DataWorks Commons
Orem, UT
← All cities

Orem, UT

See all data for this place → See Orem on Skyline →
95,214 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Orem, UT shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
2026
▼ 100%
relative change
1 in 2021
Dropping fast  
Learn more ↓
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.9%
2019-23
▼ 32%
relative change
7.3% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
Learn more ↓
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.4%
2020-24
▼ 32%
relative change
13.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
Learn more ↓
Household income
Median household income
$83,342
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
$64,590 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
Learn more ↓
Property crime
Property crime rate
1,099 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 18%
relative change
1,340 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
Learn more ↓
College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
43.6%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
40.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
Learn more ↓
Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.5%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
89.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
Learn more ↓
Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
30.0%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
28.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
Learn more ↓
Violent crime
Violent crime rate
137 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
150 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
Learn more ↓
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
83 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
96 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
Learn more ↓

What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Orem, UT shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Homeownership
Homeownership rate
57.8%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
60.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
Learn more ↓
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.1%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
7.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
Learn more ↓
Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.1%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
11.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
Learn more ↓
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.7%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
5.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
Learn more ↓
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
39.0%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
42.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
Learn more ↓
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.7%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
3.0% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
Learn more ↓

Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
26.3%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
28.2% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
Learn more ↓
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,517
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,476 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
Learn more ↓
Population
97,182
2020-24
low
vs peers
96,725 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
Learn more ↓
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
49.8%
2020-24
low
vs peers
45.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
Learn more ↓
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
15.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
12.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
Learn more ↓

All indicators

Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 6% higher than in 2021 (139 then, 147 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 204 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 15% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 137 in July 2026, down from 150 a year earlier.
Bright spot 137 per 100k
2018July 2026
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 16 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Yakima, WA 370 (Jul 26) -35.8% 1st
Reading, PA 244 (Jul 26) -22.0% 2nd
Beaverton, OR 251 (Jun 26) -14.0% 3rd
Livonia, MI 201 (Jul 26) -11.8% 4th
Orem, UT 137 (Jul 26) -9.1% 5th
Portsmouth, VA 747 (Jul 26) -6.8% 6th
Nashua, NH 128 (May 26) -6.4% 7th
Greenville, NC 431 (Jul 26) -2.1% 8th
Norwalk, CT 56 (Jun 26) -1.9% 9th
O'Fallon, MO 97 (Jul 26) -1.1% 10th
Chino, CA 311 (Jul 26) +4.5% 11th
Fall River, MA 768 (Jun 26) +8.9% 12th
Asheville, NC 796 (Jul 26) +10.7% 13th
Manteca, CA 324 (Jul 26) +11.8% 14th
Sandy, UT 216 (Jun 26) +20.5% 15th
Mount Pleasant, SC 154 (Jul 26) +23.5% 16th
▸

Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities. Orem started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,099 in July 2026, down from 1,340 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,099 per 100k
2018July 2026
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 16 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Nashua, NH 911 (May 26) -25.1% 1st
Norwalk, CT 1,044 (Jun 26) -18.4% 2nd
Orem, UT 1,099 (Jul 26) -18.0% 3rd
Yakima, WA 1,636 (Jul 26) -17.8% 4th
Livonia, MI 1,085 (Jul 26) -16.8% 5th
Beaverton, OR 2,454 (Jun 26) -12.7% 6th
Mount Pleasant, SC 956 (Jul 26) -10.0% 7th
Greenville, NC 2,384 (Jul 26) -5.0% 8th
Sandy, UT 1,728 (Jun 26) -1.9% 9th
Reading, PA 1,323 (Jul 26) -0.2% 10th
Portsmouth, VA 3,484 (Jul 26) +0.5% 11th
Chino, CA 1,970 (Jul 26) +0.8% 12th
Fall River, MA 1,496 (Jun 26) +2.7% 13th
Asheville, NC 4,449 (Jul 26) +5.2% 14th
Manteca, CA 1,389 (Jul 26) +9.6% 15th
O'Fallon, MO 529 (Jul 26) +10.7% 16th
▸

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 →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide is about 100% lower than in 2021 (1 then, 0 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 8 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.

Broader trend
Improving faster than 100% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in July 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
Bright spot 0 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Mount Pleasant, SC 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Yakima, WA 2 (Jul 26) -86.7% 2nd
Greenville, NC 4 (Jul 26) -60.0% 3rd
Portsmouth, VA 20 (Jul 26) -5.0% 4th
O'Fallon, MO 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 5th
Beaverton, OR 2 (Jun 26) +0.0% 6th
Sandy, UT 1 (Jun 26) +0.0% 7th
Asheville, NC 7 (Jul 26) +16.5% 8th
Fall River, MA 4 (Jun 26) +33.3% 9th
Reading, PA 11 (Jul 26) +57.3% 10th
Bellingham, WA 2 (Jul 26) +99.0% 11th
Orem, UT 0 (Jul 26)
Norwalk, CT 0 (Jun 26)
Manteca, CA 1 (Jul 26)
Chino, CA 1 (Jul 26)
Livonia, MI 5 (Jul 26)
Nashua, NH 1 (May 26)
▸

Peers worth a call

1
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. 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 →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 13% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities. Orem started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 83 in July 2026, down from 96 a year earlier.
Bright spot 83 per 100k
2018July 2026
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Nashua, NH 41 (May 26) -47.3% 1st
Bellingham, WA 74 (Jul 26) -46.6% 2nd
Chino, CA 122 (Jul 26) -36.6% 3rd
Livonia, MI 96 (Jul 26) -35.0% 4th
Sandy, UT 95 (Jun 26) -30.1% 5th
Yakima, WA 196 (Jul 26) -29.8% 6th
Beaverton, OR 145 (Jun 26) -25.7% 7th
Reading, PA 163 (Jul 26) -22.8% 8th
Greenville, NC 132 (Jul 26) -22.6% 9th
Fall River, MA 130 (Jun 26) -15.7% 10th
Orem, UT 83 (Jul 26) -13.2% 11th
Asheville, NC 319 (Jul 26) -5.7% 12th
Norwalk, CT 134 (Jun 26) -5.3% 13th
Manteca, CA 221 (Jul 26) +2.4% 14th
Portsmouth, VA 462 (Jul 26) +17.3% 15th
O'Fallon, MO 43 (Jul 26) +28.1% 16th
Mount Pleasant, SC 79 (Jul 26) +56.2% 17th
▸

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 →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
See all Public Safety data →
Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 29% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $64,590 to $83,342 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,582).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Orem started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 54% from 2014 to 2024 ($54,048 to $83,342).
Bright spot $83,342
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref $95,166 +33%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Arden-Arcade, CA $77,321 20th +53% 1st 20% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 28th +45% 2nd 40% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 21st +44% 3rd 20% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 22nd +42% 4th 26% below peers
Norwalk, CA $100,085 12th +42% 5th 4% above peers
Yakima, WA $62,815 26th +40% 6th 35% below peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 6th +39% 7th 14% above peers
Lehi, UT $131,299 2nd +37% 8th 36% above peers
Beaverton, OR $98,622 13th +37% 9th 2% above peers
Reading, PA $44,091 31st +37% 10th 54% below peers
North Port, FL $84,049 18th +35% 11th 13% below peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 10th +34% 12th 5% above peers
Manteca, CA $97,055 15th +33% 13th 1% above peers
Vista, CA $94,975 17th +32% 14th 1% below peers
Fall River, MA $56,673 29th +30% 15th 41% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 23rd +30% 16th 27% below peers
Orem, UT $83,342 19th +29% 17th 13% below peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 16th +28% 18th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA $150,414 1st +28% 19th 56% above peers
Chino, CA $104,682 9th +28% 20th 9% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 8th +25% 21st 12% above peers
Toms River, NJ $100,137 11th +25% 22nd 4% above peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 24th +25% 23rd 31% below peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 14th +23% 24th 2% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 5th +23% 25th 15% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 7th +22% 26th 13% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 30th +22% 27th 48% below peers
Lawrence, KS $65,009 25th +21% 28th 33% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $124,755 3rd +21% 29th 30% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 4th +19% 30th 16% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $60,491 27th +16% 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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
Loading breakdown…
How breakdowns work →
▸

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 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,708 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.6% in July 2026, unchanged from 3.6% a year earlier.
3.6%
1990July 2026
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 3.6% (Jul 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Asheville, NC 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -1.3pp 1st 29% below peers
Norwalk, CA 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.0pp 2nd 8% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -0.9pp 3rd 31% below peers
Yakima, WA 4.6% (Jul 26) 13th -0.8pp 4th 4% below peers
Manteca, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th -0.7pp 5th 23% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.8% (Jul 26) 15th -0.6pp 6th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 7th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 27th -0.5pp 8th 48% above peers
Redding, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 20th -0.4pp 9th 6% above peers
Vista, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 10th 4% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 11th 40% below peers
Nashua, NH 3.4% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 12th 29% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 13th 35% below peers
Indio, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 28th -0.3pp 14th 50% above peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 15th 27% below peers
Chino, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 16th 4% above peers
Beaverton, OR 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 17th 6% above peers
Orem, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 9th +0.0pp 18th 25% below peers
Fall River, MA 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th +0.0pp 19th 27% above peers
Lawrence, KS 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.0pp 20th 10% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th +0.3pp 21st 21% below peers
Reading, PA 6.1% (Jul 26) 26th +0.5pp 22nd 27% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Lehi, UT 3.5% (Jul 26) 8th +0.6pp 24th 27% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th +0.6pp 25th 2% above peers
Hoover, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.7pp 26th 40% below peers
North Port, FL 5.3% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.8pp 27th 10% above peers
Norwalk, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 19th +1.3pp 28th 4% 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.6% then, 10.2% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.3% to 10.2%).
10.2%
20112024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 8.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Indio, CA 11.5% 20th -5.0pp 1st 21% above peers
Hemet, CA 14.9% 23rd -6.3pp 2nd 57% above peers
Chino, CA 8.0% 11th -2.4pp 3rd 16% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 16.9% 25th -5.0pp 4th 78% above peers
Toms River, NJ 5.8% 6th -1.7pp 5th 39% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.0% 2nd -1.4pp 6th 48% below peers
Redding, CA 14.1% 21st -3.3pp 7th 48% above peers
San Marcos, CA 9.2% 13th -2.1pp 8th 3% below peers
Yakima, WA 16.6% 24th -3.8pp 9th 75% above peers
Greenville, NC 24.6% 30th -5.6pp 10th 159% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.1% 3rd -1.1pp 11th 47% below peers
Norwalk, CA 9.3% 15th -1.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.5% 16th -1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Lawrence, KS 17.4% 27th -3.3pp 14th 82% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.8% 10th -1.5pp 15th 18% below peers
Vista, CA 10.5% 19th -1.9pp 16th 11% above peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 17th 50% below peers
Reading, PA 28.7% 31st -4.0pp 18th 201% above peers
Orem, UT 10.2% 18th -1.4pp 19th 7% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 14th -1.2pp 20th 2% below peers
North Port, FL 6.7% 9th -0.8pp 21st 30% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.6% 28th -2.2pp 22nd 95% above peers
Beaverton, OR 10.1% 17th -1.2pp 23rd 6% above peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 12th -1.0pp 24th 4% below peers
Kirkland, WA 6.1% 7th -0.0pp 25th 36% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.6% 29th -0.1pp 26th 105% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.2% 22nd +0.4pp 27th 50% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 17.3% 26th +0.5pp 28th 82% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.5% 5th +0.3pp 29th 43% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.4% 4th +0.9pp 30th 43% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% 8th +1.5pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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
Loading breakdown…
How breakdowns work →
▸

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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty fell 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.9% to 9.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Orem started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 9.4%).
Bright spot 9.4%
20132024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 8.8% -2.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Toms River, NJ 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 64% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 2nd 67% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.1% 13th -5.7pp 3rd 7% below peers
Chino, CA 8.8% 12th -5.3pp 4th 10% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 24th -10.7pp 5th 81% above peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 9th -4.1pp 6th 22% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 3rd -2.8pp 7th 47% below peers
Yakima, WA 21.5% 26th -10.8pp 8th 120% above peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 27th -10.8pp 9th 122% above peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 21st -7.5pp 10th 57% above peers
Beaverton, OR 11.3% 18th -5.4pp 11th 16% above peers
Orem, UT 9.4% 14th -4.4pp 12th 4% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.5% 6th -2.5pp 13th 44% below peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 23rd -6.4pp 14th 79% above peers
Vista, CA 13.8% 20th -4.6pp 15th 41% above peers
Norwalk, CA 10.9% 17th -3.4pp 16th 11% above peers
Lawrence, KS 9.8% 16th -3.0pp 17th on par with peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 25.5% 29th -7.1pp 18th 161% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 15th -2.3pp 19th 1% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 11th -1.8pp 20th 13% below peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 22nd -3.1pp 21st 66% above peers
Fall River, MA 26.6% 30th -4.8pp 22nd 172% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.9% 28th -4.0pp 23rd 155% above peers
Reading, PA 39.0% 31st -6.2pp 24th 299% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 7th -0.6pp 25th 42% below peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 19th -1.1pp 26th 30% above peers
North Port, FL 7.8% 10th -0.4pp 27th 20% below peers
Kirkland, WA 5.3% 4th +0.2pp 28th 46% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 8th +0.5pp 29th 36% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 5.4% 5th +1.9pp 30th 45% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 25th +6.9pp 31st 92% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp 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 →
What changed

Broadband rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.8% to 92.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Orem started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.0% to 92.5%).
Bright spot 92.5%
20172024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 93.5% +5.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Fall River, MA 86.5% 30th +16.1pp 1st 8% below peers
Reading, PA 86.6% 29th +12.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 27th +11.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Yakima, WA 89.3% 26th +11.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 13th +11.0pp 5th on par with peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 19th +10.4pp 6th on par with peers
Norwalk, CA 94.1% 12th +10.0pp 7th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 25th +8.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 88.0% 28th +8.1pp 9th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 24th +6.6pp 10th 3% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 93.8% 15th +6.2pp 11th on par with peers
North Port, FL 94.8% 10th +6.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Chino, CA 95.9% 5th +6.0pp 13th 2% above peers
Manteca, CA 93.6% 17th +5.4pp 14th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 14th +5.4pp 15th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 11th +5.4pp 16th 1% above peers
Vista, CA 95.3% 6th +4.6pp 17th 2% above peers
Toms River, NJ 91.7% 23rd +4.4pp 18th 2% below peers
Beaverton, OR 94.8% 9th +4.2pp 19th 1% above peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 4th +4.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 18th +3.8pp 21st on par with peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 16th +3.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Lawrence, KS 91.7% 22nd +3.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 8th +3.4pp 24th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 2nd +3.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Orem, UT 92.5% 21st +2.7pp 26th 1% below peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 20th +2.6pp 27th 1% below peers
Kirkland, WA 96.4% 3rd +2.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Lehi, UT 97.1% 1st +2.3pp 29th 4% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 7th +1.6pp 30th 2% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 84.1% 31st -8.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.44).
0.44
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 0.43 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 11th -0.036 1st 3% below peers
Yakima, WA 0.43 9th -0.028 2nd 3% below peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 3rd -0.014 3rd 13% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 0.51 30th -0.017 4th 15% above peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 16th -0.011 5th on par with peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 2nd -0.009 6th 14% below peers
Lawrence, KS 0.48 24th -0.009 7th 8% above peers
Toms River, NJ 0.43 13th -0.005 8th 2% below peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 29th -0.006 9th 12% above peers
Redding, CA 0.46 20th -0.003 10th 3% above peers
Fall River, MA 0.46 21st -0.003 11th 4% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 14th -0.001 12th 1% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 4th +0.000 13th 11% below peers
Beaverton, OR 0.43 12th +0.001 14th 3% below peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 31st +0.001 15th 18% above peers
Lehi, UT 0.37 1st +0.004 16th 16% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 18th +0.005 17th 1% above peers
Chino, CA 0.40 5th +0.005 18th 10% below peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 25th +0.005 19th 8% above peers
Manteca, CA 0.41 7th +0.008 20th 6% below peers
Reading, PA 0.47 22nd +0.013 21st 7% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 0.45 19th +0.017 22nd 2% above peers
Orem, UT 0.44 15th +0.017 23rd 1% below peers
North Port, FL 0.42 8th +0.021 24th 5% below peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 27th +0.026 25th 11% above peers
Norwalk, CA 0.40 6th +0.022 26th 9% below peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 23rd +0.027 27th 7% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 10th +0.028 28th 3% below peers
Kirkland, WA 0.49 28th +0.043 29th 12% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 0.49 26th +0.045 30th 10% above peers
Vista, CA 0.44 17th +0.043 31st on par with 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 7.3% to 4.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way. Orem started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 5.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.1% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
20102023
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 5.3% -1.9pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Lehi, UT 2.0% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 77% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 86% below peers
Orem, UT 4.9% 8th -2.3pp 3rd 44% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 12th -2.6pp 4th 18% below peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 3rd -0.8pp 5th 68% below peers
Manteca, CA 8.8% 16th -2.0pp 6th on par with peers
Vista, CA 7.6% 13th -1.4pp 7th 14% below peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 21st -1.8pp 8th 39% above peers
Reading, PA 38.5% 31st -5.4pp 9th 338% above peers
Yakima, WA 22.6% 29th -2.2pp 10th 157% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 15th -0.8pp 11th 3% below peers
Lawrence, KS 5.9% 10th -0.5pp 12th 33% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 14th -0.4pp 13th 13% below peers
Toms River, NJ 5.4% 9th -0.1pp 14th 39% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.6% 4th -0.1pp 15th 59% below peers
Beaverton, OR 11.2% 19th -0.0pp 16th 27% above peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 24th +0.1pp 17th 69% above peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 5th +0.2pp 18th 54% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 7th +0.4pp 19th 45% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 17.5% 26th +1.8pp 20th 99% above peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 28th +2.5pp 21st 126% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 20th +1.5pp 22nd 34% above peers
Fall River, MA 31.6% 30th +4.0pp 23rd 260% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 23rd +1.8pp 24th 45% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 6th +0.6pp 25th 49% below peers
North Port, FL 9.8% 17th +1.9pp 26th 12% above peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 11th +1.4pp 27th 19% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 19.2% 27th +4.1pp 28th 119% above peers
Norwalk, CA 12.7% 22nd +2.7pp 29th 44% above peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 18th +2.3pp 30th 16% above peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 25th +9.4pp 31st 97% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
See all Economy data →
Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $501,606 in August 2026, up from $487,193 a year earlier.
$501,606
2000August 2026
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref $534,582 (Aug 26) +1.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Norwalk, CT $676,843 (Aug 26) 7th +5.6% 1st 33% above peers
Toms River, NJ $464,685 (Aug 26) 16th +3.9% 2nd 9% below peers
Reading, PA $267,494 (Aug 26) 27th +3.8% 3rd 47% below peers
Lawrence, KS $334,684 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.4% 4th 34% below peers
Nashua, NH $509,265 (Aug 26) 13th +3.4% 5th on par with peers
Hoover, AL $438,571 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 6th 14% below peers
Orem, UT $501,606 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 7th 1% below peers
Livonia, MI $316,420 (Aug 26) 24th +2.4% 8th 38% below peers
Fall River, MA $450,311 (Aug 26) 17th +2.3% 9th 12% below peers
Sandy, UT $659,401 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 10th 30% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $268,436 (Aug 26) 26th +1.9% 11th 47% below peers
Lehi, UT $569,889 (Aug 26) 11th +1.6% 12th 12% above peers
Norwalk, CA $756,744 (Aug 26) 5th +1.5% 13th 49% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $874,006 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 14th 72% above peers
Greenville, NC $237,040 (Aug 26) 28th +1.0% 15th 53% below peers
Vista, CA $877,415 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 16th 72% above peers
Yakima, WA $361,999 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.8% 17th 29% below peers
Hemet, CA $443,910 (Aug 26) 19th +0.4% 18th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA $958,381 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.3% 19th 88% above peers
Bellingham, WA $661,763 (Aug 26) 8th -0.3% 20th 30% above peers
Chino, CA $745,986 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 21st 47% above peers
Redding, CA $387,376 (Aug 26) 21st -0.5% 22nd 24% below peers
Indio, CA $508,882 (Aug 26) 14th -1.0% 23rd on par with peers
Beaverton, OR $523,970 (Aug 26) 12th -2.3% 24th 3% above peers
Manteca, CA $576,719 (Aug 26) 10th -3.3% 25th 13% above peers
North Port, FL $301,967 (Aug 26) 25th -3.5% 26th 41% below peers
Asheville, NC $448,688 (Aug 26) 18th -5.0% 27th 12% below peers
Kirkland, WA $1,178,291 (Aug 26) 1st -5.2% 28th 132% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $374,823 in August 2026, up from $370,181 a year earlier.
$374,823
2000August 2026
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref $387,263 (Aug 26) +1.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Reading, PA $175,228 (Aug 26) 27th +5.8% 1st 55% below peers
Norwalk, CT $438,898 (Aug 26) 10th +5.5% 2nd 14% above peers
Lawrence, KS $242,888 (Aug 26) 24th +4.2% 3rd 37% below peers
Hoover, AL $311,104 (Aug 26) 20th +3.5% 4th 19% below peers
Nashua, NH $385,451 (Aug 26) 14th +3.4% 5th on par with peers
Fall River, MA $363,543 (Aug 26) 16th +3.2% 6th 6% below peers
Livonia, MI $243,684 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.6% 7th 37% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $202,581 (Aug 26) 26th +2.5% 8th 47% below peers
Toms River, NJ $325,502 (Aug 26) 18th +2.5% 9th 16% below peers
Sandy, UT $502,473 (Aug 26) 7th +1.9% 10th 30% above peers
Norwalk, CA $675,220 (Aug 26) 4th +1.6% 11th 75% above peers
Vista, CA $692,805 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 12th 80% above peers
Yakima, WA $262,135 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 13th 32% below peers
Orem, UT $374,823 (Aug 26) 15th +1.3% 14th 3% below peers
Lehi, UT $430,161 (Aug 26) 11th +1.0% 15th 12% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $548,711 (Aug 26) 6th +0.6% 16th 42% above peers
Bellingham, WA $479,935 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 17th 25% above peers
Greenville, NC $156,751 (Aug 26) 28th +0.3% 18th 59% below peers
San Marcos, CA $712,062 (Aug 26) 1st +0.1% 19th 85% above peers
Indio, CA $391,310 (Aug 26) 13th +0.1% 20th 2% above peers
Redding, CA $297,992 (Aug 26) 21st -0.0% 21st 23% below peers
Hemet, CA $341,454 (Aug 26) 17th -0.2% 22nd 11% below peers
Chino, CA $609,062 (Aug 26) 5th -0.3% 23rd 58% above peers
Manteca, CA $473,621 (Aug 26) 9th -3.0% 24th 23% above peers
Beaverton, OR $400,906 (Aug 26) 12th -3.5% 25th 4% above peers
North Port, FL $235,869 (Aug 26) 25th -3.6% 26th 39% below peers
Asheville, NC $312,675 (Aug 26) 19th -4.4% 27th 19% below peers
Kirkland, WA $687,695 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.3% 28th 78% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60.0% to 57.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.9% to 57.8%).
Needs attention 57.8%
20112024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 70.2% +0.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manteca, CA 72.4% 8th +10.6pp 1st 19% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 46.1% 26th +4.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 23rd +3.7pp 3rd 15% below peers
Norwalk, CA 68.3% 10th +4.7pp 4th 12% above peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 15th +3.8pp 5th 3% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 57.9% 17th +2.9pp 6th 5% below peers
Vista, CA 51.7% 24th +2.5pp 7th 15% below peers
North Port, FL 80.9% 4th +3.3pp 8th 33% above peers
Toms River, NJ 81.8% 2nd +2.5pp 9th 35% above peers
Reading, PA 40.6% 29th +1.2pp 10th 33% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 12th +1.7pp 11th 6% above peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 9th +1.7pp 12th 17% above peers
Beaverton, OR 50.5% 25th +1.2pp 13th 17% below peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 14th +1.4pp 14th 5% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 19th +1.0pp 15th 8% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 73.6% 7th +1.2pp 16th 21% above peers
Chino, CA 64.0% 13th +0.9pp 17th 5% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 18th 43% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 21st +0.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Yakima, WA 53.9% 22nd -0.4pp 20th 11% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 3rd -1.1pp 21st 33% above peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 31st -0.5pp 22nd 46% below peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 27th -0.8pp 23rd 27% below peers
Fall River, MA 35.3% 30th -1.0pp 24th 42% below peers
Lawrence, KS 43.6% 28th -1.3pp 25th 28% below peers
Orem, UT 57.8% 18th -2.2pp 26th 5% below peers
Kirkland, WA 60.8% 16th -2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 20th -2.4pp 28th 9% below peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 5th -3.4pp 29th 24% above peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 11th -3.5pp 30th 10% above peers
Lehi, UT 75.2% 6th -4.7pp 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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
Loading breakdown…
How breakdowns work →
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

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 78% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,517 in August 2026, up from $1,476 a year earlier.
Big move $1,517
2018August 2026
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Indio, CA $2,349 (Aug 26) 10th +6.3% 1st 22% above peers
Lawrence, KS $1,479 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 2nd 23% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $1,629 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.2% 3rd 15% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $2,446 (Aug 26) 9th +3.9% 4th 27% above peers
Redding, CA $1,704 (Aug 26) 19th +3.8% 5th 11% below peers
Nashua, NH $2,301 (Aug 26) 11th +3.5% 6th 20% above peers
Reading, PA $1,439 (Aug 26) 25th +3.2% 7th 25% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,748 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 8th 9% below peers
Kirkland, WA $2,603 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 9th 35% above peers
Fall River, MA $1,850 (Aug 26) 17th +2.8% 10th 4% below peers
Orem, UT $1,517 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.8% 11th 21% below peers
Greenville, NC $1,428 (Aug 26) 26th +2.7% 12th 26% below peers
Bellingham, WA $1,951 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 13th 1% above peers
San Marcos, CA $3,357 (Aug 26) 1st +2.3% 14th 75% above peers
Manteca, CA $2,559 (Aug 26) 8th +2.1% 15th 33% above peers
Lehi, UT $2,203 (Aug 26) 12th +2.1% 16th 15% above peers
Toms River, NJ $2,934 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.9% 17th 53% above peers
Yakima, WA $1,329 (Aug 26) 28th +1.9% 18th 31% below peers
Norwalk, CT $2,743 (Aug 26) 4th +1.7% 19th 43% above peers
Chino, CA $3,296 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 20th 71% above peers
Vista, CA $2,724 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 21st 42% above peers
Hoover, AL $1,362 (Aug 26) 27th +0.6% 22nd 29% below peers
Norwalk, CA $2,697 (Aug 26) 6th +0.2% 23rd 40% above peers
Asheville, NC $1,704 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 24th 11% below peers
Beaverton, OR $1,874 (Aug 26) 15th -1.1% 25th 3% below peers
Hemet, CA $1,859 (Aug 26) 16th -1.4% 26th 3% below peers
North Port, FL $1,923 (Aug 26) 14th -1.8% 27th on par with peers
Sandy, UT $1,691 (Aug 26) 21st -2.3% 28th 12% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.2% then, 30.0% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.9% to 30.0%).
Bright spot 30.0%
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 28.0% +1.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Toms River, NJ 30.6% 7th -6.2pp 1st 16% below peers
Norwalk, CA 38.2% 17th -6.8pp 2nd 5% above peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 15th -3.0pp 3rd 1% below peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 21st -3.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 20th -2.9pp 5th 12% above peers
Lehi, UT 22.0% 3rd -1.3pp 6th 40% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 44.8% 26th -1.7pp 7th 23% above peers
Yakima, WA 33.8% 12th -0.5pp 8th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 30th -0.5pp 9th 28% above peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 22nd -0.4pp 10th 14% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 13th -0.3pp 11th 7% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 18th -0.2pp 12th 8% above peers
Beaverton, OR 35.7% 14th -0.1pp 13th 2% below peers
Vista, CA 45.0% 28th -0.1pp 14th 23% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 4th +0.0pp 15th 34% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 24th +0.6pp 16th 20% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.6% 16th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Reading, PA 45.7% 29th +1.0pp 18th 25% above peers
Chino, CA 42.5% 23rd +1.2pp 19th 16% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 9th +1.0pp 20th 11% below peers
Manteca, CA 40.8% 19th +1.7pp 21st 12% above peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 5th +1.1pp 22nd 33% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 23rd 44% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 24th 43% below peers
Orem, UT 30.0% 6th +1.8pp 25th 18% below peers
Fall River, MA 44.8% 27th +3.8pp 26th 23% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 31.2% 8th +2.8pp 27th 15% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 44.8% 25th +4.3pp 28th 23% above peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 31st +4.9pp 29th 29% above peers
Kirkland, WA 32.9% 11th +4.0pp 30th 10% below peers
North Port, FL 32.8% 10th +6.2pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

2
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 →
  • 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 ±2.3pp 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 up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 3.7% now; margin ±1.0pp). 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.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 3.7%).
Needs attention 3.7%
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 4.1% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sandy, UT 2.5% 3rd -1.8pp 1st 48% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.6% 5th -1.6pp 2nd 45% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 3rd 67% below peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 4th 27% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 27th -2.3pp 5th 100% above peers
North Port, FL 2.5% 4th -0.5pp 6th 48% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 7th -0.7pp 7th 33% below peers
Manteca, CA 3.2% 6th -0.7pp 8th 34% below peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 20th -1.1pp 9th 61% above peers
Yakima, WA 7.3% 18th -0.9pp 10th 54% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 30th -2.0pp 11th 245% above peers
Norwalk, CA 4.6% 12th -0.4pp 12th 4% below peers
Reading, PA 23.4% 31st -2.2pp 13th 390% above peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 28th -0.4pp 14th 125% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% 16th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 6.1% 17th -0.2pp 16th 27% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 8.4% 23rd -0.2pp 17th 77% above peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 11th -0.0pp 18th 17% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 21st -0.0pp 19th 65% above peers
Beaverton, OR 8.7% 25th -0.0pp 20th 82% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 26th -0.0pp 21st 89% above peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 19th +0.0pp 22nd 60% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.0% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 152% above peers
Orem, UT 3.7% 10th +0.7pp 24th 23% below peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 24th +1.7pp 25th 77% above peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 8th +0.9pp 26th 30% below peers
Chino, CA 4.6% 13th +1.2pp 27th 3% below peers
Vista, CA 4.6% 14th +1.4pp 28th 3% below peers
Lawrence, KS 8.4% 22nd +2.6pp 29th 76% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 15th +1.6pp 30th 1% below peers
Lehi, UT 1.8% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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
See all Housing data →
Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.2% then, 10.1% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.0% to 10.1%).
Needs attention 10.1%
20132024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 8.4% -1.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 26th -6.3pp 1st 46% above peers
Beaverton, OR 6.0% 13th -2.4pp 2nd 15% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 11th -1.9pp 3rd 24% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 7.4% 18th -2.6pp 4th 5% above peers
North Port, FL 10.8% 27th -3.0pp 5th 52% above peers
Chino, CA 7.0% 15th -1.7pp 6th 1% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% 16th -1.7pp 7th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 20th -1.8pp 8th 15% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.9% 6th -1.1pp 9th 31% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 17th -1.4pp 10th on par with peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.0% 4th -0.7pp 11th 43% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 9th -0.9pp 12th 27% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.2% 29th -1.4pp 13th 58% above peers
Orem, UT 10.1% 25th -1.1pp 14th 42% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.3pp 15th 64% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 3rd -0.3pp 16th 45% below peers
Manteca, CA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 17th 41% below peers
Norwalk, CA 9.0% 22nd -0.6pp 18th 27% above peers
Vista, CA 11.1% 28th -0.7pp 19th 57% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 7th -0.3pp 20th 29% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.1% 8th -0.2pp 21st 28% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.8% 2nd -0.1pp 22nd 46% below peers
Greenville, NC 9.5% 24th +0.1pp 23rd 33% above peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 10th +0.2pp 24th 25% below peers
Redding, CA 6.6% 14th +0.5pp 25th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 30th +1.0pp 26th 66% above peers
Lawrence, KS 8.8% 21st +1.1pp 27th 25% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 23rd +1.2pp 28th 28% above peers
Nashua, NH 8.0% 19th +2.0pp 29th 12% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.8% 12th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Reading, PA 14.7% 31st +4.8pp 31st 107% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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
Loading breakdown…
How breakdowns work →
▸

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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

32.5%
20202022
Open in Explorer →
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 32.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Kirkland, WA 22.4% 1st 28% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 25.3% 2nd 19% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 3rd 17% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 4th 14% below peers
Norwalk, CA 27.5% 5th 12% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 6th 10% below peers
Vista, CA 28.1% 7th 10% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 8th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 9th 7% below peers
Lehi, UT 29.3% 10th 6% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 11th 5% below peers
North Port, FL 29.5% 12th 5% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 13th 3% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 14th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 31.1% 15th on par with peers
Beaverton, OR 31.1% 16th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 17th on par with peers
Chino, CA 31.9% 18th 3% above peers
Orem, UT 32.5% 19th 5% above peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 20th 5% above peers
Manteca, CA 33.9% 21st 9% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 22nd 14% above peers
Fall River, MA 36.0% 23rd 16% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 36.3% 24th 17% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.5% 25th 17% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 26th 18% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 27th 23% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 28th 25% above peers
Yakima, WA 41.8% 29th 34% above peers
Reading, PA 43.3% 30th 39% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 45.6% 31st 47% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.7% then, 8.1% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.8% to 8.1%).
Needs attention 8.1%
20122024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 6.7% -0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 25th -17.1pp 1st 58% above peers
Chino, CA 3.4% 11th -3.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 74% below peers
Beaverton, OR 3.0% 8th -1.7pp 4th 17% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 4th -1.2pp 5th 40% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 13th -1.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 22nd -2.3pp 7th 23% above peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 20th -1.9pp 8th 16% above peers
Yakima, WA 3.8% 17th -1.4pp 9th 8% above peers
Lehi, UT 3.4% 12th -1.1pp 10th 5% below peers
Norwalk, CA 3.1% 9th -1.0pp 11th 13% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 1.6% 3rd -0.4pp 12th 54% below peers
Manteca, CA 1.4% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 62% below peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 18th -0.4pp 14th 10% above peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 7th -0.1pp 15th 28% below peers
Toms River, NJ 3.5% 15th -0.1pp 16th 1% below peers
Orem, UT 8.1% 30th +0.3pp 17th 125% above peers
Vista, CA 5.4% 24th +0.3pp 18th 50% above peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 6th +0.4pp 19th 29% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 23rd +1.0pp 20th 29% above peers
Fall River, MA 2.3% 5th +0.6pp 21st 35% below peers
Lawrence, KS 5.8% 27th +1.5pp 22nd 64% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 5.7% 26th +1.6pp 23rd 59% above peers
North Port, FL 13.1% 31st +4.3pp 24th 267% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 16th +1.4pp 25th on par with peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 14th +1.4pp 26th 1% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2% 21st +1.6pp 27th 16% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 19th +1.8pp 28th 11% above peers
Reading, PA 7.8% 29th +4.2pp 29th 118% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 10th +1.9pp 30th 13% below peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 28th +5.1pp 31st 89% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 →
▸

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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
See all Health data →
Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.0% to 43.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Orem started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.6% to 43.6%).
Bright spot 43.6%
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 37.7% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hemet, CA 15.5% 30th +4.4pp 1st 62% below peers
North Port, FL 29.9% 20th +8.1pp 2nd 27% below peers
Manteca, CA 21.7% 25th +5.0pp 3rd 47% below peers
Vista, CA 29.3% 21st +5.4pp 4th 29% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 28th +3.3pp 5th 50% below peers
Chino, CA 27.2% 22nd +4.2pp 6th 34% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 12th +6.8pp 7th 6% above peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 7th +6.8pp 8th 21% above peers
Toms River, NJ 36.4% 19th +4.8pp 9th 12% below peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 16th +5.1pp 10th on par with peers
Norwalk, CA 21.3% 26th +2.5pp 11th 48% below peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 15th +4.5pp 12th 2% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.3% 24th +2.4pp 13th 41% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 38.5% 18th +3.7pp 14th 7% below peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 10th +4.2pp 15th 12% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 9th +4.2pp 16th 18% above peers
Yakima, WA 20.8% 27th +1.8pp 17th 50% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 5th +4.5pp 18th 29% above peers
Orem, UT 43.6% 13th +3.6pp 19th 6% above peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 3rd +5.0pp 20th 52% above peers
Kirkland, WA 66.3% 2nd +5.0pp 21st 61% above peers
Lehi, UT 50.0% 8th +3.6pp 22nd 21% above peers
Beaverton, OR 50.1% 6th +3.6pp 23rd 21% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 68.4% 1st +4.5pp 24th 66% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 29th +1.0pp 25th 60% below peers
Reading, PA 11.4% 31st +0.6pp 26th 72% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 35% below peers
Lawrence, KS 55.8% 4th +2.5pp 28th 35% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 14th +1.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 17th +1.4pp 30th 5% below peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 11th +1.4pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 Sex · ACS 2024
Loading breakdown…
How breakdowns work →
▸

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 →
  • 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.2% then, 39.0% now; margin ±8.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.7% to 39.0%).
Needs attention 39.0%
20112024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 42.5% -1.0pp
United States ref 45.5%
Reading, PA 36.1% 24th +14.0pp 1st 17% below peers
Toms River, NJ 70.6% 2nd +11.2pp 2nd 62% above peers
Beaverton, OR 46.7% 14th +4.9pp 3rd 7% above peers
Greenville, NC 53.1% 8th +4.9pp 4th 22% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 3rd +5.2pp 5th 44% above peers
Chino, CA 45.2% 15th +3.2pp 6th 4% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 7th 74% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 43.5% 16th +1.2pp 8th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 6th +1.1pp 9th 30% above peers
Lehi, UT 51.3% 9th +0.7pp 10th 18% above peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 12th -2.2pp 11th 15% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 7th -3.5pp 12th 28% above peers
Orem, UT 39.0% 19th -3.2pp 13th 10% below peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 10th -4.6pp 14th 18% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 62.6% 4th -8.9pp 15th 44% above peers
Lawrence, KS 48.6% 13th -9.3pp 16th 12% above peers
Kirkland, WA 57.9% 5th -11.4pp 17th 33% above peers
Vista, CA 36.3% 22nd -8.5pp 18th 16% below peers
Yakima, WA 26.9% 29th -6.5pp 19th 38% below peers
North Port, FL 39.3% 17th -10.5pp 20th 10% below peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 11th -14.5pp 21st 16% above peers
Norwalk, CA 38.8% 20th -11.6pp 22nd 11% below peers
Fall River, MA 37.1% 21st -11.9pp 23rd 15% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 29.8% 28th -11.5pp 24th 31% below peers
Manteca, CA 31.2% 27th -12.5pp 25th 28% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 30th -11.4pp 26th 48% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 18th -20.5pp 27th 10% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 23rd -20.9pp 28th 17% below peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 25th -24.8pp 29th 17% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 31st -16.3pp 30th 51% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 26th -31.7pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 →
▸

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. 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 ±5.9pp 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 →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.9% then, 6.7% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 6.7%).
Needs attention 6.7%
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 6.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chino, CA 2.7% 6th -7.8pp 1st 48% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 4th -5.1pp 2nd 61% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 2nd -2.2pp 3rd 72% below peers
Norwalk, CA 6.5% 19th -5.7pp 4th 26% above peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 22nd -5.8pp 5th 52% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 16th -3.2pp 6th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 67% below peers
Lawrence, KS 1.4% 1st -0.8pp 8th 72% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 8th -1.5pp 9th 31% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 10th -1.5pp 10th 17% below peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 5th -0.5pp 11th 49% below peers
Fall River, MA 7.2% 21st -1.4pp 12th 38% above peers
Beaverton, OR 4.5% 13th -0.6pp 13th 12% below peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 17th -0.4pp 14th 4% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.5% 12th -0.0pp 15th 13% below peers
Manteca, CA 8.0% 23rd +0.4pp 16th 55% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 26th +0.6pp 17th 75% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 7th +0.3pp 18th 40% below peers
Orem, UT 6.7% 20th +0.8pp 19th 30% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 24th +1.4pp 20th 61% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 18th +1.4pp 21st 10% above peers
Lehi, UT 4.5% 14th +1.1pp 22nd 12% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.9% 30th +3.0pp 23rd 129% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 15th +1.4pp 24th 2% below peers
Vista, CA 10.2% 28th +3.1pp 25th 98% above peers
Reading, PA 8.9% 25th +2.8pp 26th 73% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 9th +1.5pp 27th 18% below peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 11th +1.6pp 28th 13% below peers
North Port, FL 9.2% 27th +4.2pp 29th 77% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.1% 31st +6.2pp 30th 133% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 10.8% 29th +9.9pp 31st 109% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 →
▸

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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
See all Education data →
Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 96,725 to 97,182 - more than the combined survey margin (±86).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (90,485 to 97,182).
Big move 97,182
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Lehi, UT 85,173 30th +33% 1st 9% below peers
North Port, FL 84,605 31st +27% 2nd 10% below peers
Manteca, CA 89,043 29th +13% 3rd 5% below peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 22nd +9% 4th 1% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 93,993 15th +8% 5th on par with peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 27th +8% 6th 3% below peers
Reading, PA 95,242 8th +8% 7th 1% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 17th +8% 8th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 94,956 10th +6% 9th 1% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 18th +5% 10th on par with peers
Fall River, MA 94,082 14th +5% 11th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 25th +4% 12th 2% below peers
Yakima, WA 96,961 6th +4% 13th 3% above peers
Kirkland, WA 92,621 23rd +4% 14th 1% below peers
Chino, CA 92,652 21st +3% 15th 1% below peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 12th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 28th +3% 17th 3% below peers
Indio, CA 91,950 26th +3% 18th 2% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 97,190 4th +2% 19th 4% above peers
Redding, CA 93,409 19th +2% 20th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 24th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 20th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Orem, UT 97,182 5th +0% 23rd 4% above peers
Beaverton, OR 97,812 3rd -0% 24th 4% above peers
Lawrence, KS 96,051 7th -0% 25th 2% above peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 16th -0% 26th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 11th -0% 27th 1% above peers
Vista, CA 99,114 2nd -2% 28th 6% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 13th -2% 29th on par with peers
Norwalk, CA 99,789 1st -5% 30th 6% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 94,994 9th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±74 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.2% to 26.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 3.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (29.7% to 26.4%).
Big move 26.3%
20172024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 27.8% -2.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Chino, CA 24.6% 9th +4.4pp 1st 8% above peers
Indio, CA 24.8% 8th +2.4pp 2nd 9% above peers
Beaverton, OR 20.5% 21st +1.0pp 3rd 10% below peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 4th +1.2pp 4th 16% above peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 25th +0.6pp 5th 18% below peers
Toms River, NJ 22.3% 17th +0.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 26th +0.2pp 7th 18% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 18th +0.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Yakima, WA 27.8% 3rd +0.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 23.0% 14th -0.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 22.8% 15th -0.4pp 11th on par with peers
Reading, PA 28.4% 2nd -0.9pp 12th 25% above peers
Manteca, CA 25.2% 6th -1.0pp 13th 11% above peers
Lawrence, KS 16.3% 29th -0.6pp 14th 28% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.9% 22nd -0.8pp 15th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 7th -1.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 22.8% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 27th -0.8pp 18th 18% below peers
Vista, CA 24.3% 11th -1.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Kirkland, WA 19.3% 23rd -1.1pp 20th 15% below peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 24th -1.3pp 21st 17% below peers
Orem, UT 26.4% 5th -1.9pp 22nd 16% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 10th -1.8pp 23rd 7% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 20th -1.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Norwalk, CA 21.7% 19th -2.5pp 26th 5% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 12th -2.9pp 27th 6% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 13th -3.1pp 28th 1% above peers
North Port, FL 17.6% 28th -3.0pp 29th 23% below peers
Lehi, UT 35.2% 1st -7.1pp 30th 54% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.8% 30th -3.0pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.8% then, 15.1% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.9% to 15.1%).
Big move 15.1%
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 16.5% +0.5pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sandy, UT 20.5% 22nd +5.2pp 1st 27% below peers
Vista, CA 30.9% 10th +7.0pp 2nd 10% above peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 26th +3.6pp 3rd 32% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 6th +6.6pp 4th 39% above peers
Manteca, CA 30.9% 11th +4.9pp 5th 10% above peers
Orem, UT 15.1% 29th +2.3pp 6th 46% below peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 3rd +8.4pp 7th 99% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 55.0% 4th +4.8pp 8th 96% above peers
Reading, PA 66.1% 1st +5.1pp 9th 135% above peers
Fall River, MA 57.9% 2nd +3.5pp 10th 106% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 8th +2.0pp 11th 15% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 7th +2.1pp 12th 25% above peers
Lawrence, KS 29.0% 14th +1.7pp 13th 3% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 24th +1.2pp 14th 30% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 13th +1.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.8% 31st +0.2pp 16th 79% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 23rd +0.7pp 17th 27% below peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 12th +0.8pp 18th 8% above peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 15th +0.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Yakima, WA 42.6% 5th +0.1pp 20th 52% above peers
Kirkland, WA 15.2% 28th +0.0pp 21st 46% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 13.9% 30th -0.3pp 22nd 51% below peers
Beaverton, OR 26.7% 18th -1.6pp 23rd 5% below peers
Norwalk, CA 28.0% 17th -2.2pp 24th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 21st -2.5pp 25th 26% below peers
Chino, CA 21.2% 19th -2.7pp 26th 25% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 30.9% 9th -5.6pp 27th 10% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 16th -5.4pp 28th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 19.3% 25th -5.3pp 29th 31% below peers
North Port, FL 21.2% 20th -7.5pp 30th 25% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 27th -7.1pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.5% then, 49.8% now; margin ±7.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.1% to 49.8%).
Big move 49.8%
20102024
Open in Explorer →
▸ 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
Utah ref 56.1% +3.6pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lehi, UT 49.3% 31st +13.0pp 1st 28% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3% 15th +14.3pp 2nd 1% above peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 1st +15.2pp 3rd 15% above peers
Vista, CA 74.0% 9th +14.1pp 4th 7% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 21st +10.8pp 5th 5% below peers
Norwalk, CA 70.2% 14th +11.4pp 6th 2% above peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 4th +9.7pp 7th 12% above peers
Yakima, WA 72.9% 12th +7.6pp 8th 6% above peers
Kirkland, WA 65.8% 19th +6.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 17th +6.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 10th +7.4pp 11th 7% above peers
Manteca, CA 59.7% 29th +5.8pp 12th 13% below peers
Fall River, MA 75.5% 7th +7.1pp 13th 10% above peers
Orem, UT 49.8% 30th +4.3pp 14th 28% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 3rd +6.2pp 15th 12% above peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 2nd +6.0pp 16th 14% above peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 13th +5.5pp 17th 4% above peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 16th +5.1pp 18th on par with peers
Chino, CA 63.5% 26th +4.0pp 19th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 24th +3.6pp 20th 7% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 6th +4.2pp 21st 10% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 65.6% 20th +3.4pp 22nd 5% below peers
Toms River, NJ 76.0% 5th +3.0pp 23rd 10% above peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 8th +2.5pp 24th 8% above peers
Beaverton, OR 66.7% 18th +1.2pp 25th 3% below peers
North Port, FL 61.7% 28th -0.1pp 26th 10% below peers
Lawrence, KS 73.1% 11th -5.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 22nd -5.4pp 28th 6% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 64.4% 23rd -6.0pp 29th 6% below peers
Reading, PA 64.0% 25th -7.6pp 30th 7% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 27th -9.1pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 26 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 ±5.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
See all Demographics data →