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Pearland, TX

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129,930 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Pearland, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
65 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 30%
relative change
94 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
985 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 25%
relative change
1,315 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Household income
Median household income
$118,842
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
$104,504 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
97.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
94.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
4.1%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
3.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
2.6%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
3.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
76.2%
2020-24
flat
relative change
75.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.1%
2019-23
▲ 38%
relative change
3.7% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
47.1%
2020-24
flat
relative change
47.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
46.4%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
46.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.9%
2020-24
▲ 123%
relative change
2.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
77 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
89 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Pearland, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
2.3%
2020-24
▲ 81%
relative change
1.3% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
29.1%
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
22.6% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.9%
Jul 2026
▲ 14%
relative change
4.3% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
0.37 in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 3 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
18.2%
2020-24
▲ 68%
relative change
10.8% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Population
127,514
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
122,078 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.7%
2020-24
high
vs peers
27.7% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. Pearland started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 65 in July 2026, down from 94 a year earlier.
Bright spot 65 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Pearland, TX 65 (Jul 26) -30.3% 1st
Concord, CA 376 (Jul 26) -21.8% 2nd
Santa Clara, CA 144 (Jul 26) -21.0% 3rd
Broken Arrow, OK 175 (Jun 26) -20.7% 4th
Allentown, PA 236 (Jul 26) -16.8% 5th
Wilmington, NC 385 (Jul 26) -14.5% 6th
Carrollton, TX 98 (Jul 26) -14.3% 7th
North Charleston, SC 631 (Jul 26) -12.5% 8th
Norman, OK 260 (May 26) -10.3% 9th
Arvada, CO 276 (Jul 26) -9.4% 10th
College Station, TX 137 (Jul 26) -9.3% 11th
Pasadena, CA 406 (Jul 26) -8.0% 12th
Fargo, ND 375 (Jul 26) -6.4% 13th
Sterling Heights, MI 228 (Jul 26) -5.8% 14th
Buckeye, AZ 151 (Jul 26) -1.0% 15th
Dayton, OH 1,331 (Jul 26) +1.2% 16th
Columbia, MO 362 (Jul 26) +1.3% 17th
Lafayette, LA 1,096 (Jul 26) +1.4% 18th
Clovis, CA 264 (Jun 26) +1.5% 19th
Vallejo, CA 744 (Apr 26) +3.8% 20th
Rochester, MN 161 (Jul 26) +10.5% 21st
Goodyear, AZ 238 (Jul 26) +11.2% 22nd
Abilene, TX 480 (Jul 26) +12.3% 23rd
Simi Valley, CA 135 (Jul 26) +15.9% 24th
Warren, MI 535 (Jul 26) +22.7% 25th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Alexandria, VA down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carrollton, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 25% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 27% lower than in 2021 (1,429 then, 1,041 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,677 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 985 in July 2026, down from 1,315 a year earlier.
Bright spot 985 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Concord, CA 2,247 (Jul 26) -26.3% 1st
Pearland, TX 985 (Jul 26) -25.1% 2nd
College Station, TX 783 (Jul 26) -24.0% 3rd
Vallejo, CA 2,768 (Apr 26) -23.6% 4th
Norman, OK 1,895 (May 26) -18.6% 5th
North Charleston, SC 2,987 (Jul 26) -15.7% 6th
Goodyear, AZ 1,187 (Jul 26) -15.5% 7th
Fargo, ND 2,902 (Jul 26) -15.5% 8th
Clovis, CA 1,293 (Jun 26) -14.1% 9th
Arvada, CO 2,124 (Jul 26) -12.1% 10th
Sterling Heights, MI 1,016 (Jul 26) -11.7% 11th
Broken Arrow, OK 975 (Jun 26) -11.6% 12th
Columbia, MO 1,898 (Jul 26) -11.1% 13th
Wilmington, NC 2,922 (Jul 26) -9.5% 14th
Lafayette, LA 3,335 (Jul 26) -9.4% 15th
Carrollton, TX 1,019 (Jul 26) -5.3% 16th
Allentown, PA 1,438 (Jul 26) -5.0% 17th
Pasadena, CA 2,265 (Jul 26) -4.7% 18th
Rochester, MN 1,262 (Jul 26) -2.4% 19th
Warren, MI 1,385 (Jul 26) -1.5% 20th
Buckeye, AZ 680 (Jul 26) -1.3% 21st
Simi Valley, CA 819 (Jul 26) -0.6% 22nd
Dayton, OH 4,130 (Jul 26) +0.4% 23rd
Abilene, TX 1,727 (Jul 26) +4.5% 24th
Santa Clara, CA 2,703 (Jul 26) +5.4% 25th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Improving, trailing peers
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What changed

Homicides was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 83% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 1 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, unchanged from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 1 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
1 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Sterling Heights, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Concord, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Clovis, CA 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 3rd
Broken Arrow, OK 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 4th
Warren, MI 2 (Jul 26) -57.1% 5th
North Charleston, SC 9 (Jul 26) -36.9% 6th
Columbia, MO 3 (Jul 26) -33.3% 7th
Rochester, MN 2 (Jul 26) -33.2% 8th
Dayton, OH 19 (Jul 26) -23.5% 9th
Pearland, TX 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Norman, OK 2 (May 26) +0.0% 11th
Goodyear, AZ 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Simi Valley, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Pasadena, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Vallejo, CA 15 (Jul 26) +11.7% 15th
Wilmington, NC 10 (Jul 26) +18.2% 16th
Abilene, TX 8 (Jul 26) +25.0% 17th
Allentown, PA 4 (Jul 26) +25.2% 18th
Lafayette, LA 4 (Jul 26) +66.7% 19th
Fargo, ND 4 (Jul 26) +66.8% 20th
Buckeye, AZ 5 (Jul 26) +200.6% 21st
College Station, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Santa Clara, CA 1 (Jul 26)
Carrollton, TX 4 (Jul 26)
Arvada, CO 6 (Jul 26)
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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. 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 →
  • Daly City, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Sterling Heights, MI
  • Boise, ID down about 75% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 13% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. Pearland started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 77 in July 2026, down from 89 a year earlier.
Bright spot 77 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
College Station, TX 45 (Jul 26) -49.1% 1st
Buckeye, AZ 56 (Jul 26) -41.7% 2nd
Pasadena, CA 146 (Jul 26) -41.4% 3rd
Concord, CA 281 (Jul 26) -40.8% 4th
Columbia, MO 178 (Jul 26) -39.0% 5th
Goodyear, AZ 78 (Jul 26) -38.7% 6th
Sterling Heights, MI 101 (Jul 26) -38.6% 7th
Lafayette, LA 202 (Jul 26) -37.6% 8th
Arvada, CO 225 (Jul 26) -36.7% 9th
Broken Arrow, OK 75 (Jun 26) -30.9% 10th
Rochester, MN 54 (Jul 26) -26.4% 11th
North Charleston, SC 284 (Jul 26) -22.4% 12th
Norman, OK 165 (May 26) -22.3% 13th
Carrollton, TX 113 (Jul 26) -22.0% 14th
Wilmington, NC 239 (Jul 26) -20.3% 15th
Warren, MI 249 (Jul 26) -18.8% 16th
Vallejo, CA 578 (Apr 26) -14.9% 17th
Fargo, ND 300 (Jul 26) -13.9% 18th
Pearland, TX 77 (Jul 26) -13.0% 19th
Santa Clara, CA 300 (Jul 26) -13.0% 20th
Clovis, CA 135 (Jun 26) -6.0% 21st
Dayton, OH 1,108 (Jul 26) -5.5% 22nd
Simi Valley, CA 90 (Jul 26) +0.0% 23rd
Allentown, PA 192 (Jul 26) +16.9% 24th
Abilene, TX 150 (Jul 26) +19.3% 25th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Provo, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 14% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $104,504 to $118,842 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,737).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Pearland started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 26% from 2014 to 2024 ($94,653 to $118,842).
Bright spot $118,842
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 144% above peers
Wilmington, NC $66,738 20th +40% 2nd 9% below peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 31st +39% 3rd 38% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 9th +39% 4th 35% above peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 4th +39% 5th 60% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 24th +38% 6th 14% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 7th 28% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 19th +38% 8th 9% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 16th +35% 9th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 22nd +35% 10th 13% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 11th 24% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 12th +30% 12th 23% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 21st +30% 13th 9% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 8th +29% 14th 38% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 23rd +29% 15th 13% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 11th +28% 16th 26% above peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 10th +27% 17th 35% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 6th +27% 18th 43% above peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 25th +24% 19th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 15th +23% 20th 9% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $103,319 7th +23% 21st 41% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 2nd +23% 22nd 66% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 13th +22% 23rd 22% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 5th +21% 24th 48% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 26th +21% 25th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 18th +21% 26th 9% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 14th +19% 27th 18% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 27th +19% 28th 22% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 17th +16% 29th 8% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 3rd +14% 30th 62% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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26 of 27 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,906 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.9% in July 2026, up from 4.3% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.9%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 4.5% (Jul 26) +0.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Dayton, OH 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -1.9pp 1st 2% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -1.0pp 2nd 7% above peers
North Charleston, SC 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th -0.5pp 3rd 16% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 4th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 3.5% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 5th 20% below peers
Clovis, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.4pp 6th 23% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.4pp 7th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 8th 50% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 9th 30% above peers
Columbia, MO 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Concord, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Topeka, KS 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.1pp 12th 2% below peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th +0.0pp 13th 9% below peers
College Station, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th +0.1pp 14th 5% above peers
Abilene, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.1pp 15th 9% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.1pp 16th 9% below peers
Kent, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.1pp 17th 18% above peers
Carrollton, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.4pp 18th 7% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 28th +0.4pp 19th 45% above peers
Allentown, PA 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th +0.5pp 20th 30% above peers
Rochester, MN 3.6% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.5pp 21st 18% below peers
Warren, MI 7.7% (Jul 26) 29th +0.5pp 22nd 75% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th +0.6pp 24th 11% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.7pp 25th 23% above peers
Norman, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.8pp 26th 7% below peers
Lakeland, FL 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th +0.9pp 27th 34% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th +1.0pp 28th 36% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +1.1pp 29th 7% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.5% then, 4.1% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.9% to 4.1%).
Bright spot 4.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Goodyear, AZ 5.2% 2nd -2.7pp 1st 60% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.4% 19th -6.5pp 2nd 10% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.0% 22nd -6.2pp 3rd 21% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.0% 6th -2.5pp 4th 39% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 8.0% 7th -1.9pp 5th 39% below peers
Lakeland, FL 13.2% 16th -3.2pp 6th on par with peers
Kent, WA 10.8% 12th -2.6pp 7th 18% below peers
Allentown, PA 21.0% 28th -4.7pp 8th 59% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 8th -1.5pp 9th 37% below peers
Warren, MI 14.8% 20th -2.7pp 10th 12% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.5% 10th -1.6pp 11th 35% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.1% 25th -3.0pp 12th 30% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.2% 18th -2.4pp 13th 7% above peers
Dayton, OH 26.9% 30th -3.6pp 14th 104% above peers
Columbia, MO 19.2% 27th -2.5pp 15th 46% above peers
Athens, GA 26.5% 29th -3.4pp 16th 101% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 5th -0.9pp 17th 46% below peers
Pasadena, CA 13.3% 17th -1.2pp 18th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.3% 26th -1.3pp 19th 39% above peers
Norman, OK 16.8% 24th -0.8pp 20th 28% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.2% 14th -0.4pp 21st 7% below peers
Fargo, ND 12.9% 15th -0.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Abilene, TX 16.1% 23rd -0.4pp 23rd 22% above peers
College Station, TX 29.2% 31st -0.4pp 24th 122% above peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 25th 56% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.4% 4th +0.0pp 26th 52% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.1% 13th +0.0pp 27th 16% below peers
Topeka, KS 15.7% 21st +1.3pp 28th 19% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.8% 11th +0.8pp 29th 33% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 30th 69% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.4% 9th +1.7pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 2.6% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 2.6%).
Bright spot 2.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Goodyear, AZ 5.9% 2nd -5.7pp 1st 61% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 24th -13.7pp 2nd 40% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 6th -5.0pp 3rd 49% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 23rd -11.1pp 4th 25% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 7th -4.7pp 5th 47% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 6th 51% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 13th -5.4pp 7th 9% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 8th 61% above peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 25th -7.6pp 9th 41% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 26th -7.3pp 10th 47% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 22nd -5.8pp 11th 17% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 27th -6.5pp 12th 48% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 13th 100% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 12th -2.8pp 14th 19% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 15th 60% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 20th -3.1pp 16th 15% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 19th -3.0pp 17th 12% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 18th 83% below peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 16th -2.0pp 19th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 20th 62% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 10th -1.1pp 21st 30% below peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 31st -4.0pp 22nd 167% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 11th -1.1pp 23rd 27% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 9th -1.0pp 24th 31% below peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 25th 53% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 17th -0.3pp 26th 6% above peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 21st -0.2pp 27th 16% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 14th +0.4pp 28th 2% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 15th +2.3pp 29th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 8th +1.5pp 30th 46% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 18th +4.2pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (94.2% then, 97.1% now; margin ±3.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 7 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.5% to 97.2%).
Bright spot 97.1%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 24th +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 26th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 19th +14.5pp 4th 1% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 21st +11.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 15th +10.7pp 6th 1% above peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 16th +10.2pp 7th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 30th +9.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 29th +9.2pp 9th 6% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 22nd +9.0pp 10th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 25th +8.3pp 11th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 14th +8.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 20th +7.8pp 13th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 23rd +7.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 8th +6.8pp 15th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 6th +6.5pp 16th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 4th +6.3pp 17th 4% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 13th +5.9pp 18th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 12th +5.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 27th +4.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 18th +5.0pp 21st 1% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 17th +4.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 9th +4.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 2nd +4.4pp 24th 5% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 7th +4.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 10th +3.6pp 26th 3% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 96.7% 3rd +3.1pp 27th 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 28th 5% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 5th +2.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 11th +2.7pp 30th 2% above peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.37 to 0.40 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.38 to 0.40).
Needs attention 0.40
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 13th -0.033 1st 2% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 22nd -0.020 2nd 5% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 16th -0.018 3rd on par with peers
Athens, GA 0.50 26th -0.020 4th 13% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 23rd -0.016 5th 5% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 21st -0.012 6th 4% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 29th -0.012 7th 15% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 0.38 2nd -0.006 8th 15% below peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 24th -0.005 9th 8% above peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 10th 22% above peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 27th -0.002 11th 14% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 17th -0.002 12th 1% above peers
Warren, MI 0.43 11th +0.001 13th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 30th +0.002 14th 17% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 5th +0.002 15th 8% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 28th +0.002 16th 14% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 3rd +0.002 17th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 7th +0.003 18th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 25th +0.003 19th 12% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 20th 18% below peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 20th +0.009 21st 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 12th +0.009 22nd 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 14th +0.011 23rd 2% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 19th +0.011 24th 2% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 9th +0.011 25th 4% below peers
Concord, CA 0.43 10th +0.014 26th 3% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 6th +0.014 27th 5% below peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 8th +0.019 28th 4% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 15th +0.030 29th 1% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 4th +0.027 30th 10% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 18th +0.034 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (3.7% then, 5.1% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.9% to 5.1%).
Bright spot 5.1%
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
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 11th -4.5pp 1st 22% below peers
Athens, GA 9.2% 15th -5.1pp 2nd on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 17th -5.4pp 3rd 18% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 8th -2.4pp 4th 27% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 5th 60% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 28th -4.9pp 6th 96% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 22nd -2.7pp 7th 33% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 10th -1.4pp 8th 23% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 12th -1.3pp 9th 18% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 20th -1.3pp 10th 30% above peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 30th -2.4pp 11th 179% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 14th -0.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 7th -0.3pp 13th 37% below peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 27th -0.6pp 14th 91% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 26th -0.5pp 15th 57% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 19th -0.3pp 16th 28% above peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 18th -0.0pp 17th 19% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 25th +0.6pp 18th 56% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 31st +1.6pp 19th 240% above peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 29th +1.2pp 20th 114% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 23rd +0.8pp 21st 43% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 24th +0.9pp 22nd 44% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 43% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 3rd +0.6pp 24th 48% below peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 13th +1.4pp 25th 7% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 21st +2.1pp 26th 31% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 27th 59% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 4th +1.4pp 28th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 9th +2.0pp 29th 27% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.5% 6th +2.0pp 30th 40% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 16th +4.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $380,787 in August 2026, down from $383,060 a year earlier.
$380,787
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $299,367 (Aug 26) -1.6%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Abilene, TX $224,585 (Aug 26) 27th +9.2% 1st 35% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,126 (Aug 26) 18th +4.2% 2nd 6% below peers
Allentown, PA $317,498 (Aug 26) 19th +3.9% 3rd 8% below peers
Rochester, MN $342,187 (Aug 26) 16th +3.7% 4th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO $324,526 (Aug 26) 17th +2.7% 5th 6% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $288,709 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.2% 6th 17% below peers
Lafayette, LA $226,811 (Aug 26) 26th +2.0% 7th 34% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $404,294 (Aug 26) 11th +1.4% 8th 17% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $308,784 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 9th 11% below peers
Dayton, OH $140,625 (Aug 26) 30th +1.1% 10th 59% below peers
Clovis, CA $516,830 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 11th 49% above peers
Norman, OK $263,046 (Aug 26) 25th +0.9% 12th 24% below peers
Pasadena, CA $1,187,354 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 13th 243% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,646,715 (Aug 26) 1st +0.4% 14th 376% above peers
Warren, MI $200,537 (Aug 26) 28th +0.4% 15th 42% below peers
Wilmington, NC $419,038 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 16th 21% above peers
Topeka, KS $198,041 (Aug 26) 29th -0.1% 17th 43% below peers
College Station, TX $345,836 (Aug 26) 15th -0.2% 18th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA $833,306 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.3% 19th 141% above peers
Concord, CA $722,165 (Aug 26) 4th -0.5% 20th 109% above peers
Pearland, TX $380,787 (Aug 26) 14th -0.6% 21st 10% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $462,929 (Aug 26) 9th -0.8% 22nd 34% above peers
Kent, WA $635,965 (Aug 26) 5th -1.1% 23rd 84% above peers
Lakeland, FL $309,954 (Aug 26) 21st -1.3% 24th 10% below peers
North Charleston, SC $310,134 (Aug 26) 20th -1.4% 25th 10% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $391,351 (Aug 26) 13th -1.7% 26th 13% above peers
Carrollton, TX $400,642 (Aug 26) 12th -1.8% 27th 16% above peers
Arvada, CO $600,934 (Aug 26) 6th -2.1% 28th 74% above peers
Vallejo, CA $519,461 (Aug 26) 7th -2.8% 29th 50% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $279,720 (Aug 26) 24th -5.8% 30th 19% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $305,575 in August 2026, down from $306,131 a year earlier.
$305,575
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $184,827 (Aug 26) -0.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Abilene, TX $135,845 (Aug 26) 26th +9.4% 1st 46% below peers
Allentown, PA $235,210 (Aug 26) 17th +5.0% 2nd 6% below peers
Fargo, ND $228,384 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 3rd 9% below peers
Columbia, MO $229,248 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 4th 8% below peers
Rochester, MN $249,868 (Aug 26) 15th +4.2% 5th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK $226,640 (Aug 26) 20th +2.8% 6th 9% below peers
Dayton, OH $74,399 (Aug 26) 30th +2.0% 7th 70% below peers
Lafayette, LA $135,442 (Aug 26) 27th +1.6% 8th 46% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $244,832 (Aug 26) 16th +1.4% 9th 2% below peers
Clovis, CA $400,701 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 10th 60% above peers
Norman, OK $181,291 (Aug 26) 25th +1.3% 11th 27% below peers
College Station, TX $260,687 (Aug 26) 14th +0.6% 12th 4% above peers
Warren, MI $123,766 (Aug 26) 28th +0.1% 13th 50% below peers
Pasadena, CA $797,584 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.0% 14th 219% above peers
Pearland, TX $305,575 (Aug 26) 12th -0.2% 15th 22% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $700,965 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.2% 16th 181% above peers
Wilmington, NC $294,307 (Aug 26) 13th -0.4% 17th 18% above peers
North Charleston, SC $222,009 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.7% 18th 11% below peers
Kent, WA $476,715 (Aug 26) 5th -1.1% 19th 91% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $380,397 (Aug 26) 9th -1.1% 20th 52% above peers
Vallejo, CA $420,111 (Aug 26) 7th -1.5% 21st 68% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,057,112 (Aug 26) 1st -1.6% 22nd 323% above peers
Carrollton, TX $317,180 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 23rd 27% above peers
Concord, CA $487,042 (Aug 26) 4th -2.1% 24th 95% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $336,328 (Aug 26) 10th -2.1% 25th 35% above peers
Lakeland, FL $219,972 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.1% 26th 12% below peers
Arvada, CO $472,905 (Aug 26) 6th -2.7% 27th 89% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,242 (Aug 26) 29th -3.4% 28th 57% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $211,301 (Aug 26) 24th -3.6% 29th 15% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $226,445 (Aug 26) 21st -6.2% 30th 9% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (75.9% then, 76.2% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.5% to 76.2%).
Bright spot 76.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 51% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 9th +7.5pp 2nd 22% above peers
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 22nd +5.0pp 3rd 13% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 25th +3.1pp 4th 17% below peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 27th +2.4pp 5th 24% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 30th +2.2pp 6th 29% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 13th +2.7pp 7th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 24th +1.8pp 8th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 4th +2.8pp 9th 33% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 18th +2.1pp 10th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 16th +2.1pp 11th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 21st +1.7pp 12th 12% below peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 15th +1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 10th +1.9pp 14th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 12th +1.7pp 15th 8% above peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 8th +2.0pp 16th 24% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 23rd +1.3pp 17th 15% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 5th +1.2pp 18th 32% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 17th +0.8pp 19th 1% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 28th +0.5pp 20th 26% below peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 21st 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 6th +0.7pp 22nd 28% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 77.7% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 36% above peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 33% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 26th +0.0pp 25th 24% below peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 14th -0.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 7th -1.6pp 27th 26% above peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 11th -2.7pp 28th 14% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 29th -2.0pp 29th 29% below peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 31st -2.3pp 30th 38% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 20th -3.5pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,898 in August 2026, up from $1,884 a year earlier.
$1,898
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Abilene, TX $2,016 (Aug 26) 9th +34.4% 1st 17% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,957 (Aug 26) 1st +7.3% 2nd 130% above peers
Columbia, MO $1,444 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 3rd 16% below peers
Topeka, KS $1,285 (Aug 26) 28th +4.8% 4th 25% below peers
Wilmington, NC $1,706 (Aug 26) 17th +4.3% 5th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,377 (Aug 26) 5th +3.9% 6th 38% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $1,583 (Aug 26) 21st +3.8% 7th 8% below peers
Allentown, PA $1,710 (Aug 26) 16th +3.7% 8th 1% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 9th 27% below peers
Warren, MI $1,366 (Aug 26) 25th +3.3% 10th 21% below peers
Concord, CA $2,572 (Aug 26) 4th +2.8% 11th 49% above peers
Clovis, CA $2,349 (Aug 26) 6th +2.7% 12th 36% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,757 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 13th 2% above peers
Fargo, ND $1,079 (Aug 26) 30th +2.5% 14th 37% below peers
Vallejo, CA $2,213 (Aug 26) 7th +2.4% 15th 29% above peers
Norman, OK $1,357 (Aug 26) 26th +2.2% 16th 21% below peers
Rochester, MN $1,650 (Aug 26) 20th +1.9% 17th 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL $1,722 (Aug 26) 15th +1.7% 18th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX $1,655 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 19th 4% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,760 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.3% 20th 60% above peers
Kent, WA $1,973 (Aug 26) 11th +1.1% 21st 15% above peers
Pasadena, CA $3,022 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.9% 22nd 76% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,898 (Aug 26) 12th +0.8% 23rd 10% above peers
College Station, TX $1,419 (Aug 26) 24th +0.6% 24th 18% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,150 (Aug 26) 8th +0.6% 25th 25% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $1,683 (Aug 26) 18th +0.5% 26th 2% below peers
Lafayette, LA $1,329 (Aug 26) 27th +0.3% 27th 23% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,526 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.2% 28th 11% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $1,975 (Aug 26) 10th -1.0% 29th 15% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,831 (Aug 26) 13th -1.8% 30th 6% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 6.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.6% to 29.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.0% to 29.1%).
Needs attention 29.1%
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
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 8th -5.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 14th -1.6pp 2nd 1% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 23rd -1.7pp 3rd 20% above peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 19th -1.3pp 4th 9% above peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 25th -0.9pp 5th 25% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 5th -0.4pp 6th 14% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 22nd -0.5pp 7th 19% above peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 11th -0.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 26th +0.2pp 9th 31% above peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 21st +0.2pp 10th 17% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 17th +0.4pp 11th 1% above peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 4th +0.6pp 12th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 7th +0.8pp 13th 11% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 29th +1.3pp 14th 37% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 30th +1.5pp 15th 39% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 18th +1.1pp 16th 3% above peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 27th +1.6pp 17th 36% above peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 24th +1.7pp 18th 24% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 20th +1.6pp 19th 12% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 10th +1.5pp 20th 7% below peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 28th +2.7pp 21st 36% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 3rd +1.6pp 22nd 18% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 12th +1.9pp 23rd 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 16th +2.3pp 24th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 15th +2.4pp 25th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 26th 26% below peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 13th +2.6pp 27th 3% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 31st +3.9pp 28th 48% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 2nd +2.8pp 29th 20% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 30.9% 9th +4.3pp 30th 8% below peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 6th +6.5pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

2
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.3% to 2.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.9% to 2.3%).
Needs attention 2.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 14th -3.3pp 1st 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 9th -1.9pp 2nd 35% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 21st -2.4pp 3rd 8% above peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 30th -3.9pp 4th 138% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 4th -0.6pp 5th 58% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 8th -0.8pp 6th 43% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 24th -1.3pp 7th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 23rd -1.2pp 8th 19% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 17th -0.9pp 9th 5% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 31st -1.7pp 10th 147% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 22nd -0.7pp 11th 11% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 3rd -0.2pp 12th 64% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 27th -0.6pp 13th 39% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 10th -0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 20th -0.3pp 15th 7% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 16th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 28th -0.3pp 17th 40% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 18th -0.2pp 18th 6% above peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 13th -0.0pp 19th 9% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 2.0% 1st +0.1pp 20th 71% below peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 6th +0.1pp 21st 50% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 13% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 26th +0.8pp 24th 25% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 12th +0.7pp 25th 13% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 5th +0.4pp 26th 52% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 25th +1.3pp 27th 24% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 15th +1.1pp 28th 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 19th +2.2pp 29th 7% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 7th +1.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.5% then, 7.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.9% to 7.5%).
7.5%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 17.1% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Pasadena, CA 5.7% 6th -1.7pp 1st 30% below peers
Athens, GA 11.3% 25th -2.2pp 2nd 38% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 7th -1.0pp 3rd 30% below peers
North Charleston, SC 15.4% 29th -2.6pp 4th 88% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.9% 8th -1.0pp 5th 28% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 2nd -0.6pp 6th 53% below peers
Dayton, OH 8.2% 16th -1.2pp 7th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 4th -0.6pp 8th 46% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 52% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 10th 64% below peers
Fargo, ND 6.0% 9th -0.5pp 11th 26% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.2% 28th -1.0pp 12th 86% above peers
Warren, MI 6.1% 10th -0.4pp 13th 26% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.6% 5th -0.2pp 14th 44% below peers
Concord, CA 6.2% 11th -0.3pp 15th 25% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.4% 14th -0.3pp 16th 10% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 31st -0.3pp 17th 131% above peers
Norman, OK 9.6% 19th -0.1pp 18th 18% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.5% 15th -0.0pp 19th 9% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 30th +0.1pp 20th 91% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.4% 26th +0.1pp 21st 39% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 20th +0.2pp 22nd 21% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 7.3% 13th +0.2pp 23rd 10% below peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 18th +0.5pp 24th 8% above peers
Wilmington, NC 10.9% 24th +0.6pp 25th 34% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 17th +0.5pp 26th 4% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.6% 23rd +0.6pp 27th 30% above peers
Abilene, TX 15.0% 27th +1.2pp 28th 83% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.3% 22nd +1.5pp 29th 26% above peers
Topeka, KS 10.2% 21st +1.9pp 30th 25% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 12th +1.5pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ 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 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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 1st 42% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 2nd 30% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 30% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 4th 25% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 5th 23% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 6th 16% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 7th 15% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 8th 8% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 9th 7% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 32.9% 10th 6% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 11th 3% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 12th 2% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 13th 1% below peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 14th 1% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 15th 1% below peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 16th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 35.1% 17th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 18th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 19th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 20th 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 21st 2% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 22nd 3% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 23rd 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 24th 5% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 25th 6% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 26th 6% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 27th 7% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 28th 13% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 17% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 30th 20% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 31st 36% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.0% then, 5.1% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.3% to 5.1%).
5.1%
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
Clovis, CA 2.0% 1st -0.6pp 1st 64% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 6.7% 23rd -1.8pp 2nd 20% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 5th -0.6pp 3rd 51% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 15th -1.1pp 4th 2% below peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 4th -0.4pp 5th 51% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 19th -0.6pp 6th 4% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 8th -0.3pp 7th 47% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 7th -0.2pp 8th 49% below peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 10th -0.1pp 9th 37% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 13th -0.1pp 10th 13% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 28th -0.0pp 11th 51% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 14th +0.1pp 12th 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 29th +0.5pp 13th 83% above peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 12th +0.3pp 14th 20% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 24th +0.7pp 15th 40% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 2nd +0.2pp 16th 59% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 6th +0.3pp 17th 51% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 26th +0.9pp 18th 48% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 17th +0.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 22nd +1.0pp 20th 11% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 30th +2.1pp 21st 119% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 21st +1.2pp 22nd 11% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 3rd +0.5pp 23rd 57% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 27th +1.7pp 24th 50% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 9th +0.7pp 25th 38% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 26th 175% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 20th +2.4pp 27th 8% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 28th 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 18th +2.6pp 29th 2% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 25th +3.8pp 30th 40% above peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 16th +2.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (47.2% then, 47.1% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.7% to 47.1%).
Bright spot 47.1%
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
Arvada, CO 51.5% 5th +10.4pp 1st 37% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 30th +3.9pp 2nd 49% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 25th +5.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 27th +4.9pp 4th 34% below peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 28th +3.2pp 5th 42% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 26th +3.8pp 6th 27% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 15th +5.5pp 7th 4% above peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 21st +4.1pp 8th 21% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 11th +6.0pp 9th 20% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 14th +4.8pp 10th 4% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 35.5% 19th +4.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 22nd +3.5pp 12th 22% below peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 29th +2.5pp 13th 44% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 9th +5.3pp 14th 25% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 17th +4.0pp 15th 2% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 24th +3.0pp 16th 23% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 17th 76% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 20th +2.7pp 18th 17% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 6th +4.2pp 19th 36% above peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 2nd +4.5pp 20th 51% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 18th +2.5pp 21st 5% below peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 13th +2.9pp 22nd 9% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 7th +3.3pp 23rd 26% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 12th +3.0pp 24th 14% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 4th +3.8pp 25th 49% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 10th +2.9pp 26th 22% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 16th +1.1pp 27th on par with peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 23rd +0.4pp 28th 23% below peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 8th -0.0pp 29th 26% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 31st -0.3pp 30th 62% below peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 3rd -2.1pp 31st 51% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (46.0% then, 46.4% now; margin ±12.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.8% to 46.4%).
Bright spot 46.4%
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%
Norman, OK 45.3% 13th +14.2pp 1st 6% above peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 11th +8.8pp 2nd 6% above peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 4th +11.1pp 3rd 40% above peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 28th +4.2pp 4th 38% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 8th +7.6pp 5th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 15th +4.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 2nd +6.0pp 7th 48% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 19th +3.4pp 8th 6% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 7th +2.0pp 9th 19% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 3rd +2.0pp 10th 46% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 25th +0.3pp 11th 28% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 21st +0.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 5th +0.4pp 13th 35% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 9th +0.3pp 14th 8% above peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 27th +0.0pp 15th 32% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 23rd +0.0pp 16th 14% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 6th -1.4pp 17th 30% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 22nd -1.8pp 18th 13% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 12th -3.5pp 19th 6% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 14th -4.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 10th -4.5pp 21st 7% above peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 1st -7.9pp 22nd 49% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 29th -4.1pp 23rd 38% below peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 20th -6.6pp 24th 9% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 18th -8.1pp 25th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 16th -8.8pp 26th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 26th -11.0pp 27th 30% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 17th -16.1pp 28th on par with peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 30th -12.6pp 29th 48% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 24th -20.4pp 30th 20% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 19.5% 31st -13.6pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.2% then, 4.9% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.2% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Goodyear, AZ 3.9% 8th -7.7pp 1st 35% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 3rd -1.6pp 2nd 48% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 16th -2.6pp 3rd on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 18th -2.6pp 4th 6% above peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 19th -2.4pp 5th 6% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 20th -1.2pp 6th 17% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 7th -0.7pp 7th 37% below peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 2nd -0.2pp 8th 72% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 12th -0.5pp 9th 22% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 15th -0.3pp 10th 4% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 11th -0.1pp 11th 23% below peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 25th +0.4pp 12th 55% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 17th +0.3pp 13th 5% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 26th +1.2pp 14th 60% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 10th +0.6pp 15th 23% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 28th +1.6pp 16th 70% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 6th +0.6pp 17th 38% below peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 24th +1.6pp 18th 52% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 4th +0.6pp 19th 46% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 30th +2.6pp 20th 116% above peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 14th +1.2pp 21st 14% below peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 9th +1.2pp 22nd 24% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 27th +2.9pp 23rd 66% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 21st +2.0pp 24th 17% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 23rd +2.3pp 25th 32% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 1st +0.6pp 26th 78% below peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 29th +5.1pp 27th 93% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 22nd +3.4pp 28th 25% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 5th +1.6pp 29th 44% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 13th +2.7pp 30th 17% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 31st 129% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 122,078 to 127,514 - more than the combined survey margin (±604).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 31% from 2014 to 2024 (97,427 to 127,514).
Big move 127,514
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 31st +50% 1st 17% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 107,645 30th +34% 2nd 14% below peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 18th +14% 3rd 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 24th +11% 4th 3% below peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 27th +11% 5th 5% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 19th +10% 6th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 29th +9% 7th 6% below peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 8th +8% 8th 5% above peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 28th +8% 9th 5% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 7th +7% 10th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 11th +6% 11th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 23rd +6% 12th 3% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 10th +6% 13th 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 13th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 15th +4% 15th on par with peers
Kent, WA 135,603 4th +3% 16th 8% above peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 22nd +3% 17th 3% below peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 12th +3% 18th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 20th +2% 19th 1% below peers
Warren, MI 137,928 1st +2% 20th 10% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 14th +2% 21st 1% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 9th +2% 22nd 4% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 6th +1% 23rd 6% above peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 26th +1% 24th 4% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 17th -0% 25th on par with peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 16th -0% 26th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 5th -2% 27th 6% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 3rd -3% 28th 9% above peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 2nd -3% 29th 9% above peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 25th -4% 30th 3% below peers
Concord, CA 124,035 21st -4% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±79 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.7% then, 26.7% now; margin ±1.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.8% to 26.7%).
Big move 26.7%
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 25.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 28th +0.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 15th +0.7pp 2nd 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 1st +0.9pp 3rd 37% above peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 12th +0.6pp 4th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 24th +0.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 2nd +0.1pp 6th 31% above peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 16th -0.0pp 7th on par with peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 18th -0.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 9th -0.1pp 9th 10% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 23rd -0.3pp 10th 9% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 5th -0.5pp 11th 21% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 7th -0.5pp 12th 13% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 10th -0.5pp 13th 7% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 14th -0.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 3rd -0.8pp 15th 30% above peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 8th -0.7pp 16th 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 17th -0.7pp 17th 4% below peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 4th -1.0pp 18th 28% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 25th -0.7pp 19th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 22nd -0.8pp 20th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 30th -0.7pp 21st 21% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 20th -1.3pp 22nd 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 6th -2.0pp 23rd 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 31st -1.4pp 24th 21% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 29th -1.5pp 25th 20% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 21st -2.1pp 26th 7% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 22.0% 11th -2.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 26th -2.1pp 28th 19% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 13th -2.7pp 29th 5% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 19th -3.0pp 30th 6% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 27th -2.8pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent rose 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.8% to 18.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.5% to 18.2%).
Big move 18.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 29th +7.3pp 1st 37% below peers
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 13th +8.1pp 2nd 15% above peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 17th +6.8pp 3rd on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 3rd +11.6pp 4th 92% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 23.3% 23rd +4.5pp 5th 19% below peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 7th +6.3pp 6th 43% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 21st +2.6pp 7th 13% below peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 4th +4.6pp 8th 67% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 20th +2.0pp 9th 7% below peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 1st +1.8pp 10th 119% above peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 11th 106% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 22nd +0.4pp 12th 14% below peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 19th +0.2pp 13th 1% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 27th +0.1pp 14th 30% below peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 15th -0.4pp 15th 10% above peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 8th -0.5pp 16th 32% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 26th -0.4pp 17th 29% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 28th -0.4pp 18th 33% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 5th -0.9pp 19th 49% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 30th -0.4pp 20th 40% below peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 16th -1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 24th -1.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 14th -2.2pp 23rd 13% above peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 12th -3.0pp 24th 20% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 6th -4.7pp 25th 48% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 25th -2.4pp 26th 24% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 18th -3.7pp 27th 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 9th -5.5pp 28th 29% above peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 11th -7.4pp 29th 23% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 51% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 10th -9.5pp 31st 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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26 of 27 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.0% then, 71.1% now; margin ±9.6pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.5% to 71.1%).
71.1%
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
College Station, TX 72.8% 10th +18.0pp 1st 4% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 6th +9.8pp 2nd 7% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 3rd +9.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 14th +9.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 8th +9.0pp 5th 7% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 16th +6.8pp 6th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 28th +5.0pp 7th 13% below peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 8th 12% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 24th +3.1pp 9th 9% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 9th +3.4pp 10th 6% above peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 17th +3.1pp 11th 1% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 4th +3.3pp 12th 9% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 64.3% 23rd +2.5pp 13th 8% below peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 19th +2.6pp 14th 2% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 21st +1.3pp 15th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 16th 11% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 12th +1.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 13th +0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 5th +0.2pp 21st 8% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 26th -0.2pp 22nd 10% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 11th -0.9pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 22nd -2.2pp 24th 6% below peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 20th -2.5pp 25th 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 15th -3.4pp 26th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 25th -5.7pp 27th 9% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 29th -5.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 7th -7.0pp 29th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 27th -7.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 30th -8.4pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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26 of 27 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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