The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Violent crime fell about 19% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 187 (Apr 26) | -19.3% | 1st | ||
| Richardson, TX | 128 (May 26) | -19.3% | 2nd | ||
| League City, TX | 68 (May 26) | -19.0% | 3rd | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 633 (May 26) | -16.9% | 4th | ||
| Billings, MT | 673 (May 26) | -16.7% | 5th | ||
| Richmond, CA | 1,032 (May 26) | -13.5% | 6th | ||
| Westminster, CO | 256 (Apr 26) | -13.2% | 7th | ||
| Evansville, IN | 1,076 (Mar 26) | -12.4% | 8th | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 408 (May 26) | -12.4% | 9th | ||
| Hartford, CT | 438 (May 26) | -11.9% | 10th | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 429 (May 26) | -7.6% | 11th | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 598 (May 26) | -5.2% | 12th | ||
| Independence, MO | 556 (May 26) | -4.5% | 13th | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 300 (May 26) | -4.1% | 14th | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 283 (May 26) | -2.7% | 15th | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 1,093 (May 26) | +1.8% | 16th | ||
| Antioch, CA | 727 (May 26) | +6.0% | 17th | ||
| Lowell, MA | 521 (Mar 26) | +6.3% | 18th | ||
| Manchester, NH | 323 (May 26) | +9.6% | 19th | ||
| Odessa, TX | 305 (May 26) | +10.3% | 20th | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 299 (May 26) | +10.5% | 21st | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 541 (May 26) | +11.8% | 22nd | ||
| High Point, NC | 523 (May 26) | +16.1% | 23rd | ||
| Rochester, MN | 175 (May 26) | +23.4% | 24th |
This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend.
Property crime fell about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||
| Odessa, TX | 1,103 (May 26) | -31.0% | 1st | ||
| Hartford, CT | 2,076 (May 26) | -21.4% | 2nd | ||
| Lowell, MA | 1,267 (Mar 26) | -21.0% | 3rd | ||
| Antioch, CA | 2,219 (May 26) | -20.6% | 4th | ||
| Billings, MT | 2,408 (May 26) | -18.8% | 5th | ||
| Richardson, TX | 1,415 (May 26) | -16.8% | 6th | ||
| Evansville, IN | 2,932 (Mar 26) | -16.7% | 7th | ||
| Westminster, CO | 2,845 (Apr 26) | -15.7% | 8th | ||
| High Point, NC | 1,869 (May 26) | -15.5% | 9th | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 3,175 (May 26) | -13.5% | 10th | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 2,291 (May 26) | -13.2% | 11th | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 3,969 (May 26) | -12.7% | 12th | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 3,369 (May 26) | -12.3% | 13th | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 2,426 (May 26) | -11.6% | 14th | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 2,930 (May 26) | -11.1% | 15th | ||
| Independence, MO | 2,981 (May 26) | -10.3% | 16th | ||
| League City, TX | 994 (May 26) | -8.2% | 17th | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 1,044 (Apr 26) | -7.7% | 18th | ||
| Manchester, NH | 1,542 (May 26) | -4.3% | 19th | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 1,670 (May 26) | -2.8% | 20th | ||
| Richmond, CA | 2,550 (May 26) | -2.0% | 21st | ||
| Rochester, MN | 1,313 (May 26) | +0.3% | 22nd | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 1,311 (May 26) | +2.3% | 23rd | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1,699 (May 26) | +8.5% | 24th |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicides rose about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||
| League City, TX | 0 (May 26) | -100.0% | 1st | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 1 (May 26) | -83.3% | 2nd | ||
| Billings, MT | 2 (May 26) | -57.1% | 3rd | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 8 (May 26) | -54.5% | 4th | ||
| Antioch, CA | 5 (May 26) | -50.0% | 5th | ||
| Hartford, CT | 11 (May 26) | -30.0% | 6th | ||
| Independence, MO | 6 (May 26) | -29.9% | 7th | ||
| Rochester, MN | 2 (May 26) | -25.0% | 8th | ||
| Evansville, IN | 6 (Mar 26) | -22.2% | 9th | ||
| Odessa, TX | 3 (May 26) | -20.1% | 10th | ||
| Lowell, MA | 3 (Mar 26) | -20.0% | 11th | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 1 (May 26) | +0.0% | 12th | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 2 (Apr 26) | +0.0% | 13th | ||
| Westminster, CO | 4 (Apr 26) | +25.1% | 14th | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 4 (May 26) | +25.1% | 15th | ||
| Richmond, CA | 8 (May 26) | +28.5% | 16th | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 7 (May 26) | +33.2% | 17th | ||
| Manchester, NH | 3 (May 26) | +33.3% | 18th | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 9 (May 26) | +37.4% | 19th | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 5 (May 26) | +99.6% | 20th | ||
| Richardson, TX | 3 (May 26) | +100.0% | 21st | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 3 (May 26) | +199.9% | 22nd | ||
| High Point, NC | 11 (May 26) | +1199.8% | 23rd | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2 (May 26) |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Vehicle theft fell about 54% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||
| Richardson, TX | 112 (May 26) | -53.5% | 1st | ||
| High Point, NC | 227 (May 26) | -52.6% | 2nd | ||
| Antioch, CA | 577 (May 26) | -52.6% | 3rd | ||
| Westminster, CO | 376 (Apr 26) | -45.5% | 4th | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 261 (May 26) | -43.6% | 5th | ||
| Billings, MT | 259 (May 26) | -36.4% | 6th | ||
| Odessa, TX | 171 (May 26) | -34.5% | 7th | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 236 (May 26) | -32.4% | 8th | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 283 (May 26) | -31.7% | 9th | ||
| Independence, MO | 496 (May 26) | -29.8% | 10th | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 442 (May 26) | -27.6% | 11th | ||
| Hartford, CT | 553 (May 26) | -26.6% | 12th | ||
| Evansville, IN | 237 (Mar 26) | -26.1% | 13th | ||
| Rochester, MN | 59 (May 26) | -24.0% | 14th | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 249 (May 26) | -19.2% | 15th | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 87 (Apr 26) | -18.9% | 16th | ||
| Manchester, NH | 107 (May 26) | -16.8% | 17th | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 71 (May 26) | -11.2% | 18th | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 122 (May 26) | -10.7% | 19th | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 71 (May 26) | -7.5% | 20th | ||
| League City, TX | 74 (May 26) | -5.4% | 21st | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 258 (May 26) | -4.5% | 22nd | ||
| Lowell, MA | 186 (Mar 26) | +4.7% | 23rd | ||
| Richmond, CA | 869 (May 26) | +5.4% | 24th |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 15% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $85,678 to $98,111 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,071). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Wilmington, NC | $66,738 | 22nd | +40% | 1st | 16% below peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | $95,391 | 10th | +39% | 2nd | 20% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | $62,956 | 26th | +38% | 3rd | 21% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | $78,658 | 17th | +38% | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | $64,561 | 24th | +37% | 5th | 19% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | $66,381 | 23rd | +36% | 6th | 17% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | $73,446 | 20th | +35% | 7th | 8% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | $64,185 | 25th | +35% | 8th | 19% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | $108,153 | 4th | +34% | 9th | 36% above peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | $81,007 | 15th | +33% | 10th | 2% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | $68,432 | 21st | +33% | 11th | 14% below peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | $53,387 | 29th | +33% | 12th | 33% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | $100,272 | 7th | +32% | 13th | 26% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | $90,282 | 11th | +31% | 14th | 13% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | $79,685 | 16th | +30% | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | $46,411 | 31st | +28% | 16th | 42% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | $97,465 | 9th | +27% | 17th | 22% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | $130,748 | 2nd | +27% | 18th | 64% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | $108,092 | 5th | +26% | 19th | 36% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | $82,212 | 14th | +25% | 20th | 3% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | $73,712 | 18th | +24% | 21st | 7% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | $51,886 | 30th | +22% | 22nd | 35% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | $89,389 | 12th | +22% | 23rd | 12% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | $61,915 | 27th | +21% | 24th | 22% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | $101,895 | 6th | +21% | 25th | 28% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | $60,339 | 28th | +19% | 26th | 24% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | $86,765 | 13th | +19% | 27th | 9% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | $73,472 | 19th | +15% | 28th | 8% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | $140,701 | 1st | +15% | 29th | 77% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | $98,111 | 8th | +15% | 30th | 23% above peers | ||
| League City, TX | $121,099 | 3rd | +11% | 31st | 52% above peers |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window.
Unemployment rose 0.2 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 4.3% (May 26) | +0.2pp | ||||
| United States ref | 4.2% (Jun 26) | +0.1pp | ||||
| Independence, MO | 3.7% (May 26) | 12th | -0.8pp | 1st | 5% below peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | 3.3% (May 26) | 5th | -0.5pp | 2nd | 15% below peers | |
| Antioch, CA | 4.6% (May 26) | 23rd | -0.5pp | 3rd | 18% above peers | |
| Manchester, NH | 2.8% (May 26) | 1st | -0.5pp | 4th | 28% below peers | |
| Richmond, CA | 4.0% (May 26) | 16th | -0.5pp | 5th | 3% above peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | 4.3% (May 26) | 20th | -0.4pp | 6th | 10% above peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | 3.2% (May 26) | 3rd | -0.4pp | 7th | 18% below peers | |
| Lowell, MA | 4.6% (May 26) | 24th | -0.3pp | 8th | 18% above peers | |
| Evansville, IN | 3.5% (May 26) | 8th | -0.2pp | 9th | 10% below peers | |
| Berkeley, CA | 3.6% (May 26) | 9th | -0.2pp | 10th | 8% below peers | |
| Westminster, CO | 3.6% (May 26) | 10th | -0.1pp | 11th | 8% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 3.6% (May 26) | 11th | -0.1pp | 12th | 8% below peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | 3.2% (May 26) | 4th | -0.1pp | 13th | 18% below peers | |
| High Point, NC | 4.4% (May 26) | 22nd | -0.1pp | 14th | 13% above peers | |
| Billings, MT | 2.9% (May 26) | 2nd | +0.0pp | 15th | 26% below peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | 3.3% (May 26) | 6th | +0.0pp | 16th | 15% below peers | |
| Richardson, TX | 3.7% (May 26) | 13th | +0.2pp | 17th | 5% below peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | 4.0% (May 26) | 17th | +0.2pp | 18th | 3% above peers | |
| League City, TX | 3.9% (May 26) | 15th | +0.3pp | 19th | on par with peers | |
| Rochester, MN | 3.4% (May 26) | 7th | +0.3pp | 20th | 13% below peers | |
| Odessa, TX | 3.7% (May 26) | 14th | +0.3pp | 21st | 5% below peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 4.1% (May 26) | 18th | +0.7pp | 22nd | 5% above peers | |
| Elgin, IL | 4.9% (May 26) | 25th | +0.7pp | 23rd | 26% above peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | 4.3% (May 26) | 21st | +1.0pp | 24th | 10% above peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | 5.7% (May 26) | 26th | +1.3pp | 25th | 46% above peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | 4.1% (May 26) | 19th | +1.4pp | 26th | 5% above peers | |
| Waterbury, CT | 8.0% (May 26) | 28th | +2.0pp | 27th | 105% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | 7.9% (May 26) | 27th | +2.2pp | 28th | 103% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.6% then, 9.2% now; margin ±1.8pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 13.0% | -1.0pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.0% | ||||||
| North Charleston, SC | 14.0% | 19th | -5.9pp | 1st | 13% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 15.5% | 22nd | -5.8pp | 2nd | 26% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 12.3% | 16th | -3.4pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 10.9% | 11th | -2.9pp | 4th | 12% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 11.3% | 14th | -2.5pp | 5th | 8% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 11.6% | 15th | -2.3pp | 6th | 6% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 8.3% | 5th | -1.6pp | 7th | 32% below peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 17.8% | 27th | -3.3pp | 8th | 45% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 13.7% | 18th | -2.4pp | 9th | 11% above peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 14.6% | 21st | -2.5pp | 10th | 19% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 9.2% | 7th | -1.4pp | 11th | 25% below peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 9.7% | 9th | -1.4pp | 12th | 21% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 16.2% | 26th | -1.9pp | 13th | 32% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 15.5% | 23rd | -1.7pp | 14th | 26% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 13.4% | 17th | -1.1pp | 15th | 9% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 6.0% | 3rd | -0.5pp | 16th | 51% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 24.7% | 31st | -1.9pp | 17th | 101% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 18.0% | 28th | -1.0pp | 18th | 46% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 14.6% | 20th | -0.7pp | 19th | 18% above peers | ||
| League City, TX | 5.4% | 1st | -0.1pp | 20th | 56% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 9.6% | 8th | -0.1pp | 21st | 22% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 11.0% | 12th | +0.0pp | 22nd | 11% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 7.3% | 4th | +0.2pp | 23rd | 41% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 15.6% | 24th | +0.7pp | 24th | 27% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 11.1% | 13th | +0.6pp | 25th | 10% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 24.3% | 30th | +1.3pp | 26th | 98% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 21.7% | 29th | +1.6pp | 27th | 76% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 8.7% | 6th | +0.8pp | 28th | 29% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 10.1% | 10th | +1.6pp | 29th | 18% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.5% | 2nd | +1.3pp | 30th | 55% below peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 15.9% | 25th | +4.9pp | 31st | 29% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.2% then, 9.6% now; margin ±3.1pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| North Charleston, SC | 21.2% | 21st | -13.7pp | 1st | 31% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.8% | 5th | -5.0pp | 2nd | 52% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 18.9% | 19th | -11.1pp | 3rd | 16% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 13.9% | 12th | -4.8pp | 4th | 15% below peers | ||
| League City, TX | 5.3% | 2nd | -1.7pp | 5th | 67% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 17.8% | 17th | -5.8pp | 6th | 9% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 15.0% | 13th | -4.6pp | 7th | 8% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 16.3% | 16th | -5.0pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 22.4% | 24th | -6.5pp | 9th | 38% above peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 27.2% | 29th | -7.3pp | 10th | 67% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 9.7% | 7th | -2.5pp | 11th | 41% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 3.5% | 1st | -0.9pp | 12th | 78% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 22.8% | 25th | -4.9pp | 13th | 40% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 7.1% | 3rd | -1.4pp | 14th | 57% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 20.0% | 20th | -3.5pp | 15th | 23% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 24.6% | 28th | -3.1pp | 16th | 51% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 21.8% | 22nd | -2.6pp | 17th | 34% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 10.6% | 8th | -1.1pp | 18th | 35% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 9.5% | 6th | -0.6pp | 19th | 41% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 23.8% | 26th | -1.3pp | 20th | 46% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 35.6% | 31st | -1.8pp | 21st | 119% above peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 18.9% | 18th | -0.9pp | 22nd | 16% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 15.3% | 15th | -0.6pp | 23rd | 6% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 10.8% | 9th | -0.2pp | 24th | 34% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 34.9% | 30th | +0.0pp | 25th | 115% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 22.2% | 23rd | +0.8pp | 26th | 36% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 13.6% | 11th | +1.9pp | 27th | 16% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 15.2% | 14th | +2.5pp | 28th | 7% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 7.6% | 4th | +1.9pp | 29th | 53% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 13.2% | 10th | +3.4pp | 30th | 19% below peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 23.8% | 27th | +9.4pp | 31st | 46% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.0% to 95.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
| 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% | 23rd | +19.6pp | 1st | 3% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 89.3% | 26th | +17.8pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 86.7% | 30th | +14.7pp | 3rd | 6% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 85.6% | 31st | +13.9pp | 4th | 7% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 87.4% | 28th | +11.8pp | 5th | 5% below peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 89.6% | 24th | +11.4pp | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 91.0% | 21st | +9.5pp | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 89.7% | 22nd | +9.0pp | 8th | 3% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 91.4% | 20th | +9.0pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 89.4% | 25th | +8.3pp | 10th | 3% below peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 94.0% | 10th | +8.1pp | 11th | 2% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 92.0% | 17th | +7.8pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 87.3% | 29th | +6.8pp | 13th | 5% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 93.5% | 13th | +7.0pp | 14th | 1% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 91.7% | 18th | +6.9pp | 15th | 1% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 96.0% | 4th | +7.0pp | 16th | 4% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 94.8% | 6th | +5.9pp | 17th | 3% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 93.3% | 14th | +5.3pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 88.7% | 27th | +4.9pp | 19th | 4% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 94.2% | 9th | +4.9pp | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 92.2% | 16th | +4.5pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 91.7% | 19th | +4.4pp | 22nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 93.9% | 12th | +3.7pp | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 96.3% | 3rd | +3.1pp | 24th | 4% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 94.3% | 8th | +2.8pp | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 94.5% | 7th | +2.7pp | 26th | 2% above peers | ||
| League City, TX | 96.4% | 2nd | +2.8pp | 27th | 5% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 93.9% | 11th | +2.5pp | 28th | 2% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 95.0% | 5th | +2.0pp | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 97.2% | 1st | +1.5pp | 30th | 5% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 92.8% | 15th | +0.9pp | 31st | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Inequality rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.43 to 0.45 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 0.48 | -0.001 | |||||
| United States ref | 0.48 | +0.001 | |||||
| Elgin, IL | 0.40 | 2nd | -0.027 | 1st | 13% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 0.47 | 20th | -0.020 | 2nd | 2% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 0.44 | 12th | -0.018 | 3rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 0.45 | 13th | -0.013 | 4th | 2% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 0.51 | 27th | -0.012 | 5th | 12% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 0.44 | 9th | -0.007 | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 0.42 | 5th | -0.006 | 7th | 8% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 0.35 | 1st | -0.005 | 8th | 24% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 0.49 | 22nd | +0.000 | 9th | 8% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 0.50 | 23rd | +0.002 | 10th | 9% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 0.52 | 29th | +0.002 | 11th | 14% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 0.51 | 26th | +0.002 | 12th | 11% above peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 0.46 | 16th | +0.002 | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 0.41 | 4th | +0.002 | 14th | 10% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 0.47 | 21st | +0.004 | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 0.46 | 19th | +0.008 | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 0.46 | 18th | +0.009 | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 0.46 | 17th | +0.009 | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 0.52 | 28th | +0.011 | 19th | 13% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 0.54 | 31st | +0.012 | 20th | 18% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 0.45 | 14th | +0.010 | 21st | 1% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 0.50 | 25th | +0.012 | 22nd | 10% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 0.44 | 10th | +0.011 | 23rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 0.52 | 30th | +0.014 | 24th | 15% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 0.43 | 7th | +0.015 | 25th | 7% below peers | ||
| League City, TX | 0.40 | 3rd | +0.015 | 26th | 13% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 0.42 | 6th | +0.017 | 27th | 8% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 0.45 | 15th | +0.020 | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 0.44 | 11th | +0.030 | 29th | 4% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 0.50 | 24th | +0.035 | 30th | 9% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 0.43 | 8th | +0.035 | 31st | 5% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
SNAP fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 4.9% to 3.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| North Charleston, SC | 10.9% | 16th | -5.4pp | 1st | on par with peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 4.4% | 4th | -1.9pp | 2nd | 60% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 3.5% | 2nd | -1.4pp | 3rd | 68% below peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 10.7% | 15th | -3.6pp | 4th | 2% below peers | ||
| League City, TX | 3.9% | 3rd | -1.0pp | 5th | 65% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 10.7% | 14th | -2.8pp | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.6% | 8th | -1.3pp | 7th | 30% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 17.6% | 28th | -2.7pp | 8th | 61% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 13.9% | 23rd | -1.9pp | 9th | 27% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 2.5% | 1st | -0.4pp | 10th | 77% below peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 14.6% | 27th | -1.7pp | 11th | 33% above peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 28.6% | 30th | -3.2pp | 12th | 162% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 12.0% | 20th | -1.3pp | 13th | 10% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 36.5% | 31st | -3.8pp | 14th | 234% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 10.1% | 13th | -0.8pp | 15th | 7% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 4.9% | 5th | -0.3pp | 16th | 55% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 5.8% | 6th | -0.3pp | 17th | 47% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 9.7% | 12th | -0.5pp | 18th | 11% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 8.1% | 9th | -0.4pp | 19th | 26% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 11.6% | 18th | -0.6pp | 20th | 7% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 13.5% | 22nd | -0.7pp | 21st | 24% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 14.5% | 26th | -0.5pp | 22nd | 33% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 11.8% | 19th | -0.3pp | 23rd | 8% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 8.8% | 11th | -0.2pp | 24th | 19% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 6.2% | 7th | +0.1pp | 25th | 44% below peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 14.0% | 24th | +0.5pp | 26th | 28% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 14.4% | 25th | +0.6pp | 27th | 32% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 25.3% | 29th | +2.1pp | 28th | 132% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 12.2% | 21st | +1.3pp | 29th | 12% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 11.1% | 17th | +1.4pp | 30th | 2% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 8.2% | 10th | +3.7pp | 31st | 25% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | $302,999 (Jun 26) | -1.9% | ||||
| United States ref | $372,995 (Jun 26) | +0.8% | ||||
| Odessa, TX | $253,500 (Jun 26) | 25th | +5.4% | 1st | 33% below peers | |
| Rochester, MN | $348,286 (Jun 26) | 17th | +4.0% | 2nd | 8% below peers | |
| Evansville, IN | $206,632 (Jun 26) | 29th | +3.9% | 3rd | 45% below peers | |
| Elgin, IL | $343,968 (Jun 26) | 19th | +3.7% | 4th | 9% below peers | |
| Independence, MO | $214,195 (Jun 26) | 28th | +3.5% | 5th | 43% below peers | |
| Waterbury, CT | $289,392 (Jun 26) | 24th | +3.2% | 6th | 23% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $540,694 (Jun 26) | 7th | +3.0% | 7th | 43% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | $205,552 (Jun 26) | 30th | +2.8% | 8th | 46% below peers | |
| Berkeley, CA | $1,478,916 (Jun 26) | 1st | +2.6% | 9th | 292% above peers | |
| Billings, MT | $402,554 (Jun 26) | 14th | +2.1% | 10th | 7% above peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | $291,736 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +2.1% | 11th | 23% below peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | $228,144 (Jun 26) | 27th | +2.0% | 12th | 40% below peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | $563,414 (Jun 26) | 6th | +1.5% | 13th | 49% above peers | |
| Manchester, NH | $448,035 (Jun 26) | 11th | +0.9% | 14th | 19% above peers | |
| High Point, NC | $252,160 (Jun 26) | 26th | +0.5% | 15th | 33% below peers | |
| Lowell, MA | $492,699 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.1% | 16th | 31% above peers | |
| League City, TX | $377,316 (Jun 26) | 15th | +0.0% | 17th | on par with peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | $403,887 (Jun 26) | 13th | -0.7% | 18th | 7% above peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | $422,872 (Jun 26) | 12th | -0.8% | 19th | 12% above peers | |
| Richardson, TX | $448,332 (Jun 26) | 10th | -1.0% | 20th | 19% above peers | |
| Brandon, FL | $358,445 (Jun 26) | 16th | -1.3% | 21st | 5% below peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | $1,044,286 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -1.5% | 22nd | 177% above peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | $313,405 (Jun 26) | 21st | -1.8% | 23rd | 17% below peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | $315,206 (Jun 26) | 20th | -1.9% | 24th | 16% below peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | $609,593 (Jun 26) | 4th | -2.2% | 25th | 62% above peers | |
| Westminster, CO | $527,400 (Jun 26) | 8th | -2.6% | 26th | 40% above peers | |
| Spring Hill, FL | $308,500 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -2.7% | 27th | 18% below peers | |
| Antioch, CA | $596,320 (Jun 26) | 5th | -2.7% | 28th | 58% above peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | $344,142 (Jun 26) | 18th | -3.0% | 29th | 9% below peers | |
| Richmond, CA | $614,962 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -3.4% | 30th | 63% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | $185,570 (Jun 26) | -0.5% | ||||
| United States ref | $202,486 (Jun 26) | +2.0% | ||||
| Odessa, TX | $175,609 (Jun 26) | 25th | +6.3% | 1st | 37% below peers | |
| Waterbury, CT | $210,105 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +4.7% | 2nd | 24% below peers | |
| Elgin, IL | $267,364 (Jun 26) | 16th | +4.6% | 3rd | 4% below peers | |
| Rochester, MN | $255,234 (Jun 26) | 17th | +4.6% | 4th | 8% below peers | |
| Independence, MO | $157,158 (Jun 26) | 26th | +4.6% | 5th | 43% below peers | |
| Evansville, IN | $119,133 (Jun 26) | 29th | +3.9% | 6th | 57% below peers | |
| Billings, MT | $300,960 (Jun 26) | 12th | +2.7% | 7th | 8% above peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | $229,532 (Jun 26) | 19th | +2.5% | 8th | 17% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $356,154 (Jun 26) | 8th | +2.0% | 9th | 28% above peers | |
| Berkeley, CA | $995,582 (Jun 26) | 1st | +1.7% | 10th | 258% above peers | |
| Manchester, NH | $339,876 (Jun 26) | 11th | +1.1% | 11th | 22% above peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | $457,643 (Jun 26) | 6th | +1.1% | 12th | 65% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | $109,220 (Jun 26) | 30th | +1.0% | 13th | 61% below peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | $137,808 (Jun 26) | 28th | +1.0% | 14th | 50% below peers | |
| High Point, NC | $147,051 (Jun 26) | 27th | +0.6% | 15th | 47% below peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | $700,797 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.3% | 16th | 152% above peers | |
| Lowell, MA | $346,316 (Jun 26) | 9th | -0.1% | 17th | 25% above peers | |
| League City, TX | $286,671 (Jun 26) | 14th | -0.4% | 18th | 3% above peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | $298,235 (Jun 26) | 13th | -1.1% | 19th | 7% above peers | |
| Richardson, TX | $344,866 (Jun 26) | 10th | -1.2% | 20th | 24% above peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | $225,334 (Jun 26) | 20th | -2.3% | 21st | 19% below peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | $488,580 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -2.3% | 22nd | 76% above peers | |
| Spring Hill, FL | $247,731 (Jun 26) | 18th | -2.4% | 23rd | 11% below peers | |
| Brandon, FL | $278,112 (Jun 26) | 15th | -2.5% | 24th | on par with peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | $223,033 (Jun 26) | 21st | -2.9% | 25th | 20% below peers | |
| Richmond, CA | $474,988 (Jun 26) | 5th | -3.2% | 26th | 71% above peers | |
| Westminster, CO | $402,135 (Jun 26) | 7th | -3.6% | 27th | 45% above peers | |
| Antioch, CA | $484,699 (Jun 26) | 4th | -3.6% | 28th | 74% above peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | $212,464 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -5.9% | 29th | 24% below peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | $180,856 (Jun 26) | 24th | -7.1% | 30th | 35% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Homeownership fell 7.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58.7% to 50.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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% | ||||||
| Waterbury, CT | 47.2% | 26th | +5.8pp | 1st | 16% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 49.8% | 23rd | +5.0pp | 2nd | 12% below peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 48.7% | 24th | +4.6pp | 3rd | 14% below peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 54.7% | 18th | +4.9pp | 4th | 3% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 25.7% | 31st | +1.7pp | 5th | 54% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 47.6% | 25th | +3.1pp | 6th | 15% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 56.2% | 17th | +3.5pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 80.3% | 1st | +4.9pp | 8th | 42% above peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 57.8% | 15th | +3.1pp | 9th | 3% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 63.6% | 9th | +3.4pp | 10th | 13% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 50.5% | 22nd | +1.7pp | 11th | 10% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 61.3% | 11th | +2.0pp | 12th | 9% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 77.2% | 2nd | +2.4pp | 13th | 37% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 72.0% | 6th | +2.1pp | 14th | 28% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 64.8% | 8th | +1.8pp | 15th | 15% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 44.2% | 28th | +1.2pp | 16th | 22% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 72.5% | 4th | +2.0pp | 17th | 29% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 43.2% | 29th | +0.9pp | 18th | 23% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 56.4% | 16th | +0.8pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 45.5% | 27th | +0.3pp | 20th | 19% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 60.9% | 12th | +0.2pp | 21st | 8% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 59.8% | 13th | +0.1pp | 22nd | 6% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 58.6% | 14th | +0.1pp | 23rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 54.6% | 19th | -0.5pp | 24th | 3% below peers | ||
| League City, TX | 74.7% | 3rd | -1.4pp | 25th | 33% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 72.0% | 5th | -1.6pp | 26th | 28% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 33.5% | 30th | -1.3pp | 27th | 41% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 65.1% | 7th | -2.7pp | 28th | 15% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 61.9% | 10th | -3.2pp | 29th | 10% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 53.1% | 20th | -3.5pp | 30th | 6% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 50.7% | 21st | -7.9pp | 31st | 10% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Elgin, IL | $1,909 (Jun 26) | 12th | +6.1% | 1st | 10% above peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | $1,607 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +4.9% | 2nd | 8% below peers | |
| Evansville, IN | $1,038 (Jun 26) | 30th | +4.8% | 3rd | 40% below peers | |
| Manchester, NH | $2,058 (Jun 26) | 9th | +3.4% | 4th | 18% above peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | $3,598 (Jun 26) | 1st | +3.1% | 5th | 107% above peers | |
| Waterbury, CT | $1,554 (Jun 26) | 24th | +3.0% | 6th | 11% below peers | |
| Billings, MT | $1,458 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.9% | 7th | 16% below peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | $1,694 (Jun 26) | 17th | +2.8% | 8th | 3% below peers | |
| High Point, NC | $1,401 (Jun 26) | 27th | +2.8% | 9th | 19% below peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | $2,392 (Jun 26) | 6th | +2.8% | 10th | 38% above peers | |
| Independence, MO | $1,378 (Jun 26) | 28th | +2.7% | 11th | 21% below peers | |
| Richmond, CA | $2,509 (Jun 26) | 4th | +2.5% | 12th | 44% above peers | |
| Rochester, MN | $1,702 (Jun 26) | 16th | +2.2% | 13th | 2% below peers | |
| Berkeley, CA | $2,941 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +2.0% | 14th | 69% above peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | $1,738 (Jun 26) | 15th | +1.9% | 15th | on par with peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | $2,446 (Jun 26) | 5th | +1.7% | 16th | 41% above peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | $1,689 (Jun 26) | 18th | +1.7% | 17th | 3% below peers | |
| Hartford, CT | $1,672 (Jun 26) | 20th | +1.5% | 18th | 4% below peers | |
| Antioch, CA | $2,575 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.3% | 19th | 48% above peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $2,158 (Jun 26) | 8th | +1.1% | 20th | 24% above peers | |
| Lowell, MA | $2,316 (Jun 26) | 7th | +0.3% | 21st | 33% above peers | |
| League City, TX | $1,889 (Jun 26) | 13th | +0.3% | 22nd | 9% above peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | $1,324 (Jun 26) | 29th | +0.2% | 23rd | 24% below peers | |
| Spring Hill, FL | $1,943 (Jun 26) | 11th | -0.2% | 24th | 12% above peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | $1,656 (Jun 26) | 21st | -0.2% | 25th | 5% below peers | |
| Westminster, CO | $1,879 (Jun 26) | 14th | -0.9% | 26th | 8% above peers | |
| Richardson, TX | $1,675 (Jun 26) | 19th | -0.9% | 27th | 4% below peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | $1,962 (Jun 26) | 10th | -2.5% | 28th | 13% above peers | |
| Odessa, TX | $1,537 (Jun 26) | 25th | -3.7% | 29th | 12% below peers | |
| Brandon, FL | $1,639 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -4.2% | 30th | 6% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Cost burden rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.2% to 34.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 33.1% | +2.6pp | |||||
| United States ref | 32.2% | +0.4pp | |||||
| High Point, NC | 32.5% | 10th | -3.6pp | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 43.1% | 23rd | -1.9pp | 2nd | 24% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 40.3% | 20th | -1.7pp | 3rd | 16% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 31.9% | 8th | -1.2pp | 4th | 8% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 25.4% | 2nd | -0.7pp | 5th | 27% below peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 32.5% | 9th | -0.9pp | 6th | 6% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 41.8% | 22nd | -0.9pp | 7th | 21% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 29.7% | 7th | -0.2pp | 8th | 14% below peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 38.3% | 19th | +0.0pp | 9th | 11% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 37.1% | 17th | +0.1pp | 10th | 7% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 43.7% | 25th | +0.3pp | 11th | 26% above peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 48.3% | 30th | +0.6pp | 12th | 39% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 29.3% | 6th | +0.4pp | 13th | 15% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 45.0% | 28th | +0.9pp | 14th | 30% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 46.1% | 29th | +1.3pp | 15th | 33% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 34.6% | 16th | +1.1pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 33.0% | 11th | +1.5pp | 17th | 5% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 54.5% | 31st | +3.1pp | 18th | 57% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 44.2% | 27th | +2.5pp | 19th | 28% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 27.3% | 4th | +1.9pp | 20th | 21% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 33.3% | 12th | +2.4pp | 21st | 4% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 38.0% | 18th | +2.9pp | 22nd | 10% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 24.9% | 1st | +1.9pp | 23rd | 28% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 44.0% | 26th | +3.8pp | 24th | 27% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 41.3% | 21st | +4.0pp | 25th | 19% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 26.9% | 3rd | +2.8pp | 26th | 22% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 34.1% | 13th | +4.5pp | 27th | 2% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 43.1% | 24th | +6.0pp | 28th | 24% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 34.2% | 14th | +5.0pp | 29th | 1% below peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 34.4% | 15th | +8.2pp | 30th | 1% below peers | ||
| League City, TX | 28.6% | 5th | +6.9pp | 31st | 18% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
No vehicle rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.0% to 5.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| 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 | |||||
| North Charleston, SC | 7.2% | 14th | -2.4pp | 1st | 2% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 8.9% | 23rd | -2.3pp | 2nd | 20% above peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 7.4% | 15th | -1.6pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 13.8% | 27th | -2.9pp | 4th | 86% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 5.1% | 9th | -0.9pp | 5th | 31% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 8.2% | 20th | -1.3pp | 6th | 11% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 8.0% | 18th | -1.2pp | 7th | 8% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 7.4% | 16th | -0.7pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 5.2% | 10th | -0.5pp | 9th | 30% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 2.4% | 2nd | -0.2pp | 10th | 67% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 3.9% | 4th | -0.3pp | 11th | 47% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 18.6% | 28th | -1.3pp | 12th | 152% above peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 10.2% | 25th | -0.7pp | 13th | 38% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 8.3% | 21st | -0.3pp | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 4.0% | 5th | -0.1pp | 15th | 46% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 4.8% | 7th | -0.1pp | 16th | 35% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 12.8% | 26th | -0.1pp | 17th | 72% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 5.5% | 12th | +0.1pp | 18th | 25% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 30.6% | 30th | +0.9pp | 19th | 314% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 33.2% | 31st | +1.1pp | 20th | 348% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 20.7% | 29th | +0.8pp | 21st | 180% above peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 7.7% | 17th | +0.4pp | 22nd | 4% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 9.5% | 24th | +0.8pp | 23rd | 29% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 8.3% | 22nd | +0.8pp | 24th | 13% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 4.0% | 6th | +0.4pp | 25th | 46% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 8.1% | 19th | +1.2pp | 26th | 10% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 4.9% | 8th | +0.8pp | 27th | 34% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 5.5% | 11th | +1.5pp | 28th | 25% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 2.7% | 3rd | +0.9pp | 29th | 64% below peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 7.0% | 13th | +2.4pp | 30th | 5% below peers | ||
| League City, TX | 2.2% | 1st | +0.9pp | 31st | 70% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.2% then, 13.1% now; margin ±1.6pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 16.2% | -0.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.2% | -0.4pp | |||||
| Richmond, CA | 7.3% | 9th | -2.6pp | 1st | 15% below peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 7.4% | 10th | -2.3pp | 2nd | 14% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 7.9% | 11th | -2.2pp | 3rd | 8% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 4.1% | 5th | -0.9pp | 4th | 53% below peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 8.0% | 13th | -1.7pp | 5th | 7% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 1.7% | 1st | -0.3pp | 6th | 80% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 14.7% | 28th | -2.2pp | 7th | 71% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 3.9% | 4th | -0.4pp | 8th | 55% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 15.0% | 30th | -1.0pp | 9th | 74% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 10.7% | 22nd | -0.7pp | 10th | 24% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 11.2% | 24th | -0.6pp | 11th | 30% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 2.8% | 3rd | -0.1pp | 12th | 67% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2.6% | 2nd | -0.1pp | 13th | 70% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 10.6% | 21st | -0.1pp | 14th | 22% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 13.2% | 27th | -0.1pp | 15th | 52% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 12.2% | 25th | -0.1pp | 16th | 41% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 18.0% | 31st | +0.2pp | 17th | 109% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 9.8% | 17th | +0.2pp | 18th | 13% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 6.4% | 7th | +0.1pp | 19th | 26% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 8.3% | 15th | +0.2pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 10.8% | 23rd | +0.6pp | 21st | 26% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 10.5% | 20th | +0.6pp | 22nd | 21% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 6.9% | 8th | +0.4pp | 23rd | 20% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 12.4% | 26th | +1.0pp | 24th | 44% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 14.9% | 29th | +1.3pp | 25th | 72% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 8.0% | 12th | +1.1pp | 26th | 7% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 10.4% | 19th | +1.5pp | 27th | 21% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 10.1% | 18th | +1.5pp | 28th | 17% above peers | ||
| League City, TX | 8.6% | 16th | +1.5pp | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 8.2% | 14th | +1.8pp | 30th | 5% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 5.7% | 6th | +1.3pp | 31st | 34% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 36.8% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Berkeley, CA | 21.1% | 1st | 37% below peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | 22.7% | 2nd | 32% below peers | |
| Lowell, MA | 26.2% | 3rd | 22% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 28.2% | 4th | 16% below peers | |
| Westminster, CO | 28.3% | 5th | 16% below peers | |
| Richardson, TX | 29.7% | 6th | 11% below peers | |
| The Woodlands, TX | 30.2% | 7th | 10% below peers | |
| Brandon, FL | 31.2% | 8th | 7% below peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | 32.1% | 9th | 4% below peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | 32.6% | 10th | 3% below peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 32.7% | 11th | 2% below peers | |
| Richmond, CA | 33.1% | 12th | 1% below peers | |
| Manchester, NH | 33.3% | 13th | 1% below peers | |
| Spring Hill, FL | 33.5% | 14th | on par with peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | 33.5% | 15th | on par with peers | |
| Antioch, CA | 33.5% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| High Point, NC | 33.6% | 17th | on par with peers | |
| Billings, MT | 34.0% | 18th | 1% above peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | 34.6% | 19th | 3% above peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | 35.2% | 20th | 5% above peers | |
| Rochester, MN | 35.7% | 21st | 7% above peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | 35.9% | 22nd | 7% above peers | |
| League City, TX | 36.0% | 23rd | 7% above peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | 36.4% | 24th | 9% above peers | |
| Elgin, IL | 38.0% | 25th | 13% above peers | |
| Waterbury, CT | 38.1% | 26th | 14% above peers | |
| Odessa, TX | 39.9% | 27th | 19% above peers | |
| Independence, MO | 40.0% | 28th | 19% above peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | 40.9% | 29th | 22% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | 41.3% | 30th | 23% above peers | |
| Evansville, IN | 41.6% | 31st | 24% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child uninsured fell 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.6% to 8.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). None of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Richardson, TX | 8.2% | 27th | -4.5pp | 1st | 54% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 3.2% | 5th | -1.5pp | 2nd | 39% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 1.3% | 1st | -0.3pp | 3rd | 76% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 5.8% | 18th | -1.5pp | 4th | 10% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 3.3% | 6th | -0.7pp | 5th | 38% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 6.5% | 21st | -1.2pp | 6th | 24% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 6.4% | 20th | -1.1pp | 7th | 20% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.0% | 14th | -0.8pp | 8th | 7% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 6.7% | 22nd | -0.8pp | 9th | 26% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 3.8% | 8th | -0.2pp | 10th | 28% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 10.1% | 28th | +0.5pp | 11th | 91% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 1.8% | 2nd | +0.2pp | 12th | 66% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 7.8% | 24th | +0.7pp | 13th | 46% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 15.4% | 31st | +1.6pp | 14th | 191% above peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 4.3% | 12th | +0.6pp | 15th | 20% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 6.2% | 19th | +1.0pp | 16th | 16% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 12.1% | 30th | +2.1pp | 17th | 129% above peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 4.6% | 13th | +1.1pp | 18th | 12% below peers | ||
| League City, TX | 7.9% | 26th | +2.0pp | 19th | 49% above peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 5.0% | 15th | +1.5pp | 20th | 5% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 4.2% | 11th | +1.3pp | 21st | 22% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 11.4% | 29th | +3.9pp | 22nd | 116% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 5.3% | 16th | +1.9pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 3.8% | 7th | +1.5pp | 24th | 28% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 4.1% | 10th | +1.7pp | 25th | 22% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 5.6% | 17th | +2.6pp | 26th | 6% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 7.8% | 25th | +3.8pp | 27th | 47% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 3.8% | 9th | +2.1pp | 28th | 28% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2.5% | 3rd | +1.4pp | 29th | 54% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 2.8% | 4th | +1.6pp | 30th | 46% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 7.3% | 23rd | +4.3pp | 31st | 38% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.2% to 57.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| North Charleston, SC | 28.6% | 22nd | +5.8pp | 1st | 15% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 30.0% | 19th | +5.9pp | 2nd | 11% below peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 33.0% | 17th | +4.8pp | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 29.1% | 21st | +4.1pp | 4th | 14% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 44.6% | 9th | +6.0pp | 5th | 32% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 19.4% | 29th | +2.5pp | 6th | 43% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 23.9% | 25th | +3.0pp | 7th | 29% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 39.2% | 11th | +4.8pp | 8th | 16% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 29.4% | 20th | +3.5pp | 9th | 13% below peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 34.0% | 15th | +3.9pp | 10th | 1% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 46.8% | 8th | +5.3pp | 11th | 39% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 21.9% | 27th | +2.3pp | 12th | 35% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 19.9% | 28th | +2.0pp | 13th | 41% below peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 27.0% | 23rd | +2.5pp | 14th | 20% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 17.3% | 31st | +1.6pp | 15th | 49% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 50.9% | 6th | +4.2pp | 16th | 51% above peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 34.0% | 14th | +2.7pp | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 35.7% | 13th | +2.5pp | 18th | 6% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 41.1% | 10th | +2.9pp | 19th | 22% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 32.6% | 18th | +2.2pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 57.0% | 5th | +3.8pp | 21st | 69% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 33.8% | 16th | +2.0pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 22.8% | 26th | +1.2pp | 23rd | 33% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 36.9% | 12th | +1.8pp | 24th | 9% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 66.1% | 4th | +2.3pp | 25th | 96% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 19.0% | 30th | +0.5pp | 26th | 44% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 77.9% | 2nd | +1.9pp | 27th | 131% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 80.8% | 1st | +1.7pp | 28th | 139% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 74.9% | 3rd | +1.0pp | 29th | 122% above peers | ||
| League City, TX | 47.6% | 7th | +0.4pp | 30th | 41% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 26.6% | 24th | -1.6pp | 31st | 21% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.1% then, 51.4% now; margin ±9.1pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 43.3% | +0.1pp | |||||
| United States ref | 45.5% | ||||||
| Odessa, TX | 51.9% | 9th | +16.0pp | 1st | 14% above peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 45.6% | 16th | +9.4pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 45.4% | 17th | +8.8pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 55.3% | 4th | +10.3pp | 4th | 21% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 43.7% | 19th | +7.8pp | 5th | 4% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 50.7% | 13th | +7.6pp | 6th | 11% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 42.0% | 21st | +5.0pp | 7th | 8% below peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 51.2% | 11th | +3.7pp | 8th | 12% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 51.0% | 12th | +2.0pp | 9th | 12% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 52.0% | 8th | +2.0pp | 10th | 14% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 78.1% | 2nd | +3.0pp | 11th | 72% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 52.0% | 7th | +1.8pp | 12th | 14% above peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 47.2% | 15th | -2.2pp | 13th | 4% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 78.2% | 1st | -4.1pp | 14th | 72% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 53.3% | 6th | -4.7pp | 15th | 17% above peers | ||
| League City, TX | 54.5% | 5th | -5.0pp | 16th | 20% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 44.1% | 18th | -4.1pp | 17th | 3% below peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 38.9% | 24th | -4.6pp | 18th | 15% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 64.4% | 3rd | -8.2pp | 19th | 41% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 51.4% | 10th | -6.7pp | 20th | 13% above peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 47.7% | 14th | -8.1pp | 21st | 5% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 39.1% | 23rd | -6.6pp | 22nd | 14% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 29.5% | 31st | -5.4pp | 23rd | 35% below peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 34.3% | 27th | -6.4pp | 24th | 25% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 42.8% | 20th | -8.8pp | 25th | 6% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 38.4% | 25th | -8.5pp | 26th | 16% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 37.9% | 26th | -9.6pp | 27th | 17% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 30.5% | 30th | -9.7pp | 28th | 33% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 33.4% | 29th | -10.7pp | 29th | 27% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 34.1% | 28th | -20.4pp | 30th | 25% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 41.0% | 22nd | -31.0pp | 31st | 10% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed. Margins at this size are wide (low-reliability estimate); read the level, not the pace.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.7% then, 1.8% now; margin ±2.2pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 8.2% | +0.4pp | |||||
| United States ref | 6.9% | +0.3pp | |||||
| Cambridge, MA | 0.2% | 1st | -0.6pp | 1st | 97% below peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 4.0% | 5th | -5.2pp | 2nd | 36% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 5.4% | 10th | -4.3pp | 3rd | 15% below peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 8.0% | 25th | -5.6pp | 4th | 27% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 4.2% | 6th | -2.9pp | 5th | 34% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 1.8% | 3rd | -0.9pp | 6th | 71% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 6.0% | 13th | -2.6pp | 7th | 6% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 6.3% | 16th | -2.6pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 4.6% | 7th | -1.8pp | 9th | 27% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1.6% | 2nd | -0.6pp | 10th | 75% below peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 5.8% | 12th | -2.1pp | 11th | 8% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 5.1% | 9th | -1.7pp | 12th | 19% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 6.2% | 14th | -2.0pp | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 7.5% | 22nd | -2.1pp | 14th | 19% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 9.2% | 28th | -1.5pp | 15th | 45% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 7.0% | 19th | -0.8pp | 16th | 11% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 6.6% | 18th | -0.0pp | 17th | 5% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 8.7% | 26th | +0.1pp | 18th | 37% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 6.4% | 17th | +0.2pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 9.2% | 29th | +0.4pp | 20th | 46% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 6.2% | 15th | +0.3pp | 21st | 1% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 7.8% | 24th | +2.3pp | 22nd | 24% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 7.7% | 23rd | +2.9pp | 23rd | 22% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 8.9% | 27th | +3.8pp | 24th | 41% above peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 14.2% | 31st | +6.2pp | 25th | 126% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.4% | 21st | +3.4pp | 26th | 18% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 7.1% | 20th | +3.4pp | 27th | 13% above peers | ||
| League City, TX | 4.8% | 8th | +2.7pp | 28th | 25% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 13.6% | 30th | +8.4pp | 29th | 116% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 3.5% | 4th | +2.4pp | 30th | 45% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.7% | 11th | +4.5pp | 31st | 10% below peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 116,432 to 118,731 - more than the combined survey margin (±166). 24 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League City, TX | 116,215 | 24th | +12% | 1st | 2% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 122,290 | 2nd | +11% | 2nd | 3% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 119,961 | 12th | +11% | 3rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 119,434 | 15th | +9% | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 118,180 | 19th | +9% | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 119,983 | 11th | +8% | 6th | 1% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 119,913 | 13th | +8% | 7th | 1% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 118,368 | 18th | +6% | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 121,002 | 7th | +6% | 9th | 2% above peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 114,869 | 31st | +6% | 10th | 3% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 122,330 | 1st | +6% | 11th | 3% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 115,505 | 27th | +5% | 12th | 3% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 120,785 | 9th | +5% | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 116,477 | 22nd | +5% | 14th | 2% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 116,245 | 23rd | +4% | 15th | 2% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 121,740 | 4th | +4% | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 119,767 | 14th | +3% | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 115,643 | 26th | +3% | 18th | 3% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 116,692 | 21st | +2% | 19th | 2% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 115,484 | 28th | +2% | 20th | 3% below peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 114,934 | 30th | +2% | 21st | 3% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 118,731 | 17th | +2% | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 118,796 | 16th | +2% | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 117,247 | 20th | +2% | 24th | 1% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 122,036 | 3rd | +1% | 25th | 3% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 120,805 | 8th | +1% | 26th | 2% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 120,257 | 10th | -1% | 27th | 1% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 121,127 | 6th | -2% | 28th | 2% above peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 116,116 | 25th | -2% | 29th | 2% below peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 115,322 | 29th | -4% | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 121,715 | 5th | -4% | 31st | 2% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.6% then, 23.0% now; margin ±6.3pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas ref | 29.6% | -0.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 29.9% | -0.2pp | |||||
| West Jordan, UT | 21.4% | 27th | +4.7pp | 1st | 37% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 55.1% | 3rd | +11.6pp | 2nd | 63% above peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 44.7% | 6th | +3.9pp | 3rd | 32% above peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 31.2% | 18th | +2.4pp | 4th | 8% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 29.5% | 20th | +1.8pp | 5th | 13% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 20.1% | 28th | +0.4pp | 6th | 41% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 57.5% | 2nd | +1.0pp | 7th | 70% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 24.7% | 23rd | +0.4pp | 8th | 27% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 40.2% | 11th | +0.5pp | 9th | 18% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 36.0% | 13th | +0.4pp | 10th | 6% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 28.4% | 21st | +0.2pp | 11th | 16% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 46.8% | 4th | +0.1pp | 12th | 38% above peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 35.5% | 14th | -0.0pp | 13th | 5% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 37.9% | 12th | -0.5pp | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 41.9% | 9th | -0.8pp | 15th | 24% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 42.7% | 7th | -0.9pp | 16th | 26% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 40.5% | 10th | -1.0pp | 17th | 19% above peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 46.7% | 5th | -2.7pp | 18th | 38% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 27.5% | 22nd | -2.1pp | 19th | 19% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 9.9% | 31st | -1.1pp | 20th | 71% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 61.9% | 1st | -6.7pp | 21st | 83% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 42.5% | 8th | -4.7pp | 22nd | 25% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 21.6% | 25th | -2.4pp | 23rd | 36% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 21.6% | 26th | -2.8pp | 24th | 36% below peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 30.0% | 19th | -4.1pp | 25th | 11% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 23.0% | 24th | -3.5pp | 26th | 32% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 19.1% | 29th | -3.8pp | 27th | 44% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 35.3% | 15th | -7.4pp | 28th | 4% above peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 33.9% | 16th | -8.6pp | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 32.9% | 17th | -8.6pp | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| League City, TX | 10.8% | 30th | -5.1pp | 31st | 68% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (56.3% then, 64.3% now; margin ±11.7pp).
| 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 | |||||
| The Woodlands, TX | 57.6% | 31st | +13.0pp | 1st | 17% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 70.4% | 13th | +12.4pp | 2nd | 2% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 74.8% | 5th | +9.8pp | 3rd | 8% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 64.3% | 27th | +8.0pp | 4th | 7% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 71.7% | 9th | +7.6pp | 5th | 4% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 77.7% | 1st | +7.4pp | 6th | 12% above peers | ||
| League City, TX | 67.1% | 21st | +5.9pp | 7th | 3% below peers | ||
| Richmond, CA | 66.2% | 22nd | +4.9pp | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| Waterbury, CT | 74.6% | 6th | +5.5pp | 9th | 8% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 76.7% | 2nd | +4.8pp | 10th | 11% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 68.1% | 18th | +4.2pp | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 70.3% | 14th | +3.7pp | 12th | 2% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CO | 71.5% | 10th | +3.8pp | 13th | 3% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 66.1% | 23rd | +3.3pp | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 67.3% | 19th | +3.0pp | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 68.8% | 17th | +2.6pp | 16th | 1% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 64.9% | 26th | +1.6pp | 17th | 6% below peers | ||
| High Point, NC | 69.2% | 16th | +1.5pp | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 65.7% | 24th | +1.3pp | 19th | 5% below peers | ||
| Elgin, IL | 70.7% | 12th | +0.3pp | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Manchester, NH | 71.1% | 11th | +0.3pp | 21st | 3% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 75.4% | 4th | +0.2pp | 22nd | 9% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 75.9% | 3rd | +0.0pp | 23rd | 10% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 72.2% | 7th | -0.5pp | 24th | 4% above peers | ||
| Evansville, IN | 71.8% | 8th | -0.6pp | 25th | 4% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 65.6% | 25th | -2.2pp | 26th | 5% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 69.9% | 15th | -3.4pp | 27th | 1% above peers | ||
| Odessa, TX | 58.8% | 29th | -3.3pp | 28th | 15% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 58.8% | 30th | -3.7pp | 29th | 15% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 67.1% | 20th | -5.9pp | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 63.5% | 28th | -5.7pp | 31st | 8% below peers |