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121,002 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where The Woodlands, TX shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$140,701
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
$122,634 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
97.2%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
95.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.5%
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
4.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
3.6%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
4.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
2.5%
2019-23
▼ 12%
relative change
2.9% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
25.4%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
26.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
66.1%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
63.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
72.5%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
70.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.0%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.7%
2020-24
▲ 368%
relative change
1.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where The Woodlands, TX shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
41.0%
2020-24
▼ 43%
relative change
72.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.49
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.49 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
57.6%
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
44.6% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Population
121,002
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
113,819 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
27.9%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
27.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
9.9%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
11.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 15% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $122,634 to $140,701 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$12,095). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

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 30% from 2014 to 2024 ($108,635 to $140,701).
$140,701
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%
Wilmington, NC $66,738 22nd +40% 1st 19% below peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 5th +39% 2nd 43% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 26th +38% 3rd 23% below peers
Lowell, MA $78,658 18th +38% 4th 4% below peers
High Point, NC $64,561 24th +37% 5th 21% below peers
Clearwater, FL $66,381 23rd +36% 6th 19% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 20th +35% 7th 11% below peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 25th +35% 8th 22% below peers
West Jordan, UT $108,153 7th +34% 9th 32% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 21st +33% 10th 17% below peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 17th +30% 11th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 13th +30% 12th 10% above peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 13th 44% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 10th +27% 14th 21% above peers
Antioch, CA $97,465 12th +27% 15th 19% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 3rd +27% 16th 59% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 8th +26% 17th 31% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 16th +25% 18th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 19th 65% above peers
Billings, MT $73,712 19th +24% 20th 10% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 4th +23% 21st 48% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 14th +22% 22nd 9% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 23rd 32% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 27th +21% 24th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 9th +21% 25th 24% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 28th +19% 26th 27% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 15th +19% 27th 6% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 29th +19% 28th 31% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 29th 71% above peers
Richardson, TX $98,111 11th +15% 30th 19% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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13 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$9,490 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 5.5% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.8% to 5.5%).
5.5%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 13.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 12.0%
North Charleston, SC 14.0% 20th -5.9pp 1st 21% above peers
Wilmington, NC 15.5% 24th -5.8pp 2nd 34% above peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 5th -2.5pp 3rd 32% below peers
Lakeland, FL 12.3% 18th -3.4pp 4th 6% above peers
Antioch, CA 11.3% 15th -2.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.6% 16th -2.3pp 6th on par with peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 6th -1.5pp 7th 29% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 7th -1.6pp 8th 28% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 19th -2.4pp 9th 18% above peers
High Point, NC 14.6% 22nd -2.5pp 10th 26% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.2% 10th -1.4pp 11th 20% below peers
Lowell, MA 16.2% 27th -1.9pp 12th 40% above peers
Berkeley, CA 15.5% 25th -1.7pp 13th 34% above peers
West Jordan, UT 6.0% 3rd -0.5pp 14th 48% below peers
Hartford, CT 24.7% 30th -1.9pp 15th 113% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.0% 28th -1.0pp 16th 55% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.6% 21st -0.7pp 17th 26% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 18th 122% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 17th -0.4pp 19th 4% above peers
Billings, MT 9.6% 11th -0.1pp 20th 17% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 2nd +0.0pp 21st 50% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 4th +0.0pp 22nd 45% below peers
Cambridge, MA 11.0% 13th +0.0pp 23rd 5% below peers
Independence, MO 15.6% 26th +0.7pp 24th 35% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.1% 14th +0.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 21.7% 29th +1.6pp 26th 87% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 31% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.7% 8th +0.8pp 28th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.1% 12th +1.6pp 29th 13% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 1st +1.3pp 30th 52% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 9th +3.7pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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13 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better 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 (4.5% then, 3.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.6% to 3.5%).
3.6%
20132024
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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 18.7% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 25th -13.7pp 1st 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 7th -5.0pp 2nd 48% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 23rd -11.1pp 3rd 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 8th -4.7pp 4th 46% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 5th 51% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 15th -5.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 22nd -5.8pp 7th 18% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 16th -4.6pp 8th on par with peers
Antioch, CA 16.3% 19th -5.0pp 9th 9% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 27th -6.5pp 10th 49% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 9th -2.5pp 11th 36% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 1st -0.9pp 12th 76% below peers
High Point, NC 22.8% 28th -4.9pp 13th 52% above peers
West Jordan, UT 7.1% 3rd -1.4pp 14th 53% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 2nd -1.1pp 15th 59% below peers
Clearwater, FL 20.0% 24th -3.5pp 16th 33% above peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 30th -3.1pp 17th 64% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.8% 26th -2.6pp 18th 45% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 11th -1.1pp 19th 29% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 29th -1.3pp 20th 59% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 21st 137% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 18th -0.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 23rd 53% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 12th -0.2pp 24th 28% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 21st -0.2pp 25th 18% above peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 14th +1.9pp 26th 9% below peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 17th +2.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 6th +1.9pp 28th 49% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 20th +4.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 13th +3.4pp 30th 12% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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13 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 95.7% to 97.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 4.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (92.6% to 97.2%).
97.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 91.4% +9.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 24th +19.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 27th +18.4pp 2nd 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 26th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 30th +14.7pp 4th 7% below peers
Lowell, MA 87.4% 28th +11.8pp 5th 6% below peers
High Point, NC 91.0% 22nd +9.5pp 6th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 23rd +9.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 21st +9.0pp 8th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 25th +8.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 19th +7.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Clearwater, FL 87.3% 29th +6.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 16th +7.0pp 12th on par with peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 20th +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Antioch, CA 96.0% 4th +7.0pp 14th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 5th +6.5pp 15th 2% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 3rd +6.3pp 16th 3% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 9th +5.9pp 17th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 12th +5.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 18th +4.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 6th +4.5pp 20th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 15th +3.7pp 21st on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 8th +3.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
West Jordan, UT 96.3% 2nd +3.1pp 23rd 3% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 11th +2.8pp 24th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 10th +2.7pp 25th 1% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 14th +2.5pp 26th on par with peers
Richardson, TX 95.0% 7th +2.0pp 27th 2% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 13th +1.2pp 29th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 17th +0.9pp 30th 1% below peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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13 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.49 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.02). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.49).
0.49
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lakeland, FL 0.47 20th -0.020 1st 3% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 13th -0.018 2nd 2% below peers
Lowell, MA 0.45 14th -0.013 3rd 1% below peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 26th -0.012 4th 13% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 9th -0.007 5th 4% below peers
West Jordan, UT 0.35 1st -0.005 6th 24% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 7th 19% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 22nd +0.000 8th 8% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 23rd +0.002 9th 9% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 28th +0.002 10th 15% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 2nd +0.002 11th 10% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 25th +0.002 12th 11% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 3rd +0.002 13th 9% below peers
High Point, NC 0.47 21st +0.004 14th 4% above peers
Billings, MT 0.46 19th +0.008 15th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 17th +0.009 16th 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 8th +0.009 17th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 27th +0.011 18th 14% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 30th +0.012 19th 18% above peers
Clearwater, FL 0.50 24th +0.012 20th 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 10th +0.011 21st 4% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 22nd 1% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 5th +0.011 23rd 6% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 24th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 25th 15% above peers
Concord, CA 0.43 6th +0.014 26th 5% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 18th +0.016 27th 2% above peers
Antioch, CA 0.43 4th +0.015 28th 6% below peers
Richardson, TX 0.45 16th +0.020 29th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 12th +0.030 30th 3% below peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 7th +0.035 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping 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 (2.9% then, 2.5% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 0.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (2.2% to 2.5%).
2.5%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 11.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 17th -5.4pp 1st 2% above peers
West Jordan, UT 4.4% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 59% below peers
Richardson, TX 3.5% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 68% below peers
Clearwater, FL 10.7% 16th -2.8pp 4th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 10th -1.3pp 5th 29% below peers
High Point, NC 17.6% 29th -2.7pp 6th 65% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 26th -1.9pp 7th 30% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 8th 76% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 22nd -1.3pp 9th 12% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 10th 241% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 11th 54% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 8th -0.3pp 12th 46% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 15th -0.5pp 13th 9% below peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 11th -0.4pp 14th 25% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 20th -0.6pp 15th 9% above peers
Antioch, CA 13.5% 25th -0.7pp 16th 26% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 28th -0.5pp 17th 36% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 21st -0.3pp 18th 11% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 14th -0.2pp 19th 17% below peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 18th -0.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 27th +0.6pp 21st 34% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 24th +0.9pp 22nd 24% above peers
Lowell, MA 25.3% 30th +2.1pp 23rd 136% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 7th +0.5pp 24th 51% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 5th +0.6pp 25th 55% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 19th +1.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 13th +1.4pp 27th 20% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 23rd +2.1pp 28th 13% above peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 9th +2.0pp 29th 37% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 4th +1.5pp 30th 59% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 12th +3.7pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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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 (70.6% then, 72.5% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 72.5%).
72.5%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 62.6% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 24th +5.0pp 1st 15% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 2nd 56% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 25th +3.1pp 3rd 19% below peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 20th +3.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 5th 37% above peers
High Point, NC 57.8% 17th +3.1pp 6th 1% below peers
Antioch, CA 63.6% 11th +3.4pp 7th 9% above peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 15th +2.7pp 8th 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 23rd +1.7pp 9th 14% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 13th +2.0pp 10th 5% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 18th +1.9pp 11th 2% below peers
West Jordan, UT 77.2% 2nd +2.4pp 12th 32% above peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 8th +1.9pp 13th 12% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 12th +1.7pp 14th 5% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 10th +1.8pp 15th 11% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 27th +1.2pp 16th 25% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 5th +2.0pp 17th 24% above peers
Lowell, MA 43.2% 28th +0.9pp 18th 26% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 3rd +1.2pp 19th 29% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 19th +0.8pp 20th 4% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 21st 21% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 4th +0.7pp 22nd 24% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 26th +0.3pp 23rd 22% below peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 14th +0.2pp 24th 4% above peers
Clearwater, FL 58.6% 16th +0.1pp 25th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 6th -1.6pp 26th 23% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 27th 43% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 9th -2.7pp 28th 11% above peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 29th -2.3pp 29th 40% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 21st -3.5pp 30th 9% below peers
Richardson, TX 50.7% 22nd -7.9pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.1% then, 25.4% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.1% to 25.4%).
25.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.1% +2.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
High Point, NC 32.5% 9th -3.6pp 1st 14% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 19th -1.7pp 2nd 6% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 33% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 22nd -0.9pp 4th 10% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 6th -0.4pp 5th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 18th -0.5pp 6th 5% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 8th -0.2pp 7th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 17th -0.1pp 8th 1% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 15th +0.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 24th +0.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 11th +0.4pp 11th 10% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 7th +0.4pp 12th 23% below peers
Antioch, CA 45.0% 27th +0.9pp 13th 18% above peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 5th +0.6pp 14th 26% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 29th +1.3pp 15th 21% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 14th +1.1pp 16th 9% below peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 21st +1.7pp 17th 9% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 18th 43% above peers
Lowell, MA 44.2% 26th +2.5pp 19th 16% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 28th +2.7pp 20th 20% above peers
West Jordan, UT 27.3% 4th +1.9pp 21st 28% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 10th +2.4pp 22nd 12% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 16th +2.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 24th 35% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 25th 31% above peers
Clearwater, FL 44.0% 25th +3.8pp 26th 16% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 20th +4.0pp 27th 9% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 3rd +2.8pp 28th 29% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 12th +4.5pp 29th 10% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 23rd +6.0pp 30th 13% above peers
Richardson, TX 34.2% 13th +5.0pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.6% then, 4.0% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.2% to 4.0%).
4.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 17th -2.4pp 1st 8% above peers
Clearwater, FL 8.9% 24th -2.3pp 2nd 33% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.6pp 3rd 58% below peers
Lowell, MA 13.8% 28th -2.9pp 4th 106% above peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 11th -0.9pp 5th 24% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 22nd -1.3pp 6th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 20th -1.2pp 7th 19% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 18th -0.7pp 8th 11% above peers
Antioch, CA 5.2% 12th -0.5pp 9th 22% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 1st -0.2pp 10th 64% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 5th -0.3pp 11th 41% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 25th -0.6pp 12th 39% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 8th -0.3pp 13th 35% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 16th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 15th 40% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 10th -0.1pp 16th 28% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 14th -0.0pp 17th 9% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 27th -0.1pp 18th 91% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 19th 358% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 20th 396% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 4th +0.1pp 21st 50% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 22nd 210% above peers
High Point, NC 7.7% 19th +0.4pp 23rd 15% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 26th +0.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 23rd +0.8pp 25th 25% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 7th +0.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 21st +1.2pp 27th 22% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 15th +1.1pp 28th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 9th +0.9pp 29th 32% below peers
Richardson, TX 5.5% 13th +1.5pp 30th 17% below peers
West Jordan, UT 2.7% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.4% then, 6.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 6.9%).
6.9%
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
West Jordan, UT 7.9% 15th -2.2pp 1st 1% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.1% 6th -0.9pp 2nd 49% below peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 79% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.7% 29th -2.2pp 4th 84% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 4th -0.6pp 5th 52% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 7th -0.6pp 6th 45% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 5th -0.4pp 7th 52% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 31st -1.0pp 8th 87% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 8th -0.3pp 9th 43% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.2% 25th -0.6pp 10th 40% above peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 11th 65% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 11th -0.3pp 12th 24% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 67% below peers
High Point, NC 10.6% 23rd -0.1pp 14th 32% above peers
Richardson, TX 13.2% 28th -0.1pp 15th 64% above peers
Brandon, FL 12.2% 26th -0.1pp 16th 52% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 18th +0.2pp 17th 22% above peers
Antioch, CA 6.4% 12th +0.1pp 18th 20% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 9th +0.1pp 19th 39% below peers
Wilmington, NC 10.8% 24th +0.6pp 20th 36% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.5% 22nd +0.6pp 21st 31% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 17th +0.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 14th +0.4pp 23rd 14% below peers
Independence, MO 12.4% 27th +1.0pp 24th 56% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.9% 30th +1.3pp 25th 86% above peers
Billings, MT 8.0% 16th +1.1pp 26th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 10.4% 21st +1.5pp 27th 30% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.1% 20th +1.5pp 28th 27% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.9% 19th +1.9pp 29th 24% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.7% 10th +1.3pp 30th 29% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 13th +1.5pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

30.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 37% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 27% below peers
Lowell, MA 26.2% 4th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 5th 22% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 6th 19% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 7th 16% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 12% below peers
Richardson, TX 29.7% 9th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 10th 10% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 11th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 12th 4% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
West Jordan, UT 32.6% 14th 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 15th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 16th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 33.5% 17th on par with peers
Antioch, CA 33.5% 18th on par with peers
High Point, NC 33.6% 19th on par with peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 20th 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 21st 1% above peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 22nd 3% above peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 23rd 5% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 24th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 25th 7% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 26th 7% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 27th 9% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 19% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 22% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 23% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.7% then, 5.0% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 5.0%).
5.0%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 12.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Richardson, TX 8.2% 28th -4.5pp 1st 54% above peers
Clovis, CA 2.0% 3rd -0.6pp 2nd 62% below peers
Lowell, MA 1.3% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 76% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 20th -1.5pp 4th 10% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 6th -0.6pp 5th 49% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 23rd -1.2pp 6th 24% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 22nd -1.1pp 7th 20% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 15th -0.8pp 8th 7% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.7% 24th -0.8pp 9th 26% above peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 7th -0.2pp 10th 46% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 14th -0.1pp 11th 9% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 29th +0.5pp 12th 91% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 66% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 26th +0.7pp 14th 46% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 4th +0.2pp 15th 57% below peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 18th +0.8pp 16th 6% above peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 21st +1.0pp 17th 16% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 31st +2.1pp 18th 129% above peers
High Point, NC 4.6% 13th +1.1pp 19th 12% below peers
Antioch, CA 4.2% 12th +1.3pp 20th 22% below peers
Clearwater, FL 11.4% 30th +3.9pp 21st 116% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 16th +1.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 23rd 22% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 19th +2.6pp 24th 6% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 27th +3.8pp 25th 47% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 9th +1.8pp 26th 31% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 17th +2.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 10th +2.1pp 28th 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 5th +1.4pp 29th 54% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 8th +1.6pp 30th 46% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 25th +4.3pp 31st 38% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.8% then, 66.1% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.7% to 66.1%).
66.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 33.8% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 7th +10.4pp 1st 41% above peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 26th +5.8pp 2nd 22% below peers
Lowell, MA 30.0% 21st +5.9pp 3rd 18% below peers
West Jordan, UT 29.1% 23rd +4.1pp 4th 20% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 13th +5.5pp 5th 7% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 31st +2.5pp 6th 47% below peers
Antioch, CA 23.9% 28th +3.0pp 7th 35% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 12th +4.8pp 8th 7% above peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 22nd +3.5pp 9th 20% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 10th +5.3pp 10th 28% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 16th +4.0pp 11th on par with peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 29th +2.3pp 12th 40% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 25th +3.0pp 13th 21% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 30th +2.0pp 14th 46% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 9th +4.2pp 15th 39% above peers
High Point, NC 34.0% 18th +2.7pp 16th 7% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 17th +2.5pp 17th 2% below peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 11th +2.9pp 18th 12% above peers
Clearwater, FL 32.6% 20th +2.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Richardson, TX 57.0% 5th +3.8pp 20th 56% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 19th +2.0pp 21st 8% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 15th +1.8pp 22nd 1% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 4th +2.3pp 23rd 81% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 14th +1.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 25th 113% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 26th 121% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 27th 105% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 24th +0.4pp 28th 21% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 8th +0.6pp 29th 40% above peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 6th -2.1pp 30th 54% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 27th -1.6pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 31.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 72.0% to 41.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.5pp). 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; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 30.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.5% to 41.0%).
41.0%
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%
High Point, NC 45.6% 13th +9.4pp 1st 4% above peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 14th +8.8pp 2nd 4% above peers
Clearwater, FL 55.3% 6th +10.3pp 3rd 27% above peers
Antioch, CA 43.7% 16th +7.8pp 4th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 12th +7.6pp 5th 16% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 20th +5.0pp 6th 4% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 17th +4.6pp 7th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 11th +2.0pp 8th 17% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 9th 79% above peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 8th +1.8pp 10th 19% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 11th 43% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 25th +0.4pp 12th 13% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 27th +0.0pp 13th 16% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 5th -1.4pp 14th 27% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 15th 79% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 7th -4.7pp 16th 22% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 15th -4.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 3rd -8.2pp 18th 47% above peers
Richardson, TX 51.4% 9th -6.7pp 19th 18% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 23rd -6.6pp 20th 11% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 31st -5.4pp 21st 33% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 21st -8.1pp 22nd 5% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 18th -8.8pp 23rd 2% below peers
West Jordan, UT 38.4% 24th -8.5pp 24th 12% below peers
Lowell, MA 37.9% 26th -9.6pp 25th 13% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 30th -9.7pp 26th 30% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 29th -10.7pp 27th 24% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 10th -18.7pp 28th 17% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 19th -16.1pp 29th 2% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 28th -20.4pp 30th 22% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 22nd -31.0pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.2% then, 5.7% now; margin ±6.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.6% to 5.7%).
5.7%
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 8.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 12th -4.3pp 2nd 14% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.2% 8th -2.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Richardson, TX 1.8% 4th -0.9pp 4th 71% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 14th -2.6pp 5th 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 17th -2.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 18th -2.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 74% below peers
High Point, NC 5.1% 10th -1.7pp 9th 17% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 15th -2.0pp 10th 1% below peers
Clearwater, FL 7.5% 23rd -2.1pp 11th 20% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 7th -0.7pp 12th 40% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 29th -1.5pp 13th 48% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 21st -0.8pp 14th 13% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 5th -0.2pp 15th 60% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 9th -0.1pp 16th 27% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.6% 19th -0.0pp 17th 6% above peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 26th +0.1pp 18th 39% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 30th +0.4pp 19th 48% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 16th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 28th +1.6pp 21st 46% above peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 11th +1.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 20th +2.0pp 23rd 12% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 25th +2.3pp 24th 26% above peers
Antioch, CA 7.7% 24th +2.9pp 25th 24% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 27th +3.8pp 26th 43% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 27th 79% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 22nd +3.4pp 28th 19% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 29th 119% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 6th +2.4pp 30th 44% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 13th +4.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 113,819 to 121,002 - more than the combined survey margin (±6,361). 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 18% from 2014 to 2024 (102,911 to 121,002).
121,002
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 4th +14% 1st 3% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 10th +11% 2nd 1% above peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 20th +11% 3rd 1% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 5th +10% 4th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 119,434 23rd +9% 5th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 27th +9% 6th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 19th +8% 7th 1% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 21st +8% 8th 1% below peers
Lowell, MA 118,368 26th +6% 9th 2% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 15th +6% 10th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 9th +6% 11th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 17th +5% 12th on par with peers
Antioch, CA 116,477 30th +5% 13th 4% below peers
High Point, NC 116,245 31st +4% 14th 4% below peers
Independence, MO 121,740 12th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 22nd +3% 16th 1% below peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 8th +3% 17th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 6th +2% 18th 3% above peers
West Jordan, UT 116,692 29th +2% 19th 3% below peers
Richardson, TX 118,731 25th +2% 20th 2% below peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 24th +2% 21st 2% below peers
Clearwater, FL 117,247 28th +2% 22nd 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 11th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 16th +1% 24th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 2nd -0% 25th 4% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 1st -0% 26th 4% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 18th -1% 27th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 14th -2% 28th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 3rd -2% 29th 4% above peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 13th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Concord, CA 124,035 7th -4% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±5,235 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 (27.5% then, 27.9% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.8% to 27.9%).
27.9%
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
College Station, TX 16.9% 27th +0.6pp 1st 20% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 15th +0.7pp 2nd 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 1st +0.9pp 3rd 35% above peers
Brandon, FL 21.2% 16th +0.6pp 4th on par with peers
Lowell, MA 21.7% 14th +0.5pp 5th 2% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 2nd +0.4pp 6th 32% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 7th 40% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 8th 42% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 17th -0.0pp 9th 1% below peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 7th -0.2pp 10th 8% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 24th -0.3pp 11th 10% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 4th -0.5pp 12th 20% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 10th -0.5pp 13th 6% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 14th 41% below peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 6th -0.7pp 15th 10% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 19th -0.7pp 16th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 9th -0.8pp 17th 7% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 25th -0.7pp 18th 16% below peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 12th -1.0pp 19th 4% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 5th -1.3pp 20th 14% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 20th -1.1pp 21st 6% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 21st -1.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 23rd 22% below peers
Antioch, CA 22.8% 8th -2.1pp 24th 8% above peers
Clearwater, FL 16.9% 26th -1.6pp 25th 20% below peers
High Point, NC 22.0% 11th -2.1pp 26th 4% above peers
Richardson, TX 20.2% 18th -2.0pp 27th 5% below peers
West Jordan, UT 27.7% 3rd -2.8pp 28th 31% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 22nd -2.1pp 29th 8% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 23rd -2.1pp 30th 8% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 13th -2.7pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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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 (11.0% then, 9.9% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.9% to 9.9%).
9.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Texas ref 29.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
College Station, TX 28.5% 17th +6.8pp 1st 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 21.4% 25th +4.7pp 2nd 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 2nd +11.6pp 3rd 87% above peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 7th +6.3pp 4th 39% above peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 16th +1.8pp 5th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 27th +0.4pp 6th 32% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 20th +0.4pp 7th 16% below peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 9th +0.5pp 8th 36% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 12th +0.4pp 9th 22% above peers
Lowell, MA 46.8% 3rd +0.1pp 10th 59% above peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 10th -0.5pp 11th 28% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 26th -0.4pp 12th 31% below peers
Clearwater, FL 41.9% 6th -0.8pp 13th 42% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 28th -0.4pp 14th 35% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 4th -0.9pp 15th 45% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 8th -1.0pp 16th 37% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 22nd -1.3pp 17th 24% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 19th -2.1pp 18th 7% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 19th 66% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 20th 110% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 5th -4.7pp 21st 44% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 23rd -2.4pp 22nd 27% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 23rd 52% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 18th -3.7pp 24th 4% below peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 24th -2.8pp 25th 27% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 11th -5.5pp 26th 25% above peers
Richardson, TX 23.0% 21st -3.5pp 27th 22% below peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 29th -3.8pp 28th 35% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 13th -7.4pp 29th 20% above peers
High Point, NC 33.9% 14th -8.6pp 30th 15% above peers
Antioch, CA 32.9% 15th -8.6pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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13 of 22 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 ±1.7pp 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 rose 13.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.6% to 57.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.3pp). 3 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; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 16.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.7% to 57.6%).
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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 63.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 9th +18.0pp 1st 4% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 31st +13.0pp 2nd 18% below peers
West Jordan, UT 70.4% 14th +12.4pp 3rd 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 7th +9.8pp 4th 7% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 4th +9.7pp 5th 9% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 13th +9.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Richardson, TX 64.3% 28th +8.0pp 7th 8% below peers
Clearwater, FL 71.7% 11th +7.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 1st +7.4pp 9th 11% above peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 3rd +4.8pp 10th 10% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 20th +4.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Antioch, CA 70.3% 15th +3.7pp 12th 1% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 24th +3.3pp 13th 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 8th +3.4pp 14th 6% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 21st +3.0pp 15th 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 19th +2.6pp 16th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 23rd +1.9pp 17th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 27th +1.6pp 18th 7% below peers
High Point, NC 69.2% 17th +1.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 25th +1.3pp 20th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 21st 10% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 22nd 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 12th +1.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 6th +0.2pp 24th 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 5th +0.0pp 25th 9% above peers
Lowell, MA 72.2% 10th -0.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 26th -2.2pp 27th 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 16th -3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 30th -3.7pp 29th 16% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 22nd -5.9pp 30th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 29th -5.7pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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13 of 22 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 ±11.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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