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Salt Lake City, UT

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218,428 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where Salt Lake City, UT shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
13.2%
2020-24
▼ 35%
relative change
20.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.8%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
11.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
329 /100k
May 2026
▼ 25%
relative change
437 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Household income
Median household income
$75,090
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$60,676 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
13.6%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
16.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.4%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
12.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
6.5%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
7.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
51.5%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
46.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
4,493 /100k
May 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
5,024 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.1%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
84.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
50.0%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
53.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
743 /100k
May 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
759 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Homicide
Homicide rate
10 homicides
12 mo to May 2026
▲ 25%
relative change
8 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Salt Lake City, UT shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.7%
2020-24
▲ 62%
relative change
4.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
36.8%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
32.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
45.8%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
48.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.50
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.50 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
10.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 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
16.4%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
20.2% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
208,007
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
197,756 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$568,970
Sep 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$555,850 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$399,162
Sep 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$394,719 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 2% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 80% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities. Salt Lake City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 743 in May 2026, down from 759 a year earlier.
Bright spot 743 per 100k
2018May 2026
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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%
Sioux Falls, SD 363 (Feb 26) -29.6% 1st
Fremont, CA 173 (Jan 25) -20.1% 2nd
Norfolk, VA 393 (Aug 26) -17.2% 3rd
Amarillo, TX 496 (Jul 26) -16.9% 4th
Fayetteville, NC 576 (Aug 26) -12.9% 5th
Spokane, WA 534 (Apr 26) -12.9% 6th
Knoxville, TN 629 (Aug 26) -11.7% 7th
San Bernardino, CA 898 (May 25) -9.4% 8th
McKinney, TX 102 (Aug 26) -8.4% 9th
Little Rock, AR 1,454 (Aug 26) -6.8% 10th
Baton Rouge, LA 1,395 (Aug 26) -2.5% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 859 (Aug 26) -2.3% 12th
Salt Lake City, UT 743 (May 26) -2.1% 13th
Peoria, AZ 254 (Apr 26) +2.6% 14th
Des Moines, IA 665 (Aug 26) +5.1% 15th
Grand Prairie, TX 220 (Aug 26) +7.5% 16th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Rockford, IL down about 22% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 18% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 17% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities. Salt Lake City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4,493 in May 2026, down from 5,024 a year earlier.
Bright spot 4,493 per 100k
2018May 2026
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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%
Sioux Falls, SD 2,316 (Feb 26) -24.5% 1st
Des Moines, IA 2,336 (Aug 26) -23.8% 2nd
Fremont, CA 2,167 (Jan 25) -22.6% 3rd
Rochester, NY 2,524 (Aug 26) -22.0% 4th
Tacoma, WA 3,481 (Aug 26) -20.7% 5th
Knoxville, TN 2,037 (Aug 26) -18.5% 6th
Amarillo, TX 2,105 (Jul 26) -16.3% 7th
San Bernardino, CA 2,680 (May 25) -13.8% 8th
Grand Prairie, TX 1,216 (Aug 26) -12.5% 9th
Baton Rouge, LA 4,415 (Aug 26) -12.1% 10th
Spokane, WA 4,207 (Apr 26) -12.0% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,106 (Aug 26) -11.4% 12th
Salt Lake City, UT 4,493 (May 26) -10.6% 13th
Fontana, CA 1,081 (Aug 26) -9.9% 14th
Worcester, MA 1,425 (Jan 26) -8.9% 15th
Little Rock, AR 4,116 (Aug 26) -7.8% 16th
Fayetteville, NC 2,679 (Aug 26) -5.9% 17th
Peoria, AZ 1,080 (Apr 26) -5.4% 18th
McKinney, TX 694 (Aug 26) -4.9% 19th
Norfolk, VA 3,373 (Aug 26) +1.2% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 35% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Everett, WA down about 28% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 21% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 17% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides rose about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 8% lower than in 2020 (4 then, 4 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 10 in 2021 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent reading: 10 homicides in the 12 months ending May 2026, up from 8 in the prior 12 months. That is 5 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 10 homicides
2018May 2026
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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%
Worcester, MA 1 (Jan 26) -86.7% 1st
Fayetteville, NC 9 (Aug 26) -53.6% 2nd
Sioux Falls, SD 4 (Feb 26) -40.5% 3rd
Fontana, CA 4 (Aug 26) -38.4% 4th
Rochester, NY 9 (Aug 26) -36.7% 5th
McKinney, TX 3 (Aug 26) -36.3% 6th
Little Rock, AR 16 (Aug 26) -23.2% 7th
San Bernardino, CA 11 (May 25) -16.7% 8th
Fremont, CA 2 (Jan 25) -16.6% 9th
Baton Rouge, LA 31 (Aug 26) -8.1% 10th
Spokane, WA 4 (Aug 26) +0.0% 11th
Tacoma, WA 9 (Aug 26) +16.7% 12th
Knoxville, TN 6 (Aug 26) +18.0% 13th
Amarillo, TX 9 (Jul 26) +20.0% 14th
Salt Lake City, UT 5 (May 26) +25.1% 15th
Norfolk, VA 16 (Aug 26) +31.1% 16th
Des Moines, IA 4 (Aug 26) +33.2% 17th
Grand Rapids, MI 8 (Aug 26) +54.5% 18th
Grand Prairie, TX 3 (Aug 26) +133.6% 19th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +199.7% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Daly City, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Sterling Heights, MI
  • Boise, ID down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 39% lower than in 2020 (719 then, 437 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,250 in 2021 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 329 in May 2026, down from 437 a year earlier.
Bright spot 329 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 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%
Sioux Falls, SD 251 (Feb 26) -42.4% 1st
Rochester, NY 622 (Aug 26) -37.4% 2nd
Spokane, WA 287 (Apr 26) -37.3% 3rd
Grand Prairie, TX 146 (Aug 26) -33.8% 4th
Des Moines, IA 327 (Aug 26) -33.7% 5th
Tacoma, WA 633 (Aug 26) -31.4% 6th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.8% 7th
Amarillo, TX 183 (Jul 26) -28.7% 8th
Grand Rapids, MI 205 (Aug 26) -28.3% 9th
Fayetteville, NC 251 (Aug 26) -26.4% 10th
Salt Lake City, UT 329 (May 26) -24.8% 11th
Knoxville, TN 236 (Aug 26) -22.6% 12th
Fontana, CA 199 (Aug 26) -15.4% 13th
Little Rock, AR 295 (Aug 26) -15.2% 14th
Baton Rouge, LA 582 (Aug 26) -13.8% 15th
Fremont, CA 523 (Jan 25) -11.9% 16th
McKinney, TX 51 (Aug 26) -9.1% 17th
Norfolk, VA 273 (Aug 26) -4.7% 18th
San Bernardino, CA 712 (May 25) -4.3% 19th
Worcester, MA 165 (Jan 26) -0.7% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Boulder, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 56% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 42% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 24% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $60,676 to $75,090 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,122).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Salt Lake City started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 64% from 2014 to 2024 ($45,833 to $75,090).
Bright spot $75,090
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref $95,166 +33%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Hialeah, FL $55,594 27th +59% 1st 21% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 19th +47% 2nd 4% below peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 16th +46% 3rd on par with peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 5th +41% 4th 47% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 7th +41% 5th 33% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 17th +39% 6th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 18th +38% 7th 1% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 8th +38% 8th 23% above peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 9th 159% above peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 14th +35% 10th 7% above peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 11th +35% 11th 14% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 29th +34% 12th 23% below peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 2nd +33% 13th 77% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 31st +33% 14th 33% below peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 9th +31% 15th 19% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 28th +30% 16th 21% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 24th +30% 17th 17% below peers
Norfolk, VA $66,109 20th +28% 18th 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 15th +28% 19th 6% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 6th +27% 20th 37% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 12th +27% 21st 8% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 26th +26% 22nd 18% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 25th +25% 23rd 17% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 22nd +25% 24th 6% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 13th +24% 25th 7% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 3rd +23% 26th 76% above peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 21st +23% 27th 6% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 23rd +22% 28th 10% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 4th +21% 29th 50% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 10th +21% 30th 16% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 30th +12% 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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4 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,663 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment fell 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.

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 held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.4% in July 2026, down from 3.5% a year earlier.
3.4%
1990July 2026
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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 4.0% (2024)
San Bernardino, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th -0.9pp 1st 26% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.9pp 2nd 4% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Fontana, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.6pp 4th 9% above peers
Modesto, CA 6.7% (Jul 26) 29th -0.6pp 5th 43% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.6pp 6th 21% below peers
Spokane, WA 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th -0.6pp 7th 26% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -0.5pp 9th 9% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 10th 9% above peers
Hialeah, FL 2.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.5pp 11th 51% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th -0.4pp 12th 28% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 13th 28% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 14th 15% below peers
Worcester, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.2pp 15th 4% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.1pp 16th 28% below peers
Little Rock, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.1pp 17th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.1pp 18th 60% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.2pp 19th 15% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 21st 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th +0.4pp 22nd 15% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
Rochester, NY 6.1% (Jul 26) 28th +0.5pp 24th 30% above peers
McKinney, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 25th on par with peers
Huntsville, AL 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.6pp 26th 30% below peers
Amarillo, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th +0.6pp 27th 17% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 28th 4% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 25th +0.8pp 29th 17% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.6% to 13.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Salt Lake City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.9% to 13.6%).
Bright spot 13.6%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 8.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
San Bernardino, CA 18.6% 24th -7.4pp 1st 35% above peers
Huntsville, AL 12.6% 12th -4.2pp 2nd 9% below peers
Hialeah, FL 17.0% 21st -5.4pp 3rd 23% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 7th -3.0pp 4th 28% below peers
Spokane, WA 13.8% 15th -3.5pp 5th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% 8th -2.8pp 6th 15% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.6% 14th -3.0pp 7th 2% below peers
McKinney, TX 5.7% 3rd -1.2pp 8th 59% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 20th -3.5pp 9th 22% above peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 28th -4.1pp 10th 46% above peers
Tacoma, WA 12.4% 11th -2.2pp 11th 10% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 27th -3.0pp 12th 45% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.3% 13th -1.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Norfolk, VA 16.5% 19th -2.2pp 14th 19% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 31st -3.5pp 15th 101% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 29th -2.7pp 16th 71% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 4th -0.8pp 17th 46% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 17.7% 23rd -1.6pp 18th 28% above peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 25th -1.6pp 19th 38% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% 6th -0.8pp 20th 30% below peers
Yonkers, NY 13.8% 16th -1.1pp 21st on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 14.9% 17th -1.1pp 22nd 8% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 26th -0.4pp 23rd 42% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.2% 10th -0.1pp 24th 12% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 25.7% 30th +0.9pp 25th 86% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.8% 18th +0.7pp 26th 14% above peers
Little Rock, AR 17.5% 22nd +0.9pp 27th 26% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.1% 9th +0.7pp 28th 13% below peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 5th +0.9pp 29th 39% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 59% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 1st +0.9pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty fell 7.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.4% to 13.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Salt Lake City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 14.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.1% to 13.2%).
Bright spot 13.2%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 8.8% -2.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 7th -7.2pp 1st 31% below peers
Hialeah, FL 19.5% 17th -9.9pp 2nd 3% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 14th -8.5pp 3rd 11% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 27th -12.1pp 4th 36% above peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 9th -6.4pp 5th 23% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 8th -5.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 23rd -9.1pp 7th 26% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 3rd -1.8pp 8th 65% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 21st -5.9pp 9th 21% above peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 13th -4.2pp 10th 13% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 12th -3.9pp 11th 15% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 4th -1.7pp 12th 54% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 11th -2.7pp 13th 15% below peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 22nd -3.7pp 14th 23% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 10th -2.3pp 15th 21% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 16th -2.9pp 16th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 17th 117% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 29th -4.8pp 18th 65% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 24th -3.5pp 19th 29% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 18th -2.8pp 20th 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 26th -3.2pp 21st 34% above peers
Norfolk, VA 25.2% 25th -3.1pp 22nd 32% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 30th -3.3pp 23rd 71% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 6th -0.9pp 24th 37% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 2nd -0.3pp 25th 73% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 19th -1.1pp 26th 16% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 15th +0.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 5th +0.6pp 28th 51% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 28th +3.2pp 29th 42% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 20th +2.8pp 30th 21% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 1st +1.4pp 31st 76% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.1% to 91.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Salt Lake City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 10.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.3% to 91.1%).
Bright spot 91.1%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 93.5% +5.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Hialeah, FL 86.7% 29th +15.7pp 1st 5% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 89.1% 26th +15.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 28th +11.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 12th +12.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 17th +11.5pp 5th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 30th +10.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 23rd +10.8pp 7th 2% below peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 18th +10.6pp 8th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 22nd +9.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 3rd +10.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 10th +9.6pp 11th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 24th +8.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 25th +8.8pp 13th 3% below peers
Tacoma, WA 92.9% 11th +8.9pp 14th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 15th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 21st +7.8pp 16th 1% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 19th +7.0pp 17th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 9th +7.0pp 18th 2% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 16th +6.8pp 19th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 8th +7.0pp 20th 2% above peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 15th +6.4pp 21st on par with peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 14th +5.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 89.0% 27th +5.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 5th +5.5pp 24th 5% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 13th +5.3pp 25th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 6th +4.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 7th +4.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 2nd +3.7pp 28th 6% above peers
Fremont, CA 96.8% 1st +3.5pp 29th 6% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 20th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 4th +2.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% 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 (0.50 then, 0.50 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.50).
Needs attention 0.50
20102024
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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
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 7th -0.018 1st 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 21st -0.020 2nd 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 8th -0.017 3rd 5% below peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 4th 16% below peers
Norfolk, VA 0.47 19th -0.017 5th 4% above peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 16th -0.016 6th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 22nd -0.015 7th 5% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 9th -0.011 8th 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 23rd -0.010 9th 7% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 25th -0.010 10th 8% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 10th -0.008 11th 3% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 26th -0.007 12th 8% above peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 30th -0.007 13th 16% above peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 27th -0.004 14th 10% above peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 17th -0.003 15th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 16th 16% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 14th +0.000 17th 2% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 28th +0.002 18th 11% above peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 12th +0.006 19th 3% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 29th +0.009 20th 13% above peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 5th +0.009 21st 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 15th +0.010 22nd on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 13th +0.011 23rd 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 24th +0.014 24th 8% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 3rd +0.013 25th 10% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 20th +0.017 26th 5% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 31st +0.023 27th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 4th +0.017 28th 8% below peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 6th +0.023 29th 7% below peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 11th +0.025 30th 3% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 18th +0.028 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Real improvement ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.8% to 6.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way. Salt Lake City started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 6.5%).
Bright spot 6.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 5.2% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Huntsville, AL 9.1% 9th -3.5pp 1st 41% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.4% 8th -2.9pp 2nd 45% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.0% 14th -3.3pp 3rd 10% below peers
Des Moines, IA 15.8% 17th -3.3pp 4th 2% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 4th -1.2pp 5th 58% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.3% 7th -1.2pp 6th 46% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.5% 16th -1.9pp 7th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 2.1% 1st -0.2pp 8th 86% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.4% 30th -2.7pp 9th 103% above peers
Spokane, WA 19.1% 25th -1.6pp 10th 24% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.8% 28th -1.7pp 11th 54% above peers
Columbus, GA 16.8% 19th -1.1pp 12th 9% above peers
Amarillo, TX 11.0% 12th -0.7pp 13th 29% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.1% 10th -0.0pp 14th 35% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.8% 13th -0.1pp 15th 17% below peers
Hialeah, FL 42.7% 31st +0.1pp 16th 176% above peers
Tacoma, WA 18.2% 22nd +0.6pp 17th 18% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.4% 26th +0.9pp 18th 32% above peers
Yonkers, NY 18.2% 23rd +0.8pp 19th 18% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 5th +0.4pp 20th 55% below peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 27th +1.3pp 21st 37% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 18.9% 24th +1.4pp 22nd 22% above peers
McKinney, TX 2.8% 2nd +0.2pp 23rd 82% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 10.6% 11th +1.4pp 24th 31% below peers
Norfolk, VA 17.0% 20th +2.4pp 25th 10% above peers
Modesto, CA 17.3% 21st +2.7pp 26th 12% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.8% 15th +2.5pp 27th 5% below peers
Worcester, MA 27.8% 29th +5.5pp 28th 80% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.1% 18th +3.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.2% 3rd +1.7pp 30th 73% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.0% 6th +3.7pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Allen, TX down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $568,970 in September 2026, up from $555,850 a year earlier.
Big move $568,970
2000September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref $532,920 (Sep 26) +1.2%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
Yonkers, NY $701,827 (Sep 26) 3rd +7.3% 1st 79% above peers
Overland Park, KS $480,952 (Sep 26) 9th +5.3% 2nd 22% above peers
Rochester, NY $240,168 (Sep 26) 23rd +4.7% 3rd 39% below peers
Amarillo, TX $209,627 (Sep 26) 27th +4.3% 4th 47% below peers
Little Rock, AR $219,657 (Sep 26) 26th +3.5% 5th 44% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $303,937 (Sep 26) 20th +3.3% 6th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA $175,906 (Sep 26) 30th +3.1% 7th 55% below peers
Augusta, GA $187,663 (Sep 26) 29th +2.4% 8th 52% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $568,970 (Sep 26) 5th +2.4% 9th 45% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $492,859 (Sep 26) 7th +2.3% 10th 25% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $228,438 (Sep 26) 24th +2.1% 11th 42% below peers
Worcester, MA $432,708 (Sep 26) 14th +1.6% 12th 10% above peers
Norfolk, VA $310,673 (Sep 26) 19th +1.5% 13th 21% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $291,188 (Sep 26) 21st +1.5% 14th 26% below peers
Huntsville, AL $286,952 (Sep 26) 22nd +1.4% 15th 27% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $330,625 (Sep 26) 17th +1.1% 16th 16% below peers
Knoxville, TN $368,965 (Sep 26) 16th +1.0% 17th 6% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $549,871 (Sep 26) 6th +0.8% 18th 40% above peers
Fontana, CA $633,770 (Sep 26) 4th +0.6% 19th 61% above peers
Modesto, CA $439,988 (Sep 26) 13th +0.3% 20th 12% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $221,511 (Sep 26) 25th +0.3% 21st 44% below peers
Hialeah, FL $443,765 (Sep 26) 12th +0.1% 22nd 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA $482,647 (Sep 26) 8th +0.0% 23rd 23% above peers
Spokane, WA $392,803 (Sep 26) 15th -0.3% 24th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA $208,053 (Sep 26) 28th -0.3% 25th 47% below peers
Peoria, AZ $480,440 (Sep 26) 10th -0.7% 26th 22% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $786,149 (Sep 26) 2nd -0.8% 27th 100% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $312,607 (Sep 26) 18th -1.2% 28th 20% below peers
Fremont, CA $1,439,805 (Sep 26) 1st -1.5% 29th 267% above peers
McKinney, TX $472,867 (Sep 26) 11th -5.1% 30th 20% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 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 September 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $399,162 in September 2026, up from $394,719 a year earlier.
Big move $399,162
2000September 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref $383,842 (Sep 26) +0.9%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Yonkers, NY $354,463 (Sep 26) 11th +8.1% 1st 43% above peers
Augusta, GA $103,468 (Sep 26) 29th +5.8% 2nd 58% below peers
Amarillo, TX $121,984 (Sep 26) 26th +5.7% 3rd 51% below peers
Overland Park, KS $332,038 (Sep 26) 13th +5.6% 4th 34% above peers
Little Rock, AR $111,950 (Sep 26) 28th +4.8% 5th 55% below peers
Rochester, NY $158,443 (Sep 26) 23rd +4.4% 6th 36% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $226,193 (Sep 26) 20th +3.5% 7th 9% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $401,875 (Sep 26) 5th +2.9% 8th 62% above peers
Worcester, MA $342,233 (Sep 26) 12th +2.6% 9th 38% above peers
Norfolk, VA $232,041 (Sep 26) 19th +2.4% 10th 6% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $152,425 (Sep 26) 24th +2.0% 11th 39% below peers
Columbus, GA $90,527 (Sep 26) 30th +1.7% 12th 64% below peers
Huntsville, AL $165,048 (Sep 26) 22nd +1.7% 13th 33% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $492,341 (Sep 26) 4th +1.7% 14th 98% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $180,330 (Sep 26) 21st +1.4% 15th 27% below peers
Fontana, CA $540,954 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.3% 16th 118% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $399,162 (Sep 26) 6th +1.1% 17th 61% above peers
Modesto, CA $358,102 (Sep 26) 9th +0.9% 18th 44% above peers
Knoxville, TN $245,948 (Sep 26) 16th +0.6% 19th 1% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $113,856 (Sep 26) 27th +0.6% 20th 54% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $239,785 (Sep 26) 17th +0.3% 21st 3% below peers
Tacoma, WA $384,926 (Sep 26) 7th -0.3% 22nd 55% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $236,771 (Sep 26) 18th -0.3% 23rd 5% below peers
Des Moines, IA $150,606 (Sep 26) 25th -0.3% 24th 39% below peers
Peoria, AZ $363,172 (Sep 26) 8th -1.1% 25th 46% above peers
Spokane, WA $282,657 (Sep 26) 14th -1.3% 26th 14% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $577,143 (Sep 26) 2nd -1.8% 27th 133% above peers
Fremont, CA $923,710 (Sep 26) 1st -2.8% 28th 272% above peers
Hialeah, FL $248,120 (Sep 26) 15th -3.6% 29th on par with peers
McKinney, TX $357,978 (Sep 26) 10th -4.5% 30th 44% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 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 48.1% to 45.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 37% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.5% to 45.8%).
Needs attention 45.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 70.2% +0.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 20th +5.3pp 1st 7% below peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 15th +3.8pp 2nd 3% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 23rd +3.2pp 3rd 12% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 11th +3.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Norfolk, VA 46.3% 26th +2.9pp 5th 14% below peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 12th +3.6pp 6th 9% above peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 18th +2.8pp 7th 6% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 21st +2.6pp 8th 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 9th 29% below peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 29th +1.5pp 10th 21% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 14th +1.6pp 11th 8% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 5th +1.6pp 12th 17% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 2nd +1.8pp 13th 33% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 14th 41% above peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 3rd +1.3pp 15th 24% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 25th +0.9pp 16th 14% below peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 24th +0.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 18th 25% below peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 8th +0.4pp 19th 12% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 6th +0.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 27th +0.1pp 21st 14% below peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 9th -0.8pp 22nd 10% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 10th -1.1pp 23rd 10% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 16th -1.4pp 24th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 19th -1.3pp 25th 6% below peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 4th -2.0pp 26th 18% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 17th -1.8pp 27th 1% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 22nd -2.0pp 28th 12% below peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 7th -2.8pp 29th 12% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 28th -2.2pp 30th 15% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 13th -3.9pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,571 in September 2026, up from $1,564 a year earlier.
$1,571
2015September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Yonkers, NY $2,765 (Sep 26) 4th +7.7% 1st 63% above peers
Amarillo, TX $1,305 (Sep 26) 26th +7.1% 2nd 23% below peers
Norfolk, VA $1,749 (Sep 26) 13th +7.0% 3rd 3% above peers
Fremont, CA $3,388 (Sep 26) 1st +6.0% 4th 99% above peers
Columbus, GA $1,331 (Sep 26) 25th +5.0% 5th 22% below peers
Augusta, GA $1,344 (Sep 26) 23rd +4.4% 6th 21% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,602 (Sep 26) 17th +4.3% 7th 6% below peers
Spokane, WA $1,483 (Sep 26) 19th +3.9% 8th 13% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,279 (Sep 26) 28th +3.9% 9th 25% below peers
Rochester, NY $1,454 (Sep 26) 21st +3.5% 10th 15% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,412 (Sep 26) 5th +3.3% 11th 42% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,971 (Sep 26) 9th +3.1% 12th 16% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,754 (Sep 26) 12th +3.1% 13th 3% above peers
Fontana, CA $3,191 (Sep 26) 2nd +3.0% 14th 88% above peers
Huntsville, AL $1,335 (Sep 26) 24th +2.7% 15th 22% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,301 (Sep 26) 27th +2.5% 16th 24% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,362 (Sep 26) 22nd +2.2% 17th 20% below peers
Tacoma, WA $1,773 (Sep 26) 11th +2.1% 18th 4% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,673 (Sep 26) 16th +2.0% 19th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR $1,184 (Sep 26) 29th +1.8% 20th 30% below peers
Modesto, CA $2,022 (Sep 26) 8th +1.7% 21st 19% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,473 (Sep 26) 20th +1.5% 22nd 13% below peers
Worcester, MA $2,122 (Sep 26) 7th +1.4% 23rd 25% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,851 (Sep 26) 10th +1.3% 24th 9% above peers
Des Moines, IA $1,129 (Sep 26) 30th +1.0% 25th 34% below peers
Knoxville, TN $1,701 (Sep 26) 15th +0.6% 26th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,571 (Sep 26) 18th +0.5% 27th 8% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,782 (Sep 26) 3rd -0.1% 28th 64% above peers
Hialeah, FL $2,343 (Sep 26) 6th -0.4% 29th 38% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,741 (Sep 26) 14th -1.9% 30th 2% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.7% to 36.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.4% to 36.8%).
Needs attention 36.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 28.0% +1.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 17th -5.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Hialeah, FL 51.5% 31st -3.9pp 2nd 35% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 3rd 11% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 3rd -1.3pp 4th 28% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 6th -1.3pp 5th 18% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 12th -1.5pp 6th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 7th -0.9pp 7th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 18th -1.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Norfolk, VA 41.2% 23rd -0.9pp 9th 8% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 14th -0.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 27th -0.7pp 11th 15% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 29th -0.7pp 12th 17% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 19th -0.6pp 13th 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 14th 32% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 15th 15% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 10th -0.0pp 16th 15% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 47.5% 30th -0.0pp 17th 25% above peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 18th 15% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 9th +0.2pp 19th 16% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 11th +0.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 20th +0.4pp 21st 6% above peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 4th +0.5pp 22nd 23% below peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 5th +0.7pp 23rd 20% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 24th +1.7pp 24th 11% above peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 16th +1.6pp 25th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 22nd +2.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 21st +2.7pp 27th 6% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 8th +2.4pp 28th 16% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 13th +4.1pp 29th 3% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 15th +8.3pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (10.3% then, 10.8% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.6% to 10.8%).
Needs attention 10.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 4.1% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Bernardino, CA 6.8% 14th -2.8pp 1st 15% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 8th -1.3pp 2nd 39% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 29th -2.8pp 3rd 100% above peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 22nd -1.6pp 4th 22% above peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 20th -1.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 26th -0.8pp 6th 36% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 7th 191% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 8th 195% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 21st -0.6pp 9th 18% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 58% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 6th -0.3pp 11th 46% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 12th -0.2pp 12th 21% below peers
Norfolk, VA 11.5% 27th -0.4pp 13th 43% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 16th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 19th -0.1pp 15th 12% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 10th -0.0pp 16th 31% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 18th +0.2pp 17th 10% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 7th +0.1pp 18th 42% below peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 11th +0.1pp 19th 26% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 25th +0.4pp 20th 35% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 24th +0.4pp 21st 34% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 15th +0.3pp 22nd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 23rd +0.6pp 23rd 25% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 28th +1.1pp 24th 49% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 17th +0.9pp 25th 6% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 26th 60% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 3rd +0.4pp 27th 58% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 4th +0.6pp 28th 52% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 13th +1.0pp 29th 18% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 5th +1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 9th +1.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.6% to 10.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Salt Lake City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 9.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.1% to 10.4%).
Bright spot 10.4%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 8.4% -1.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Hialeah, FL 15.1% 29th -5.6pp 1st 67% above peers
Norfolk, VA 9.1% 17th -2.8pp 2nd 1% above peers
McKinney, TX 8.2% 15th -2.0pp 3rd 9% below peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 5th -1.1pp 4th 48% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 4th -1.0pp 5th 49% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.4% 23rd -2.2pp 6th 15% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 11th -1.3pp 7th 20% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 49% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.3% 8th -1.0pp 9th 31% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.3% 22nd -1.5pp 10th 14% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 10.0% 20th -1.0pp 11th 10% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 27th -1.1pp 12th 31% above peers
Huntsville, AL 9.0% 16th -0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 13th -0.6pp 14th 13% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.4% 30th -1.1pp 15th 71% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 18th -0.5pp 16th 1% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 17th 45% below peers
Spokane, WA 5.4% 7th -0.2pp 18th 40% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 25th -0.4pp 19th 23% above peers
Tacoma, WA 7.1% 9th -0.1pp 20th 21% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 9.9% 19th -0.2pp 21st 9% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.5% 31st +0.0pp 22nd 105% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.1% 14th +0.3pp 23rd 10% below peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 10th +0.3pp 24th 20% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 28th +0.5pp 25th 38% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.1% 21st +0.4pp 26th 12% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 26th +1.5pp 27th 29% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 12th +1.2pp 28th 17% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.6% 24th +2.2pp 29th 18% above peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 30th 72% below peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 somewhat below the peer median.

29.5%
20202023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 31.8%
United States ref 32.9%
Fremont, CA 17.3% 1st 52% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 29.3% 3rd 19% below peers
Yonkers, NY 29.3% 4th 19% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 29.5% 5th 18% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.5% 6th 18% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.0% 7th 17% below peers
Hialeah, FL 30.9% 8th 14% below peers
Fontana, CA 33.2% 9th 8% below peers
McKinney, TX 33.9% 10th 6% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 34.1% 11th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.3% 12th 2% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.3% 13th 2% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 35.8% 14th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 36.0% 15th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 36.1% 16th on par with peers
Modesto, CA 36.2% 17th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 36.4% 18th 1% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 36.9% 19th 2% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 37.1% 20th 3% above peers
Tacoma, WA 37.3% 21st 3% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 37.9% 22nd 5% above peers
Rochester, NY 38.0% 23rd 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 38.5% 24th 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 39.4% 25th 9% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 39.6% 26th 10% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.9% 27th 11% above peers
Columbus, GA 40.3% 28th 12% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 29th 12% above peers
Little Rock, AR 40.5% 30th 12% above peers
Huntsville, AL 40.7% 31st 13% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child uninsured fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.7% to 8.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way. Salt Lake City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.9% to 8.8%).
Bright spot 8.8%
20122024
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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
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 8th -1.2pp 1st 34% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 28th -3.0pp 2nd 89% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 3rd 58% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 9th -0.9pp 4th 30% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 24th -1.6pp 5th 32% above peers
Norfolk, VA 5.5% 21st -1.0pp 6th 18% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 23rd -1.1pp 7th 26% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 7th -0.5pp 8th 36% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 19th -0.7pp 9th 7% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 6th -0.3pp 10th 37% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 20th -0.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 49% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 15th -0.1pp 13th 1% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 30th -0.1pp 14th 121% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 13th +0.1pp 15th 8% below peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 12th +0.5pp 16th 12% below peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 10th +0.4pp 17th 30% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 14th +0.7pp 18th 3% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 22nd +0.9pp 19th 26% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 20th 202% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 18th +1.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 29th +1.9pp 22nd 106% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 11th +0.9pp 23rd 17% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 5th +0.7pp 24th 42% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 17th +1.5pp 25th 4% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 27th +3.7pp 26th 83% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 16th +2.0pp 27th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 26th +3.9pp 28th 76% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 4th +1.2pp 29th 49% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 25th +4.6pp 30th 74% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 46.5% to 51.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Salt Lake City started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.1% to 51.5%).
Bright spot 51.5%
20102024
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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
Hialeah, FL 22.1% 27th +6.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 22nd +6.4pp 2nd 13% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 19th +6.2pp 3rd 9% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 21st +4.9pp 4th 13% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 28th +3.4pp 5th 38% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 20th +4.7pp 6th 12% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 14th +5.0pp 7th 2% above peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 16th +4.8pp 8th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 33.5% 18th +4.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 8th +5.2pp 10th 21% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 3rd +6.7pp 11th 57% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 26th +3.1pp 12th 29% below peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 29th +2.5pp 13th 39% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 25th +3.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 1st +6.9pp 15th 85% above peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 23rd +3.0pp 16th 14% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 4th +4.9pp 17th 49% above peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 12th +3.4pp 18th 5% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 31st +1.2pp 19th 62% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 11th +3.3pp 20th 6% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 21st 48% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 10th +2.9pp 22nd 10% above peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 17th +2.6pp 23rd 2% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 9th +3.0pp 24th 15% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 6th +3.1pp 25th 37% above peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 7th +2.8pp 26th 29% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 15th +2.2pp 27th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 5th +3.2pp 28th 49% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 24th +1.8pp 29th 16% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 13th +2.2pp 30th 3% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 84% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 (53.6% then, 50.0% now; margin ±9.7pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.0% to 50.0%).
Bright spot 50.0%
20112024
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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%
McKinney, TX 62.0% 2nd +6.9pp 1st 49% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 13th +5.0pp 2nd 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 28th +2.2pp 3rd 32% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 20th +3.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Hialeah, FL 51.7% 6th +3.9pp 5th 24% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 11th +0.8pp 6th 19% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 17th +0.1pp 7th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 44.8% 14th -0.0pp 8th 8% above peers
Fremont, CA 61.4% 3rd -0.5pp 9th 48% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 12th -2.1pp 10th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 11th 50% above peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 19th -2.5pp 12th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 16th -3.0pp 13th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 10th -3.6pp 14th 20% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 4th -5.6pp 15th 27% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 8th -5.9pp 16th 22% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 24th -4.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 22nd -4.9pp 18th 14% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 25th -6.0pp 19th 21% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 30th -5.0pp 20th 34% below peers
Norfolk, VA 42.3% 15th -8.7pp 21st 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 9th -12.1pp 22nd 22% above peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 26th -7.8pp 23rd 23% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 5th -13.6pp 24th 25% above peers
Huntsville, AL 41.2% 18th -11.0pp 25th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 7th -16.5pp 26th 22% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 21st -12.6pp 27th 12% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 29th -9.9pp 28th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 23rd -13.7pp 29th 19% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 20.5% 31st -15.5pp 30th 51% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 27th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.9pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.8% to 7.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 7.7%).
Needs attention 7.7%
20102024
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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
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 83% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 86% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 9th -3.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 10th -2.9pp 5th 16% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.0% 5th -1.8pp 6th 48% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.3% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 71% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 13th -2.2pp 8th 10% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 12th -1.7pp 9th 11% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 22nd -1.3pp 10th 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 11th -0.9pp 11th 16% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 25th -0.8pp 12th 25% above peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 19th -0.6pp 13th 3% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 26th -0.4pp 14th 27% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 21st -0.4pp 15th 12% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 17th -0.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 27th -0.3pp 17th 33% above peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 20th +0.0pp 18th 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 7th +0.2pp 19th 34% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 6th +0.2pp 20th 41% below peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 24th +1.6pp 21st 22% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 28th +2.1pp 22nd 40% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 23rd +1.8pp 23rd 16% above peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 29th +2.3pp 24th 40% above peers
Norfolk, VA 7.1% 14th +1.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 18th +2.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 8th +1.7pp 27th 26% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 16th +2.9pp 28th on par with peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 15th +2.9pp 29th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 30th 107% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 93% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 197,756 to 208,007 - more than the combined survey margin (±89).

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (189,267 to 208,007).
Big move 208,007
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 30th +17% 1st 7% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 16th +16% 2nd on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 27th +14% 3rd 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 6th +14% 4th 6% above peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 20th +12% 5th 2% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 3rd +8% 6th 9% above peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 2nd +6% 7th 9% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 11th +6% 8th 4% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 25th +6% 9th 4% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 19th +5% 10th 1% below peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 17th +5% 11th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 28th +5% 12th 5% below peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 31st +5% 13th 7% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 24th +5% 14th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 8th +5% 15th 6% above peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 21st +4% 16th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 10th +3% 17th 4% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 9th +3% 18th 6% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 22nd +3% 19th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 26th +2% 20th 4% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 14th +2% 21st 1% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 12th +2% 22nd 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 23rd +1% 23rd 4% below peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 18th +1% 24th 1% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 15th +0% 25th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 29th +0% 26th 6% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 7th -1% 27th 6% above peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 13th -1% 28th 1% above peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 4th -3% 29th 8% above peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 5th -4% 30th 7% above peers
Norfolk, VA 233,596 1st -4% 31st 11% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±57 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 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.2% to 16.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 4.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.9% to 16.4%).
Big move 16.4%
20172024
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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
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 11th +1.0pp 1st 9% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 25th +0.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Norfolk, VA 20.4% 22nd +0.6pp 3rd 9% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 4th +0.7pp 4th 18% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 12th +0.3pp 5th 7% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 8th +0.2pp 6th 12% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 7th 26% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 14th -0.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 10th -0.6pp 9th 10% above peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 16th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 13th -0.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 19th -0.7pp 12th 6% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 29th -0.6pp 13th 25% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 6th -0.9pp 14th 17% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 17th -1.0pp 15th 2% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 15th -1.0pp 16th 2% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 9th -1.2pp 17th 10% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 1st -1.4pp 18th 22% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 28th -0.9pp 19th 20% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 2nd -1.5pp 20th 20% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 18th -1.2pp 21st 6% below peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 21st -1.2pp 22nd 9% below peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 26th -1.2pp 23rd 13% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 20th -1.8pp 24th 6% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 25th 16% above peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 23rd -1.8pp 26th 11% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 5th -2.5pp 27th 18% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 24th -2.0pp 28th 12% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 27th -1.8pp 29th 17% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 30th 20% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
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 (28.4% then, 32.1% now; margin ±5.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.1% to 32.1%).
32.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 16.5% +0.5pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 16th +5.9pp 1st on par with peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 19th +5.4pp 2nd 8% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 23rd +3.8pp 3rd 17% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 17th +4.3pp 4th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 4th +5.2pp 5th 25% above peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 31st +0.8pp 6th 73% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 27th +1.7pp 7th 35% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 6th +3.1pp 8th 20% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 25th +1.8pp 9th 29% below peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 2nd +3.2pp 10th 53% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 5th +2.0pp 11th 22% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 28th +0.6pp 12th 49% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 14th +0.8pp 13th 3% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 37% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 21st -0.1pp 15th 14% below peers
Norfolk, VA 46.5% 7th -0.5pp 16th 20% above peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 30th -0.2pp 17th 54% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 8th -0.9pp 18th 17% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 12th -0.9pp 19th 12% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 20th 79% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 13th -1.1pp 21st 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 10th -1.3pp 22nd 14% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 15th -2.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 29th -1.1pp 24th 54% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 18th -2.3pp 25th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 24th -1.8pp 26th 25% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 11th -3.4pp 27th 12% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 26th -2.3pp 28th 29% below peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 20th -3.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 9th -4.2pp 30th 16% above peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 22nd -5.2pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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4 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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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 (59.8% then, 65.2% now; margin ±6.8pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.0% to 65.2%).
65.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 56.1% +3.6pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Fremont, CA 69.9% 11th +12.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 16th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 3rd +7.0pp 3rd 6% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 27th +5.8pp 4th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 22nd +6.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 7th 20% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 6th +6.3pp 8th 5% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 14th +5.9pp 9th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 23rd +5.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 17th +5.0pp 11th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 9th +4.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 4th +4.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 8th +2.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 15th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 67.7% 21st +1.6pp 16th 2% below peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 18th +1.5pp 17th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 19th +1.3pp 18th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 20th +0.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 12th -0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 24th -1.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 7th -1.3pp 22nd 4% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 13th -1.6pp 23rd 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 24th 7% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 29th -2.0pp 25th 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 26th 17% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 10th -2.9pp 27th 2% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 28th -2.8pp 28th 13% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 26th -3.5pp 29th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 5th -5.2pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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4 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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