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89,602 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 4 indicators

Where Temple, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$68,204
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$54,873 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
301 /100k
Jan 2025
▼ 13%
relative change
347 a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.6%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
81.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.7%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
7.5% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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What needs attention 12 indicators

Where Temple, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.4%
2020-24
▲ 78%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,203 /100k
Jan 2025
▲ 17%
relative change
1,883 a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
13.6%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
11.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
34.3%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
30.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.3%
May 2026
▲ 10%
relative change
3.9% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
11 /100k
Jan 2025
▲ 83%
relative change
6 a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
321 /100k
Jan 2025
▼ 1%
relative change
325 a year earlier
Behind peers, dropping too slowly Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
20.9%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
24.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.8%
2020-24
flat
relative change
15.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
14.2%
2019-23
▼ 14%
relative change
16.4% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
52.3%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
54.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
40.2%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
34.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
89,602
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
74,762 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$168,706
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$174,786 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$249,750
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$256,944 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,428
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$1,434 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.6%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
26.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
61.5%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
59.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 13% over the 12 months ending January 2025, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 6% a year from 2019 to 2024. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Most recent monthly reading: 301 in January 2025, down from 347 a year earlier.
301 per 100k
2018January 2025
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Danbury, CT 93 (May 26) 3rd -68.2% 1st 64% below peers
Clifton, NJ 127 (May 26) 6th -32.0% 2nd 50% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 70 (May 26) 1st -22.9% 3rd 73% below peers
Bloomington, MN 226 (May 26) 9th -21.0% 4th 12% below peers
Champaign, IL 382 (May 26) 13th -18.0% 5th 49% above peers
Troy, MI 94 (May 26) 4th -15.2% 6th 63% below peers
Temple, TX 301 (Jan 25) 11th -13.3% 7th 18% above peers
Merced, CA 708 (May 26) 18th -5.9% 8th 177% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 646 (May 26) 17th -3.2% 9th 153% above peers
Lawrence, MA 402 (May 26) 14th -0.8% 10th 57% above peers
Ogden, UT 470 (May 26) 16th +1.5% 11th 84% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 110 (May 26) 5th +1.8% 12th 57% below peers
Westminster, CA 412 (May 26) 15th +4.2% 13th 61% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 846 (May 26) 19th +5.3% 14th 231% above peers
Manteca, CA 318 (May 26) 12th +12.8% 15th 24% above peers
Duluth, MN 256 (May 26) 10th +14.7% 16th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 188 (May 26) 8th +25.0% 17th 27% below peers
Nashua, NH 155 (Jan 25) 7th +25.4% 18th 39% below peers
Newton, MA 78 (Dec 25) 2nd +61.4% 19th 69% below peers
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down about 34% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2023-2026
  • Janesville, WI down about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 17% over the 12 months ending January 2025, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 1% a year from 2019 to 2024, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,203 in January 2025, up from 1,883 a year earlier.
2,203 per 100k
2018January 2025
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Mission Viejo, CA 737 (May 26) 3rd -34.5% 1st 57% below peers
Danbury, CT 885 (May 26) 5th -30.7% 2nd 48% below peers
Franklin, TN 677 (May 26) 2nd -25.0% 3rd 60% below peers
Clifton, NJ 1,700 (May 26) 10th -23.2% 4th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 803 (May 26) 4th -21.9% 5th 53% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 3,809 (May 26) 18th -19.9% 6th 124% above peers
Westminster, CA 2,047 (May 26) 11th -19.4% 7th 20% above peers
Troy, MI 930 (May 26) 6th -17.9% 8th 45% below peers
Newton, MA 504 (Dec 25) 1st -15.0% 9th 70% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 3,848 (May 26) 19th -14.5% 10th 126% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 3,123 (May 26) 17th -12.7% 11th 84% above peers
Merced, CA 2,452 (May 26) 14th -6.1% 12th 44% above peers
Ogden, UT 1,685 (May 26) 9th -5.2% 13th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 2,092 (May 26) 12th -3.8% 14th 23% above peers
Duluth, MN 2,872 (May 26) 15th -3.5% 15th 69% above peers
Bloomington, MN 2,896 (May 26) 16th -2.2% 16th 70% above peers
Manteca, CA 1,415 (May 26) 8th +11.0% 17th 17% below peers
Nashua, NH 1,267 (Jan 25) 7th +12.8% 18th 25% below peers
Temple, TX 2,203 (Jan 25) 13th +17.0% 19th 30% above peers
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bartlett, TN down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 83% over the 12 months ending January 2025, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 4% a year from 2019 to 2024, slower than 67% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Most recent monthly reading: 11 in January 2025, up from 6 a year earlier.
11 per 100k
2018January 2025
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Clifton, NJ 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Nashua, NH 0 (Jan 25) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Troy, MI 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Danbury, CT 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0 (May 26) 6th -100.0% 6th 100% below peers
Franklin, TN 1 (May 26) 9th -66.6% 7th 50% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 4 (May 26) 12th -50.1% 8th 98% above peers
Westminster, CA 2 (May 26) 10th -33.3% 9th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 4 (May 26) 13th -20.1% 10th 100% above peers
Duluth, MN 6 (May 26) 14th -16.6% 11th 153% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 4 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 12th 96% above peers
Champaign, IL 6 (May 26) 15th +0.0% 13th 188% above peers
Manteca, CA 1 (May 26) 8th +0.0% 14th 54% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9 (May 26) 17th +14.3% 15th 292% above peers
Temple, TX 11 (Jan 25) 18th +83.3% 16th 391% above peers
Merced, CA 12 (May 26) 19th +100.2% 17th 444% above peers
Ogden, UT 8 (May 26) 16th +133.5% 18th 251% above peers
Newton, MA 0 (Dec 25) 7th 100% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 1% over the 12 months ending January 2025, slower than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 10% a year from 2019 to 2024. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Most recent monthly reading: 321 in January 2025, down from 325 a year earlier.
321 per 100k
2018January 2025
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Santa Fe, NM 320 (May 26) 17th -49.9% 1st 114% above peers
Danbury, CT 74 (May 26) 4th -33.3% 2nd 51% below peers
Newton, MA 23 (Dec 25) 1st -32.3% 3rd 85% below peers
Merced, CA 274 (May 26) 16th -31.8% 4th 83% above peers
Clifton, NJ 163 (May 26) 12th -30.0% 5th 9% above peers
Champaign, IL 152 (May 26) 11th -29.5% 6th 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 375 (May 26) 19th -29.3% 7th 151% above peers
Lawrence, MA 76 (May 26) 5th -27.7% 8th 49% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 227 (May 26) 13th -24.3% 9th 52% above peers
Bloomington, MN 110 (May 26) 9th -23.0% 10th 26% below peers
Duluth, MN 102 (May 26) 8th -22.4% 11th 32% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 90 (May 26) 7th -15.6% 12th 40% below peers
Franklin, TN 54 (May 26) 2nd -15.5% 13th 64% below peers
Troy, MI 62 (May 26) 3rd -12.5% 14th 58% below peers
Ogden, UT 149 (May 26) 10th -8.3% 15th on par with peers
Temple, TX 321 (Jan 25) 18th -1.2% 16th 115% above peers
Westminster, CA 250 (May 26) 15th +0.0% 17th 67% above peers
Manteca, CA 239 (May 26) 14th +6.9% 18th 60% above peers
Nashua, NH 86 (Jan 25) 6th +36.2% 19th 43% below peers
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Eagan, MN down about 55% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 37% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Davis, CA down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 24% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $54,873 to $68,204 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,515). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 42% from 2014 to 2024 ($47,962 to $68,204).
$68,204
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref $78,476 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 31st +48% 1st 30% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 27th +45% 2nd 23% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 18th +45% 3rd 3% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 19th +44% 4th 4% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 15th +44% 5th 3% above peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 16th +43% 6th on par with peers
Merced, CA $63,122 23rd +40% 7th 15% below peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 20th +39% 8th 6% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 7th +39% 9th 42% above peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 13th +37% 10th 15% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 24th +35% 11th 19% below peers
Manteca, CA $97,055 10th +33% 12th 30% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 29th +31% 13th 26% below peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 21st +31% 14th 8% below peers
San Leandro, CA $101,420 8th +30% 15th 36% above peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 26th +30% 16th 20% below peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 11th +28% 17th 29% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 9th +28% 18th 32% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 17th +27% 19th 1% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 20th 155% above peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 5th +24% 21st 58% above peers
Temple, TX $68,204 22nd +24% 22nd 9% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 25th +24% 23rd 20% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 12th +24% 24th 25% above peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 4th +22% 25th 60% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 6th +19% 26th 54% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 3rd +18% 27th 61% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 28th +16% 28th 25% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 2nd +15% 29th 83% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 30th +14% 30th 27% below peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 14th +14% 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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6 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±$2,488 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening slower than 79% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.3% in May 2026, up from 3.9% a year earlier.
4.3%
1990May 2026
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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
Trenton, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 28th -1.5pp 1st 57% above peers
Clifton, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Merced, CA 6.8% (May 26) 30th -0.9pp 3rd 70% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.8% (May 26) 9th -0.7pp 4th 5% below peers
Newton, MA 3.7% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 5th 7% below peers
San Leandro, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Indio, CA 4.5% (May 26) 21st -0.5pp 7th 12% above peers
Hemet, CA 6.3% (May 26) 29th -0.4pp 8th 57% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.4pp 9th 15% above peers
Lawrence, MA 5.9% (May 26) 27th -0.4pp 10th 48% above peers
Manteca, CA 5.1% (May 26) 24th -0.3pp 11th 27% above peers
Nashua, NH 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 12th 20% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 13th 32% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.6% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 14th 10% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.4% (May 26) 26th -0.2pp 15th 35% above peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 16th 38% below peers
Ogden, UT 3.8% (May 26) 10th +0.1pp 17th 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 3.7% (May 26) 8th +0.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.0% (May 26) 3rd +0.1pp 19th 25% below peers
Bryan, TX 3.5% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 20th 12% below peers
Temple, TX 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Bloomington, MN 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 4.4% (May 26) 20th +0.4pp 23rd 10% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 3.8% (May 26) 11th +0.6pp 24th 5% below peers
Champaign, IL 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 25th on par with peers
Troy, MI 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.7pp 26th 3% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.3% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 28th 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +1.0pp 29th 12% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.2% (May 26) 25th +1.6pp 30th 30% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.8% then, 15.8% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.0% to 15.8%).
15.8%
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 13.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 12.0%
Franklin, TN 4.6% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 65% below peers
Indio, CA 11.4% 13th -5.0pp 2nd 14% below peers
Hemet, CA 14.8% 20th -6.2pp 3rd 12% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 14th -4.4pp 4th 4% below peers
Trenton, NJ 20.9% 28th -6.8pp 5th 58% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.2% 16th -4.2pp 6th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 13.3% 17th -3.5pp 7th 1% above peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 6th -1.8pp 8th 40% below peers
Merced, CA 23.6% 31st -5.3pp 9th 79% above peers
Lawrence, MA 17.4% 25th -3.6pp 10th 32% above peers
Manteca, CA 9.5% 10th -1.9pp 11th 28% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.7% 5th -1.4pp 12th 42% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.2% 7th -1.3pp 13th 38% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.0% 26th -2.7pp 14th 36% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.0% 22nd -2.2pp 15th 14% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.3% 19th -1.1pp 16th 8% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.8% 21st -1.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.9% 24th -1.1pp 18th 21% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.7% 15th -0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 15.8% 23rd -0.1pp 20th 19% above peers
Bryan, TX 22.1% 29th +0.4pp 21st 68% above peers
Champaign, IL 23.4% 30th +0.7pp 22nd 78% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.4% 12th +0.4pp 23rd 14% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 4th +0.3pp 24th 58% below peers
Newton, MA 4.2% 1st +0.2pp 25th 68% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 3rd +0.3pp 26th 59% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 13.9% 18th +1.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.1% 11th +1.2pp 28th 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.9% 27th +2.4pp 29th 43% above peers
Bloomington, MN 9.1% 9th +1.7pp 30th 31% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 8th +2.2pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.3% then, 20.9% now; margin ±4.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.7% to 20.9%).
20.9%
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%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 79% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 6th -7.8pp 2nd 56% below peers
San Leandro, CA 7.0% 5th -5.7pp 3rd 58% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 12th -9.6pp 4th 12% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.1% 8th -5.7pp 5th 45% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 20th -10.7pp 6th 6% above peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 7th 89% below peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 21st -8.7pp 8th 9% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 28th -12.2pp 9th 58% above peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 3rd -1.4pp 10th 78% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 16th -6.5pp 11th on par with peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 19th -6.4pp 12th 5% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 25th -7.5pp 13th 36% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 9th -2.3pp 14th 42% below peers
Merced, CA 33.4% 31st -5.5pp 15th 100% above peers
Temple, TX 20.9% 24th -3.3pp 16th 26% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 18th -2.4pp 17th 3% above peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 26th -2.7pp 18th 45% above peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 30th -3.3pp 19th 78% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 23rd -1.9pp 20th 16% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 14th -1.2pp 21st 6% below peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 27th -1.5pp 22nd 47% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 4th -0.3pp 23rd 67% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 22nd -1.0pp 24th 14% above peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 17th -0.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 26th 72% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 13th +2.2pp 27th 6% below peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 10th +3.2pp 28th 22% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 15th +4.4pp 29th 4% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 7th +2.4pp 30th 54% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 11th +5.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 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 →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 8.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.7% to 90.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 14.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.3% to 90.6%).
90.6%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 11% below peers
Springdale, AR 91.2% 20th +18.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 30th +12.7pp 3rd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 26th +11.8pp 4th 3% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 9th +12.4pp 5th 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 14th +10.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 16th +9.7pp 8th on par with peers
Temple, TX 90.6% 22nd +8.9pp 9th 1% below peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 23rd +8.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 28th +8.4pp 11th 5% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 18th +8.4pp 12th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 17th +7.2pp 13th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 21st +7.0pp 14th 1% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 24th +6.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 10th +6.6pp 16th 2% above peers
Merced, CA 94.3% 6th +6.6pp 17th 3% above peers
San Leandro, CA 93.5% 12th +6.4pp 18th 2% above peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 25th +6.1pp 19th 2% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 8th +5.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Manteca, CA 93.6% 11th +5.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 15th +5.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 19th +4.5pp 23rd 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 27th +4.2pp 24th 5% below peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 13th +3.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 4th +3.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 7th +3.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 2nd +3.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 3rd +2.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 1st +2.5pp 30th 6% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 5th +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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 (0.46 then, 0.45 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 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.45).
0.45
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 6th -0.036 1st 6% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 7th -0.024 2nd 5% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 19th -0.019 3rd 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 10th -0.013 4th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 0.45 14th -0.010 5th 1% below peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 1st -0.009 6th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 17th -0.010 7th on par with peers
Merced, CA 0.47 18th -0.008 8th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 9th 19% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 11th -0.001 10th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 23rd +0.000 11th 5% above peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 21st +0.002 12th 3% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 24th +0.002 13th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 2nd +0.003 14th 10% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 12th +0.005 15th 3% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 16th 15% above peers
Manteca, CA 0.41 3rd +0.008 17th 9% below peers
Troy, MI 0.42 5th +0.009 18th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 9th +0.009 19th 5% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 8th +0.011 20th 5% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 25th +0.012 21st 7% above peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 16th +0.012 22nd on par with peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 23rd 23% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 27th +0.019 24th 9% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 4th +0.018 25th 7% below peers
San Leandro, CA 0.45 13th +0.020 26th 1% below peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 22nd +0.027 27th 4% above peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 15th +0.027 28th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 20th +0.029 29th 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 26th +0.031 30th 8% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 31st 14% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (16.4% then, 14.2% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.5% to 14.2%).
14.2%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Springdale, AR 6.0% 6th -5.2pp 1st 47% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 1st -1.4pp 2nd 78% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 17th -4.4pp 3rd 2% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 8th -2.6pp 4th 36% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 20th -3.6pp 5th 16% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.8% 10th -2.0pp 6th 22% below peers
Temple, TX 14.2% 21st -2.3pp 7th 25% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 14th -1.5pp 8th 3% below peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 25th -2.0pp 9th 63% above peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 15th -1.0pp 10th 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 29th -0.1pp 11th 131% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 19th +0.1pp 12th 16% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 22nd +0.4pp 13th 28% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 12th +0.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 2nd +0.2pp 15th 61% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 5th +0.2pp 16th 48% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 11th +0.4pp 17th 21% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 26th +1.0pp 18th 66% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 19th 289% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 18th +1.2pp 20th 10% above peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 27th +2.5pp 21st 76% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 13th +1.4pp 22nd 3% below peers
Merced, CA 30.0% 30th +4.9pp 23rd 165% above peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 4th +0.9pp 24th 54% below peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 28th +3.6pp 25th 79% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 23rd +2.8pp 26th 29% above peers
San Leandro, CA 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 9th +2.5pp 28th 35% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 7th +3.2pp 29th 47% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 24th +9.4pp 30th 53% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 3rd +3.2pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $249,750 in June 2026, down from $256,944 a year earlier.
$249,750
2009June 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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%
Waukegan, IL $247,565 (Jun 26) 28th +7.0% 1st 48% below peers
Duluth, MN $303,635 (Jun 26) 24th +6.2% 2nd 36% below peers
Lawton, OK $142,204 (Jun 26) 31st +5.6% 3rd 70% below peers
Champaign, IL $241,516 (Jun 26) 29th +4.9% 4th 49% below peers
Springdale, AR $342,727 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.9% 5th 27% below peers
Danbury, CT $496,969 (Jun 26) 15th +3.8% 6th 5% above peers
Clifton, NJ $616,096 (Jun 26) 9th +3.6% 7th 30% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $197,471 (Jun 26) 30th +3.5% 8th 58% below peers
Nashua, NH $517,357 (Jun 26) 13th +3.3% 9th 10% above peers
Westminster, CA $1,104,016 (Jun 26) 5th +3.3% 10th 134% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,834,551 (Jun 26) 1st +3.0% 11th 288% above peers
Troy, MI $472,471 (Jun 26) 16th +2.6% 12th on par with peers
South Gate, CA $701,329 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 13th 48% above peers
Bloomington, MN $370,580 (Jun 26) 21st +2.3% 14th 22% below peers
Lawrence, MA $521,895 (Jun 26) 12th +2.2% 15th 10% above peers
Newton, MA $1,564,706 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 16th 231% above peers
Franklin, TN $928,567 (Jun 26) 6th +1.4% 17th 97% above peers
Bryan, TX $277,011 (Jun 26) 25th +0.9% 18th 41% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,698,037 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.8% 19th 259% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,224,499 (Jun 26) 4th +0.8% 20th 159% above peers
Ogden, UT $401,774 (Jun 26) 19th +0.6% 21st 15% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $589,611 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 22nd 25% above peers
Hemet, CA $445,921 (Jun 26) 17th -0.1% 23rd 6% below peers
Merced, CA $397,690 (Jun 26) 20th -1.5% 24th 16% below peers
Indio, CA $513,884 (Jun 26) 14th -1.5% 25th 9% above peers
Trenton, NJ $356,470 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.9% 26th 25% below peers
Temple, TX $249,750 (Jun 26) 27th -2.8% 27th 47% below peers
Germantown, MD $425,701 (Jun 26) 18th -2.8% 28th 10% below peers
San Leandro, CA $815,011 (Jun 26) 7th -3.1% 29th 72% above peers
Manteca, CA $585,227 (Jun 26) 11th -4.2% 30th 24% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,664 (Jun 26) 26th -5.0% 31st 42% below 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 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $168,706 in June 2026, down from $174,786 a year earlier.
$168,706
2009June 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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%
Waukegan, IL $199,539 (Jun 26) 25th +9.9% 1st 42% below peers
Duluth, MN $204,230 (Jun 26) 24th +8.0% 2nd 40% below peers
Champaign, IL $157,490 (Jun 26) 28th +6.8% 3rd 54% below peers
Lawton, OK $74,294 (Jun 26) 31st +5.6% 4th 78% below peers
Clifton, NJ $523,401 (Jun 26) 9th +5.2% 5th 53% above peers
Springdale, AR $263,332 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.0% 6th 23% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $114,649 (Jun 26) 30th +4.5% 7th 67% below peers
Westminster, CA $934,008 (Jun 26) 4th +3.7% 8th 173% above peers
Nashua, NH $387,942 (Jun 26) 13th +3.5% 9th 13% above peers
Newton, MA $990,781 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 10th 189% above peers
Danbury, CT $340,302 (Jun 26) 17th +3.5% 11th 1% below peers
Troy, MI $342,306 (Jun 26) 16th +3.3% 12th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA $379,426 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 13th 11% above peers
South Gate, CA $637,011 (Jun 26) 7th +3.0% 14th 86% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,225,066 (Jun 26) 1st +2.9% 15th 258% above peers
Bloomington, MN $272,110 (Jun 26) 21st +2.2% 16th 21% below peers
Franklin, TN $609,863 (Jun 26) 8th +2.1% 17th 78% above peers
Bryan, TX $189,999 (Jun 26) 26th +1.1% 18th 44% below peers
Ogden, UT $322,385 (Jun 26) 19th +1.0% 19th 6% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $409,850 (Jun 26) 11th +0.9% 20th 20% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $879,254 (Jun 26) 5th +0.2% 21st 157% above peers
Indio, CA $394,123 (Jun 26) 12th +0.0% 22nd 15% above peers
Merced, CA $324,862 (Jun 26) 18th -0.6% 23rd 5% below peers
Hemet, CA $345,970 (Jun 26) 15th -0.9% 24th 1% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $956,112 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.2% 25th 179% above peers
Trenton, NJ $208,402 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.5% 26th 39% below peers
San Leandro, CA $654,632 (Jun 26) 6th -2.9% 27th 91% above peers
Temple, TX $168,706 (Jun 26) 27th -3.5% 28th 51% below peers
Germantown, MD $311,886 (Jun 26) 20th -3.7% 29th 9% below peers
Manteca, CA $481,476 (Jun 26) 10th -4.0% 30th 41% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $124,254 (Jun 26) 29th -11.2% 31st 64% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (54.6% then, 52.3% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.5% to 52.3%).
52.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manteca, CA 72.4% 3rd +10.6pp 1st 30% above peers
Merced, CA 45.9% 24th +4.6pp 2nd 18% below peers
Springdale, AR 53.4% 19th +4.0pp 3rd 4% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 23rd +3.7pp 4th 10% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 8th +4.4pp 5th 15% above peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 11th +3.8pp 6th 12% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 5th +4.1pp 7th 20% above peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 12th +3.5pp 8th 10% above peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 25th +2.5pp 9th 19% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 20th +2.7pp 10th 4% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 11th 32% below peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 22nd +2.5pp 12th 9% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.1% 15th +2.2pp 13th 4% above peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 27th +1.2pp 14th 22% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 18th +1.4pp 15th 4% below peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 13th +1.6pp 16th 7% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 16th +1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 10th +0.9pp 18th 14% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 1st -0.0pp 19th 38% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 26th -0.1pp 20th 20% below peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 2nd -0.5pp 21st 31% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 14th -1.0pp 22nd 6% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 28th -0.8pp 23rd 29% below peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 7th -1.5pp 24th 18% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 4th -2.0pp 25th 25% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 26th 50% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 9th -2.6pp 27th 14% above peers
Temple, TX 52.3% 21st -2.3pp 28th 6% below peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 6th -3.5pp 29th 20% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 17th -4.3pp 30th 4% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,428 in June 2026, down from $1,434 a year earlier.
$1,428
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
South Gate, CA $2,002 (Jun 26) 17th +9.0% 1st 6% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $3,074 (Jun 26) 4th +7.7% 2nd 44% above peers
Indio, CA $2,616 (Jun 26) 8th +7.2% 3rd 23% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,410 (Jun 26) 28th +5.7% 4th 34% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,071 (Jun 26) 31st +5.2% 5th 50% below peers
Lawton, OK $1,086 (Jun 26) 30th +5.1% 6th 49% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,458 (Jun 26) 25th +3.9% 7th 32% below peers
San Leandro, CA $2,468 (Jun 26) 9th +3.6% 8th 16% above peers
Newton, MA $3,685 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 9th 73% above peers
Lawrence, MA $2,347 (Jun 26) 12th +3.1% 10th 10% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,967 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 11th 86% above peers
Clifton, NJ $2,668 (Jun 26) 5th +2.7% 12th 25% above peers
Nashua, NH $2,216 (Jun 26) 13th +2.7% 13th 4% above peers
Merced, CA $1,964 (Jun 26) 18th +2.3% 14th 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,648 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.3% 15th 23% below peers
Bloomington, MN $1,684 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.2% 16th 21% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,132 (Jun 26) 16th +2.2% 17th on par with peers
Westminster, CA $2,629 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 18th 23% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,139 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 19th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,517 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 20th 65% above peers
Springdale, AR $1,513 (Jun 26) 24th +1.4% 21st 29% below peers
Troy, MI $1,861 (Jun 26) 21st +1.3% 22nd 13% below peers
Danbury, CT $2,439 (Jun 26) 11th +1.1% 23rd 14% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,932 (Jun 26) 20th +1.1% 24th 9% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,440 (Jun 26) 10th +0.7% 25th 14% above peers
Bryan, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 27th +0.5% 26th 33% below peers
Manteca, CA $2,624 (Jun 26) 7th +0.5% 27th 23% above peers
Hemet, CA $1,939 (Jun 26) 19th +0.2% 28th 9% below peers
Ogden, UT $1,310 (Jun 26) 29th +0.1% 29th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD $2,137 (Jun 26) 15th +0.0% 30th on par with peers
Temple, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 26th -0.4% 31st 33% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.4% to 34.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.3% to 34.3%).
34.3%
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
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 12th -5.4pp 1st 10% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 6th -4.0pp 2nd 21% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 25th -5.8pp 3rd 19% above peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 4th 20% above peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 19th -3.4pp 5th 9% above peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 22nd -2.0pp 6th 12% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 26% below peers
Merced, CA 43.4% 24th -0.6pp 8th 14% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 26th -0.6pp 9th 19% above peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 28th -0.5pp 10th 23% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 11th -0.3pp 11th 11% below peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 2nd +0.2pp 12th 34% below peers
San Leandro, CA 41.7% 21st +0.4pp 13th 10% above peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 8th +0.4pp 14th 16% below peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 20th +0.8pp 15th 10% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 23rd +1.0pp 16th 12% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 17th 42% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 29th +1.4pp 18th 25% above peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 16th +1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 7th +1.0pp 20th 20% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 17th +1.3pp 21st 4% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 9th +1.3pp 22nd 14% below peers
Manteca, CA 40.8% 18th +1.7pp 23rd 7% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 14th +1.7pp 24th 6% below peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 4th +1.6pp 25th 24% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 26th 27% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 15th +2.8pp 27th 1% below peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 28th 45% below peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 10th +3.4pp 29th 12% below peers
Temple, TX 34.3% 13th +3.9pp 30th 10% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 5th +5.4pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 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 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.5% then, 6.7% now; margin ±1.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

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 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 6.7%).
6.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Springdale, AR 3.9% 4th -1.9pp 1st 50% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 19th -1.9pp 2nd 7% above peers
Manteca, CA 3.2% 3rd -0.7pp 3rd 60% below peers
Merced, CA 8.9% 22nd -1.8pp 4th 14% above peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 30th -3.9pp 5th 158% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 14th -1.0pp 6th 3% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 7th 240% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 27th -1.2pp 8th 29% above peers
Temple, TX 6.7% 10th -0.8pp 9th 15% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 10th 43% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 24th -0.6pp 11th 20% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 26th -0.5pp 12th 27% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 17th -0.3pp 13th 1% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 15th -0.3pp 14th 2% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 1st -0.0pp 15th 64% below peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 5th -0.0pp 16th 49% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 16th -0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 23rd -0.0pp 18th 15% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 21st +0.0pp 19th 13% above peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 2nd +0.0pp 20th 60% below peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 9th +0.2pp 21st 17% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 25th +0.4pp 22nd 26% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 8th +0.3pp 23rd 18% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 18th +0.5pp 24th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 28th +0.9pp 25th 46% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 13th +0.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 7th +0.6pp 27th 42% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 11th +0.9pp 28th 14% below peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 29th 112% above peers
San Leandro, CA 8.9% 20th +1.9pp 30th 13% above peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 12th +2.0pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.8% to 13.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.8% to 13.6%).
13.6%
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
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 14th -3.7pp 1st 10% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.1pp 2nd 58% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.6% 7th -1.5pp 3rd 39% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.9% 20th -3.1pp 4th 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 4th -1.0pp 5th 54% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.0% 15th -1.8pp 6th 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 18th -1.8pp 7th 8% above peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 10th -1.2pp 8th 27% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 23rd -2.3pp 9th 69% above peers
Lawton, OK 10.9% 21st -1.3pp 10th 45% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 29th -1.8pp 11th 121% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.6% 26th -1.4pp 12th 93% above peers
Bryan, TX 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 13th 117% above peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 12th -0.5pp 14th 17% below peers
Manteca, CA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 15th 45% below peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 13th -0.3pp 16th 17% below peers
San Leandro, CA 5.1% 8th -0.2pp 17th 32% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.4% 24th -0.0pp 18th 77% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.7% 27th -0.0pp 19th 107% above peers
Merced, CA 7.5% 16th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 2nd +0.0pp 21st 63% below peers
Trenton, NJ 17.2% 30th +0.2pp 22nd 128% above peers
Newton, MA 1.2% 1st +0.0pp 23rd 83% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.6% 22nd +0.5pp 24th 67% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.5% 11th +0.5pp 25th 26% below peers
Temple, TX 13.6% 25th +1.8pp 26th 81% above peers
Indio, CA 9.0% 19th +1.2pp 27th 19% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.3% 9th +0.8pp 28th 30% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.8% 31st +3.3pp 29th 175% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.5% 6th +0.9pp 30th 40% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 17th +1.9pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

38.7%
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%
San Leandro, CA 20.3% 1st 38% below peers
Newton, MA 20.4% 2nd 37% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 3rd 30% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 4th 29% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 5th 26% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 6th 23% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 7th 23% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 8th 23% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 9th 16% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 10th 15% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 11th 12% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 12th 11% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 13th 5% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 14th 3% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 15th 3% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Manteca, CA 33.9% 17th 4% above peers
Merced, CA 34.4% 18th 6% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 19th 8% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 20th 13% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 21st 14% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 22nd 15% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 23rd 15% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 24th 16% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 25th 17% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 26th 18% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 27th 18% above peers
Temple, TX 38.7% 28th 19% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 29th 22% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 31% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 31st 37% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.7% to 8.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.3% to 8.4%).
8.4%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Franklin, TN 1.6% 3rd -2.0pp 1st 62% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 20th -5.2pp 2nd 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 6th -2.0pp 3rd 47% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 5th -1.7pp 4th 50% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 4th -1.4pp 5th 58% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 17th -2.3pp 6th 6% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 16th -2.1pp 7th on par with peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 15th -1.0pp 8th 10% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 19th -1.2pp 9th 30% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 18th -0.9pp 10th 25% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 9th -0.4pp 11th 39% below peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 28th -1.2pp 12th 141% above peers
Manteca, CA 1.4% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 67% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 21st -0.3pp 14th 39% above peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 25th -0.2pp 15th 117% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 30th -0.3pp 16th 216% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 29th +0.2pp 17th 173% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 12th +0.3pp 18th 25% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 8th +0.3pp 19th 45% below peers
Merced, CA 3.4% 13th +0.5pp 20th 19% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +2.4pp 21st 227% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 7th +0.4pp 22nd 46% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 33% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 23rd +1.9pp 24th 90% above peers
San Leandro, CA 2.8% 11th +0.9pp 25th 33% below peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 14th +1.4pp 26th 15% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 27th +4.0pp 27th 139% above peers
Temple, TX 8.4% 24th +3.7pp 28th 103% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 1st +0.4pp 29th 79% below peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 26th +5.5pp 30th 137% above peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 22nd +5.1pp 31st 63% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 (28.9% then, 30.6% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.3% to 30.6%).
30.6%
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
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 28th +6.0pp 1st 45% below peers
Hemet, CA 15.5% 30th +4.4pp 2nd 49% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 29th +4.0pp 3rd 47% below peers
Manteca, CA 21.7% 24th +5.0pp 4th 29% below peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 19th +5.1pp 5th 15% below peers
Merced, CA 20.2% 27th +3.7pp 6th 34% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 25th +3.5pp 7th 31% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 31st +1.8pp 8th 63% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 26th +3.3pp 9th 33% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 21st +3.9pp 10th 21% below peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 11th +6.1pp 11th 44% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 9th +6.1pp 12th 56% above peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 12th +5.1pp 13th 35% above peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 17th +3.5pp 14th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 10th +4.2pp 15th 51% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 22nd +2.0pp 16th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 13th +2.9pp 17th 16% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 18th +2.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 14th +2.2pp 19th 11% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 3rd +4.0pp 20th 112% above peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 5th +3.2pp 21st 73% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 6th +3.0pp 22nd 70% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 23rd +1.3pp 23rd 26% below peers
Temple, TX 30.6% 16th +1.7pp 24th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 7th +2.7pp 25th 70% above peers
San Leandro, CA 33.3% 15th +1.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 4th +3.0pp 27th 111% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 28th 131% above peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 29th 166% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 8th +0.3pp 30th 65% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 20th -1.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.5% then, 40.2% now; margin ±9.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.7% to 40.2%).
40.2%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 43.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 6th +23.0pp 1st 37% above peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 10th +14.2pp 2nd 25% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 4th +17.0pp 3rd 49% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 23rd +6.9pp 4th 15% below peers
Temple, TX 40.2% 19th +5.7pp 5th 8% below peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 11th +4.6pp 6th 24% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 5th +4.5pp 7th 41% above peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 17th +1.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 18th +0.9pp 9th 3% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 7th +1.0pp 10th 33% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 12th -0.2pp 11th 17% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 16th -1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 3rd -4.4pp 13th 54% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 1st -5.0pp 14th 65% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 28th -5.2pp 15th 33% below peers
San Leandro, CA 50.6% 14th -10.0pp 16th 16% above peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 22nd -7.4pp 17th 14% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 2nd -13.5pp 18th 54% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 8th -13.3pp 19th 29% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 13th -13.1pp 20th 16% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 9th -14.6pp 21st 27% above peers
Manteca, CA 31.2% 27th -12.5pp 22nd 28% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 26th -13.1pp 23rd 27% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 21st -19.0pp 24th 11% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 30th -11.4pp 25th 48% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 29th -15.0pp 26th 34% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 20th -20.5pp 27th 10% below peers
Merced, CA 36.2% 24th -19.4pp 28th 17% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 15th -25.8pp 29th 1% above peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 31st -16.3pp 30th 51% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 25th -29.0pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±6.9pp 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 (3.9% then, 6.5% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 6.5%).
6.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 2nd -1.5pp 1st 86% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 5th -3.1pp 2nd 63% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 91% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 16th -5.8pp 4th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 4th -1.9pp 5th 66% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 25th -4.0pp 6th 45% above peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 10th -0.4pp 7th 32% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 6th +0.2pp 8th 48% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 15th +0.4pp 9th 8% below peers
Manteca, CA 8.0% 17th +0.4pp 10th 2% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 3rd +0.1pp 11th 67% below peers
Merced, CA 11.9% 26th +0.8pp 12th 51% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 19th +0.6pp 13th 15% above peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 21st +1.0pp 14th 19% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 15th 74% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 29th +3.0pp 16th 73% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 18th +2.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 8th +1.4pp 18th 39% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 20th +2.9pp 19th 16% above peers
Temple, TX 6.5% 14th +2.6pp 20th 18% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 9th +2.1pp 21st 35% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 24th +4.9pp 22nd 40% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 7th +2.0pp 23rd 45% below peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 12th +2.7pp 24th 25% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 27th +5.7pp 25th 54% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 22nd +5.0pp 26th 31% above peers
San Leandro, CA 10.9% 23rd +5.9pp 27th 39% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 11th +3.3pp 28th 27% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 13th +3.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 30th 62% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 98% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 20% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74,762 to 89,602 - more than the combined survey margin (±95). 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 30% from 2014 to 2024 (68,877 to 89,602).
89,602
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Temple, TX 89,602 14th +20% 1st 1% above peers
Manteca, CA 89,043 18th +13% 2nd on par with peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 30th +12% 3rd 2% below peers
Merced, CA 91,953 2nd +11% 4th 3% above peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 20th +11% 5th on par with peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 22nd +11% 6th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 23rd +10% 7th 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 10th +8% 8th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 5th +8% 9th 3% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 19th +6% 10th on par with peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 15th +5% 11th on par with peers
Troy, MI 87,898 25th +5% 12th 1% below peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 24th +5% 13th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 21st +4% 14th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 29th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 6th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Indio, CA 91,950 3rd +3% 17th 3% above peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 11th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 13th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 16th +2% 20th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 31st +1% 21st 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 28th +1% 22nd 2% below peers
Newton, MA 89,044 17th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 8th +0% 24th 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 7th -0% 25th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 12th -1% 26th 1% above peers
San Leandro, CA 87,826 26th -2% 27th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 4th -3% 28th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 1st -4% 29th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 9th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 27th -4% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±82 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.8% then, 26.6% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.1% to 26.6%).
26.6%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 24.1% -1.2pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Indio, CA 24.8% 7th +2.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 20th +1.1pp 2nd 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 3rd +1.3pp 3rd 23% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 27th +0.8pp 4th 22% below peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 19th +0.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Merced, CA 29.9% 1st +0.4pp 6th 32% above peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 21st +0.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 5th +0.0pp 8th 16% above peers
Temple, TX 26.6% 4th -0.2pp 9th 18% above peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 28th -0.2pp 10th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 22nd -0.2pp 11th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 8th -0.4pp 12th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 26th -0.3pp 13th 21% below peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 23rd -0.5pp 14th 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 12th -0.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 2nd -0.9pp 16th 31% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 30th -0.6pp 17th 30% below peers
Manteca, CA 25.2% 6th -1.0pp 18th 11% above peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 17th -0.9pp 19th 9% below peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 24th -0.8pp 20th 18% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 9th -1.2pp 21st 4% above peers
San Leandro, CA 18.1% 25th -1.0pp 22nd 20% below peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 18th -1.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 10th -1.5pp 24th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 13th -2.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 11th -3.1pp 27th 2% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 15th -3.6pp 28th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 29th -2.9pp 29th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 16th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 14th -5.4pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.1% then, 34.6% now; margin ±7.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.3% to 34.6%).
34.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 10th +6.8pp 1st 18% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 23rd +4.4pp 2nd 20% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 8th +6.6pp 3rd 20% above peers
Manteca, CA 30.9% 18th +4.9pp 4th 5% below peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 4th +6.7pp 5th 45% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 5th +5.1pp 6th 42% above peers
Merced, CA 48.8% 3rd +3.9pp 7th 50% above peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 8th 97% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 2nd +3.5pp 9th 91% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 29th +0.6pp 10th 65% below peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 12th +1.7pp 11th 14% above peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 20th +0.8pp 12th 7% below peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 6th +0.7pp 13th 24% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 15th +0.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Temple, TX 34.6% 13th +0.5pp 15th 6% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 14th +0.1pp 16th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 26th -0.1pp 17th 29% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 24th -0.2pp 18th 24% below peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 19th -1.5pp 19th 7% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 9th -2.8pp 20th 19% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 11th -4.0pp 21st 14% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 17th -4.0pp 22nd 3% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 16th -4.7pp 23rd on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 23.6% 25th -3.9pp 24th 27% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 7th -7.2pp 25th 21% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 22nd -5.4pp 26th 14% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 21st -6.8pp 27th 10% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 28th -2.9pp 28th 63% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 29th 68% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 27th -7.6pp 30th 38% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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6 of 20 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 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.1% then, 61.5% now; margin ±11.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.0% to 61.5%).
61.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 25% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 20% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 9th +14.0pp 3rd 7% above peers
Merced, CA 64.6% 22nd +10.6pp 4th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 16th +10.8pp 5th on par with peers
Manteca, CA 59.7% 29th +5.8pp 6th 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 28th +5.0pp 7th 12% below peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 5th +6.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 15th +5.1pp 9th 1% above peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 10th 16% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 17th +4.4pp 11th on par with peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 31st +3.6pp 12th 16% below peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 25th +3.6pp 13th 7% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 8th +3.5pp 14th 8% above peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 21st +2.9pp 15th 5% below peers
Temple, TX 61.5% 27th +2.4pp 16th 11% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 20th +2.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 7th +2.7pp 18th 9% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 11th +1.8pp 19th 6% above peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 24th +1.3pp 20th 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 12th +1.2pp 21st 3% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 19th +0.7pp 22nd 4% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 23rd 13% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 13th -1.6pp 24th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 26th -1.8pp 25th 10% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 14th -3.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 18th -3.4pp 27th 1% below peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 10th -4.4pp 28th 6% above peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 6th -5.0pp 29th 9% above peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 23rd -5.4pp 30th 7% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.5% 30th -14.5pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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6 of 20 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 ±8.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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