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68,580 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Spring, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$88,997
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$71,376 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.7%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
88.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
74.4%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
69.6% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.35
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
0.37 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
2.0%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
1.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
29.1%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
31.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Spring, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Uninsured
People without health insurance
16.5%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
14.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
12.3%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
10.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.8%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
28.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
25.6%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
23.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
12.0%
2019-23
▲ 28%
relative change
9.4% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
17.3%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
15.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
68,580
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
60,976 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,750
Jun 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$1,761 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
58.7%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
63.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
27.8%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
26.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $71,376 to $88,997 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,724). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 32% from 2014 to 2024 ($67,252 to $88,997).
$88,997
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%
Lodi, CA $88,530 15th +51% 1st on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 1st +46% 2nd 162% above peers
Madera, CA $63,933 22nd +42% 3rd 28% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID $73,110 20th +38% 4th 17% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $82,041 17th +35% 5th 7% below peers
Canton, OH $43,188 30th +34% 6th 51% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $70,080 21st +33% 7th 21% below peers
Conway, AR $63,004 23rd +33% 8th 29% below peers
Yuba City, CA $75,477 19th +33% 9th 15% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $150,245 4th +32% 10th 70% above peers
Portland, ME $79,540 18th +32% 11th 10% below peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 9th +31% 12th 28% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 8th +30% 13th 44% above peers
Weston, FL $139,825 5th +30% 14th 58% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 13th +29% 15th 9% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 29th +29% 16th 47% below peers
Schenectady, NY $58,399 25th +29% 17th 34% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 16th +27% 18th on par with peers
Ames, IA $60,991 24th +27% 19th 31% below peers
Shawnee, KS $109,940 11th +26% 20th 24% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $112,467 10th +25% 21st 27% above peers
Spring, TX $88,997 14th +25% 22nd 1% above peers
Jackson, TN $53,032 27th +22% 23rd 40% below peers
Gary, IN $38,731 31st +21% 24th 56% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 25th 78% above peers
Decatur, IL $51,592 28th +21% 26th 42% below peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 7th +21% 27th 46% above peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 12th +20% 28th 23% above peers
Bethesda, MD $192,237 2nd +17% 29th 118% above peers
Union City, CA $133,715 6th +17% 30th 51% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $56,968 26th +12% 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,319 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.9% then, 10.4% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.2% to 10.4%).
10.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 12.0%
Shawnee, KS 5.2% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 53% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 11.2% 17th -3.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Portland, ME 11.0% 15th -3.4pp 3rd 2% below peers
Lodi, CA 12.3% 19th -2.9pp 4th 10% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.3% 11th -1.6pp 5th 34% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.3% 18th -1.9pp 6th 1% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 10th -1.1pp 7th 35% below peers
Ames, IA 20.8% 24th -2.9pp 8th 86% above peers
Decatur, IL 18.6% 23rd -2.4pp 9th 67% above peers
Conway, AR 15.6% 22nd -2.0pp 10th 40% above peers
Canton, OH 26.5% 29th -3.2pp 11th 137% above peers
Albany, GA 26.2% 28th -3.1pp 12th 134% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.2% 16th -1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Yuba City, CA 14.2% 21st -1.2pp 14th 27% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 8.7% 13th -0.7pp 15th 22% below peers
Madera, CA 25.3% 27th -1.3pp 16th 126% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 6th -0.1pp 17th 47% below peers
Weston, FL 6.1% 7th -0.2pp 18th 45% below peers
Jackson, TN 21.0% 25th -0.3pp 19th 88% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.3% 30th +0.6pp 20th 162% above peers
Spring, TX 10.4% 14th +0.5pp 21st 7% below peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 47% below peers
Gary, IN 32.8% 31st +2.6pp 23rd 193% above peers
South Hill, WA 7.1% 8th +0.7pp 24th 36% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 12.9% 20th +1.2pp 25th 15% above peers
Rockville, MD 7.5% 12th +1.3pp 26th 32% below peers
Schenectady, NY 22.6% 26th +4.2pp 27th 102% above peers
Bethesda, MD 4.2% 1st +0.8pp 28th 62% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 29th 48% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 5.4% 3rd +1.5pp 30th 52% below peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 9th +2.2pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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8 of 11 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.3% then, 17.3% now; margin ±5.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.4% to 17.4%).
17.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Grand Junction, CO 10.8% 13th -7.9pp 1st 27% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.2% 3rd -3.8pp 2nd 65% below peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 18th -5.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 4th 51% below peers
Canton, OH 38.9% 30th -12.7pp 5th 164% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 11th -2.3pp 6th 42% below peers
Conway, AR 14.8% 16th -3.2pp 7th on par with peers
Decatur, IL 28.1% 24th -5.7pp 8th 91% above peers
Yuba City, CA 17.7% 21st -3.3pp 9th 20% above peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 5th -1.0pp 10th 59% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.5% 14th -1.9pp 11th 22% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 23rd -3.1pp 12th 38% above peers
Portland, ME 14.8% 17th -2.1pp 13th 1% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 29th -5.1pp 14th 163% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 15.1% 19th -1.7pp 15th 2% above peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 12th -0.8pp 16th 37% below peers
Jackson, TN 32.1% 25th -2.8pp 17th 118% above peers
Madera, CA 34.8% 27th -2.0pp 18th 136% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 33.1% 26th +0.2pp 19th 124% above peers
Gary, IN 53.1% 31st +3.6pp 20th 260% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.8% 1st +0.3pp 21st 81% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 7th +0.7pp 22nd 53% below peers
Spring, TX 17.4% 20th +2.0pp 23rd 18% above peers
Schenectady, NY 35.7% 28th +5.1pp 24th 142% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 19.9% 22nd +3.0pp 25th 35% above peers
Weston, FL 8.1% 10th +1.5pp 26th 45% below peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 27th 60% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 28th 52% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 15th +4.7pp 29th 10% below peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 6th +2.5pp 30th 53% below peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 2nd +1.8pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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8 of 11 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.4% to 94.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 25 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 25 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 9.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.1% to 94.7%).
94.7%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Gary, IN 82.3% 27th +17.4pp 1st 12% below peers
Madera, CA 90.8% 22nd +14.1pp 2nd 3% below peers
Jackson, TN 89.3% 24th +13.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Decatur, IL 88.5% 25th +12.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 59.1% 31st +6.7pp 5th 37% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 16th +10.0pp 6th on par with peers
Conway, AR 93.7% 15th +9.9pp 7th on par with peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 28th +7.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Yuba City, CA 91.1% 21st +8.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 92.4% 18th +6.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 96.5% 7th +7.2pp 11th 3% above peers
Schenectady, NY 86.4% 26th +6.2pp 12th 8% below peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 19th +6.2pp 13th 1% below peers
Spring, TX 94.7% 14th +6.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Portland, ME 91.7% 20th +5.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Canton, OH 80.4% 29th +4.8pp 16th 14% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 92.6% 17th +5.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 89.9% 23rd +5.0pp 18th 4% below peers
Shawnee, KS 95.8% 9th +4.9pp 19th 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 2nd +4.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 3rd +3.8pp 21st 4% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 96.7% 6th +3.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 12th +2.9pp 23rd 2% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 13th +2.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 8th +2.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Bethesda, MD 97.1% 5th +2.7pp 26th 4% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 11th +2.3pp 27th 2% above peers
Weston, FL 97.7% 1st +1.8pp 28th 5% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 4th +1.6pp 29th 4% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 10th -0.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 30th -0.8pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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8 of 11 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.37 then, 0.35 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.37 to 0.35).
0.35
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lodi, CA 0.42 7th -0.029 1st 5% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 0.44 11th -0.028 2nd 2% below peers
Shawnee, KS 0.41 4th -0.025 3rd 9% below peers
Conway, AR 0.48 23rd -0.027 4th 7% above peers
Spring, TX 0.35 2nd -0.019 5th 22% below peers
Weston, FL 0.45 17th -0.023 6th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 7th 23% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 0.44 13th -0.019 8th 1% below peers
Jackson, TN 0.49 25th -0.020 9th 8% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 26th -0.020 10th 10% above peers
Ames, IA 0.48 24th -0.013 11th 8% above peers
Decatur, IL 0.47 21st -0.011 12th 5% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 20th -0.010 13th 5% above peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 5th -0.007 14th 7% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 0.44 10th -0.005 15th 2% below peers
Canton, OH 0.46 18th -0.002 16th 2% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.50 28th -0.001 17th 11% above peers
Portland, ME 0.46 19th +0.001 18th 3% above peers
Yuba City, CA 0.45 16th +0.005 19th on par with peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 3rd +0.006 20th 16% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 9th +0.007 21st 4% below peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 8th +0.007 22nd 4% below peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 6th +0.010 23rd 5% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 0.54 31st +0.015 24th 19% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 0.45 14th +0.016 25th 1% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 15th +0.017 26th 1% below peers
Gary, IN 0.51 30th +0.024 27th 14% above peers
Bethesda, MD 0.51 29th +0.025 28th 14% above peers
Madera, CA 0.47 22nd +0.041 29th 6% above peers
Schenectady, NY 0.50 27th +0.057 30th 11% above peers
Union City, CA 0.44 12th +0.066 31st 1% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (9.4% then, 12.0% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.0% to 12.0%).
12.0%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place 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
Shawnee, KS 2.3% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 78% below peers
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 80% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 19.7% 23rd -11.4pp 3rd 87% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 6th -1.4pp 4th 69% below peers
Portland, ME 10.9% 17th -4.1pp 5th 3% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.0% 18th -3.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 9th -1.2pp 7th 59% below peers
Conway, AR 8.8% 14th -1.2pp 8th 17% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.5% 15th -1.2pp 9th 1% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 11th -0.7pp 10th 33% below peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 13th -0.7pp 11th 18% below peers
Gary, IN 29.1% 29th -1.4pp 12th 177% above peers
Canton, OH 28.9% 28th -0.9pp 13th 174% above peers
Jackson, TN 20.4% 24th -0.6pp 14th 94% above peers
Yuba City, CA 12.4% 22nd -0.2pp 15th 18% above peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 19th +0.6pp 16th 7% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 17th 204% above peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 8th +0.4pp 18th 63% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 10th +0.7pp 19th 33% below peers
Schenectady, NY 24.9% 27th +2.6pp 20th 136% above peers
Decatur, IL 24.6% 26th +2.8pp 21st 134% above peers
Madera, CA 30.0% 30th +3.9pp 22nd 185% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 10.5% 16th +1.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 25th +3.6pp 24th 98% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.3% 20th +2.1pp 25th 7% above peers
Spring, TX 12.0% 21st +2.6pp 26th 14% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 5th +0.9pp 27th 70% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 12th +2.4pp 28th 24% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 75% below peers
Bethesda, MD 3.1% 4th +1.4pp 30th 70% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.6% 7th +2.0pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.6pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $368,162 in June 2026, down from $371,267 a year earlier.
$368,162
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $302,999 (Jun 26) -1.9%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Lakewood, NJ $591,177 (Jun 26) 8th +7.8% 1st 38% above peers
Decatur, IL $107,596 (Jun 26) 28th +7.3% 2nd 75% below peers
Schenectady, NY $334,098 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.5% 3rd 22% below peers
Canton, OH $176,363 (Jun 26) 26th +5.1% 4th 59% below peers
Shawnee, KS $432,970 (Jun 26) 14th +4.8% 5th 1% above peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,604,398 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 6th 739% above peers
Madera, CA $428,837 (Jun 26) 16th +2.7% 7th on par with peers
Ames, IA $307,551 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.7% 8th 28% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,495,025 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.6% 9th 248% above peers
Haverhill, MA $558,210 (Jun 26) 10th +2.1% 10th 30% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $429,488 (Jun 26) 15th +2.1% 11th on par with peers
Eagan, MN $408,530 (Jun 26) 17th +1.8% 12th 5% below peers
Conway, AR $252,300 (Jun 26) 24th +1.8% 13th 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,420,519 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 14th 231% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $398,674 (Jun 26) 18th +0.7% 15th 7% below peers
Yuba City, CA $446,422 (Jun 26) 13th +0.3% 16th 4% above peers
Albany, GA $134,986 (Jun 26) 27th -0.2% 17th 69% below peers
Spring, TX $368,162 (Jun 26) 19th -0.8% 18th 14% below peers
Portland, ME $571,364 (Jun 26) 9th -0.9% 19th 33% above peers
Jackson, TN $229,672 (Jun 26) 25th -0.9% 20th 47% below peers
Bethesda, MD $1,168,471 (Jun 26) 5th -1.0% 21st 172% above peers
Rockville, MD $623,896 (Jun 26) 7th -1.1% 22nd 45% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $529,016 (Jun 26) 11th -2.1% 23rd 23% above peers
Lodi, CA $518,965 (Jun 26) 12th -2.4% 24th 21% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $342,429 (Jun 26) 21st -2.8% 25th 20% below peers
Weston, FL $727,063 (Jun 26) 6th -2.9% 26th 69% above peers
Gary, IN $91,950 (Jun 26) 29th -3.8% 27th 79% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $345,384 (Jun 26) 20th -3.8% 28th 20% below peers
Union City, CA $1,247,792 (Jun 26) 4th -5.1% 29th 191% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $255,174 in June 2026, down from $260,258 a year earlier.
$255,174
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $185,570 (Jun 26) -0.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Gary, IN $57,312 (Jun 26) 28th +8.4% 1st 83% below peers
Canton, OH $96,383 (Jun 26) 26th +8.4% 2nd 71% below peers
Decatur, IL $47,274 (Jun 26) 29th +6.6% 3rd 86% below peers
Shawnee, KS $336,902 (Jun 26) 14th +6.1% 4th 2% above peers
Schenectady, NY $245,681 (Jun 26) 20th +5.7% 5th 26% below peers
Madera, CA $342,657 (Jun 26) 13th +4.0% 6th 4% above peers
Conway, AR $186,535 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.7% 7th 43% below peers
Ames, IA $208,311 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.4% 8th 37% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,227,681 (Jun 26) 1st +3.3% 9th 575% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $329,851 (Jun 26) 15th +3.3% 10th on par with peers
Albany, GA $62,478 (Jun 26) 27th +2.3% 11th 81% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,093,073 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.3% 12th 231% above peers
Haverhill, MA $423,895 (Jun 26) 8th +1.8% 13th 29% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,001,817 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 204% above peers
Yuba City, CA $355,835 (Jun 26) 11th +1.1% 15th 8% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $300,692 (Jun 26) 17th +1.1% 16th 9% below peers
Eagan, MN $270,284 (Jun 26) 18th +0.3% 17th 18% below peers
Portland, ME $439,756 (Jun 26) 6th +0.0% 18th 33% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $235,549 (Jun 26) 21st -0.8% 19th 29% below peers
Jackson, TN $116,953 (Jun 26) 25th -1.2% 20th 65% below peers
Spring, TX $255,174 (Jun 26) 19th -2.0% 21st 23% below peers
Lodi, CA $402,484 (Jun 26) 9th -2.2% 22nd 22% above peers
Bethesda, MD $500,226 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 23rd 52% above peers
Rockville, MD $369,367 (Jun 26) 10th -2.6% 24th 12% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $351,552 (Jun 26) 12th -2.7% 25th 7% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $303,698 (Jun 26) 16th -4.1% 26th 8% below peers
Weston, FL $432,794 (Jun 26) 7th -4.7% 27th 31% above peers
Union City, CA $779,118 (Jun 26) 4th -6.6% 28th 136% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $144,832 (Jun 26) 24th -10.3% 29th 56% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.6% to 74.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (76.2% to 74.4%).
74.4%
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 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Madera, CA 54.7% 18th +6.9pp 1st 4% below peers
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 15th +5.7pp 2nd 10% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 63.5% 12th +5.4pp 3rd 11% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 39.1% 30th +3.1pp 4th 32% below peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 17th +4.4pp 5th 1% below peers
Yuba City, CA 57.3% 16th +3.7pp 6th on par with peers
Spring, TX 74.4% 3rd +4.8pp 7th 30% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 1st +4.0pp 8th 46% above peers
Portland, ME 46.9% 26th +1.7pp 9th 18% below peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 29th +1.4pp 10th 27% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 53.4% 20th +1.4pp 11th 7% below peers
Decatur, IL 62.9% 14th +1.5pp 12th 10% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 63.2% 13th +1.3pp 13th 10% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 64.2% 10th +1.1pp 14th 12% above peers
Canton, OH 48.7% 25th +0.8pp 15th 15% below peers
Shawnee, KS 73.7% 4th +0.7pp 16th 29% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 2nd +0.4pp 17th 45% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 19th +0.1pp 18th 5% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 50.8% 23rd -0.4pp 19th 11% below peers
Weston, FL 73.0% 5th -0.8pp 20th 28% above peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 9th -0.7pp 21st 13% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 8th -1.4pp 22nd 15% above peers
Jackson, TN 51.2% 22nd -1.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 7th -2.0pp 24th 18% above peers
Gary, IN 49.0% 24th -1.5pp 25th 14% below peers
Bethesda, MD 64.0% 11th -2.2pp 26th 12% above peers
Schenectady, NY 45.6% 27th -1.6pp 27th 20% below peers
Conway, AR 45.4% 28th -2.2pp 28th 21% below peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 6th -3.6pp 29th 23% above peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 21st -2.8pp 30th 8% below peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 31st -2.6pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 92% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,750 in June 2026, down from $1,761 a year earlier.
$1,750
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Palo Alto, CA $4,299 (Jun 26) 1st +6.8% 1st 119% above peers
Gary, IN $1,366 (Jun 26) 25th +5.9% 2nd 31% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $1,768 (Jun 26) 18th +4.1% 3rd 10% below peers
Lodi, CA $2,137 (Jun 26) 13th +4.0% 4th 9% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 5th 108% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $2,788 (Jun 26) 7th +3.5% 6th 42% above peers
Madera, CA $2,344 (Jun 26) 11th +3.2% 7th 19% above peers
Portland, ME $2,429 (Jun 26) 8th +3.2% 8th 23% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $3,543 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.0% 9th 80% above peers
Ames, IA $1,125 (Jun 26) 26th +3.0% 10th 43% below peers
Yuba City, CA $1,967 (Jun 26) 15th +2.9% 11th on par with peers
Conway, AR $1,431 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 12th 27% below peers
Canton, OH $1,054 (Jun 26) 27th +2.5% 13th 46% below peers
Union City, CA $2,867 (Jun 26) 6th +2.1% 14th 46% above peers
Schenectady, NY $1,489 (Jun 26) 21st +2.1% 15th 24% below peers
Eagan, MN $1,632 (Jun 26) 20th +1.8% 16th 17% below peers
Jackson, TN $1,451 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.8% 17th 26% below peers
Haverhill, MA $2,345 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 18th 19% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,831 (Jun 26) 16th +1.1% 19th 7% below peers
Bethesda, MD $2,971 (Jun 26) 5th +1.0% 20th 51% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $1,383 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 21st 30% below peers
Weston, FL $3,393 (Jun 26) 4th +0.8% 22nd 72% above peers
Decatur, IL $1,019 (Jun 26) 28th +0.7% 23rd 48% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD $2,187 (Jun 26) 12th +0.6% 24th 11% above peers
Albany, GA $937 (Jun 26) 29th +0.6% 25th 52% below peers
Rockville, MD $2,426 (Jun 26) 9th -0.2% 26th 23% above peers
Shawnee, KS $1,796 (Jun 26) 17th -0.2% 27th 9% below peers
Spring, TX $1,750 (Jun 26) 19th -0.6% 28th 11% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 14th 3% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.2% then, 29.1% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.2% to 29.1%).
29.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Ames, IA 35.5% 17th -4.2pp 1st on par with peers
Decatur, IL 26.2% 3rd -3.0pp 2nd 26% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 10th -3.5pp 3rd 8% below peers
Shawnee, KS 21.8% 1st -2.1pp 4th 39% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 31.6% 9th -2.6pp 5th 11% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 15th -2.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Spring, TX 29.1% 6th -2.1pp 7th 18% below peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 20th -2.5pp 8th 7% above peers
Canton, OH 34.0% 13th -1.0pp 9th 4% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 8th -0.7pp 10th 11% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 24th -0.6pp 11th 12% above peers
Weston, FL 39.1% 23rd -0.6pp 12th 10% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 36.7% 18th -0.6pp 13th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 14th -0.5pp 14th 2% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 28.2% 4th -0.1pp 15th 20% below peers
Madera, CA 43.1% 30th +0.4pp 16th 22% above peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 25th +1.2pp 17th 13% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 11th +1.2pp 18th 8% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 63.0% 31st +2.6pp 19th 78% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 36.8% 19th +1.6pp 20th 4% above peers
Portland, ME 38.8% 21st +1.8pp 21st 9% above peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 16th +1.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Jackson, TN 38.9% 22nd +2.2pp 23rd 10% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 5th +1.8pp 24th 19% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.0% 29th +3.1pp 25th 21% above peers
Yuba City, CA 41.1% 26th +3.0pp 26th 16% above peers
Bethesda, MD 29.7% 7th +2.2pp 27th 16% below peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 2nd +2.1pp 28th 30% below peers
Gary, IN 42.8% 28th +3.7pp 29th 21% above peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 12th +3.5pp 30th 5% below peers
Schenectady, NY 42.6% 27th +4.9pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.9% then, 2.0% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.1% to 2.0%).
2.0%
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 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Idaho Falls, ID 3.3% 7th -2.8pp 1st 55% below peers
Gary, IN 13.6% 28th -4.0pp 2nd 85% above peers
Yuba City, CA 5.6% 11th -1.5pp 3rd 24% below peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 20th -1.8pp 4th 16% above peers
Canton, OH 14.8% 29th -2.1pp 5th 101% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 27th -1.6pp 6th 69% above peers
Conway, AR 5.7% 12th -0.5pp 7th 23% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 14th -0.4pp 8th 17% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 9.9% 22nd -0.1pp 9th 36% above peers
Schenectady, NY 21.0% 31st +0.1pp 10th 186% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 15th +0.0pp 11th 2% below peers
Decatur, IL 12.1% 26th +0.2pp 12th 65% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 7.3% 16th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Portland, ME 15.4% 30th +0.6pp 14th 110% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 5th +0.1pp 15th 63% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 6th +0.2pp 16th 62% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 13th +0.4pp 17th 20% below peers
Spring, TX 2.0% 3rd +0.1pp 18th 73% below peers
Jackson, TN 11.8% 25th +1.0pp 19th 61% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 9th +0.3pp 20th 50% below peers
Bethesda, MD 9.6% 21st +1.4pp 21st 31% above peers
Weston, FL 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 22nd 76% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.4% 18th +1.4pp 23rd 14% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 19th +1.5pp 24th 16% above peers
Madera, CA 7.8% 17th +1.4pp 25th 6% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 24th +2.1pp 26th 51% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.4% 8th +0.8pp 27th 54% below peers
Shawnee, KS 3.8% 10th +1.0pp 28th 48% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 10.4% 23rd +2.8pp 29th 42% above peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 30th 78% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 4th +1.3pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.8% then, 16.5% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.1% to 16.5%).
16.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 16.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lakewood, NJ 4.1% 8th -3.7pp 1st 27% below peers
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 18th -4.9pp 2nd 11% above peers
Yuba City, CA 5.8% 17th -2.7pp 3rd 4% above peers
Portland, ME 4.9% 12th -1.8pp 4th 13% below peers
Gary, IN 8.1% 21st -2.7pp 5th 44% above peers
Schenectady, NY 4.9% 11th -1.5pp 6th 13% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 9.7% 26th -2.5pp 7th 73% above peers
Shawnee, KS 5.0% 13th -1.2pp 8th 11% below peers
Albany, GA 13.3% 29th -3.1pp 9th 136% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.2% 15th -1.2pp 10th 7% below peers
Weston, FL 5.6% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 9th -0.8pp 12th 22% below peers
Decatur, IL 4.6% 10th -0.6pp 13th 18% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 14th 56% below peers
Madera, CA 8.4% 22nd -1.0pp 15th 50% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 16th 66% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 8.5% 23rd -0.7pp 17th 52% above peers
Conway, AR 7.8% 20th -0.6pp 18th 39% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.3% 5th +0.0pp 19th 42% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 7th +0.1pp 20th 34% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 19th +0.1pp 21st 19% above peers
Jackson, TN 10.5% 28th +0.6pp 22nd 87% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 9.2% 25th +0.6pp 23rd 64% above peers
Canton, OH 8.6% 24th +0.5pp 24th 53% above peers
Spring, TX 16.5% 31st +1.7pp 25th 193% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 6th +0.4pp 26th 36% below peers
Bethesda, MD 2.1% 2nd +0.3pp 27th 63% below peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 14th +0.9pp 28th 10% below peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 4th +0.8pp 29th 48% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 27th +2.8pp 30th 78% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 14.2% 30th +4.9pp 31st 154% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

34.9%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 52% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 2nd 40% below peers
Bethesda, MD 20.7% 3rd 37% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 21.7% 4th 34% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 5th 32% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 6th 31% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 24.9% 7th 25% below peers
Weston, FL 26.3% 8th 21% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 9th 15% below peers
Portland, ME 30.1% 10th 9% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 30.8% 11th 7% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 30.9% 12th 7% below peers
Yuba City, CA 31.3% 13th 5% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 14th 3% below peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 15th 2% below peers
Shawnee, KS 33.1% 16th on par with peers
Spring, TX 34.9% 17th 5% above peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 18th 6% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 19th 8% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 20th 8% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 35.9% 21st 8% above peers
Madera, CA 37.1% 22nd 12% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 23rd 14% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 38.0% 24th 15% above peers
Schenectady, NY 38.6% 25th 17% above peers
Decatur, IL 38.6% 26th 17% above peers
Conway, AR 40.0% 27th 21% above peers
Jackson, TN 41.1% 28th 24% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 29th 36% above peers
Canton, OH 45.8% 30th 38% above peers
Gary, IN 49.8% 31st 50% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.0% then, 12.3% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.0% to 12.3%).
12.3%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 14th -7.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Portland, ME 1.0% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 64% below peers
Shawnee, KS 1.6% 6th -2.0pp 3rd 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 4th 68% below peers
Decatur, IL 1.7% 7th -1.7pp 5th 35% below peers
Yuba City, CA 2.8% 18th -2.1pp 6th 5% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 7th 67% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 19th -1.5pp 8th 11% above peers
Schenectady, NY 2.2% 9th -0.7pp 9th 18% below peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 4th -0.2pp 10th 64% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 5th -0.3pp 11th 44% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 23rd -0.8pp 12th 87% above peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 13th -0.4pp 13th 8% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 6.0% 26th -0.7pp 14th 124% above peers
Madera, CA 2.5% 15th -0.3pp 15th 5% below peers
Gary, IN 3.8% 22nd -0.1pp 16th 44% above peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 11th -0.0pp 17th 11% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 8th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Canton, OH 2.7% 16th +0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Spring, TX 12.3% 31st +2.3pp 20th 361% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.3% 10th +0.4pp 21st 14% below peers
Weston, FL 6.2% 27th +1.2pp 22nd 133% above peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 20th +0.7pp 23rd 12% above peers
Conway, AR 5.6% 24th +1.6pp 24th 110% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 17th +0.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Jackson, TN 5.9% 25th +1.8pp 26th 121% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.8% 21st +1.6pp 27th 42% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 30th +5.8pp 28th 339% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.1% 28th +4.2pp 29th 205% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 9.6% 29th +5.7pp 30th 261% above peers
Bethesda, MD 2.4% 12th +1.6pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.9% then, 25.6% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.8% to 25.6%).
25.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lodi, CA 24.6% 24th +5.4pp 1st 35% below peers
South Hill, WA 32.9% 17th +5.0pp 2nd 14% below peers
Canton, OH 16.4% 29th +2.5pp 3rd 57% below peers
Schenectady, NY 25.4% 23rd +3.6pp 4th 33% below peers
Madera, CA 10.9% 31st +1.5pp 5th 71% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.8% 14th +5.4pp 6th 15% above peers
Portland, ME 59.7% 7th +7.1pp 7th 57% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 13th +4.8pp 8th 19% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 67.0% 4th +6.1pp 9th 76% above peers
Shawnee, KS 53.1% 11th +4.8pp 10th 39% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 38.1% 16th +3.4pp 11th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 18th +2.8pp 12th 14% below peers
Yuba City, CA 20.4% 28th +1.5pp 13th 47% below peers
Decatur, IL 21.6% 26th +1.5pp 14th 43% below peers
Conway, AR 42.6% 15th +2.9pp 15th 12% above peers
Weston, FL 67.6% 3rd +4.6pp 16th 78% above peers
Spring, TX 25.6% 22nd +1.7pp 17th 33% below peers
Gary, IN 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 18th 61% below peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 27th +1.3pp 19th 44% below peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 10th +2.9pp 20th 44% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 5th +3.1pp 21st 73% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 9th +2.1pp 22nd 48% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 31.7% 20th +1.0pp 23rd 17% below peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 8th +1.2pp 24th 51% above peers
Bethesda, MD 87.1% 1st +1.2pp 25th 129% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 31.9% 19th +0.4pp 26th 16% below peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 6th +0.7pp 27th 72% above peers
Jackson, TN 27.8% 21st +0.1pp 28th 27% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 2nd -0.5pp 29th 116% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 52.5% 12th -1.6pp 30th 38% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 25th -1.1pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.8% then, 36.8% now; margin ±18.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.8% to 36.8%).
36.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 10th +18.6pp 1st 19% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 18th +13.1pp 2nd 3% below peers
Spring, TX 36.8% 23rd +8.0pp 3rd 21% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 47.4% 14th +9.5pp 4th 2% above peers
Schenectady, NY 53.4% 12th +10.6pp 5th 15% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 66.0% 4th +12.3pp 6th 43% above peers
Madera, CA 34.6% 24th +6.4pp 7th 25% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 5th +9.8pp 8th 41% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 8th +3.7pp 9th 24% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 7th +3.6pp 10th 33% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 22nd -0.7pp 12th 20% below peers
Weston, FL 71.2% 3rd -1.7pp 13th 54% above peers
Portland, ME 47.2% 15th -1.3pp 14th 2% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 53.9% 11th -1.5pp 15th 16% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 79.4% 1st -2.3pp 16th 72% above peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 9th -4.7pp 17th 22% above peers
Canton, OH 31.0% 26th -4.4pp 18th 33% below peers
Bethesda, MD 75.1% 2nd -11.6pp 19th 62% above peers
Shawnee, KS 45.1% 17th -10.6pp 20th 3% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 6th -15.5pp 21st 41% above peers
Yuba City, CA 32.4% 25th -10.2pp 22nd 30% below peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 30th -9.4pp 23rd 44% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.3% 29th -10.1pp 24th 41% below peers
Decatur, IL 39.2% 19th -17.6pp 25th 15% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 13th -22.1pp 26th 6% above peers
Gary, IN 37.0% 21st -19.5pp 27th 20% below peers
Jackson, TN 30.9% 27th -17.7pp 28th 33% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 31st -16.0pp 29th 46% below peers
Conway, AR 37.1% 20th -23.8pp 30th 20% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 29.2% 28th -24.1pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±16.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.1% then, 6.5% now; margin ±8.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.3% to 6.5%).
6.5%
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 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 1st 95% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 2nd -0.8pp 2nd 89% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 8th -3.0pp 3rd 50% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 3.6% 10th -3.3pp 4th 38% below peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 6th -2.1pp 5th 55% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.5% 15th -4.1pp 6th 6% below peers
Spring, TX 6.5% 17th -4.6pp 7th 9% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 2.1% 4th -1.3pp 8th 65% below peers
Schenectady, NY 6.6% 19th -3.2pp 9th 12% above peers
Decatur, IL 9.1% 24th -2.3pp 10th 54% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 1.2% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 79% below peers
Canton, OH 9.8% 27th -1.7pp 12th 66% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 9.0% 23rd -1.6pp 13th 52% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 22nd -0.8pp 14th 29% above peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 18th -0.7pp 15th 11% above peers
Gary, IN 12.5% 30th -1.1pp 16th 112% above peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 29th +0.3pp 17th 79% above peers
Yuba City, CA 7.4% 21st +1.0pp 18th 25% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 28th +1.5pp 19th 76% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 20th 180% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 14th +1.4pp 21st 15% below peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 11th +1.2pp 22nd 35% below peers
Portland, ME 9.4% 25th +3.1pp 23rd 59% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 7th +1.0pp 24th 54% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 7.2% 20th +3.4pp 25th 22% above peers
Conway, AR 4.6% 13th +2.4pp 26th 22% below peers
Madera, CA 9.7% 26th +5.1pp 27th 65% above peers
Shawnee, KS 5.9% 16th +3.2pp 28th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 5th +1.4pp 29th 57% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 3.9% 12th +2.6pp 30th 34% below peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 9th +2.9pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 12% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60,976 to 68,580 - more than the combined survey margin (±4,793). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 25% from 2014 to 2024 (54,992 to 68,580).
68,580
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Horizon West, FL 67,416 27th +73% 1st 1% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 31st +38% 2nd 1% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 69,585 4th +24% 3rd 2% above peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 16th +13% 4th on par with peers
Spring, TX 68,580 11th +12% 5th 1% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 67,725 20th +10% 6th on par with peers
Bethesda, MD 69,397 6th +10% 7th 2% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 68,142 14th +10% 8th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 21st +7% 9th on par with peers
Schenectady, NY 68,847 9th +5% 10th 1% above peers
Madera, CA 67,831 19th +5% 11th on par with peers
Shawnee, KS 68,542 12th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Yuba City, CA 69,471 5th +4% 13th 2% above peers
Portland, ME 68,854 8th +3% 14th 1% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 69,825 1st +3% 15th 3% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 69,291 7th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 25th +3% 17th 1% below peers
Ames, IA 67,669 23rd +2% 18th 1% below peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 17th +2% 19th on par with peers
Jackson, TN 68,435 13th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Conway, AR 67,642 24th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 28th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 22nd +0% 23rd 1% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 67,979 18th -0% 24th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 30th -1% 25th 1% below peers
Canton, OH 69,755 3rd -2% 26th 3% above peers
Weston, FL 68,837 10th -3% 27th 1% above peers
Decatur, IL 69,815 2nd -4% 28th 3% above peers
Albany, GA 67,224 29th -9% 29th 1% below peers
Union City, CA 67,464 26th -10% 30th 1% below peers
Gary, IN 68,113 15th -10% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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8 of 11 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 through 2024 ±4,281 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction No measurable change
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Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.0% then, 27.8% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.3% to 27.8%).
27.8%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 24.1% -1.2pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Gary, IN 28.6% 4th +4.7pp 1st 23% above peers
Spring, TX 27.8% 6th +1.8pp 2nd 20% above peers
Canton, OH 25.4% 10th +1.1pp 3rd 10% above peers
Bethesda, MD 23.2% 16th +0.8pp 4th on par with peers
Redondo Beach, CA 22.6% 18th +0.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 11th +0.6pp 6th 7% above peers
Jackson, TN 24.4% 13th +0.5pp 7th 5% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 3rd +0.1pp 8th 25% above peers
South Hill, WA 28.2% 5th +0.1pp 9th 22% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 22.7% 17th -0.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 9th -0.2pp 11th 16% above peers
Decatur, IL 21.0% 23rd -0.2pp 12th 9% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 51.2% 1st -0.9pp 13th 121% above peers
Portland, ME 15.4% 29th -0.3pp 14th 34% below peers
Schenectady, NY 19.9% 26th -0.4pp 15th 14% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 19th -0.5pp 16th 3% below peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 20th -0.6pp 17th 4% below peers
Conway, AR 20.3% 24th -0.5pp 18th 13% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.8% 7th -1.0pp 19th 20% above peers
Yuba City, CA 24.8% 12th -0.9pp 20th 7% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 21st -0.8pp 21st 4% below peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 25th -0.8pp 22nd 13% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 13.4% 30th -0.7pp 23rd 42% below peers
Shawnee, KS 23.8% 15th -1.5pp 24th 3% above peers
Weston, FL 27.2% 8th -1.9pp 25th 17% above peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 22nd -1.8pp 26th 8% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 27th 52% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 28th -1.9pp 28th 27% below peers
Madera, CA 30.8% 2nd -3.5pp 29th 33% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 14th -3.7pp 30th 4% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 17.3% 27th -2.9pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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8 of 11 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 through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.2% then, 27.4% now; margin ±7.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.0% to 27.4%).
27.4%
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
Lakewood, NJ 7.8% 31st +3.6pp 1st 71% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 17th +8.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 18th +6.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 12th +5.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Madera, CA 43.3% 7th +8.2pp 5th 59% above peers
Bethesda, MD 11.5% 30th +2.1pp 6th 58% below peers
Portland, ME 32.1% 11th +4.5pp 7th 18% above peers
Spring, TX 27.4% 14th +3.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 38.2% 9th +4.1pp 9th 41% above peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 23rd +1.0pp 10th 40% below peers
Gary, IN 81.1% 1st +4.6pp 11th 199% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 25.6% 19th +0.7pp 12th 6% below peers
Weston, FL 14.5% 25th +0.4pp 13th 47% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 29.7% 13th +0.7pp 14th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 2nd +1.8pp 15th 163% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 16th 19% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 28th -0.2pp 17th 53% below peers
Decatur, IL 51.1% 4th -1.0pp 18th 88% above peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 10th -0.7pp 19th 20% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 23.6% 20th -0.6pp 20th 13% below peers
Jackson, TN 50.5% 5th -2.6pp 21st 86% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 16th -1.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Canton, OH 61.5% 3rd -3.7pp 23rd 127% above peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 8th -2.7pp 24th 47% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 27th -1.5pp 25th 49% below peers
Yuba City, CA 27.2% 15th -3.4pp 26th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 29th -1.6pp 27th 54% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 14.2% 26th -1.9pp 28th 48% below peers
Schenectady, NY 47.5% 6th -7.3pp 29th 75% above peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 22nd -5.2pp 30th 20% below peers
Shawnee, KS 15.5% 24th -5.0pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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8 of 11 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 ±6.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.7% then, 58.7% now; margin ±12.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.3% to 58.7%).
58.7%
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 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Weston, FL 62.8% 19th +16.8pp 1st 6% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 65.7% 17th +13.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 4th +14.3pp 3rd 17% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 74.9% 7th +10.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Conway, AR 76.4% 6th +10.5pp 5th 15% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 21st +7.7pp 6th 9% below peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 20th +6.5pp 7th 6% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 79.1% 3rd +6.5pp 8th 19% above peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 23rd +4.5pp 9th 10% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 8th +4.8pp 10th 10% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 14th +4.0pp 11th 1% above peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 2nd +4.5pp 12th 21% above peers
Schenectady, NY 73.2% 9th +2.1pp 13th 10% above peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 14th 23% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 72.8% 11th +0.4pp 15th 9% above peers
Shawnee, KS 76.8% 5th -1.1pp 16th 15% above peers
Jackson, TN 67.4% 15th -1.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Madera, CA 59.5% 24th -1.3pp 18th 11% below peers
Portland, ME 71.6% 12th -2.0pp 19th 8% above peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 13th -2.2pp 20th 7% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 53.8% 29th -2.2pp 21st 19% below peers
Yuba City, CA 53.7% 30th -3.5pp 22nd 19% below peers
Gary, IN 60.6% 22nd -4.7pp 23rd 9% below peers
Spring, TX 58.7% 27th -5.0pp 24th 12% below peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 10th -6.4pp 25th 9% above peers
Bethesda, MD 64.5% 18th -8.4pp 26th 3% below peers
Decatur, IL 66.6% 16th -10.2pp 27th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 28th -9.2pp 28th 18% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 26th -11.7pp 29th 12% below peers
Canton, OH 59.0% 25th -12.5pp 30th 11% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.3% 31st -13.8pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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8 of 11 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 ±8.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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