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104,643 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where New Braunfels, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
61 /100k
May 2026
▼ 53%
relative change
130 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
2.5%
2020-24
▼ 46%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
6.3%
2020-24
▼ 42%
relative change
10.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,161 /100k
May 2026
▼ 26%
relative change
1,563 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$86,021
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$71,044 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
205 /100k
May 2026
▼ 17%
relative change
248 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.5%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
12.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
38.6%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
34.7% in 2019
Real improvement  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.0%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
87.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
65.3%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
62.2% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
7.3%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
8.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.6%
2019-23
▼ 7%
relative change
5.0% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.44
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where New Braunfels, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.9%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
27.8% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.5%
May 2026
▲ 9%
relative change
3.2% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.5%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
7.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.4%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
6.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
104,643
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
79,438 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.5%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
25.2% in 2019
Falling  
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$264,997
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$271,569 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$351,340
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$360,053 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,563
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$1,597 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
72.0%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
69.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 205 in May 2026, down from 248 a year earlier.
205 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Daly City, CA 211 (May 26) 8th -27.6% 1st 22% below peers
San Mateo, CA 151 (May 26) 3rd -27.2% 2nd 44% below peers
Burbank, CA 329 (May 26) 16th -18.4% 3rd 22% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 111 (May 26) 2nd -17.7% 4th 59% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 205 (May 26) 7th -17.1% 5th 24% below peers
Brockton, MA 525 (Apr 26) 20th -11.5% 6th 94% above peers
Edinburg, TX 195 (May 26) 6th -11.1% 7th 28% below peers
Chico, CA 630 (May 26) 23rd -9.8% 8th 133% above peers
Fishers, IN 76 (May 26) 1st -9.1% 9th 72% below peers
West Covina, CA 236 (May 26) 10th -6.3% 10th 13% below peers
Bend, OR 154 (May 26) 4th -6.1% 11th 43% below peers
Quincy, MA 304 (May 26) 15th -5.7% 12th 13% above peers
Dearborn, MI 270 (May 26) 13th -5.6% 13th on par with peers
El Monte, CA 406 (May 26) 18th -5.4% 14th 50% above peers
South Bend, IN 950 (May 26) 24th -3.2% 15th 252% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 156 (May 26) 5th -1.6% 16th 42% below peers
Boulder, CO 357 (May 26) 17th -0.5% 17th 32% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 238 (Apr 26) 11th +5.2% 18th 12% below peers
Vacaville, CA 276 (May 26) 14th +5.9% 19th 2% above peers
Conroe, TX 254 (May 26) 12th +10.8% 20th 6% below peers
El Cajon, CA 545 (May 26) 21st +15.3% 21st 102% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 412 (May 26) 19th +20.9% 22nd 53% above peers
St. George, UT 212 (May 26) 9th +22.9% 23rd 21% below peers
Green Bay, WI 551 (May 26) 22nd +32.4% 24th 104% above peers
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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 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Edinburg, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 26% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,161 in May 2026, down from 1,563 a year earlier.
1,161 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
New Braunfels, TX 1,161 (May 26) 5th -25.7% 1st 18% below peers
Fishers, IN 436 (May 26) 1st -25.2% 2nd 69% below peers
San Mateo, CA 1,343 (May 26) 8th -21.9% 3rd 5% below peers
Vacaville, CA 1,338 (May 26) 7th -21.5% 4th 5% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 2,033 (May 26) 20th -18.7% 5th 44% above peers
Burbank, CA 2,333 (May 26) 21st -18.3% 6th 65% above peers
Edinburg, TX 1,366 (May 26) 10th -18.3% 7th 3% below peers
Boulder, CO 2,482 (May 26) 22nd -16.7% 8th 75% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 1,951 (May 26) 17th -15.7% 9th 38% above peers
West Covina, CA 1,703 (May 26) 16th -13.7% 10th 20% above peers
Quincy, MA 1,133 (May 26) 4th -13.7% 11th 20% below peers
Dearborn, MI 1,693 (May 26) 15th -11.4% 12th 20% above peers
Daly City, CA 1,343 (May 26) 9th -10.6% 13th 5% below peers
South Bend, IN 2,572 (May 26) 23rd -6.7% 14th 82% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 3,235 (Apr 26) 24th -4.1% 15th 129% above peers
Conroe, TX 1,437 (May 26) 14th -2.2% 16th 2% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 708 (May 26) 2nd -2.0% 17th 50% below peers
El Cajon, CA 1,399 (May 26) 12th -1.9% 18th 1% below peers
Bend, OR 1,384 (May 26) 11th -1.1% 19th 2% below peers
St. George, UT 874 (May 26) 3rd +0.2% 20th 38% below peers
El Monte, CA 1,976 (May 26) 19th +2.5% 21st 40% above peers
Chico, CA 1,958 (May 26) 18th +6.5% 22nd 38% above peers
Brockton, MA 1,415 (Apr 26) 13th +10.5% 23rd on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 1,299 (May 26) 6th +10.9% 24th 8% below peers
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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 →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 30% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Longer view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2 in May 2026, down from 2 a year earlier.
2 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Bend, OR 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Green Bay, WI 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
West Covina, CA 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Daly City, CA 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
St. George, UT 1 (May 26) 9th -80.0% 6th 5% below peers
El Monte, CA 2 (May 26) 17th -66.7% 7th 100% above peers
El Cajon, CA 2 (May 26) 18th -60.0% 8th 102% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 2 (May 26) 16th -51.2% 9th 93% above peers
Dearborn, MI 1 (May 26) 10th -49.9% 10th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 6 (Apr 26) 22nd -25.1% 11th 489% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 2 (May 26) 15th -22.1% 12th 68% above peers
Burbank, CA 1 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 13th 1% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 1 (Apr 26) 8th +0.0% 14th 5% below peers
Vacaville, CA 1 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 15th 1% below peers
Chico, CA 2 (May 26) 19th +0.0% 16th 102% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6 (May 26) 23rd +19.8% 17th 507% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 4 (May 26) 21st +66.4% 18th 331% above peers
South Bend, IN 16 (May 26) 24th +183.4% 19th 1598% above peers
Edinburg, TX 0 (May 26) 6th 100% below peers
Boulder, CO 3 (May 26) 20th 192% above peers
Conroe, TX 0 (May 26) 7th 100% below peers
Fishers, IN 1 (May 26) 11th 1% below peers
Quincy, MA 1 (May 26) 13th on par with peers
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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 →
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 75% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 25% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lee's Summit, MO down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2022-2026
  • Lynn, MA down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 53% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 61 in May 2026, down from 130 a year earlier.
61 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Boulder, CO 89 (May 26) 7th -55.8% 1st 44% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 61 (May 26) 3rd -53.4% 2nd 62% below peers
Vacaville, CA 71 (May 26) 6th -51.3% 3rd 56% below peers
Fishers, IN 31 (May 26) 1st -50.0% 4th 80% below peers
Daly City, CA 122 (May 26) 11th -44.6% 5th 24% below peers
Quincy, MA 67 (May 26) 4th -44.4% 6th 58% below peers
San Mateo, CA 91 (May 26) 8th -44.0% 7th 43% below peers
Burbank, CA 175 (May 26) 15th -42.5% 8th 9% above peers
Dearborn, MI 228 (May 26) 20th -40.6% 9th 42% above peers
Edinburg, TX 99 (May 26) 9th -39.2% 10th 38% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 160 (May 26) 13th -34.1% 11th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 70 (May 26) 5th -31.7% 12th 56% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 189 (May 26) 16th -30.6% 13th 18% above peers
South Bend, IN 314 (May 26) 22nd -28.0% 14th 96% above peers
El Monte, CA 317 (May 26) 23rd -24.6% 15th 98% above peers
Green Bay, WI 172 (May 26) 14th -20.9% 16th 7% above peers
West Covina, CA 228 (May 26) 19th -19.9% 17th 42% above peers
El Cajon, CA 224 (May 26) 18th -7.3% 18th 40% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 274 (Apr 26) 21st -7.1% 19th 71% above peers
Chico, CA 216 (May 26) 17th +5.7% 20th 35% above peers
Brockton, MA 339 (Apr 26) 24th +7.2% 21st 112% above peers
Conroe, TX 136 (May 26) 12th +11.5% 22nd 15% below peers
St. George, UT 48 (May 26) 2nd +20.9% 23rd 70% below peers
Bend, OR 105 (May 26) 10th +22.6% 24th 35% below peers
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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 43% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $71,044 to $86,021 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,099). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 46% from 2014 to 2024 ($59,083 to $86,021).
$86,021
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%
Bend, OR $96,394 15th +47% 1st 8% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 16th +44% 2nd on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 22nd +42% 3rd 17% below peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 24th +39% 4th 23% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 11th +39% 5th 12% above peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 31st +39% 6th 37% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 13th +38% 7th 10% above peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 19th +37% 8th 10% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 27th +34% 9th 25% below peers
Inglewood, CA $72,750 23rd +34% 10th 18% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $104,340 7th +33% 11th 17% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 20th +31% 12th 14% below peers
Daly City, CA $123,547 5th +31% 13th 39% above peers
Renton, WA $100,432 10th +29% 14th 13% above peers
Burbank, CA $97,082 14th +28% 15th 9% above peers
Quincy, MA $98,882 12th +27% 16th 11% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $159,307 1st +27% 17th 79% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $60,177 29th +27% 18th 32% below peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 6th +27% 19th 25% above peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 21st +26% 20th 14% below peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 17th +26% 21st 2% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 26th +26% 22nd 25% below peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 2nd +23% 23rd 73% above peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 30th +22% 24th 33% below peers
El Cajon, CA $67,511 25th +22% 25th 24% below peers
West Covina, CA $101,065 9th +22% 26th 14% above peers
Dearborn, MI $65,324 28th +22% 27th 26% below peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 3rd +21% 28th 48% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 18th +21% 29th 3% below peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 4th +19% 30th 47% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 8th +14% 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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9 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,404 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening slower than 89% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.5% in May 2026, up from 3.2% a year earlier.
3.5%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 4.3% (May 26) +0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Boulder, CO 3.8% (May 26) 9th -0.6pp 1st 7% below peers
South Bend, IN 3.8% (May 26) 10th -0.5pp 2nd 7% below peers
Burbank, CA 6.5% (May 26) 29th -0.4pp 3rd 59% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.6% (May 26) 20th -0.4pp 4th 12% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.0% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 5th 27% below peers
Vacaville, CA 4.1% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 6th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 3.9% (May 26) 11th -0.3pp 7th 5% below peers
El Cajon, CA 4.3% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 8th 5% above peers
Brockton, MA 5.0% (May 26) 24th -0.3pp 9th 22% above peers
San Mateo, CA 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 10th 22% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 11th 37% below peers
Daly City, CA 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 12th 24% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 4.2% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.2pp 14th 39% below peers
Chico, CA 4.3% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 15th 5% above peers
Bend, OR 4.1% (May 26) 14th -0.1pp 16th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 2.9% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 17th 29% below peers
St. George, UT 3.5% (May 26) 7th +0.0pp 18th 15% below peers
El Monte, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th +0.1pp 19th 22% above peers
Inglewood, CA 5.9% (May 26) 28th +0.1pp 20th 44% above peers
West Covina, CA 4.9% (May 26) 21st +0.1pp 21st 20% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.3pp 22nd 15% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.1% (May 26) 27th +0.3pp 23rd 24% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 24th 5% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 25th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 26th 2% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +0.5pp 27th 20% above peers
Dearborn, MI 5.0% (May 26) 26th +0.5pp 28th 22% above peers
Renton, WA 4.9% (May 26) 23rd +0.7pp 29th 20% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.5% then, 7.3% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 7.3%).
7.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 12.0%
Rialto, CA 12.6% 19th -3.5pp 1st 15% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 16th -2.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.5% 5th -1.5pp 3rd 32% below peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 12th -1.5pp 4th 20% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.3% 4th -1.2pp 5th 33% below peers
Dearborn, MI 24.2% 30th -3.8pp 6th 122% above peers
Inglewood, CA 14.5% 23rd -2.2pp 7th 33% above peers
St. George, UT 11.2% 18th -1.7pp 8th 3% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 9th -1.2pp 9th 26% below peers
South Bend, IN 20.4% 28th -2.6pp 10th 86% above peers
El Monte, CA 17.3% 25th -2.0pp 11th 58% above peers
Brockton, MA 13.3% 21st -1.3pp 12th 22% above peers
Conroe, TX 11.1% 17th -0.9pp 13th 1% above peers
Quincy, MA 10.4% 14th -0.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Chico, CA 22.0% 29th -0.4pp 15th 101% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.3% 22nd -0.1pp 16th 31% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 15.7% 24th -0.0pp 17th 44% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.9% 1st +0.0pp 18th 74% below peers
Daly City, CA 7.6% 7th +0.1pp 19th 30% below peers
Burbank, CA 10.7% 15th +0.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.7% 20th +0.5pp 21st 16% above peers
Boulder, CO 19.1% 26th +0.7pp 22nd 75% above peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 6th +0.3pp 23rd 32% below peers
El Cajon, CA 20.2% 27th +1.2pp 24th 85% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 10th +0.7pp 25th 25% below peers
Edinburg, TX 24.9% 31st +2.1pp 26th 128% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% 11th +0.9pp 27th 22% below peers
Vacaville, CA 7.7% 8th +0.9pp 28th 29% below peers
West Covina, CA 9.9% 13th +1.7pp 29th 9% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 2.6pp 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.9% to 6.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.6% to 6.3%).
6.3%
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%
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 3rd -4.6pp 1st 50% below peers
Brockton, MA 15.2% 20th -4.9pp 2nd 21% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 22nd -5.8pp 3rd 43% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 19th -4.3pp 4th 19% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 5th -2.3pp 5th 32% below peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 18th -3.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 10.1% 10th -2.3pp 7th 20% below peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 11th -2.1pp 8th 17% below peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 17th -2.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.0% 1st -0.4pp 10th 84% below peers
Quincy, MA 12.6% 16th -2.3pp 11th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 29th -4.8pp 12th 130% above peers
Dearborn, MI 34.5% 30th -5.3pp 13th 173% above peers
Inglewood, CA 20.3% 24th -2.9pp 14th 61% above peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 28th -3.7pp 15th 111% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 12th -1.0pp 16th 17% below peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 8th -0.8pp 17th 22% below peers
El Cajon, CA 26.5% 27th -0.3pp 18th 110% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 21st +0.2pp 19th 34% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 23rd +0.4pp 20th 59% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 76% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 6th +0.6pp 22nd 29% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 24.4% 26th +1.9pp 23rd 93% above peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 31st +4.1pp 24th 185% above peers
Burbank, CA 10.8% 13th +1.6pp 25th 14% below peers
West Covina, CA 12.3% 15th +1.9pp 26th 3% below peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 25th +3.9pp 27th 76% above peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 14th +2.0pp 28th 14% below peers
Daly City, CA 10.0% 9th +2.4pp 29th 21% below peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 7th +2.7pp 30th 28% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 4th +2.3pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.7% to 95.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 11.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (83.9% to 95.0%).
95.0%
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%
South Bend, IN 89.1% 29th +17.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 22nd +14.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 30th +12.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 27th +12.2pp 4th 5% below peers
Dearborn, MI 93.4% 20th +11.8pp 5th 1% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 88.3% 31st +10.8pp 6th 6% below peers
Burbank, CA 95.0% 10th +10.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 28th +9.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Inglewood, CA 92.2% 23rd +9.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 25th +8.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 13th +8.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Quincy, MA 94.6% 14th +7.8pp 12th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 11th +7.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 19th +6.3pp 14th 1% below peers
West Covina, CA 94.2% 16th +5.9pp 15th on par with peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 24th +5.7pp 16th 2% below peers
El Cajon, CA 93.6% 18th +5.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Daly City, CA 94.8% 12th +5.5pp 18th 1% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 26th +5.0pp 19th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 6th +5.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 17th +5.1pp 21st 1% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 2nd +4.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 7th +3.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 8th +3.6pp 24th 1% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 95.2% 9th +3.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 4th +3.1pp 26th 2% above peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 15th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 21st +2.5pp 28th 1% below peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 5th +2.6pp 29th 2% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 98.1% 1st +1.8pp 30th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 3rd -0.5pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 →
  • 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
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.44).
0.44
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
Conroe, TX 0.44 17th -0.029 1st on par with peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 5th -0.019 2nd 10% below peers
Chico, CA 0.48 28th -0.017 3rd 9% above peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 3rd -0.011 4th 10% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 0.38 2nd -0.008 5th 15% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 6th -0.007 6th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 15th -0.007 7th 1% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 23rd -0.006 8th 8% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 0.52 30th -0.006 9th 18% above peers
Inglewood, CA 0.45 18th -0.001 10th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 4th -0.000 11th 10% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 21st +0.001 12th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 9th +0.002 13th 6% below peers
Quincy, MA 0.45 19th +0.003 14th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 16th +0.003 15th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 16th 18% below peers
El Cajon, CA 0.45 20th +0.008 17th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 0.48 26th +0.010 18th 9% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 8th +0.009 19th 7% below peers
Renton, WA 0.43 11th +0.012 20th 3% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 0.48 25th +0.013 21st 8% above peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 14th +0.012 22nd 1% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 12th +0.012 23rd 2% below peers
Bend, OR 0.47 22nd +0.014 24th 6% above peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 24th +0.014 25th 8% above peers
Burbank, CA 0.50 29th +0.017 26th 12% above peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 7th +0.014 27th 9% below peers
West Covina, CA 0.43 10th +0.019 28th 4% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 27th +0.023 29th 9% above peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 31st +0.029 30th 27% above peers
Daly City, CA 0.44 13th +0.031 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (5.0% then, 4.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (8.6% to 4.7%).
4.6%
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
Bend, OR 7.7% 10th -4.9pp 1st 30% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 9th -4.5pp 2nd 34% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 8th -3.1pp 3rd 49% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 3.6% 3rd -1.3pp 4th 67% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 2nd -0.5pp 5th 87% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 12.0% 19th -3.4pp 6th 10% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 16th -2.8pp 7th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 26th -4.0pp 8th 72% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.2% 1st -0.2pp 9th 89% below peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 22nd -2.0pp 10th 53% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 6th -0.3pp 11th 57% below peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 29th -1.7pp 12th 111% above peers
Dearborn, MI 21.6% 27th -1.3pp 13th 99% above peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 18th +0.3pp 14th 7% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 24th +0.4pp 15th 59% above peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 14th +0.2pp 16th 19% below peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 13th +0.2pp 17th 26% below peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 31st +2.2pp 18th 188% above peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 23rd +1.5pp 19th 57% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 5th +0.4pp 20th 63% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 12th +1.2pp 21st 26% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 4th +0.6pp 22nd 65% below peers
El Cajon, CA 24.7% 30th +3.6pp 23rd 127% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 7th +1.0pp 24th 53% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 21st +3.9pp 25th 36% above peers
Inglewood, CA 18.7% 25th +5.4pp 26th 72% above peers
Quincy, MA 13.8% 20th +4.1pp 27th 27% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 28th +6.6pp 28th 102% above peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 11th +2.6pp 29th 30% below peers
Burbank, CA 9.2% 15th +4.4pp 30th 15% below peers
West Covina, CA 11.4% 17th +6.1pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $351,340 in June 2026, down from $360,053 a year earlier.
$351,340
2009June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $302,999 (Jun 26) -1.9%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
South Bend, IN $202,069 (Jun 26) 28th +6.9% 1st 67% below peers
Green Bay, WI $289,378 (Jun 26) 25th +5.8% 2nd 53% below peers
Dearborn, MI $255,121 (Jun 26) 26th +4.6% 3rd 58% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $701,613 (Jun 26) 12th +2.9% 4th 15% above peers
Inglewood, CA $764,548 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 5th 25% above peers
San Mateo, CA $1,678,255 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 6th 175% above peers
Brockton, MA $516,482 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 7th 15% below peers
Fishers, IN $450,919 (Jun 26) 20th +1.7% 8th 26% below peers
Edinburg, TX $219,009 (Jun 26) 27th +1.6% 9th 64% below peers
Daly City, CA $1,132,134 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 10th 85% above peers
El Monte, CA $766,805 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 11th 26% above peers
West Covina, CA $850,383 (Jun 26) 5th +1.1% 12th 39% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $178,137 (Jun 26) 29th +1.0% 13th 71% below peers
Quincy, MA $690,382 (Jun 26) 13th +0.9% 14th 13% above peers
Chico, CA $469,145 (Jun 26) 19th +0.6% 15th 23% below peers
Rialto, CA $592,780 (Jun 26) 16th +0.6% 16th 3% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $677,991 (Jun 26) 14th +0.5% 17th 11% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $417,512 (Jun 26) 21st +0.3% 18th 32% below peers
Columbia, MD $518,039 (Jun 26) 17th +0.1% 19th 15% below peers
Boulder, CO $972,493 (Jun 26) 4th -0.9% 20th 59% above peers
Burbank, CA $1,192,558 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.0% 21st 95% above peers
Vacaville, CA $610,649 (Jun 26) 15th -1.2% 22nd on par with peers
El Cajon, CA $816,132 (Jun 26) 6th -1.4% 23rd 34% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $395,294 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.5% 24th 35% below peers
Conroe, TX $316,083 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 25th 48% below peers
Bend, OR $737,350 (Jun 26) 10th -1.9% 26th 21% above peers
Renton, WA $752,310 (Jun 26) 9th -2.1% 27th 23% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $351,340 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.4% 28th 42% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $710,472 (Jun 26) 11th -2.8% 29th 16% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $264,997 in June 2026, down from $271,569 a year earlier.
$264,997
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $185,570 (Jun 26) -0.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
South Bend, IN $120,695 (Jun 26) 28th +9.7% 1st 75% below peers
Green Bay, WI $224,073 (Jun 26) 25th +8.2% 2nd 54% below peers
Dearborn, MI $196,246 (Jun 26) 26th +6.2% 3rd 59% below peers
Edinburg, TX $143,142 (Jun 26) 27th +5.1% 4th 70% below peers
Brockton, MA $420,058 (Jun 26) 16th +3.1% 5th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN $344,182 (Jun 26) 19th +2.0% 6th 29% below peers
Inglewood, CA $581,208 (Jun 26) 8th +1.9% 7th 20% above peers
Chico, CA $358,894 (Jun 26) 18th +1.8% 8th 26% below peers
El Monte, CA $650,241 (Jun 26) 5th +1.7% 9th 34% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $336,165 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 10th 31% below peers
West Covina, CA $734,674 (Jun 26) 4th +1.5% 11th 52% above peers
Rialto, CA $530,452 (Jun 26) 11th +1.4% 12th 10% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $558,350 (Jun 26) 9th +0.4% 13th 15% above peers
Quincy, MA $484,302 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 14th on par with peers
Daly City, CA $889,723 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.2% 15th 84% above peers
San Mateo, CA $1,010,541 (Jun 26) 1st -0.4% 16th 109% above peers
Columbia, MD $366,672 (Jun 26) 17th -0.5% 17th 24% below peers
Burbank, CA $884,023 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.8% 18th 83% above peers
El Cajon, CA $585,285 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 19th 21% above peers
Vacaville, CA $511,490 (Jun 26) 13th -1.6% 20th 6% above peers
Conroe, TX $228,370 (Jun 26) 24th -1.6% 21st 53% below peers
Bend, OR $534,004 (Jun 26) 10th -1.6% 22nd 10% above peers
Renton, WA $528,314 (Jun 26) 12th -1.8% 23rd 9% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $339,948 (Jun 26) 20th -2.0% 24th 30% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $91,103 (Jun 26) 29th -2.0% 25th 81% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $264,997 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.4% 26th 45% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $582,184 (Jun 26) 7th -2.4% 27th 20% above peers
Boulder, CO $503,240 (Jun 26) 14th -3.0% 28th 4% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $283,040 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.1% 29th 42% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 62.2% to 65.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.1% to 65.3%).
65.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 48% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 7th +5.5pp 2nd 16% above peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 14th +3.0pp 3rd 4% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 10th +3.1pp 4th 12% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 50.2% 23rd +2.2pp 5th 14% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 5th +3.1pp 6th 20% above peers
El Cajon, CA 41.5% 29th +1.8pp 7th 29% below peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 9th +2.7pp 8th 14% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 18th +2.3pp 9th 1% below peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 17th +2.3pp 10th on par with peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 21st +2.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Burbank, CA 43.3% 28th +1.4pp 12th 26% below peers
Daly City, CA 60.2% 15th +1.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Dearborn, MI 68.4% 6th +2.0pp 14th 18% above peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 12th +1.7pp 15th 6% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 20th +1.5pp 16th 6% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 8th +1.1pp 17th 15% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 16th +0.9pp 18th on par with peers
Inglewood, CA 36.2% 31st +0.4pp 19th 38% below peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 30th +0.2pp 20th 31% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 56.4% 19th +0.1pp 21st 3% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 11th -0.7pp 22nd 11% above peers
Quincy, MA 45.2% 26th -0.9pp 23rd 22% below peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 3rd -1.5pp 24th 31% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 25th -1.1pp 25th 19% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 78.1% 2nd -2.1pp 26th 34% above peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 27th -1.3pp 27th 25% below peers
West Covina, CA 60.3% 13th -2.3pp 28th 4% above peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 22nd -2.5pp 29th 8% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 4th -3.8pp 30th 26% above peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 24th -4.5pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 →

Rent fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,563 in June 2026, down from $1,597 a year earlier.
$1,563
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Daly City, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 5th +6.5% 1st 18% above peers
San Mateo, CA $3,667 (Jun 26) 1st +6.1% 2nd 59% above peers
South Bend, IN $1,310 (Jun 26) 26th +5.6% 3rd 43% below peers
Rialto, CA $2,740 (Jun 26) 4th +5.0% 4th 19% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $1,279 (Jun 26) 27th +5.0% 5th 44% below peers
Dearborn, MI $1,705 (Jun 26) 21st +4.1% 6th 26% below peers
Bend, OR $2,300 (Jun 26) 15th +3.4% 7th on par with peers
Fishers, IN $1,883 (Jun 26) 19th +2.9% 8th 18% below peers
Green Bay, WI $1,119 (Jun 26) 28th +2.9% 9th 51% below peers
Columbia, MD $2,304 (Jun 26) 14th +2.8% 10th on par with peers
West Covina, CA $2,683 (Jun 26) 6th +2.8% 11th 17% above peers
Chico, CA $1,577 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.5% 12th 31% below peers
Quincy, MA $2,750 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.3% 13th 20% above peers
Renton, WA $2,191 (Jun 26) 17th +1.8% 14th 5% below peers
Burbank, CA $2,765 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.7% 15th 20% above peers
Brockton, MA $2,406 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 16th 5% above peers
Vacaville, CA $2,562 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 17th 11% above peers
Boulder, CO $2,439 (Jun 26) 11th +0.8% 18th 6% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $1,706 (Jun 26) 20th +0.6% 19th 26% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $1,549 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 20th 33% below peers
Inglewood, CA $2,605 (Jun 26) 8th +0.5% 21st 13% above peers
Edinburg, TX $1,019 (Jun 26) 29th +0.2% 22nd 56% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $2,556 (Jun 26) 10th +0.0% 23rd 11% above peers
El Cajon, CA $2,277 (Jun 26) 16th +0.0% 24th 1% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $2,650 (Jun 26) 7th -0.2% 25th 15% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $2,002 (Jun 26) 18th -0.5% 26th 13% below peers
Conroe, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.6% 27th 32% below peers
El Monte, CA $2,381 (Jun 26) 13th -0.7% 28th 4% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,563 (Jun 26) 24th -2.1% 29th 32% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.8% to 32.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.7% to 32.9%).
32.9%
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
Bend, OR 34.1% 13th -2.8pp 1st 12% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.1% 29th -3.9pp 2nd 24% above peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 22nd -2.6pp 3rd 5% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 30.1% 7th -1.9pp 4th 22% below peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 4th -1.4pp 5th 29% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 6th -0.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Quincy, MA 39.8% 21st -0.7pp 7th 3% above peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 8th -0.5pp 8th 21% below peers
Daly City, CA 41.5% 24th -0.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 32.3% 9th -0.2pp 10th 17% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 19th -0.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 14th -0.1pp 12th 10% below peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 16th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 12th +0.4pp 14th 13% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 11th +0.5pp 15th 15% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 26th +1.1pp 16th 15% above peers
West Covina, CA 40.7% 23rd +1.1pp 17th 5% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 17th +1.1pp 18th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 25th +1.3pp 19th 12% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.7% 28th +2.1pp 20th 23% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 27th +2.3pp 21st 19% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 5th +1.6pp 22nd 29% below peers
Inglewood, CA 54.9% 30th +3.4pp 23rd 42% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 18th +2.5pp 24th on par with peers
Dearborn, MI 39.2% 20th +2.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 15th +3.7pp 26th 5% below peers
El Cajon, CA 55.4% 31st +5.6pp 27th 43% above peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 28th 48% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 10th +5.1pp 29th 15% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 26.6% 2nd +5.0pp 30th 31% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 3rd +5.2pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 →
  • 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 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.7% to 2.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 2.5%).
2.5%
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 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 1st -2.1pp 1st 63% below peers
Quincy, MA 14.1% 30th -3.1pp 2nd 105% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 28th -2.0pp 3rd 43% above peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 9th -0.7pp 4th 37% below peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 8th -0.6pp 5th 40% below peers
El Cajon, CA 8.1% 20th -1.0pp 6th 18% above peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 17th -0.8pp 7th 2% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 16th -0.5pp 8th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 7th -0.3pp 9th 41% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 10th -0.3pp 10th 34% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 13th -0.2pp 11th 22% below peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 27th -0.2pp 12th 35% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 7.4% 19th -0.1pp 13th 7% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 7.2% 18th -0.1pp 14th 5% above peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 11th -0.1pp 15th 30% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 6th -0.0pp 16th 44% below peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 14th +0.1pp 17th 15% below peers
Burbank, CA 8.3% 23rd +0.2pp 18th 21% above peers
Daly City, CA 8.4% 25th +0.2pp 19th 23% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 5th +0.1pp 20th 49% below peers
Inglewood, CA 9.9% 29th +0.5pp 21st 43% above peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 21st +0.4pp 22nd 19% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.7% 3rd +0.2pp 23rd 61% below peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 31st +1.0pp 24th 137% above peers
Dearborn, MI 8.3% 22nd +0.5pp 25th 20% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 26th +0.9pp 26th 33% above peers
West Covina, CA 5.4% 12th +0.7pp 27th 22% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 4th +0.4pp 28th 54% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 24th +1.6pp 29th 22% above peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 15th +1.8pp 30th 1% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 →
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.1% to 10.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.2% to 10.5%).
10.5%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 16.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Vacaville, CA 2.4% 1st -1.5pp 1st 62% below peers
Burbank, CA 4.0% 6th -2.3pp 2nd 38% below peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 23rd -3.3pp 3rd 40% above peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 15th -1.9pp 4th 4% below peers
Inglewood, CA 9.5% 24th -2.8pp 5th 49% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.7% 22nd -2.0pp 6th 36% above peers
El Cajon, CA 6.4% 16th -1.3pp 7th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 3.4% 3rd -0.7pp 8th 47% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.7% 13th -0.9pp 9th 12% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.5% 25th -1.6pp 10th 64% above peers
Dearborn, MI 5.3% 11th -0.8pp 11th 17% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 14th -0.8pp 12th 4% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.6% 21st -1.0pp 13th 34% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.7% 27th -1.2pp 14th 83% above peers
Conroe, TX 18.4% 30th -1.8pp 15th 187% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 26th -0.9pp 16th 79% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.8% 28th -0.7pp 17th 101% above peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 7th -0.1pp 18th 37% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.9% 17th -0.1pp 19th 7% above peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 20th -0.1pp 20th 21% above peers
Edinburg, TX 23.1% 31st +0.6pp 21st 261% above peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 19th +0.4pp 22nd 19% above peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 18th +0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.5% 4th +0.2pp 24th 45% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.2pp 25th 50% below peers
Daly City, CA 5.5% 12th +0.5pp 26th 13% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 14.9% 29th +2.1pp 27th 133% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 9th +0.6pp 28th 28% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.8% 10th +0.7pp 29th 24% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.5% 8th +0.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 3.7% 5th +1.9pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 98% 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

39.1%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Boulder, CO 18.9% 1st 40% below peers
Daly City, CA 19.1% 2nd 40% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 20.8% 3rd 34% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 4th 30% below peers
West Covina, CA 23.7% 5th 25% below peers
Renton, WA 24.4% 6th 23% below peers
Burbank, CA 24.6% 7th 22% below peers
Quincy, MA 25.5% 8th 19% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 26.1% 9th 17% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.4% 10th 16% below peers
Bend, OR 27.5% 11th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 12th 10% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 13th 8% below peers
El Cajon, CA 29.6% 14th 6% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 15th 5% below peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 17th 3% above peers
Inglewood, CA 33.0% 18th 4% above peers
Dearborn, MI 33.9% 19th 7% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 20th 8% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 34.9% 21st 10% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 35.1% 22nd 11% above peers
Brockton, MA 35.2% 23rd 11% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 36.3% 24th 15% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 25th 18% above peers
Rialto, CA 38.3% 26th 21% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 38.8% 27th 23% above peers
Green Bay, WI 38.9% 28th 23% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 29th 24% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 30th 33% above peers
Edinburg, TX 45.7% 31st 45% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.6% then, 6.5% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.7% to 6.5%).
6.5%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Burbank, CA 1.7% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 58% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.2% 17th -1.8pp 2nd 3% above peers
Inglewood, CA 4.3% 18th -1.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 4th -0.8pp 4th 51% below peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 16th -1.0pp 5th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 24th -1.1pp 6th 35% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 19th -0.8pp 7th 8% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 29th -2.0pp 8th 183% above peers
West Covina, CA 3.0% 10th -0.5pp 9th 25% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 27th -1.1pp 10th 61% above peers
El Cajon, CA 3.2% 11th -0.5pp 11th 22% below peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 13th -0.4pp 12th 10% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 26th +0.4pp 13th 56% above peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 6th +0.3pp 14th 41% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 10.4% 28th +1.6pp 15th 157% above peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 15th +0.6pp 16th 1% below peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 17th 58% below peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 31st +3.4pp 18th 279% above peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 19th 60% below peers
Dearborn, MI 3.7% 14th +0.9pp 20th 9% below peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 21st +1.2pp 21st 15% above peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 12th +0.9pp 22nd 16% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 7th +0.8pp 23rd 36% below peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 30th +4.6pp 24th 268% above peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 25th +2.0pp 25th 41% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 20th +1.7pp 26th 8% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.0% 9th +1.3pp 27th 26% below peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 5th +1.0pp 28th 49% below peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 8th +1.6pp 29th 30% below peers
Daly City, CA 5.2% 23rd +3.6pp 30th 29% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 4.9% 22nd +4.0pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.7% to 38.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.1% to 38.6%).
38.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Conroe, TX 34.1% 17th +7.8pp 1st 2% below peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 15th +7.3pp 2nd 6% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 26th +4.9pp 3rd 28% below peers
El Monte, CA 15.2% 29th +2.9pp 4th 56% below peers
Bend, OR 52.9% 7th +8.9pp 5th 53% above peers
Brockton, MA 22.3% 28th +3.7pp 6th 35% below peers
Inglewood, CA 25.2% 25th +4.0pp 7th 27% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 21st +4.3pp 8th 19% below peers
Dearborn, MI 34.6% 16th +4.8pp 9th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 31st +1.6pp 10th 64% below peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 19th +3.6pp 11th 15% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 23rd +3.1pp 12th 24% below peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 11th +4.8pp 13th 22% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 14.9% 30th +1.7pp 14th 57% below peers
Quincy, MA 50.3% 8th +5.2pp 15th 45% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.1% 10th +4.8pp 16th 36% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 14th +3.8pp 17th 11% above peers
El Cajon, CA 23.0% 27th +2.1pp 18th 34% below peers
Renton, WA 39.5% 12th +3.0pp 19th 14% above peers
Green Bay, WI 26.7% 22nd +1.9pp 20th 23% below peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 6th +3.6pp 21st 67% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 25.4% 24th +1.6pp 22nd 27% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 69.2% 2nd +4.1pp 23rd 100% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 67.8% 3rd +3.4pp 24th 96% above peers
West Covina, CA 30.1% 18th +1.1pp 25th 13% below peers
Daly City, CA 38.9% 13th +1.2pp 26th 12% above peers
Edinburg, TX 28.4% 20th +0.7pp 27th 18% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 48.8% 9th +0.9pp 28th 41% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 5th +0.9pp 29th 84% above peers
Boulder, CO 76.8% 1st +0.8pp 30th 122% above peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 4th +0.0pp 31st 92% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.7% then, 42.7% now; margin ±12.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.8% to 42.7%).
42.7%
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%
Edinburg, TX 37.6% 21st +13.3pp 1st 12% below peers
Dearborn, MI 51.3% 10th +14.5pp 2nd 20% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 68.2% 1st +18.3pp 3rd 60% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 16th +7.0pp 4th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 52.0% 9th +6.0pp 5th 22% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 5th +7.0pp 6th 43% above peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 23rd +3.5pp 7th 13% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 13th +4.4pp 8th 13% above peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 15th +3.0pp 9th 5% above peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 11th +2.3pp 10th 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 22nd +1.3pp 11th 13% below peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 4th +1.8pp 12th 48% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 45.8% 14th -0.8pp 13th 7% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 64.2% 3rd -3.5pp 14th 50% above peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 29th -2.1pp 15th 30% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 26th -2.4pp 16th 23% below peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 7th -4.3pp 17th 32% above peers
Quincy, MA 59.9% 6th -8.1pp 18th 40% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 20th -5.6pp 19th 6% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 30th -4.1pp 20th 38% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.6% 17th -10.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Daly City, CA 49.4% 12th -12.7pp 22nd 16% above peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 18th -11.2pp 23rd 3% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.9% 19th -12.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 2nd -21.3pp 25th 52% above peers
Burbank, CA 53.0% 8th -21.8pp 26th 24% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 27th -14.3pp 27th 23% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 24th -15.9pp 28th 17% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 28th -15.7pp 29th 25% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 25th -17.8pp 30th 19% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 31st -18.5pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±10.4pp 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 →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.8% then, 8.4% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.1% to 8.4%).
8.4%
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
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.4% 1st -1.1pp 1st 80% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 16th -4.4pp 2nd on par with peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 17th -2.5pp 3rd 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 22nd -2.7pp 4th 29% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.3% 4th -1.3pp 5th 36% below peers
El Cajon, CA 4.9% 5th -1.2pp 6th 28% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6.7% 15th -1.4pp 7th 2% below peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 8th -0.9pp 8th 24% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 6th -0.5pp 9th 28% below peers
Daly City, CA 6.2% 12th +0.4pp 10th 10% below peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.4pp 11th 52% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 26th +1.9pp 12th 76% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 25th +1.9pp 13th 63% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 21st +1.6pp 14th 23% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 28th +2.6pp 15th 88% above peers
Burbank, CA 5.0% 7th +1.3pp 16th 27% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 11th +1.7pp 17th 12% below peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 9th +1.9pp 18th 17% below peers
Dearborn, MI 7.3% 18th +2.7pp 19th 7% above peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 10th +2.2pp 20th 15% below peers
West Covina, CA 6.5% 13th +2.7pp 21st 5% below peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 14th +3.0pp 22nd 2% below peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 2nd +1.0pp 23rd 70% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 19th +3.5pp 24th 8% above peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 24th +5.7pp 25th 63% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 26th 123% above peers
Inglewood, CA 12.4% 27th +6.7pp 27th 81% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 30th +7.8pp 28th 111% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 20th +4.8pp 29th 23% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 29th +7.8pp 30th 91% above peers
Quincy, MA 11.0% 23rd +9.1pp 31st 61% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Manchester, NH down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 32% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79,438 to 104,643 - more than the combined survey margin (±128). 21 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 70% from 2014 to 2024 (61,712 to 104,643).
104,643
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 11th +50% 1st on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 12th +32% 2nd on par with peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 25th +21% 3rd 2% below peers
St. George, UT 101,995 30th +21% 4th 2% below peers
Dearborn, MI 107,423 1st +13% 5th 3% above peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 26th +13% 6th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 9th +10% 7th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 103,390 20th +10% 8th 1% below peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 14th +9% 9th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 6th +9% 10th 2% above peers
Quincy, MA 102,114 29th +8% 11th 2% below peers
Chico, CA 102,188 28th +8% 12th 2% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 19th +7% 13th 1% below peers
Renton, WA 105,317 10th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 23rd +4% 15th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 7th +1% 16th 2% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 4th +1% 17th 2% above peers
El Cajon, CA 104,449 16th +1% 18th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 18th +1% 19th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 22nd +1% 20th 1% below peers
Burbank, CA 104,546 15th +1% 21st on par with peers
West Covina, CA 107,037 3rd +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 17th +0% 23rd on par with peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 5th +0% 24th 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 107,087 2nd +0% 25th 3% above peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 21st -1% 26th 1% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 102,581 24th -2% 27th 2% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 102,257 27th -3% 28th 2% below peers
Daly City, CA 101,964 31st -4% 29th 2% below peers
Inglewood, CA 104,569 13th -5% 30th on par with peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 8th -8% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±84 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.2% to 23.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.1% to 23.5%).
23.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 24.1% -1.2pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Burbank, CA 19.1% 26th +1.0pp 1st 16% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 22.3% 17th +0.3pp 2nd 2% below peers
El Cajon, CA 25.6% 6th +0.3pp 3rd 12% above peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 9th +0.3pp 4th 11% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 10th -0.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 13th -0.1pp 6th 5% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 16th -0.2pp 7th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 14.4% 29th -0.2pp 8th 37% below peers
Dearborn, MI 28.7% 1st -0.6pp 9th 26% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 3rd -0.8pp 10th 19% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 18th -0.8pp 11th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 7th -0.9pp 12th 12% above peers
West Covina, CA 20.2% 22nd -0.8pp 13th 11% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 27th -0.8pp 14th 19% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 19th -0.9pp 15th 7% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 14th -1.1pp 16th 4% above peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 4th -1.3pp 17th 17% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 20th -1.1pp 18th 8% below peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 21st -1.3pp 19th 9% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 20th 48% below peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 8th -1.7pp 21st 12% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 23rd -1.3pp 22nd 14% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 15th -1.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 18.4% 28th -1.4pp 24th 19% below peers
Daly City, CA 14.4% 30th -1.3pp 25th 37% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 5th -2.9pp 26th 17% above peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 2nd -3.0pp 27th 21% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 24.0% 12th -3.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 25th -2.8pp 29th 15% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 11th -3.6pp 30th 7% above peers
Inglewood, CA 19.4% 24th -4.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.7% then, 26.6% now; margin ±7.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.2% to 26.6%).
26.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 21st +6.8pp 1st 16% below peers
Boulder, CO 27.9% 17th +7.7pp 2nd 1% below peers
West Covina, CA 34.0% 10th +8.6pp 3rd 21% above peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 3rd +9.4pp 4th 58% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 15th +6.0pp 5th 2% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 43.8% 4th +9.0pp 6th 56% above peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 11th +6.7pp 7th 19% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 12th +4.8pp 8th 15% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 2nd +6.1pp 9th 65% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 7th +5.3pp 10th 46% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 14.2% 29th +1.7pp 11th 50% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 27.1% 18th +3.2pp 12th 4% below peers
Burbank, CA 22.5% 23rd +2.7pp 13th 20% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 22nd +2.6pp 14th 18% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 8th +3.6pp 15th 28% above peers
El Cajon, CA 28.9% 14th +1.3pp 16th 3% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 19th +1.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 13th +1.0pp 18th 9% above peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 16th +0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 26th +0.1pp 20th 28% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 1st +0.1pp 21st 71% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 9th -0.4pp 22nd 22% above peers
Daly City, CA 22.2% 25th -1.2pp 23rd 21% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.7% 6th -3.9pp 24th 48% above peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 20th -4.0pp 25th 12% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 28th -2.9pp 26th 38% below peers
Quincy, MA 18.4% 27th -3.2pp 27th 35% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 5th -9.3pp 28th 52% above peers
Dearborn, MI 13.4% 30th -3.4pp 29th 52% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 31st -3.8pp 30th 57% below peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 24th -9.6pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±5.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.0% then, 72.0% now; margin ±11.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 13.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.6% to 72.0%).
72.0%
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 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Highlands Ranch, CO 69.2% 13th +10.2pp 1st 1% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 72.2% 7th +10.4pp 2nd 5% above peers
Dearborn, MI 37.9% 31st +5.3pp 3rd 45% below peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 16th +9.2pp 4th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 23rd +7.2pp 5th 10% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 11th +7.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Quincy, MA 73.3% 6th +6.8pp 7th 7% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 68.8% 14th +5.6pp 8th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 54.3% 29th +3.8pp 9th 21% below peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 20th +4.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 25th +3.8pp 11th 12% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 3rd +4.8pp 12th 13% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 8th +3.0pp 13th 5% above peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 2nd +2.9pp 14th 14% above peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 21st +1.8pp 15th 7% below peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 4th +2.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 24th +1.5pp 17th 11% below peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 18th 18% above peers
West Covina, CA 70.0% 10th -1.0pp 19th 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 15th -1.0pp 20th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 27th -1.4pp 21st 14% below peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 19th -2.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
Daly City, CA 74.1% 5th -2.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 26th -3.8pp 24th 13% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 12th -5.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 18th -4.9pp 26th 3% below peers
Burbank, CA 62.6% 22nd -4.7pp 27th 9% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 9th -5.6pp 28th 3% above peers
Inglewood, CA 67.4% 17th -6.8pp 29th 2% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 28th -8.4pp 30th 16% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 30th -7.2pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±7.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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