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115,322 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Odessa, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
51.9%
2020-24
▲ 45%
relative change
35.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
169 /100k
May 2026
▼ 37%
relative change
268 a year earlier
Dropping fast Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,092 /100k
May 2026
▼ 33%
relative change
1,641 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$73,472
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
$63,847 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
88.7%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
83.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.6%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
6.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
3 /100k
May 2026
▼ 23%
relative change
4 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
10.1%
2019-23
▼ 7%
relative change
10.9% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
59.8%
2020-24
flat
relative change
59.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
302 /100k
May 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
284 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Trailing peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Odessa, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
23.8%
2020-24
▲ 66%
relative change
14.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.0%
2020-24
▲ 53%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.9%
2020-24
▲ 45%
relative change
11.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
34.4%
2020-24
▲ 31%
relative change
26.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.7%
May 2026
▲ 9%
relative change
3.4% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
15.4%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
13.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
18.0%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
17.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
19.0%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
18.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
0.45 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 →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$175,609
Jun 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$165,262 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$253,500
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$240,610 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,537
Jun 2026
▼ 4%
relative change
$1,596 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Population
115,322
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
119,702 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
29.4%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
28.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
58.8%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
62.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 6% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 10% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 302 in May 2026, up from 284 a year earlier.
302 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Richardson, TX 128 (May 26) 2nd -48.5% 1st 61% below peers
Provo, UT 150 (Apr 26) 3rd -29.4% 2nd 54% below peers
Pueblo, CO 1,108 (Dec 25) 22nd -23.1% 3rd 241% above peers
League City, TX 68 (May 26) 1st -20.8% 4th 79% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 226 (Apr 26) 7th -19.3% 5th 30% below peers
Richmond, CA 1,034 (May 26) 20th -13.5% 6th 218% above peers
Westminster, CO 427 (Apr 26) 13th -13.2% 7th 32% above peers
Evansville, IN 1,081 (Mar 26) 21st -12.4% 8th 233% above peers
Gresham, OR 325 (Apr 26) 12th -11.8% 9th on par with peers
Beaumont, TX 928 (May 26) 19th -9.5% 10th 186% above peers
Springfield, IL 822 (May 26) 18th -8.7% 11th 153% above peers
Cambridge, MA 428 (May 26) 14th -7.6% 12th 32% above peers
Everett, WA 199 (May 26) 4th -7.0% 13th 39% below peers
West Jordan, UT 300 (May 26) 9th -4.1% 14th 8% below peers
Waterbury, CT 282 (May 26) 8th -2.7% 15th 13% below peers
Lansing, MI 1,219 (May 26) 23rd +0.8% 16th 275% above peers
Murrieta, CA 199 (May 26) 5th +5.1% 17th 39% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 225 (May 26) 6th +5.4% 18th 31% below peers
Antioch, CA 722 (May 26) 17th +6.0% 19th 122% above peers
Lowell, MA 517 (Mar 26) 15th +6.3% 20th 59% above peers
Odessa, TX 302 (May 26) 10th +6.3% 21st 7% below peers
High Point, NC 518 (May 26) 16th +8.4% 22nd 60% above peers
Manchester, NH 322 (May 26) 11th +9.6% 23rd 1% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • North Charleston, SC down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fayetteville, NC down about 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • New Haven, CT down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,092 in May 2026, down from 1,641 a year earlier.
1,092 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Richardson, TX 1,419 (May 26) 9th -47.0% 1st 31% below peers
Odessa, TX 1,092 (May 26) 5th -33.5% 2nd 47% below peers
Murrieta, CA 649 (May 26) 1st -31.4% 3rd 68% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 960 (May 26) 2nd -30.4% 4th 53% below peers
Everett, WA 2,071 (May 26) 13th -27.9% 5th 1% above peers
High Point, NC 1,854 (May 26) 11th -21.2% 6th 10% below peers
Lowell, MA 1,258 (Mar 26) 6th -21.0% 7th 39% below peers
Antioch, CA 2,205 (May 26) 14th -20.6% 8th 8% above peers
Pueblo, CO 4,231 (Dec 25) 21st -17.2% 9th 107% above peers
Evansville, IN 2,944 (Mar 26) 20th -16.7% 10th 44% above peers
Westminster, CO 4,752 (Apr 26) 23rd -15.7% 11th 132% above peers
Waterbury, CT 2,281 (May 26) 15th -13.2% 12th 11% above peers
Cambridge, MA 2,417 (May 26) 17th -11.6% 13th 18% above peers
League City, TX 986 (May 26) 3rd -10.2% 14th 52% below peers
Provo, UT 1,073 (Apr 26) 4th -8.4% 15th 48% below peers
Springfield, IL 4,293 (May 26) 22nd -8.3% 16th 110% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 1,260 (Apr 26) 7th -7.7% 17th 39% below peers
Beaumont, TX 2,826 (May 26) 19th -7.4% 18th 38% above peers
Lansing, MI 2,049 (May 26) 12th -7.1% 19th on par with peers
Manchester, NH 1,539 (May 26) 10th -4.3% 20th 25% below peers
Richmond, CA 2,555 (May 26) 18th -2.0% 21st 25% above peers
Gresham, OR 2,294 (Apr 26) 16th +1.2% 22nd 12% above peers
West Jordan, UT 1,312 (May 26) 8th +2.3% 23rd 36% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • Carrollton, TX down about 48% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Maria, CA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Edinburg, TX down about 18% 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

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 23% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view: homicide fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in May 2026, down from 4 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Provo, UT 0 (Apr 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
League City, TX 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Everett, WA 2 (May 26) 4th -66.7% 3rd 49% below peers
Pueblo, CO 10 (Dec 25) 21st -57.7% 4th 185% above peers
Antioch, CA 5 (May 26) 15th -50.0% 5th 45% above peers
Springfield, IL 7 (May 26) 18th -38.4% 6th 104% above peers
Gresham, OR 5 (Apr 26) 14th -37.5% 7th 30% above peers
Odessa, TX 3 (May 26) 9th -22.8% 8th 5% below peers
Evansville, IN 6 (Mar 26) 16th -22.2% 9th 75% above peers
Lowell, MA 3 (Mar 26) 8th -19.9% 10th 5% below peers
Lansing, MI 3 (May 26) 12th -4.7% 11th on par with peers
Beaumont, TX 11 (May 26) 22nd +0.0% 12th 207% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 3 (Apr 26) 7th +0.0% 13th 15% below peers
Cambridge, MA 1 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 14th 76% below peers
Westminster, CO 7 (Apr 26) 19th +25.0% 15th 108% above peers
Richardson, TX 3 (May 26) 10th +27.4% 16th 3% below peers
Richmond, CA 8 (May 26) 20th +28.6% 17th 125% above peers
Waterbury, CT 7 (May 26) 17th +33.4% 18th 97% above peers
Manchester, NH 3 (May 26) 11th +33.5% 19th 1% below peers
Murrieta, CA 2 (May 26) 5th +99.8% 20th 49% below peers
West Jordan, UT 3 (May 26) 6th +199.7% 21st 26% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 4 (May 26) 13th +299.7% 22nd 1% above peers
High Point, NC 11 (May 26) 23rd +1113.0% 23rd 212% above peers
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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. 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 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 169 in May 2026, down from 268 a year earlier.
169 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Richardson, TX 112 (May 26) 8th -70.4% 1st 39% below peers
High Point, NC 225 (May 26) 14th -55.8% 2nd 22% above peers
Everett, WA 216 (May 26) 13th -54.7% 3rd 17% above peers
Antioch, CA 573 (May 26) 19th -52.6% 4th 210% above peers
Westminster, CO 629 (Apr 26) 21st -45.5% 5th 240% above peers
Waterbury, CT 259 (May 26) 16th -43.6% 6th 40% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 54 (May 26) 1st -39.6% 7th 71% below peers
Odessa, TX 169 (May 26) 10th -36.9% 8th 8% below peers
Gresham, OR 351 (Apr 26) 17th -35.5% 9th 90% above peers
Pueblo, CO 894 (Dec 25) 23rd -29.2% 10th 384% above peers
Evansville, IN 238 (Mar 26) 15th -26.1% 11th 29% above peers
Lansing, MI 441 (May 26) 18th -23.5% 12th 139% above peers
Beaumont, TX 177 (May 26) 11th -20.7% 13th 4% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 105 (Apr 26) 6th -18.9% 14th 43% below peers
Manchester, NH 106 (May 26) 7th -16.8% 15th 42% below peers
Provo, UT 59 (Apr 26) 2nd -16.0% 16th 68% below peers
Murrieta, CA 69 (May 26) 3rd -13.3% 17th 63% below peers
West Jordan, UT 122 (May 26) 9th -10.7% 18th 34% below peers
Cambridge, MA 71 (May 26) 4th -7.5% 19th 62% below peers
League City, TX 74 (May 26) 5th -7.5% 20th 60% below peers
Springfield, IL 582 (May 26) 20th -4.7% 21st 215% above peers
Lowell, MA 185 (Mar 26) 12th +4.7% 22nd on par with peers
Richmond, CA 870 (May 26) 22nd +5.4% 23rd 371% 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 →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Escondido, CA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% 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 15% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $63,847 to $73,472 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,614). 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 31% from 2014 to 2024 ($56,119 to $73,472).
$73,472
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%
East Los Angeles, CA $68,741 18th +49% 1st 12% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $63,627 24th +44% 2nd 18% below peers
Gresham, OR $77,795 16th +44% 3rd on par with peers
Pueblo, CO $56,664 27th +40% 4th 27% below peers
Richmond, CA $95,391 10th +39% 5th 23% above peers
Lowell, MA $78,658 15th +38% 6th 1% above peers
Everett, WA $83,512 13th +37% 7th 7% above peers
High Point, NC $64,561 22nd +37% 8th 17% below peers
Clearwater, FL $66,381 20th +36% 9th 15% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL $67,195 19th +36% 10th 14% below peers
Riverview, FL $100,438 6th +35% 11th 29% above peers
West Jordan, UT $108,153 5th +34% 12th 39% above peers
Manchester, NH $81,007 14th +33% 13th 4% above peers
Evansville, IN $53,387 30th +33% 14th 31% below peers
Westminster, CO $100,272 7th +32% 15th 29% above peers
Provo, UT $64,171 23rd +31% 16th 18% below peers
Elgin, IL $90,282 11th +31% 17th 16% above peers
Lansing, MI $54,382 29th +30% 18th 30% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $142,748 1st +29% 19th 83% above peers
Las Cruces, NM $55,422 28th +29% 20th 29% below peers
Antioch, CA $97,465 9th +27% 21st 25% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 2nd +27% 22nd 68% above peers
Murrieta, CA $114,081 4th +26% 23rd 47% above peers
Waterbury, CT $51,886 31st +22% 24th 33% below peers
Springfield, IL $66,064 21st +21% 25th 15% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 12th +19% 26th 12% above peers
Odessa, TX $73,472 17th +15% 27th 6% below peers
Peoria, IL $59,410 25th +15% 28th 24% below peers
Richardson, TX $98,111 8th +15% 29th 26% above peers
Beaumont, TX $56,997 26th +13% 30th 27% below peers
League City, TX $121,099 3rd +11% 31st 56% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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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1 of 21 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,154 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 fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.7% in May 2026, up from 3.4% a year earlier.
3.7%
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
Richmond, CA 4.0% (May 26) 12th -0.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Manchester, NH 2.8% (May 26) 1st -0.5pp 2nd 36% below peers
Antioch, CA 4.6% (May 26) 17th -0.5pp 3rd 5% above peers
Cambridge, MA 3.3% (May 26) 4th -0.5pp 4th 25% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.4pp 5th 18% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.6% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Provo, UT 3.1% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 7th 30% below peers
Evansville, IN 3.5% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 8th 20% below peers
Lansing, MI 6.3% (May 26) 28th -0.2pp 9th 43% above peers
Westminster, CO 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 10th 18% below peers
High Point, NC 4.4% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 11th on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 12th 27% below peers
Gresham, OR 4.9% (May 26) 22nd -0.1pp 13th 11% above peers
Murrieta, CA 4.4% (May 26) 16th +0.0pp 14th on par with peers
Pueblo, CO 5.5% (May 26) 27th +0.0pp 15th 25% above peers
Beaumont, TX 5.0% (May 26) 24th +0.1pp 16th 14% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 17th 23% below peers
Richardson, TX 3.7% (May 26) 9th +0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
League City, TX 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 19th 11% below peers
Odessa, TX 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.3pp 20th 16% below peers
Peoria, IL 5.2% (May 26) 26th +0.5pp 21st 18% above peers
Everett, WA 5.1% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 22nd 16% above peers
Springfield, IL 4.7% (May 26) 20th +0.6pp 23rd 7% above peers
Elgin, IL 4.9% (May 26) 23rd +0.7pp 24th 11% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 4.7% (May 26) 21st +0.9pp 25th 7% above peers
Clearwater, FL 4.3% (May 26) 14th +1.0pp 26th 2% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 4.6% (May 26) 19th +1.2pp 27th 5% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 4.1% (May 26) 13th +1.4pp 28th 7% below peers
Waterbury, CT 8.0% (May 26) 29th +2.0pp 29th 82% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.0% to 15.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.6% to 15.9%).
15.9%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 12.0%
Miami Gardens, FL 13.5% 16th -7.2pp 1st on par with peers
Murrieta, CA 5.3% 1st -2.8pp 2nd 60% below peers
Pueblo, CO 16.8% 23rd -5.9pp 3rd 24% above peers
Manchester, NH 10.9% 10th -2.9pp 4th 19% below peers
Gresham, OR 12.9% 14th -3.3pp 5th 4% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 14.8% 19th -3.8pp 6th 10% above peers
Antioch, CA 11.3% 12th -2.5pp 7th 16% below peers
Lansing, MI 20.0% 26th -4.4pp 8th 48% above peers
Evansville, IN 17.8% 25th -3.3pp 9th 32% above peers
High Point, NC 14.6% 18th -2.5pp 10th 8% above peers
Provo, UT 20.7% 28th -3.2pp 11th 54% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.2% 8th -1.4pp 12th 31% below peers
Elgin, IL 9.7% 9th -1.4pp 13th 28% below peers
Lowell, MA 16.2% 21st -1.9pp 14th 20% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 17.2% 24th -1.9pp 15th 28% above peers
Springfield, IL 16.4% 22nd -1.7pp 16th 21% above peers
Richmond, CA 13.4% 15th -1.1pp 17th on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 6.0% 3rd -0.5pp 18th 55% below peers
Clearwater, FL 14.6% 17th -0.7pp 19th 8% above peers
Riverview, FL 7.5% 6th -0.3pp 20th 44% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 22.4% 30th -0.8pp 21st 66% above peers
League City, TX 5.4% 2nd -0.1pp 22nd 60% below peers
Cambridge, MA 11.0% 11th +0.0pp 23rd 18% below peers
Everett, WA 12.6% 13th +0.2pp 24th 7% below peers
Westminster, CO 7.3% 5th +0.2pp 25th 46% below peers
Waterbury, CT 24.3% 31st +1.3pp 26th 80% above peers
Peoria, IL 20.3% 27th +1.3pp 27th 50% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.7% 7th +0.8pp 28th 35% below peers
Beaumont, TX 20.8% 29th +2.9pp 29th 54% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 6.9% 4th +1.1pp 30th 49% below peers
Odessa, TX 15.9% 20th +4.9pp 31st 18% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 9.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.4% to 23.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 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; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.9% to 23.8%).
23.8%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murrieta, CA 5.4% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 72% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 18.2% 15th -14.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
Gresham, OR 14.3% 12th -11.2pp 3rd 24% below peers
Pueblo, CO 22.1% 19th -11.5pp 4th 17% above peers
Provo, UT 14.0% 11th -5.6pp 5th 26% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 22.8% 22nd -8.4pp 6th 21% above peers
Lansing, MI 28.4% 29th -9.8pp 7th 50% above peers
Elgin, IL 13.9% 10th -4.8pp 8th 26% below peers
League City, TX 5.3% 1st -1.7pp 9th 72% below peers
Antioch, CA 16.3% 14th -5.0pp 10th 14% below peers
Evansville, IN 27.2% 27th -7.3pp 11th 44% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 7th -2.5pp 12th 49% below peers
Springfield, IL 24.1% 24th -5.6pp 13th 28% above peers
High Point, NC 22.8% 21st -4.9pp 14th 20% above peers
Everett, WA 13.6% 9th -2.9pp 15th 28% below peers
West Jordan, UT 7.1% 3rd -1.4pp 16th 63% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 26.3% 26th -5.1pp 17th 39% above peers
Clearwater, FL 20.0% 17th -3.5pp 18th 6% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 25.0% 25th -3.3pp 19th 32% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.8% 18th -2.6pp 20th 15% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 8th -1.1pp 21st 44% below peers
Riverview, FL 8.4% 5th -0.7pp 22nd 55% below peers
Westminster, CO 9.5% 6th -0.6pp 23rd 50% below peers
Manchester, NH 18.9% 16th -0.9pp 24th on par with peers
Waterbury, CT 34.9% 31st +0.0pp 25th 85% above peers
Beaumont, TX 28.6% 30th +0.2pp 26th 51% above peers
Richmond, CA 22.2% 20th +0.8pp 27th 17% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 7.2% 4th +0.7pp 28th 62% below peers
Peoria, IL 28.4% 28th +3.8pp 29th 50% above peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 13th +2.5pp 30th 20% below peers
Odessa, TX 23.8% 23rd +9.4pp 31st 26% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±3.2pp 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 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.8% to 88.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 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: broadband rose 7.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.4% to 88.7%).
88.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
East Los Angeles, CA 88.5% 25th +20.9pp 1st 3% below peers
Beaumont, TX 90.4% 19th +18.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 87.6% 27th +16.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Pueblo, CO 88.2% 26th +14.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Waterbury, CT 85.6% 30th +13.9pp 5th 7% below peers
Peoria, IL 90.2% 20th +14.1pp 6th 1% below peers
Provo, UT 84.8% 31st +13.0pp 7th 7% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 91.6% 16th +13.5pp 8th on par with peers
Lowell, MA 87.4% 28th +11.8pp 9th 5% below peers
Evansville, IN 89.6% 22nd +11.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 91.5% 17th +11.4pp 11th on par with peers
Springfield, IL 90.1% 21st +11.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Lansing, MI 89.5% 23rd +10.8pp 13th 2% below peers
High Point, NC 91.0% 18th +9.5pp 14th 1% below peers
Elgin, IL 94.0% 11th +8.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Gresham, OR 91.7% 14th +7.6pp 16th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 87.3% 29th +6.8pp 17th 5% below peers
Everett, WA 92.8% 13th +7.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Antioch, CA 96.0% 6th +7.0pp 19th 5% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 8th +5.9pp 20th 4% above peers
Richmond, CA 93.3% 12th +5.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Odessa, TX 88.7% 24th +4.9pp 22nd 3% below peers
Westminster, CO 94.2% 10th +4.9pp 23rd 3% above peers
Manchester, NH 91.7% 15th +4.4pp 24th on par with peers
Riverview, FL 97.9% 1st +4.3pp 25th 7% above peers
Murrieta, CA 96.2% 5th +3.5pp 26th 5% above peers
West Jordan, UT 96.3% 3rd +3.1pp 27th 5% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 9th +2.7pp 28th 3% above peers
League City, TX 96.4% 2nd +2.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Richardson, TX 95.0% 7th +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 96.3% 4th +1.6pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 ±1.1pp 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 (0.45 then, 0.46 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 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.46).
0.46
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Elgin, IL 0.40 3rd -0.027 1st 12% below peers
Lowell, MA 0.45 14th -0.013 2nd 1% below peers
Provo, UT 0.47 22nd -0.014 3rd 4% above peers
Pueblo, CO 0.46 21st -0.011 4th 3% above peers
Beaumont, TX 0.48 26th -0.010 5th 6% above peers
Manchester, NH 0.42 6th -0.006 6th 7% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 0.48 25th -0.007 7th 6% above peers
West Jordan, UT 0.35 1st -0.005 8th 23% below peers
Murrieta, CA 0.40 5th -0.005 9th 11% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 0.47 24th -0.000 10th 5% above peers
Lansing, MI 0.43 11th +0.001 11th 5% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 0.42 8th +0.001 12th 6% below peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 28th +0.002 13th 10% above peers
Evansville, IN 0.46 18th +0.002 14th 1% above peers
Springfield, IL 0.49 27th +0.004 15th 10% above peers
High Point, NC 0.47 23rd +0.004 16th 5% above peers
Peoria, IL 0.52 31st +0.008 17th 16% above peers
Gresham, OR 0.43 12th +0.007 18th 5% below peers
Riverview, FL 0.39 2nd +0.007 19th 14% below peers
Odessa, TX 0.46 20th +0.009 20th 2% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 0.46 19th +0.009 21st 2% above peers
Richmond, CA 0.45 16th +0.010 22nd on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 0.50 30th +0.012 23rd 11% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 0.43 10th +0.010 24th 5% below peers
Antioch, CA 0.43 9th +0.015 25th 6% below peers
League City, TX 0.40 4th +0.015 26th 12% below peers
Everett, WA 0.45 15th +0.017 27th 1% below peers
Westminster, CO 0.42 7th +0.017 28th 7% below peers
Richardson, TX 0.45 17th +0.020 29th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 13th +0.030 30th 3% below peers
Waterbury, CT 0.50 29th +0.035 31st 10% above 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 (10.9% then, 10.1% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (14.1% to 10.1%).
10.1%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
West Jordan, UT 4.4% 4th -1.9pp 1st 68% below peers
Richardson, TX 3.5% 1st -1.4pp 2nd 75% below peers
Manchester, NH 10.7% 13th -3.6pp 3rd 22% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 13.8% 16th -4.4pp 4th on par with peers
League City, TX 3.9% 3rd -1.0pp 5th 72% below peers
Clearwater, FL 10.7% 12th -2.8pp 6th 23% below peers
Provo, UT 6.3% 7th -1.5pp 7th 54% below peers
Gresham, OR 18.6% 23rd -3.7pp 8th 35% above peers
Lansing, MI 19.8% 24th -3.1pp 9th 43% above peers
High Point, NC 17.6% 21st -2.7pp 10th 28% above peers
Everett, WA 16.6% 20th -2.1pp 11th 20% above peers
Evansville, IN 14.6% 18th -1.7pp 12th 5% above peers
Waterbury, CT 28.6% 30th -3.2pp 13th 107% above peers
Beaumont, TX 16.0% 19th -1.5pp 14th 16% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 30.1% 31st -2.6pp 15th 118% above peers
Odessa, TX 10.1% 11th -0.8pp 16th 27% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 5th -0.3pp 17th 58% below peers
Riverview, FL 9.7% 10th -0.5pp 18th 30% below peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 9th -0.4pp 19th 42% below peers
Antioch, CA 13.5% 15th -0.7pp 20th 2% below peers
Westminster, CO 6.2% 6th +0.1pp 21st 55% below peers
Elgin, IL 14.0% 17th +0.5pp 22nd 1% above peers
Pueblo, CO 24.6% 28th +1.0pp 23rd 78% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 23.5% 27th +1.4pp 24th 70% above peers
Lowell, MA 25.3% 29th +2.1pp 25th 83% above peers
Richmond, CA 12.2% 14th +1.3pp 26th 12% below peers
Springfield, IL 18.3% 22nd +2.3pp 27th 32% above peers
Murrieta, CA 7.3% 8th +1.2pp 28th 47% below peers
Peoria, IL 22.0% 26th +3.8pp 29th 59% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 21.1% 25th +8.9pp 30th 53% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.6% 2nd +1.6pp 31st 74% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $253,500 in June 2026, up from $240,610 a year earlier.
$253,500
2009June 2026
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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%
Springfield, IL $173,202 (Jun 26) 29th +8.1% 1st 54% below peers
Peoria, IL $137,410 (Jun 26) 31st +6.3% 2nd 64% below peers
Odessa, TX $253,500 (Jun 26) 25th +5.4% 3rd 33% below peers
Evansville, IN $206,632 (Jun 26) 27th +3.9% 4th 45% below peers
Elgin, IL $343,968 (Jun 26) 20th +3.7% 5th 9% below peers
Waterbury, CT $289,392 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.2% 6th 23% below peers
Beaumont, TX $174,707 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 7th 54% below peers
Lansing, MI $171,396 (Jun 26) 30th +2.2% 8th 55% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $291,736 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.1% 9th 23% below peers
Provo, UT $489,807 (Jun 26) 11th +1.7% 10th 30% above peers
West Jordan, UT $563,414 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 11th 49% above peers
Manchester, NH $448,035 (Jun 26) 15th +0.9% 12th 19% above peers
High Point, NC $252,160 (Jun 26) 26th +0.5% 13th 33% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA $677,748 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 14th 80% above peers
Lowell, MA $492,699 (Jun 26) 10th +0.1% 15th 31% above peers
League City, TX $377,316 (Jun 26) 16th +0.0% 16th on par with peers
Las Cruces, NM $291,884 (Jun 26) 21st -0.4% 17th 23% below peers
Gresham, OR $473,726 (Jun 26) 13th -0.7% 18th 26% above peers
Richardson, TX $448,332 (Jun 26) 14th -1.0% 19th 19% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL $475,214 (Jun 26) 12th -1.1% 20th 26% above peers
Murrieta, CA $691,252 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.1% 21st 83% above peers
Cambridge, MA $1,044,286 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.5% 22nd 177% above peers
Everett, WA $654,227 (Jun 26) 5th -1.5% 23rd 73% above peers
Pueblo, CO $287,605 (Jun 26) 24th -2.4% 24th 24% below peers
Westminster, CO $527,400 (Jun 26) 9th -2.6% 25th 40% above peers
Antioch, CA $596,320 (Jun 26) 7th -2.7% 26th 58% above peers
Clearwater, FL $344,142 (Jun 26) 19th -3.0% 27th 9% below peers
Richmond, CA $614,962 (Jun 26) 6th -3.4% 28th 63% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL $352,505 (Jun 26) 18th -3.4% 29th 7% below peers
Riverview, FL $366,239 (Jun 26) 17th -3.6% 30th 3% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $1,387,670 (Jun 26) 1st -10.2% 31st 268% 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 Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $175,609 in June 2026, up from $165,262 a year earlier.
$175,609
2009June 2026
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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%
Peoria, IL $58,452 (Jun 26) 31st +7.3% 1st 80% below peers
Beaumont, TX $98,097 (Jun 26) 29th +6.5% 2nd 66% below peers
Springfield, IL $87,413 (Jun 26) 30th +6.4% 3rd 70% below peers
Odessa, TX $175,609 (Jun 26) 25th +6.3% 4th 39% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $990,707 (Jun 26) 1st +5.0% 5th 242% above peers
Waterbury, CT $210,105 (Jun 26) 21st +4.7% 6th 28% below peers
Elgin, IL $267,364 (Jun 26) 18th +4.6% 7th 8% below peers
Evansville, IN $119,133 (Jun 26) 27th +3.9% 8th 59% below peers
Lansing, MI $111,858 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 9th 61% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $229,532 (Jun 26) 19th +2.5% 10th 21% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA $592,721 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.2% 11th 105% above peers
Manchester, NH $339,876 (Jun 26) 15th +1.1% 12th 17% above peers
West Jordan, UT $457,643 (Jun 26) 8th +1.1% 13th 58% above peers
High Point, NC $147,051 (Jun 26) 26th +0.6% 14th 49% below peers
Provo, UT $358,970 (Jun 26) 12th +0.3% 15th 24% above peers
Cambridge, MA $700,797 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.3% 16th 142% above peers
Lowell, MA $346,316 (Jun 26) 13th -0.1% 17th 19% above peers
League City, TX $286,671 (Jun 26) 17th -0.4% 18th 1% below peers
Las Cruces, NM $213,231 (Jun 26) 20th -0.9% 19th 26% below peers
Gresham, OR $375,600 (Jun 26) 10th -1.1% 20th 30% above peers
Richardson, TX $344,866 (Jun 26) 14th -1.2% 21st 19% above peers
Everett, WA $480,967 (Jun 26) 6th -1.3% 22nd 66% above peers
Murrieta, CA $568,504 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 23rd 96% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL $363,188 (Jun 26) 11th -1.9% 24th 25% above peers
Pueblo, CO $183,123 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.5% 25th 37% below peers
Richmond, CA $474,988 (Jun 26) 7th -3.2% 26th 64% above peers
Westminster, CO $402,135 (Jun 26) 9th -3.6% 27th 39% above peers
Antioch, CA $484,699 (Jun 26) 5th -3.6% 28th 67% above peers
Riverview, FL $289,810 (Jun 26) 16th -4.3% 29th on par with peers
Pompano Beach, FL $205,358 (Jun 26) 22nd -6.5% 30th 29% below peers
Clearwater, FL $180,856 (Jun 26) 24th -7.1% 31st 38% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.7% then, 59.8% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.0% to 59.8%).
59.8%
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 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Waterbury, CT 47.2% 27th +5.8pp 1st 18% below peers
Manchester, NH 48.7% 26th +4.6pp 2nd 15% below peers
Richmond, CA 54.7% 21st +4.9pp 3rd 5% below peers
Pueblo, CO 61.4% 12th +4.8pp 4th 7% above peers
Everett, WA 49.0% 25th +3.1pp 5th 15% below peers
Lansing, MI 53.8% 23rd +3.2pp 6th 6% below peers
High Point, NC 57.8% 15th +3.1pp 7th 1% above peers
Antioch, CA 63.6% 9th +3.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Murrieta, CA 69.5% 6th +3.5pp 9th 21% above peers
Riverview, FL 75.7% 2nd +3.7pp 10th 32% above peers
Springfield, IL 64.3% 8th +2.9pp 11th 12% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 55.5% 19th +2.1pp 12th 4% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 55.9% 17th +2.0pp 13th 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 77.2% 1st +2.4pp 14th 34% above peers
Elgin, IL 72.0% 5th +2.1pp 15th 25% above peers
Gresham, OR 55.8% 18th +1.6pp 16th 3% below peers
Peoria, IL 57.5% 16th +1.6pp 17th on par with peers
Beaumont, TX 55.3% 20th +1.3pp 18th 4% below peers
Lowell, MA 43.2% 28th +0.9pp 19th 25% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 64.4% 7th +0.9pp 20th 12% above peers
Odessa, TX 59.8% 13th +0.1pp 21st 4% above peers
Clearwater, FL 58.6% 14th +0.1pp 22nd 2% above peers
Provo, UT 39.4% 29th -0.2pp 23rd 32% below peers
Evansville, IN 54.6% 22nd -0.5pp 24th 5% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 33.5% 30th -0.5pp 25th 42% below peers
League City, TX 74.7% 3rd -1.4pp 26th 30% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 4th -1.6pp 27th 25% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.9% 10th -1.8pp 28th 9% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 31st -1.3pp 29th 42% below peers
Westminster, CO 61.9% 11th -3.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Richardson, TX 50.7% 24th -7.9pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp 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 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,537 in June 2026, down from $1,596 a year earlier.
$1,537
2018June 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%
Elgin, IL $1,909 (Jun 26) 14th +6.1% 1st 2% above peers
Springfield, IL $1,176 (Jun 26) 30th +5.5% 2nd 37% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA $2,319 (Jun 26) 8th +5.0% 3rd 23% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $1,607 (Jun 26) 20th +4.9% 4th 14% below peers
Evansville, IN $1,038 (Jun 26) 31st +4.8% 5th 45% below peers
Peoria, IL $1,236 (Jun 26) 28th +3.6% 6th 34% below peers
Lansing, MI $1,230 (Jun 26) 29th +3.5% 7th 35% below peers
Provo, UT $1,556 (Jun 26) 21st +3.5% 8th 17% below peers
Manchester, NH $2,058 (Jun 26) 11th +3.4% 9th 10% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL $2,775 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.3% 10th 48% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,598 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 11th 91% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $3,560 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.1% 12th 89% above peers
Waterbury, CT $1,554 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.0% 13th 17% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL $2,371 (Jun 26) 7th +2.9% 14th 26% above peers
High Point, NC $1,401 (Jun 26) 25th +2.8% 15th 25% below peers
Richmond, CA $2,509 (Jun 26) 6th +2.5% 16th 34% above peers
Murrieta, CA $2,610 (Jun 26) 4th +2.2% 17th 39% above peers
Pueblo, CO $1,392 (Jun 26) 26th +1.8% 18th 26% below peers
Everett, WA $1,946 (Jun 26) 13th +1.7% 19th 4% above peers
Antioch, CA $2,575 (Jun 26) 5th +1.3% 20th 37% above peers
Beaumont, TX $1,259 (Jun 26) 27th +0.9% 21st 33% below peers
Las Cruces, NM $1,424 (Jun 26) 24th +0.7% 22nd 24% below peers
Lowell, MA $2,316 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 23rd 23% above peers
Riverview, FL $2,159 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 24th 15% above peers
League City, TX $1,889 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 25th 1% above peers
West Jordan, UT $1,656 (Jun 26) 18th -0.2% 26th 12% below peers
Gresham, OR $1,632 (Jun 26) 19th -0.3% 27th 13% below peers
Westminster, CO $1,879 (Jun 26) 16th -0.9% 28th on par with peers
Richardson, TX $1,675 (Jun 26) 17th -0.9% 29th 11% below peers
Clearwater, FL $1,962 (Jun 26) 12th -2.5% 30th 4% above peers
Odessa, TX $1,537 (Jun 26) 23rd -3.7% 31st 18% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.2% to 34.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). 7 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 10.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.4% to 34.4%).
34.4%
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 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
East Los Angeles, CA 44.0% 25th -4.9pp 1st 19% above peers
High Point, NC 32.5% 8th -3.6pp 2nd 12% below peers
Lansing, MI 34.1% 11th -1.7pp 3rd 8% below peers
Richmond, CA 43.1% 24th -1.9pp 4th 16% above peers
Springfield, IL 27.4% 3rd -1.1pp 5th 26% below peers
Elgin, IL 31.9% 5th -1.2pp 6th 14% below peers
Gresham, OR 42.9% 23rd -1.4pp 7th 16% above peers
Provo, UT 39.1% 19th -1.2pp 8th 6% above peers
Evansville, IN 32.5% 7th -0.9pp 9th 12% below peers
Pueblo, CO 37.0% 16th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Miami Gardens, FL 51.7% 31st -0.5pp 11th 40% above peers
Manchester, NH 38.3% 18th +0.0pp 12th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 17th +0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Murrieta, CA 40.8% 21st +0.3pp 14th 10% above peers
Waterbury, CT 48.3% 30th +0.6pp 15th 31% above peers
Antioch, CA 45.0% 28th +0.9pp 16th 22% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 47.8% 29th +0.9pp 17th 29% above peers
Everett, WA 42.1% 22nd +1.3pp 18th 14% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 36.1% 15th +1.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Westminster, CO 33.0% 9th +1.5pp 20th 11% below peers
Lowell, MA 44.2% 27th +2.5pp 21st 20% above peers
West Jordan, UT 27.3% 2nd +1.9pp 22nd 26% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 23rd 33% below peers
Peoria, IL 33.2% 10th +2.7pp 24th 10% below peers
Clearwater, FL 44.0% 26th +3.8pp 25th 19% above peers
Riverview, FL 32.0% 6th +3.2pp 26th 14% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 39.8% 20th +4.2pp 27th 8% above peers
Beaumont, TX 35.1% 14th +4.7pp 28th 5% below peers
Richardson, TX 34.2% 12th +5.0pp 29th 8% below peers
Odessa, TX 34.4% 13th +8.2pp 30th 7% below peers
League City, TX 28.6% 4th +6.9pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.6% to 7.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 2 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 7.0%).
7.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Peoria, IL 10.1% 24th -4.1pp 1st 30% above peers
Everett, WA 8.0% 18th -2.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Clearwater, FL 8.9% 22nd -2.3pp 3rd 14% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 7.9% 17th -1.8pp 4th 1% above peers
Manchester, NH 7.4% 13th -1.6pp 5th 5% below peers
Lowell, MA 13.8% 29th -2.9pp 6th 77% above peers
Pueblo, CO 8.6% 20th -1.2pp 7th 11% above peers
Murrieta, CA 2.7% 3rd -0.3pp 8th 66% below peers
Antioch, CA 5.2% 9th -0.5pp 9th 33% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 69% below peers
Lansing, MI 11.8% 28th -0.8pp 11th 52% above peers
Waterbury, CT 18.6% 30th -1.3pp 12th 140% above peers
Evansville, IN 10.2% 25th -0.7pp 13th 31% above peers
Springfield, IL 10.3% 26th -0.5pp 14th 33% above peers
Richmond, CA 8.3% 19th -0.3pp 15th 6% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 7.8% 16th +0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Elgin, IL 5.5% 11th +0.1pp 17th 29% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 7.4% 14th +0.2pp 18th 5% below peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 19th 327% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 27th +0.5pp 20th 47% above peers
High Point, NC 7.7% 15th +0.4pp 21st 1% below peers
Gresham, OR 8.8% 21st +0.5pp 22nd 13% above peers
Provo, UT 4.7% 7th +0.6pp 23rd 39% below peers
Beaumont, TX 9.6% 23rd +1.4pp 24th 23% above peers
Westminster, CO 4.9% 8th +0.8pp 25th 37% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.2% 6th +0.6pp 26th 59% below peers
Richardson, TX 5.5% 10th +1.5pp 27th 29% below peers
Riverview, FL 3.1% 5th +0.9pp 28th 60% below peers
West Jordan, UT 2.7% 4th +0.9pp 29th 65% below peers
Odessa, TX 7.0% 12th +2.4pp 30th 10% below peers
League City, TX 2.2% 1st +0.9pp 31st 71% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.9% then, 18.0% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.2% to 18.0%).
18.0%
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 16.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Riverview, FL 7.4% 11th -3.4pp 1st 10% below peers
Richmond, CA 7.3% 10th -2.6pp 2nd 10% below peers
Pueblo, CO 5.6% 6th -1.8pp 3rd 32% below peers
Manchester, NH 7.4% 12th -2.3pp 4th 9% below peers
Murrieta, CA 4.5% 5th -1.4pp 5th 45% below peers
West Jordan, UT 7.9% 13th -2.2pp 6th 3% below peers
Provo, UT 8.9% 19th -2.2pp 7th 9% above peers
Lowell, MA 4.1% 4th -0.9pp 8th 50% below peers
Evansville, IN 8.0% 15th -1.7pp 9th 2% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.9% 2nd -0.8pp 10th 52% below peers
Lansing, MI 6.0% 7th -1.2pp 11th 26% below peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 12th 79% below peers
Elgin, IL 10.7% 24th -0.7pp 13th 30% above peers
Springfield, IL 4.0% 3rd -0.2pp 14th 51% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 19.2% 29th -0.8pp 15th 134% above peers
High Point, NC 10.6% 23rd -0.1pp 16th 29% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 19.7% 30th -0.1pp 17th 141% above peers
Richardson, TX 13.2% 25th -0.1pp 18th 60% above peers
Gresham, OR 8.0% 14th +0.0pp 19th 3% below peers
Everett, WA 9.1% 20th +0.0pp 20th 11% above peers
Odessa, TX 18.0% 28th +0.2pp 21st 120% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 22nd +0.2pp 22nd 19% above peers
Antioch, CA 6.4% 8th +0.1pp 23rd 22% below peers
Waterbury, CT 8.3% 17th +0.2pp 24th 1% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 14.6% 26th +0.5pp 25th 78% above peers
Beaumont, TX 20.0% 31st +0.6pp 26th 144% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.9% 27th +1.3pp 27th 81% above peers
Peoria, IL 6.8% 9th +1.0pp 28th 18% below peers
League City, TX 8.6% 18th +1.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Westminster, CO 8.2% 16th +1.8pp 30th on par with peers
Las Cruces, NM 9.4% 21st +2.1pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±1.4pp 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 somewhat above the peer median.

39.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 1st 32% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.6% 2nd 30% below peers
Lowell, MA 26.2% 3rd 22% below peers
Westminster, CO 28.3% 4th 16% below peers
Richardson, TX 29.7% 5th 11% below peers
Riverview, FL 31.3% 6th 7% below peers
Murrieta, CA 31.3% 7th 7% below peers
Gresham, OR 31.6% 8th 6% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 32.5% 9th 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 32.6% 10th 3% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 33.0% 11th 1% below peers
Richmond, CA 33.1% 12th 1% below peers
Pueblo, CO 33.1% 13th 1% below peers
Manchester, NH 33.3% 14th 1% below peers
Antioch, CA 33.5% 15th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 33.5% 16th on par with peers
High Point, NC 33.6% 17th on par with peers
Miami Gardens, FL 34.6% 18th 3% above peers
Provo, UT 34.8% 19th 4% above peers
Everett, WA 35.0% 20th 4% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 35.3% 21st 5% above peers
League City, TX 36.0% 22nd 7% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 23rd 9% above peers
Peoria, IL 36.8% 24th 10% above peers
Lansing, MI 37.7% 25th 13% above peers
Elgin, IL 38.0% 26th 13% above peers
Waterbury, CT 38.1% 27th 14% above peers
Beaumont, TX 39.3% 28th 17% above peers
Springfield, IL 39.5% 29th 18% above peers
Odessa, TX 39.9% 30th 19% above peers
Evansville, IN 41.6% 31st 24% 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 (13.8% then, 15.4% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.2% to 15.4%).
15.4%
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
Riverview, FL 3.6% 12th -3.1pp 1st 13% below peers
Richardson, TX 8.2% 25th -4.5pp 2nd 96% above peers
Richmond, CA 3.2% 7th -1.5pp 3rd 23% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 2.4% 5th -1.1pp 4th 43% below peers
Pueblo, CO 2.0% 3rd -0.8pp 5th 53% below peers
Springfield, IL 1.3% 1st -0.5pp 6th 69% below peers
Lansing, MI 2.1% 4th -0.7pp 7th 50% below peers
Lowell, MA 1.3% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 69% below peers
Westminster, CO 3.3% 9th -0.7pp 9th 21% below peers
Provo, UT 9.2% 26th -1.5pp 10th 121% above peers
West Jordan, UT 6.7% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 60% above peers
Elgin, IL 3.8% 15th -0.2pp 12th 8% below peers
Everett, WA 3.3% 8th -0.1pp 13th 21% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 5.2% 21st +0.1pp 14th 25% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 23rd +0.7pp 15th 87% above peers
Odessa, TX 15.4% 31st +1.6pp 16th 271% above peers
Peoria, IL 3.5% 11th +0.5pp 17th 16% below peers
Manchester, NH 4.3% 17th +0.6pp 18th 2% above peers
Beaumont, TX 11.7% 29th +1.7pp 19th 182% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.5% 10th +0.7pp 20th 17% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 10.8% 27th +2.6pp 21st 160% above peers
High Point, NC 4.6% 18th +1.1pp 22nd 12% above peers
League City, TX 7.9% 24th +2.0pp 23rd 90% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 14.5% 30th +4.1pp 24th 248% above peers
Evansville, IN 5.0% 20th +1.5pp 25th 20% above peers
Antioch, CA 4.2% 16th +1.3pp 26th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 11.4% 28th +3.9pp 27th 175% above peers
Waterbury, CT 3.8% 14th +1.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Murrieta, CA 3.7% 13th +2.0pp 29th 12% below peers
Gresham, OR 4.7% 19th +2.6pp 30th 12% above peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 6th +1.6pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±2.3pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.5% then, 19.0% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.3% to 19.0%).
19.0%
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 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 31st +2.7pp 1st 65% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 18.1% 29th +4.0pp 2nd 44% below peers
Pueblo, CO 23.7% 25th +4.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Lowell, MA 30.0% 19th +5.9pp 4th 8% below peers
Everett, WA 28.8% 21st +5.5pp 5th 12% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 30.8% 17th +5.8pp 6th 5% below peers
Richmond, CA 33.0% 14th +4.8pp 7th 1% above peers
West Jordan, UT 29.1% 20th +4.1pp 8th 11% below peers
Riverview, FL 36.5% 9th +5.2pp 9th 12% above peers
Westminster, CO 44.6% 6th +6.0pp 10th 37% above peers
Lansing, MI 30.2% 18th +4.1pp 11th 7% below peers
Antioch, CA 23.9% 24th +3.0pp 12th 27% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 36.7% 8th +4.5pp 13th 13% above peers
Manchester, NH 34.0% 13th +3.9pp 14th 4% above peers
Elgin, IL 27.0% 22nd +2.5pp 15th 17% below peers
Waterbury, CT 17.3% 30th +1.6pp 16th 47% below peers
High Point, NC 34.0% 12th +2.7pp 17th 4% above peers
Peoria, IL 37.6% 7th +2.7pp 18th 16% above peers
Murrieta, CA 32.6% 15th +2.3pp 19th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 11th +2.5pp 20th 10% above peers
Clearwater, FL 32.6% 16th +2.2pp 21st on par with peers
Richardson, TX 57.0% 3rd +3.8pp 22nd 75% above peers
Evansville, IN 22.8% 27th +1.2pp 23rd 30% below peers
Provo, UT 45.2% 5th +2.1pp 24th 39% above peers
Gresham, OR 23.3% 26th +1.0pp 25th 28% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.1% 2nd +2.5pp 26th 91% above peers
Odessa, TX 19.0% 28th +0.5pp 27th 42% below peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 28th 148% above peers
Springfield, IL 36.3% 10th +0.5pp 29th 12% above peers
Beaumont, TX 24.9% 23rd +0.4pp 30th 24% below peers
League City, TX 47.6% 4th +0.4pp 31st 46% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment rose 16.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 35.9% to 51.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.6pp). None 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; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 11.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.6% to 51.9%).
51.9%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Odessa, TX 51.9% 9th +16.0pp 1st 9% above peers
High Point, NC 45.6% 18th +9.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 43.0% 21st +8.7pp 3rd 10% below peers
Lansing, MI 49.0% 15th +9.2pp 4th 3% above peers
Clearwater, FL 55.3% 3rd +10.3pp 5th 16% above peers
Antioch, CA 43.7% 20th +7.8pp 6th 8% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 53.4% 6th +6.7pp 7th 12% above peers
Provo, UT 37.5% 26th +3.3pp 8th 21% below peers
Elgin, IL 51.2% 11th +3.7pp 9th 7% above peers
Westminster, CO 52.0% 8th +2.0pp 10th 9% above peers
Peoria, IL 51.1% 12th +1.9pp 11th 7% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 62.3% 2nd +1.6pp 12th 31% above peers
Riverview, FL 52.5% 7th +0.7pp 13th 10% above peers
Beaumont, TX 49.8% 14th +0.3pp 14th 4% above peers
Manchester, NH 47.2% 17th -2.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 16th 64% above peers
League City, TX 54.5% 5th -5.0pp 17th 14% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 19th -4.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Richmond, CA 38.9% 22nd -4.6pp 19th 18% below peers
Richardson, TX 51.4% 10th -6.7pp 20th 8% above peers
Gresham, OR 31.2% 30th -4.5pp 21st 35% below peers
Waterbury, CT 47.7% 16th -8.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Murrieta, CA 36.0% 27th -6.5pp 23rd 24% below peers
Evansville, IN 34.3% 28th -6.4pp 24th 28% below peers
Springfield, IL 49.9% 13th -10.9pp 25th 5% above peers
West Jordan, UT 38.4% 24th -8.5pp 26th 19% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 55.1% 4th -12.6pp 27th 16% above peers
Lowell, MA 37.9% 25th -9.6pp 28th 20% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 38.5% 23rd -10.3pp 29th 19% below peers
Pueblo, CO 32.5% 29th -14.8pp 30th 32% below peers
Everett, WA 26.9% 31st -14.8pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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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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 ±10.6pp 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 (6.4% then, 4.6% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 4.6%).
4.6%
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 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 97% below peers
Manchester, NH 4.0% 4th -5.2pp 2nd 44% below peers
Riverview, FL 5.5% 10th -4.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
Provo, UT 4.2% 6th -3.2pp 4th 40% below peers
Richmond, CA 8.0% 20th -5.6pp 5th 13% above peers
Lowell, MA 4.2% 5th -2.9pp 6th 42% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 5.6% 11th -3.8pp 7th 22% below peers
Richardson, TX 1.8% 2nd -0.9pp 8th 75% below peers
Pueblo, CO 11.8% 30th -4.8pp 9th 66% above peers
Odessa, TX 4.6% 7th -1.8pp 10th 35% below peers
Evansville, IN 5.8% 12th -2.1pp 11th 19% below peers
High Point, NC 5.1% 9th -1.7pp 12th 28% below peers
Clearwater, FL 7.5% 17th -2.1pp 13th 5% above peers
Everett, WA 8.7% 21st -1.4pp 14th 22% above peers
Springfield, IL 9.7% 26th -0.9pp 15th 36% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 6.8% 15th -0.6pp 16th 5% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.6% 14th -0.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 8.8% 22nd -0.0pp 18th 24% above peers
Elgin, IL 6.4% 13th +0.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Lansing, MI 11.0% 27th +1.0pp 20th 54% above peers
Beaumont, TX 11.2% 28th +1.1pp 21st 57% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 9.1% 23rd +1.7pp 22nd 27% above peers
Gresham, OR 9.6% 25th +2.0pp 23rd 35% above peers
Peoria, IL 11.3% 29th +3.1pp 24th 59% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 19th +2.3pp 25th 10% above peers
Antioch, CA 7.7% 18th +2.9pp 26th 8% above peers
Waterbury, CT 14.2% 31st +6.2pp 27th 100% above peers
Westminster, CO 7.1% 16th +3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Murrieta, CA 9.2% 24th +4.5pp 29th 29% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.1% 3rd +1.6pp 30th 57% below peers
League City, TX 4.8% 8th +2.7pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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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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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 119,702 to 115,322 - more than the combined survey margin (±528). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (107,325 to 115,322).
115,322
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Riverview, FL 113,697 21st +19% 1st 1% below peers
League City, TX 116,215 9th +12% 2nd 1% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 114,197 19th +12% 3rd 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 4th +9% 4th 3% above peers
Lowell, MA 118,368 3rd +6% 5th 3% above peers
Waterbury, CT 114,869 16th +6% 6th on par with peers
Richmond, CA 115,505 12th +5% 7th 1% above peers
Antioch, CA 116,477 7th +5% 8th 1% above peers
High Point, NC 116,245 8th +4% 9th 1% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 114,147 20th +4% 10th 1% below peers
Manchester, NH 115,643 11th +3% 11th 1% above peers
West Jordan, UT 116,692 6th +2% 12th 2% above peers
Westminster, CO 115,484 13th +2% 13th 1% above peers
Elgin, IL 114,934 15th +2% 14th on par with peers
Richardson, TX 118,731 2nd +2% 15th 3% above peers
Everett, WA 111,845 29th +2% 16th 3% below peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 1st +2% 17th 3% above peers
Clearwater, FL 117,247 5th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Gresham, OR 112,378 26th +2% 19th 2% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 113,177 24th +2% 20th 1% below peers
Pueblo, CO 111,561 31st +1% 21st 3% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 114,373 18th +0% 22nd on par with peers
Murrieta, CA 112,064 28th -1% 23rd 2% below peers
Peoria, IL 112,169 27th -1% 24th 2% below peers
Provo, UT 114,766 17th -1% 25th on par with peers
Evansville, IN 116,116 10th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Springfield, IL 113,330 22nd -2% 27th 1% below peers
Lansing, MI 113,023 25th -4% 28th 2% below peers
Odessa, TX 115,322 14th -4% 29th on par with peers
Beaumont, TX 113,279 23rd -4% 30th 1% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 111,647 30th -8% 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.9% then, 29.4% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (29.0% to 29.4%).
29.4%
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
Lowell, MA 21.7% 18th +0.5pp 1st 3% below peers
Evansville, IN 21.3% 21st +0.3pp 2nd 5% below peers
Odessa, TX 29.4% 1st +0.4pp 3rd 31% above peers
Beaumont, TX 25.3% 8th +0.3pp 4th 13% above peers
Peoria, IL 24.4% 9th +0.3pp 5th 9% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.4% 11th +0.2pp 6th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 7th 45% below peers
Riverview, FL 26.3% 4th +0.2pp 8th 17% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 19.1% 27th +0.1pp 9th 15% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 6th -0.5pp 10th 13% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 22.4% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Pueblo, CO 21.6% 19th -0.8pp 12th 3% below peers
Everett, WA 19.8% 25th -0.8pp 13th 12% below peers
Lansing, MI 21.6% 20th -1.0pp 14th 4% below peers
Elgin, IL 25.3% 7th -1.2pp 15th 13% above peers
Richmond, CA 20.8% 22nd -1.0pp 16th 7% below peers
League City, TX 26.4% 3rd -1.4pp 17th 18% above peers
Springfield, IL 20.8% 23rd -1.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Waterbury, CT 23.2% 12th -1.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 22.7% 14th -1.7pp 20th 1% above peers
Manchester, NH 18.0% 29th -1.5pp 21st 20% below peers
Gresham, OR 22.7% 15th -2.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Murrieta, CA 26.3% 5th -2.3pp 23rd 17% above peers
Antioch, CA 22.8% 13th -2.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Clearwater, FL 16.9% 30th -1.6pp 25th 25% below peers
High Point, NC 22.0% 17th -2.1pp 26th 2% below peers
Richardson, TX 20.2% 24th -2.0pp 27th 10% below peers
West Jordan, UT 27.7% 2nd -2.8pp 28th 24% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 24.1% 10th -3.2pp 29th 8% above peers
Westminster, CO 19.3% 26th -2.7pp 30th 14% below peers
Provo, UT 18.7% 28th -3.1pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.1% then, 30.0% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.0% to 30.0%).
30.0%
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 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
West Jordan, UT 21.4% 27th +4.7pp 1st 40% below peers
Provo, UT 17.8% 30th +3.7pp 2nd 50% below peers
Gresham, OR 38.7% 15th +7.4pp 3rd 9% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 45.1% 11th +7.7pp 4th 27% above peers
Manchester, NH 44.7% 12th +3.9pp 5th 26% above peers
Elgin, IL 31.2% 19th +2.4pp 6th 12% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 46.6% 7th +3.3pp 7th 31% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 41.6% 14th +2.7pp 8th 17% above peers
Beaumont, TX 50.5% 2nd +3.2pp 9th 42% above peers
Riverview, FL 28.0% 23rd +0.8pp 10th 21% below peers
Peoria, IL 45.5% 10th +0.8pp 11th 28% above peers
Waterbury, CT 57.5% 1st +1.0pp 12th 62% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 19.3% 29th +0.3pp 13th 46% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 24th +0.4pp 14th 30% below peers
Westminster, CO 28.4% 22nd +0.2pp 15th 20% below peers
Pueblo, CO 46.0% 8th +0.1pp 16th 30% above peers
Lowell, MA 46.8% 5th +0.1pp 17th 32% above peers
Richmond, CA 35.5% 16th -0.0pp 18th on par with peers
Lansing, MI 48.2% 4th -0.9pp 19th 36% above peers
Clearwater, FL 41.9% 13th -0.8pp 20th 18% above peers
Evansville, IN 46.7% 6th -2.7pp 21st 32% above peers
Springfield, IL 45.8% 9th -2.8pp 22nd 29% above peers
Murrieta, CA 20.1% 28th -2.2pp 23rd 43% below peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 26th -2.8pp 24th 39% below peers
Odessa, TX 30.0% 21st -4.1pp 25th 15% below peers
Richardson, TX 23.0% 25th -3.5pp 26th 35% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 50.4% 3rd -9.2pp 27th 42% above peers
Everett, WA 30.2% 20th -7.0pp 28th 15% below peers
High Point, NC 33.9% 17th -8.6pp 29th 4% below peers
Antioch, CA 32.9% 18th -8.6pp 30th 7% below peers
League City, TX 10.8% 31st -5.1pp 31st 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±4.1pp 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 (62.0% then, 58.8% now; margin ±9.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.6% to 58.8%).
58.8%
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
Provo, UT 49.1% 31st +9.2pp 1st 29% below peers
West Jordan, UT 70.4% 12th +12.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Gresham, OR 69.1% 16th +12.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Richardson, TX 64.3% 26th +8.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 73.2% 5th +8.3pp 5th 6% above peers
Clearwater, FL 71.7% 8th +7.6pp 6th 4% above peers
Beaumont, TX 65.5% 25th +6.9pp 7th 5% below peers
Peoria, IL 74.4% 3rd +7.5pp 8th 8% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 74.2% 4th +7.1pp 9th 7% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 68.6% 17th +6.1pp 10th 1% below peers
League City, TX 67.1% 21st +5.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Richmond, CA 66.2% 22nd +4.9pp 12th 4% below peers
Waterbury, CT 74.6% 2nd +5.5pp 13th 8% above peers
Pueblo, CO 67.7% 19th +4.0pp 14th 2% below peers
Antioch, CA 70.3% 13th +3.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Westminster, CO 71.5% 9th +3.8pp 16th 4% above peers
Springfield, IL 79.6% 1st +2.2pp 17th 15% above peers
High Point, NC 69.2% 15th +1.5pp 18th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 24th +1.3pp 19th 5% below peers
Elgin, IL 70.7% 11th +0.3pp 20th 2% above peers
Manchester, NH 71.1% 10th +0.3pp 21st 3% above peers
Lowell, MA 72.2% 6th -0.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Evansville, IN 71.8% 7th -0.6pp 23rd 4% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 59.2% 28th -1.7pp 24th 14% below peers
Odessa, TX 58.8% 29th -3.3pp 25th 15% below peers
Riverview, FL 69.9% 14th -4.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Lansing, MI 68.0% 18th -5.5pp 27th 2% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 20th -5.9pp 28th 3% below peers
Everett, WA 60.2% 27th -6.0pp 29th 13% below peers
Murrieta, CA 54.9% 30th -6.0pp 30th 20% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 65.7% 23rd -9.0pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±6.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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