pp 26th 8% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 24th -1.3pp 27th 11% below peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 30th -1.2pp 28th 31% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 20th -2.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 23rd -2.8pp 30th 11% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 15th -4.8pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 ±1.8pp 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 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,599 in August 2026, down from $1,634 a year earlier.
Big move $1,599
2016August 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%
Rockford, IL $1,195 (Aug 26) 31st +7.8% 1st 34% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,668 (Aug 26) 19th +5.2% 2nd 8% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 8th +4.7% 3rd 26% above peers
Meridian, ID $2,084 (Aug 26) 10th +4.7% 4th 15% above peers
Olathe, KS $1,810 (Aug 26) 16th +4.4% 5th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY $1,541 (Aug 26) 24th +4.3% 6th 15% below peers
Springfield, MA $1,853 (Aug 26) 15th +4.3% 7th 2% above peers
Jackson, MS $1,265 (Aug 26) 30th +4.0% 8th 30% below peers
Visalia, CA $1,871 (Aug 26) 13th +3.9% 9th 3% above peers
Naperville, IL $2,289 (Aug 26) 7th +2.7% 10th 26% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $1,990 (Aug 26) 11th +2.7% 11th 10% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,479 (Aug 26) 25th +2.7% 12th 18% below peers
Stamford, CT $2,966 (Aug 26) 1st +2.1% 13th 64% above peers
Gainesville, FL $1,618 (Aug 26) 20th +1.7% 14th 11% below peers
Bellevue, WA $2,828 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 15th 56% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,243 (Aug 26) 9th +1.6% 16th 24% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,741 (Aug 26) 18th +1.2% 17th 4% below peers
Pasadena, TX $1,378 (Aug 26) 27th +1.2% 18th 24% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,353 (Aug 26) 5th +1.1% 19th 30% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,867 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 20th 3% above peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Aug 26) 29th +1.0% 21st 29% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,330 (Aug 26) 6th +0.8% 22nd 29% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,545 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.7% 23rd 15% below peers
Waco, TX $1,363 (Aug 26) 28th +0.3% 24th 25% below peers
Escondido, CA $2,547 (Aug 26) 4th +0.2% 25th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,689 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.1% 26th 49% above peers
Lewisville, TX $1,557 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.1% 27th 14% below peers
Savannah, GA $1,757 (Aug 26) 17th -0.7% 28th 3% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,471 (Aug 26) 26th -0.7% 29th 19% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,881 (Aug 26) 12th -1.1% 30th 4% above peers
Midland, TX $1,599 (Aug 26) 21st -2.2% 31st 12% 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 7.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.7% to 34.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.2% to 34.1%).
Needs attention 34.1%
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
Joliet, IL 28.5% 4th -3.9pp 1st 28% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 25th -4.0pp 2nd 10% above peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 28th -3.0pp 3rd 16% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 29th -3.2pp 4th 27% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 22nd -2.3pp 5th 8% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 6th 28% above peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 34% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 8th 38% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 27th -0.8pp 9th 16% above peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 9th -0.6pp 10th 16% below peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 21st -0.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 5th -0.1pp 12th 26% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 20th +0.1pp 13th 5% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 7th +0.1pp 14th 19% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 6th +0.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 23rd +0.5pp 16th 10% above peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 14th +0.6pp 17th 9% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 11th +0.7pp 18th 13% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 17th +1.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 18th +1.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 26th +2.8pp 21st 10% above peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 24th +3.4pp 22nd 10% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 23rd 40% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 12th +3.2pp 24th 10% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 19th +4.0pp 25th 5% above peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 15th +3.9pp 26th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 8th +3.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 16th +4.6pp 28th on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 29th 29% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 13th +5.5pp 30th 10% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 10th +7.4pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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

2
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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.7pp 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 (4.3% then, 5.0% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 5.0%).
Bright spot 5.0%
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 42% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 11th -2.1pp 2nd 22% below peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 24th -3.2pp 3rd 74% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 19th -1.9pp 4th 13% above peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 28th -3.7pp 5th 200% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 30th -3.6pp 6th 240% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 14th -0.9pp 7th 13% below peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 17th -0.9pp 8th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 22nd -1.4pp 9th 55% above peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 3rd -0.3pp 10th 47% below peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 15th -0.5pp 11th 3% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 2nd -0.2pp 12th 51% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 31st -1.4pp 13th 325% above peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 7th -0.1pp 14th 37% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 29th -0.6pp 15th 222% above peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 18th -0.1pp 16th 8% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 1st -0.0pp 17th 60% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 26th -0.0pp 18th 90% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 27th +0.1pp 19th 111% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 10th +0.2pp 20th 23% below peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 20th +0.3pp 21st 15% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 12th +0.2pp 22nd 20% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 16th +0.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 23rd +0.9pp 24th 59% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 8th +0.5pp 25th 26% below peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 26th 24% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 13th +0.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 4th +0.5pp 28th 43% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 25th +1.7pp 29th 78% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 21st +1.7pp 30th 51% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 6th +1.1pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.7% to 14.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Midland started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 14.4%).
Bright spot 14.4%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 16th -3.1pp 1st on par with peers
Savannah, GA 13.9% 22nd -3.1pp 2nd 35% above peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 14th -1.9pp 3rd 5% below peers
Meridian, ID 6.9% 6th -1.2pp 4th 33% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.3% 13th -1.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Midland, TX 14.4% 23rd -2.4pp 6th 39% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 18th -1.6pp 7th 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.4% 9th -1.1pp 8th 28% below peers
Columbia, SC 7.7% 10th -1.1pp 9th 25% below peers
Escondido, CA 10.8% 17th -1.5pp 10th 5% above peers
Pomona, CA 11.0% 19th -1.4pp 11th 7% above peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 12th 76% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 59% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 27th -1.2pp 14th 49% above peers
McAllen, TX 24.1% 29th -1.2pp 15th 134% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 2nd -0.2pp 16th 63% below peers
Waco, TX 15.2% 26th -0.2pp 17th 48% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.2% 7th -0.0pp 18th 30% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.0% 4th +0.0pp 19th 51% below peers
Joliet, IL 8.1% 12th +0.2pp 20th 21% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.5% 28th +0.7pp 21st 109% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.8% 21st +0.7pp 22nd 24% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.9% 11th +0.5pp 23rd 23% below peers
Rockford, IL 7.2% 8th +0.4pp 24th 30% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.5% 31st +2.1pp 25th 176% above peers
Jackson, MS 14.9% 25th +1.1pp 26th 44% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 5th +0.5pp 27th 42% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.8% 24th +1.2pp 28th 44% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.2% 30th +3.4pp 29th 135% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 15th +1.6pp 30th 4% below peers
Round Rock, TX 11.9% 20th +2.5pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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.

39.1%
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 45% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 2nd 25% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 3rd 21% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 4th 18% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 5th 18% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 6th 15% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 7th 14% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 8th 9% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 9th 8% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 10th 8% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 11th 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 12th 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 13th 4% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 14th 2% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 15th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 16th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 17th 1% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 18th 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 19th 5% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 20th 5% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 21st 6% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 22nd 12% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 23rd 13% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 24th 13% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 25th 15% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 26th 17% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 27th 17% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 28th 19% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 29th 19% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 30th 29% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 31st 38% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.7% to 11.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Midland started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.1% to 11.6%).
Bright spot 11.6%
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
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 1st 75% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 9th -1.1pp 2nd 31% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 26th -3.0pp 3rd 112% above peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 18th -1.0pp 4th 21% above peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 14th -0.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 2nd -0.1pp 6th 68% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 23rd -0.2pp 7th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 21st -0.1pp 8th 24% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 13th +0.1pp 9th 16% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 11th +0.1pp 10th 27% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 15th +0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 12th 166% above peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 13th 220% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 24th +0.8pp 14th 59% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 28th +1.4pp 15th 151% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 6th +0.4pp 16th 48% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 19th +1.0pp 17th 23% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 16th +0.8pp 18th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 8th +0.6pp 19th 33% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 10th +0.7pp 20th 28% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 7th +0.6pp 21st 41% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 5th +0.6pp 22nd 58% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 12th +1.1pp 23rd 26% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 3rd +0.6pp 24th 62% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 25th +2.4pp 25th 62% above peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 4th +0.6pp 26th 61% below peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 29th +4.4pp 27th 157% above peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 17th +1.9pp 28th 14% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 22nd +2.4pp 29th 34% above peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 20th +2.7pp 30th 23% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 27th +5.5pp 31st 136% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.9% to 33.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Midland started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.5% to 33.7%).
Bright spot 33.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 12th +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
Escondido, CA 28.9% 18th +5.1pp 4th 11% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 10th +6.6pp 5th 25% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 3rd +8.6pp 6th 65% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 8th +6.9pp 7th 36% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 14th +5.1pp 8th 3% above peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 13th +4.8pp 9th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 21st +3.4pp 10th 21% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 20th +3.8pp 11th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 15th +3.7pp 12th 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 29th +1.8pp 13th 50% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 27th +2.2pp 14th 38% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 7th +4.8pp 15th 38% above peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 9th +4.2pp 16th 27% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 26th +1.9pp 17th 37% below peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 17th +2.8pp 18th 4% below peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 28th +1.8pp 19th 40% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 30th +1.1pp 20th 55% below peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 16th +2.2pp 21st on par with peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 22nd 123% above peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 19th +1.6pp 23rd 11% below peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 24th +1.1pp 24th 28% below peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 25th 122% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 6th +2.1pp 26th 41% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 22nd +0.9pp 27th 26% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 11th +1.4pp 28th 23% above peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 4th +1.6pp 29th 59% above peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 5th +0.8pp 30th 56% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 31st -0.2pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.5% then, 41.0% now; margin ±10.6pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.8% to 41.0%).
Needs attention 41.0%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 22nd +11.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 21st +9.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 3rd 47% above peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 23rd +5.4pp 4th 15% below peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 3rd +7.7pp 5th 29% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 13th +5.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 12th +5.8pp 7th 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 16th +4.3pp 8th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 20th +3.8pp 9th 4% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 27th +1.7pp 10th 31% below peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 29th +1.0pp 11th 37% below peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 5th +1.6pp 12th 24% above peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 15th -1.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 18th -1.5pp 14th 1% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 14th -3.2pp 15th 5% above peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 7th -4.1pp 16th 14% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 4th -5.5pp 17th 27% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 6th -5.9pp 18th 24% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 2nd -6.5pp 19th 33% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 17th -4.9pp 20th 1% below peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 25th -3.8pp 21st 24% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 24th -4.5pp 22nd 18% below peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 19th -7.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 10th -9.6pp 24th 10% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 11th -12.0pp 25th 9% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 8th -17.7pp 26th 12% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 26th -12.3pp 27th 30% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 9th -24.8pp 28th 10% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 30th -19.0pp 29th 42% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 28th -23.1pp 30th 34% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 ±7.4pp 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 (8.7% then, 5.5% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.2% to 5.5%).
Bright spot 5.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 80% below peers
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 75% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 10th -3.2pp 3rd 15% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 28th -6.5pp 4th 80% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 9th -2.4pp 5th 18% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 12th -2.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 15th -2.2pp 7th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 21st -1.6pp 8th 12% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 16th -1.4pp 9th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 29th -2.4pp 10th 91% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 6th -0.7pp 11th 37% below peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 11th -0.8pp 12th 10% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 14th -0.8pp 13th 7% below peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 20th -0.9pp 14th 4% above peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 17th -0.8pp 15th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 8th -0.4pp 16th 30% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 7th -0.1pp 17th 36% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 22nd +0.0pp 18th 27% above peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 24th +0.1pp 19th 44% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 13th +0.2pp 20th 8% below peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 30th +0.7pp 21st 94% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 19th +0.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 31st +2.3pp 23rd 101% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 26th +2.4pp 24th 67% above peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 27th +2.6pp 25th 69% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 5th +1.2pp 26th 40% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 18th +2.1pp 27th 2% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 23rd +3.6pp 28th 30% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 4th +1.9pp 29th 41% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 3rd +1.7pp 30th 50% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 25th +6.1pp 31st 65% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.3pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population fell about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 138,549 to 136,640 - more than the combined survey margin (±61). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 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
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 80% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 14% from 2014 to 2024 (119,409 to 136,640).
Big move 136,640
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 29th +28% 1st 10% below peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 28th +23% 2nd 10% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 30th +16% 3rd 10% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 23rd +13% 4th 5% below peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 14th +10% 5th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 18th +9% 6th 1% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 24th +7% 7th 5% below peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 25th +6% 8th 5% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 19th +6% 9th 1% below peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 16th +5% 10th on par with peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 17th +5% 11th 1% below peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 2nd +5% 12th 5% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 21st +5% 13th 4% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 7th +4% 14th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 31st +3% 15th 12% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 27th +3% 16th 6% below peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 13th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 8th +2% 18th 3% above peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 15th +2% 19th on par with peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 3rd +2% 20th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 4th +2% 21st 4% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 10th +2% 22nd 2% above peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 1st +0% 23rd 7% above peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 11th +0% 24th 2% above peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 22nd -1% 25th 4% below peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 5th -1% 26th 3% above peers
Midland, TX 136,640 26th -1% 27th 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 20th -2% 28th 4% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 6th -3% 29th 3% above peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 9th -3% 30th 2% above peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 12th -12% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 ±33 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.6% to 29.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 57% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children rose 2.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.3% to 29.8%).
Big move 29.8%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 25th +1.6pp 1st 13% below peers
Midland, TX 29.8% 1st +2.2pp 2nd 25% above peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 30th +0.9pp 3rd 29% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 27th -0.0pp 4th 15% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 3rd -0.1pp 5th 18% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 6th 45% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 23rd -0.3pp 7th 7% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 12th -0.6pp 8th 4% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 8th -0.6pp 9th 8% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 14th -0.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 15th -0.8pp 11th 1% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 22nd -0.9pp 12th 7% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 20th -1.0pp 13th 4% below peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 5th -1.3pp 14th 17% above peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 26th -1.0pp 15th 14% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 9th -1.2pp 16th 7% above peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 16th -1.2pp 17th on par with peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 28th -1.1pp 18th 18% below peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 6th -1.6pp 19th 17% above peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 18th -1.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 4th -1.8pp 21st 17% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 2nd -2.1pp 22nd 24% above peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 21st -1.8pp 23rd 5% below peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 19th -2.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 7th -2.4pp 25th 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 24th -2.3pp 26th 13% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 29th -2.1pp 27th 23% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 10th -3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 11th -3.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 13th -3.3pp 30th 2% above peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 17th -3.3pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent fell 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.7% to 21.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.3pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 10.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.4% to 21.7%).
Big move 21.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 11th +7.2pp 1st 13% above peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 18th +3.1pp 2nd 9% below peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 25th +2.3pp 3rd 27% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 10th +3.3pp 4th 22% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 13th +2.8pp 5th 6% above peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 9th +2.1pp 6th 29% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 5th +2.4pp 7th 51% above peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 17th +1.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 14th +1.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 7th +1.3pp 10th 39% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 11th 76% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 12th 61% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 20th +0.2pp 13th 12% below peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 6th -0.1pp 14th 43% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 8th -0.6pp 15th 30% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 19th -0.5pp 16th 10% below peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 4th -1.0pp 17th 55% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 18th 77% above peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 26th -0.6pp 19th 28% below peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 20th 63% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 15th -1.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 3rd -3.0pp 22nd 58% above peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 12th -3.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 22nd -2.7pp 24th 17% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 23rd -3.3pp 25th 19% below peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 21st -3.5pp 26th 16% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 29th -1.9pp 27th 60% below peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 16th -6.1pp 28th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 24th -5.3pp 29th 22% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 27th -5.0pp 30th 40% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 28th -5.8pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.4% then, 56.6% now; margin ±10.0pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.6% to 56.6%).
Big move 56.6%
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 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 25th +10.0pp 1st 9% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 16th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 21st +7.6pp 3rd 4% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 3rd +7.8pp 4th 12% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 9th +7.2pp 5th 4% above peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 4th +7.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 22nd +6.1pp 7th 4% below peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 15th +6.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 14th +6.0pp 9th 3% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 27th +4.6pp 10th 11% below peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 6th +4.7pp 11th 7% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 7th +3.7pp 12th 7% above peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 13th 16% above peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 13th +2.5pp 14th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 15th 19% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 17th +2.2pp 16th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 19th +0.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 28th -0.4pp 18th 14% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 12th -0.8pp 19th 4% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 20th 25% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 18th -1.3pp 21st 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 8th -1.7pp 22nd 5% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 23rd -1.6pp 23rd 6% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 5th -2.0pp 24th 9% above peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 29th -1.7pp 25th 18% below peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 10th -2.2pp 26th 4% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 11th -2.5pp 27th 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 26th -3.2pp 28th 9% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 24th -3.9pp 29th 8% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 30th 18% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 20th -7.7pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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