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West Valley City, UT
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137,491 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where West Valley City, UT shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 5 indicators

Where West Valley City, UT shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 2 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 →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 21% lower than in 2021 (454 then, 359 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 545 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 346 in July 2026, down from 389 a year earlier.
Bright spot 346 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Santa Clara, CA 144 (Jul 26) -21.0% 1st
Fullerton, CA 347 (Jul 26) -19.6% 2nd
Hampton, VA 235 (Jul 26) -16.8% 3rd
Torrance, CA 273 (Jul 26) -16.6% 4th
New Haven, CT 403 (Jun 26) -15.8% 5th
Elizabeth, NJ 313 (Jul 26) -15.3% 6th
Carrollton, TX 98 (Jul 26) -14.3% 7th
West Valley City, UT 346 (Jul 26) -11.0% 8th
Norman, OK 260 (May 26) -10.3% 9th
Lewisville, TX 195 (Jul 26) -8.8% 10th
Pasadena, CA 406 (Jul 26) -8.0% 11th
Fargo, ND 375 (Jul 26) -6.4% 12th
Sterling Heights, MI 228 (Jul 26) -5.8% 13th
Dayton, OH 1,331 (Jul 26) +1.2% 14th
Columbia, MO 362 (Jul 26) +1.3% 15th
Cedar Rapids, IA 258 (Jul 26) +1.7% 16th
Stamford, CT 153 (Jul 26) +11.5% 17th
Round Rock, TX 127 (Jul 26) +11.8% 18th
Abilene, TX 480 (Jul 26) +12.3% 19th
Meridian, ID 159 (Jul 26) +17.6% 20th
Warren, MI 535 (Jul 26) +22.7% 21st
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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. 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 →
  • Charleston, SC down about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Garland, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 7% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. West Valley 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 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,620 in July 2026, down from 1,735 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,620 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Round Rock, TX 1,199 (Jul 26) -25.5% 1st
Cedar Rapids, IA 1,918 (Jul 26) -22.6% 2nd
Elizabeth, NJ 2,046 (Jul 26) -20.5% 3rd
Norman, OK 1,895 (May 26) -18.6% 4th
Fullerton, CA 1,536 (Jul 26) -18.0% 5th
Torrance, CA 2,356 (Jul 26) -16.6% 6th
Meridian, ID 404 (Jul 26) -15.9% 7th
Fargo, ND 2,902 (Jul 26) -15.5% 8th
Hampton, VA 2,534 (Jul 26) -14.9% 9th
Sterling Heights, MI 1,016 (Jul 26) -11.7% 10th
Columbia, MO 1,898 (Jul 26) -11.1% 11th
West Valley City, UT 1,620 (Jul 26) -6.6% 12th
New Haven, CT 3,181 (Jun 26) -5.6% 13th
Carrollton, TX 1,019 (Jul 26) -5.3% 14th
Pasadena, CA 2,265 (Jul 26) -4.7% 15th
Stamford, CT 1,005 (Jul 26) -3.0% 16th
Warren, MI 1,385 (Jul 26) -1.5% 17th
Dayton, OH 4,130 (Jul 26) +0.4% 18th
Lewisville, TX 1,396 (Jul 26) +3.6% 19th
Abilene, TX 1,727 (Jul 26) +4.5% 20th
Santa Clara, CA 2,703 (Jul 26) +5.4% 21st
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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 33% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Everett, WA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide rose about 34% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 8 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 10 in the prior 12 months. That is 6 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
8 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Sterling Heights, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Warren, MI 2 (Jul 26) -57.1% 2nd
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 3rd
Columbia, MO 3 (Jul 26) -33.3% 4th
New Haven, CT 8 (Jun 26) -31.2% 5th
Hampton, VA 12 (Jul 26) -30.4% 6th
Dayton, OH 19 (Jul 26) -23.5% 7th
Lewisville, TX 3 (Jul 26) -20.0% 8th
West Valley City, UT 6 (Jul 26) -19.9% 9th
Torrance, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Pasadena, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 11th
Stamford, CT 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Round Rock, TX 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Meridian, ID 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Norman, OK 2 (May 26) +0.0% 15th
Abilene, TX 8 (Jul 26) +25.0% 16th
Elizabeth, NJ 2 (Jul 26) +50.4% 17th
Fargo, ND 4 (Jul 26) +66.8% 18th
Fullerton, CA 1 (Jul 26)
Carrollton, TX 4 (Jul 26)
Santa Clara, CA 1 (Jul 26)
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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. 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 →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oxnard, CA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities. West Valley 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
Vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 215 in July 2026, down from 236 a year earlier.
Bright spot 215 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 21 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%
Pasadena, CA 146 (Jul 26) -41.4% 1st
Columbia, MO 178 (Jul 26) -39.0% 2nd
Sterling Heights, MI 101 (Jul 26) -38.6% 3rd
Cedar Rapids, IA 133 (Jul 26) -38.2% 4th
Torrance, CA 299 (Jul 26) -37.4% 5th
Lewisville, TX 159 (Jul 26) -35.6% 6th
Elizabeth, NJ 381 (Jul 26) -28.6% 7th
Fullerton, CA 133 (Jul 26) -23.7% 8th
Norman, OK 165 (May 26) -22.3% 9th
Carrollton, TX 113 (Jul 26) -22.0% 10th
Stamford, CT 115 (Jul 26) -21.2% 11th
New Haven, CT 575 (Jun 26) -19.4% 12th
Warren, MI 249 (Jul 26) -18.8% 13th
Fargo, ND 300 (Jul 26) -13.9% 14th
Santa Clara, CA 300 (Jul 26) -13.0% 15th
West Valley City, UT 215 (Jul 26) -8.6% 16th
Dayton, OH 1,108 (Jul 26) -5.5% 17th
Round Rock, TX 93 (Jul 26) -2.2% 18th
Hampton, VA 293 (Jul 26) +3.9% 19th
Meridian, ID 29 (Jul 26) +10.8% 20th
Abilene, TX 150 (Jul 26) +19.3% 21st
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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 61% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 48% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
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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 39% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $66,342 to $92,209 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,292).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. West Valley City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 75% from 2014 to 2024 ($52,814 to $92,209).
Bright spot $92,209
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref $95,166 +33%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 141% above peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 8th +41% 2nd 35% above peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 29th +39% 3rd 39% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 12th +39% 4th 24% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 13th +38% 5th 20% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 22nd +38% 6th 10% below peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 16th +38% 7th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 23rd +37% 8th 11% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 27th +35% 9th 24% below peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 6th +30% 10th 40% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 24th +30% 11th 11% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 7th +29% 12th 36% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 25th +29% 13th 14% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 14th 49% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 11th +28% 15th 24% above peers
Orange, CA $117,113 2nd +28% 16th 57% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 5th +27% 17th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 14th +26% 18th 20% above peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 28th +25% 19th 36% below peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 3rd +24% 20th 56% above peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 19th +24% 21st 6% below peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 26th +24% 22nd 16% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 15th +23% 23rd 7% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 17th +23% 24th 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 10th +21% 25th 26% above peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 21st +21% 26th 10% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 18th +20% 27th 5% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 9th +20% 28th 33% above peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 4th +20% 29th 50% above peers
Norman, OK $67,704 20th +16% 30th 9% below peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 30th +8% 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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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9 of 27 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,041 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, leading peers ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 74% 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 fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.6% in July 2026, down from 3.9% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.6%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 3.6% (Jul 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Dayton, OH 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -1.9pp 1st on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 6.1% (Jul 26) 24th -1.6pp 2nd 36% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -1.0pp 3rd 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.8pp 4th 2% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 27th -0.6pp 5th 60% above peers
Orange, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 6th 9% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 7th 18% below peers
West Valley City, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Fargo, ND 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 9th 51% below peers
Jackson, MS 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 10th 2% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 11th 11% below peers
Fullerton, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.2pp 13th 33% below peers
Columbia, MO 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 14th 4% below peers
Hampton, VA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 16th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.1pp 17th 16% above peers
Lewisville, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.3pp 18th 9% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.3pp 19th 20% above peers
Carrollton, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.4pp 20th 9% below peers
Round Rock, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.4pp 21st 11% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 22nd 42% above peers
Warren, MI 7.7% (Jul 26) 28th +0.5pp 23rd 71% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th +0.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.8pp 25th 9% below peers
Miramar, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.8pp 26th 2% below peers
Stamford, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st +1.3pp 27th 11% above peers
New Haven, CT 7.0% (Jul 26) 26th +1.5pp 28th 56% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.4% to 9.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. West Valley City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.3% to 9.9%).
Bright spot 9.9%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 8.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 1st -2.6pp 1st 52% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 6th -2.6pp 2nd 37% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.6% 3rd -2.3pp 3rd 40% below peers
Orange, CA 9.5% 9th -2.6pp 4th 24% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.9% 10th -2.5pp 5th 21% below peers
Kent, WA 10.8% 12th -2.6pp 6th 14% below peers
Hampton, VA 12.7% 17th -2.5pp 7th 1% above peers
Warren, MI 14.8% 20th -2.7pp 8th 18% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.1% 24th -3.0pp 9th 36% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 8th -1.4pp 10th 32% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 13th -1.7pp 11th 14% below peers
Dayton, OH 26.9% 28th -3.6pp 12th 115% above peers
Columbia, MO 19.2% 26th -2.5pp 13th 54% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.4% 29th -3.4pp 14th 119% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.8% 21st -1.9pp 15th 26% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 2nd -0.9pp 16th 43% below peers
New Haven, CT 23.9% 27th -2.6pp 17th 91% above peers
Victorville, CA 18.4% 25th -1.8pp 18th 46% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.3% 19th -1.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.8% 31st -2.3pp 20th 130% above peers
Norman, OK 16.8% 23rd -0.8pp 21st 34% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.9% 18th -0.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Abilene, TX 16.1% 22nd -0.4pp 23rd 29% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.3% 15th +0.0pp 24th 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.1% 14th +0.0pp 25th 12% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 16th +0.7pp 26th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 27.9% 30th +2.5pp 27th 123% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.1% 11th +1.0pp 28th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.8% 5th +0.8pp 29th 38% below peers
Torrance, CA 7.8% 4th +0.9pp 30th 38% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.4% 7th +1.7pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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9 of 27 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.7% to 12.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. West Valley City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 15.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.5% to 12.8%).
Bright spot 12.8%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 8.8% -2.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 1st -4.1pp 1st 65% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 4th -7.1pp 2nd 38% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 10th -5.0pp 3rd 23% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 7th -4.5pp 4th 29% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 12th -4.9pp 5th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 24th -7.6pp 6th 38% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 6th -3.7pp 7th 32% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 25th -7.3pp 8th 44% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 22nd -5.2pp 9th 27% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 11th -2.8pp 10th 21% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 21st -3.1pp 11th 13% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 20th -3.0pp 12th 10% above peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 23rd -3.4pp 13th 28% above peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 5th -1.7pp 14th 33% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 27th -5.0pp 15th 101% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 15th -2.0pp 16th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 19th -1.9pp 17th 5% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 28th -4.0pp 18th 161% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 8th -1.1pp 19th 29% below peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 26th -1.6pp 20th 60% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 16th -1.0pp 21st on par with peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 30th -1.9pp 22nd 181% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 183% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 18th -0.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 29th +1.0pp 25th 163% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 13th +0.4pp 26th 4% below peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 9th +1.5pp 27th 28% below peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 2nd +1.1pp 28th 48% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 14th +2.3pp 29th 3% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 3rd +1.5pp 30th 47% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 17th +4.2pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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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 ±1.9pp 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 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.5% to 94.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. West Valley City started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 10.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (83.7% to 94.4%).
Bright spot 94.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 93.5% +5.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 30th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 20th +14.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 28th +13.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 25th +13.4pp 4th 3% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 26th +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 21st +11.1pp 6th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 15th +11.0pp 7th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 16th +10.7pp 8th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 31st +9.3pp 9th 8% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 24th +9.7pp 10th 3% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 4th +9.8pp 11th 3% above peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 14th +8.2pp 12th 1% above peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 27th +7.2pp 13th 4% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 23rd +7.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 22nd +6.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 6th +6.8pp 16th 3% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 18th +6.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 13th +5.9pp 18th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 11th +5.9pp 19th 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 1st +5.5pp 20th 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 29th +4.9pp 21st 5% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 19th +5.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 12th +5.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 17th +4.6pp 24th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 7th +4.4pp 25th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 5th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 8th +3.4pp 27th 2% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 10th +3.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 2nd +2.9pp 29th 3% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 3rd +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 9th +0.7pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.37 then, 0.37 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.38 to 0.37).
Bright spot 0.37
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 0.43 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 21st -0.020 1st 5% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 20th -0.016 2nd 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 19th -0.012 3rd 4% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 27th -0.011 4th 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 30th -0.007 5th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 8th -0.006 6th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 24th -0.005 7th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 3rd -0.004 8th 7% below peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 11th -0.003 9th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 29th -0.002 10th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 15th -0.002 11th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 12th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 10th +0.001 13th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 2nd +0.002 14th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 7th +0.003 15th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 26th +0.003 16th 11% above peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 14th +0.004 17th 1% below peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 4th +0.005 18th 6% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 31st +0.007 19th 18% above peers
Orange, CA 0.45 17th +0.009 20th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 25th +0.011 21st 8% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 13th +0.010 22nd 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 5th +0.014 23rd 6% below peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 28th +0.018 24th 13% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 22nd +0.020 25th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 16th +0.019 26th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 9th +0.019 27th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 18th +0.034 28th 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 23rd +0.042 29th 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 6th +0.038 30th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 12th +0.047 31st 3% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 12.2% to 9.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. West Valley City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 4.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.6% to 9.2%).
Bright spot 9.2%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 5.3% -1.9pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Columbia, MO 6.8% 6th -2.4pp 1st 28% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 4th -1.8pp 2nd 47% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 3rd 60% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 4th 59% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 12th -3.0pp 5th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 24th -4.9pp 6th 92% above peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 25th -4.1pp 7th 94% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 18th -2.7pp 8th 31% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 8th -1.4pp 9th 25% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 9th -1.3pp 10th 25% below peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 27th -2.4pp 11th 173% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 22nd -1.4pp 12th 69% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 11th -0.7pp 13th 3% below peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 14th 200% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 17th -0.7pp 15th 15% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 15th -0.6pp 16th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 23rd -0.6pp 17th 87% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 28th +0.1pp 18th 180% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 10th +0.2pp 19th 8% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 16th +0.6pp 20th on par with peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 26th +1.2pp 21st 110% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 19th +0.8pp 22nd 40% above peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 29th +2.3pp 23rd 187% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 20th +1.9pp 24th 46% above peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 14th +1.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 26th 245% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 7th +1.2pp 27th 28% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 21st +2.9pp 28th 60% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 60% below peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 5th +2.5pp 30th 45% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 13th +4.5pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $465,915 in August 2026, up from $463,832 a year earlier.
$465,915
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $534,582 (Aug 26) +1.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Abilene, TX $224,585 (Aug 26) 25th +9.2% 1st 44% below peers
Stamford, CT $724,387 (Aug 26) 6th +7.7% 2nd 82% above peers
Metairie, LA $328,021 (Aug 26) 18th +6.4% 3rd 18% below peers
New Haven, CT $339,182 (Aug 26) 17th +6.1% 4th 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY $224,508 (Aug 26) 26th +5.4% 5th 44% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,126 (Aug 26) 20th +4.2% 6th 19% below peers
Columbia, MO $324,526 (Aug 26) 19th +2.7% 7th 19% below peers
Orange, CA $1,125,988 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.6% 8th 183% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $548,920 (Aug 26) 8th +2.5% 9th 38% above peers
Fullerton, CA $1,039,798 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 10th 161% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $212,086 (Aug 26) 27th +2.3% 11th 47% below peers
Hampton, VA $282,439 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.0% 12th 29% below peers
Torrance, CA $1,104,855 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 13th 177% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $308,784 (Aug 26) 21st +1.4% 14th 22% below peers
Jackson, MS $86,367 (Aug 26) 30th +1.1% 15th 78% below peers
Dayton, OH $140,625 (Aug 26) 29th +1.1% 16th 65% below peers
Meridian, ID $535,976 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 17th 35% above peers
Norman, OK $263,046 (Aug 26) 24th +0.9% 18th 34% below peers
Victorville, CA $434,932 (Aug 26) 13th +0.7% 19th 9% above peers
Pasadena, CA $1,187,354 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 20th 198% above peers
West Valley City, UT $465,915 (Aug 26) 12th +0.4% 21st 17% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,646,715 (Aug 26) 1st +0.4% 22nd 314% above peers
Warren, MI $200,537 (Aug 26) 28th +0.4% 23rd 50% below peers
Kent, WA $635,965 (Aug 26) 7th -1.1% 24th 60% above peers
Miramar, FL $521,195 (Aug 26) 11th -1.4% 25th 31% above peers
Carrollton, TX $400,642 (Aug 26) 14th -1.8% 26th 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $523,439 (Aug 26) 10th -1.9% 27th 31% above peers
Lewisville, TX $387,166 (Aug 26) 16th -2.8% 28th 3% below peers
Round Rock, TX $398,221 (Aug 26) 15th -5.4% 29th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $279,720 (Aug 26) 23rd -5.8% 30th 30% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $401,966 in August 2026, up from $400,094 a year earlier.
$401,966
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $387,263 (Aug 26) +1.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Metairie, LA $231,140 (Aug 26) 18th +12.5% 1st 25% below peers
Abilene, TX $135,845 (Aug 26) 27th +9.4% 2nd 56% below peers
New Haven, CT $240,089 (Aug 26) 17th +7.8% 3rd 22% below peers
Syracuse, NY $154,567 (Aug 26) 25th +6.8% 4th 50% below peers
Stamford, CT $393,405 (Aug 26) 10th +5.5% 5th 28% above peers
Jackson, MS $37,873 (Aug 26) 30th +5.1% 6th 88% below peers
Fargo, ND $228,384 (Aug 26) 20th +4.6% 7th 26% below peers
Columbia, MO $229,248 (Aug 26) 19th +4.4% 8th 25% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $143,370 (Aug 26) 26th +3.3% 9th 53% below peers
Hampton, VA $212,258 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.0% 10th 31% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $426,821 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 11th 39% above peers
Fullerton, CA $786,679 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 12th 157% above peers
Orange, CA $838,273 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 13th 173% above peers
Dayton, OH $74,399 (Aug 26) 29th +2.0% 14th 76% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $244,832 (Aug 26) 16th +1.4% 15th 20% below peers
Norman, OK $181,291 (Aug 26) 24th +1.3% 16th 41% below peers
Victorville, CA $383,617 (Aug 26) 11th +1.2% 17th 25% above peers
Meridian, ID $434,141 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 18th 42% above peers
Torrance, CA $804,774 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 19th 163% above peers
West Valley City, UT $401,966 (Aug 26) 9th +0.5% 20th 31% above peers
Warren, MI $123,766 (Aug 26) 28th +0.1% 21st 60% below peers
Pasadena, CA $797,584 (Aug 26) 4th +0.0% 22nd 160% above peers
Kent, WA $476,715 (Aug 26) 6th -1.1% 23rd 56% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,057,112 (Aug 26) 1st -1.6% 24th 245% above peers
Carrollton, TX $317,180 (Aug 26) 13th -1.8% 25th 3% above peers
Miramar, FL $365,221 (Aug 26) 12th -2.6% 26th 19% above peers
Lewisville, TX $308,593 (Aug 26) 14th -2.8% 27th 1% above peers
Round Rock, TX $306,560 (Aug 26) 15th -5.7% 28th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $226,445 (Aug 26) 21st -6.2% 29th 26% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $217,912 (Aug 26) 22nd -6.4% 30th 29% below peers
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Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 68.5% to 72.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.8% to 72.1%).
Bright spot 72.1%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 70.2% +0.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 10th +6.5pp 1st 8% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 5th +7.5pp 2nd 25% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 25th +4.2pp 3rd 17% below peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 28th +2.7pp 4th 26% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 5th 54% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 3rd +3.5pp 6th 28% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 24th +1.8pp 7th 14% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 1st +2.8pp 8th 35% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 16th +2.1pp 9th on par with peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 13th +2.1pp 10th 2% above peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 4th +2.0pp 11th 27% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 22nd +1.3pp 12th 13% below peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 14th +1.2pp 13th 1% above peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 9th +1.1pp 14th 11% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 49% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 27th +0.5pp 16th 24% below peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 26th +0.0pp 18th 22% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 11th -0.2pp 19th 8% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 20th -0.4pp 20th 8% below peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 6th -0.6pp 21st 23% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 7th -0.7pp 22nd 22% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 12th -0.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 18th -0.9pp 24th 2% below peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 15th -1.2pp 25th 1% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 2nd -1.6pp 26th 33% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 8th -1.6pp 27th 20% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 23rd -1.3pp 28th 13% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 29th -2.0pp 29th 27% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 21st -2.8pp 30th 13% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 17th -4.8pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,586 in August 2026, down from $1,590 a year earlier.
$1,586
2016August 2026
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Abilene, TX $2,016 (Aug 26) 12th +34.4% 1st 10% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,291 (Aug 26) 27th +14.6% 2nd 29% below peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,957 (Aug 26) 1st +7.3% 3rd 116% above peers
Hampton, VA $1,698 (Aug 26) 17th +5.9% 4th 7% below peers
Columbia, MO $1,444 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 5th 21% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 9th +4.7% 6th 24% above peers
Meridian, ID $2,084 (Aug 26) 11th +4.7% 7th 14% above peers
Syracuse, NY $1,541 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.3% 8th 16% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,952 (Aug 26) 5th +4.1% 9th 61% above peers
Jackson, MS $1,265 (Aug 26) 28th +4.0% 10th 31% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 11th 32% below peers
Fullerton, CA $2,917 (Aug 26) 6th +3.4% 12th 59% above peers
Warren, MI $1,366 (Aug 26) 25th +3.3% 13th 25% below peers
Orange, CA $3,116 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.1% 14th 70% above peers
Fargo, ND $1,079 (Aug 26) 30th +2.5% 15th 41% below peers
Norman, OK $1,357 (Aug 26) 26th +2.2% 16th 26% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,015 (Aug 26) 13th +2.2% 17th 10% above peers
Stamford, CT $2,966 (Aug 26) 4th +2.1% 18th 62% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,243 (Aug 26) 10th +1.6% 19th 23% above peers
Carrollton, TX $1,655 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 20th 10% below peers
Round Rock, TX $1,741 (Aug 26) 16th +1.2% 21st 5% below peers
Kent, WA $1,973 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 22nd 8% above peers
Pasadena, CA $3,022 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 23rd 65% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,330 (Aug 26) 8th +0.8% 24th 27% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,545 (Aug 26) 21st +0.7% 25th 16% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,526 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.2% 26th 17% below peers
Miramar, FL $2,689 (Aug 26) 7th +0.1% 27th 47% above peers
Lewisville, TX $1,557 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 28th 15% below peers
West Valley City, UT $1,586 (Aug 26) 19th -0.2% 29th 13% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,831 (Aug 26) 15th -1.8% 30th on par with peers
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.0% then, 29.0% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.6% to 29.0%).
Bright spot 29.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 28.0% +1.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 5th -5.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 7th -4.0pp 2nd 16% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 31st -3.2pp 3rd 36% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 24th -2.3pp 4th 15% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 30th -2.7pp 5th 35% above peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 13th -1.6pp 6th 11% below peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 15th -1.3pp 7th 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 1st -0.9pp 8th 30% below peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 28th -0.7pp 9th 19% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 22nd -0.3pp 10th 9% above peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 8th -0.1pp 11th 15% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 3rd -0.0pp 12th 22% below peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 9th +0.1pp 13th 14% below peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 18th +0.2pp 14th 5% above peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 25th +0.5pp 15th 17% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 19th +1.0pp 16th 9% above peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 4th +0.8pp 17th 20% below peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 29th +1.6pp 18th 22% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 17th +1.6pp 19th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 6th +1.5pp 20th 17% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 10th +1.9pp 21st 14% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 27th +2.8pp 22nd 17% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 20th +2.7pp 23rd 9% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 14th +2.3pp 24th 10% below peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 21st +2.8pp 25th 9% above peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 11th +2.6pp 26th 13% below peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 26th +3.4pp 27th 17% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 2nd +2.6pp 28th 26% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 23rd +4.0pp 29th 12% above peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 16th +3.9pp 30th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 12th +3.7pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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

2
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
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 (4.4% then, 4.7% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 4.7%).
Bright spot 4.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 4.1% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Victorville, CA 4.7% 11th -2.1pp 1st 19% below peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 7th -1.9pp 2nd 25% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 24th -3.8pp 3rd 58% above peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 28th -3.9pp 4th 173% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 5th 35% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 29th -3.6pp 6th 253% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 14th -0.9pp 7th 9% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 26th -1.4pp 8th 61% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 18th -0.9pp 9th 21% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 15th -0.7pp 10th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 30th -1.4pp 11th 342% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 12th 361% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 21st -0.3pp 13th 23% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 22nd -0.3pp 14th 30% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 25th -0.3pp 15th 60% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 19th -0.2pp 16th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 1st -0.0pp 17th 59% below peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 6th +0.0pp 18th 34% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 12th +0.0pp 19th 16% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 13th +0.1pp 20th 10% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 16th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 10th +0.3pp 22nd 20% below peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 27th +0.9pp 23rd 65% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 8th +0.5pp 24th 24% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 17th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 26th 21% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 2nd +0.5pp 27th 41% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 23rd +1.3pp 28th 42% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 20th +2.2pp 29th 22% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 4th +1.1pp 30th 40% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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

2
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.3% then, 17.7% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.6% to 17.7%).
Needs attention 17.7%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 8.4% -1.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 22nd -3.1pp 1st 31% above peers
Pasadena, CA 5.7% 5th -1.7pp 2nd 28% below peers
Orange, CA 6.0% 8th -1.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 12th -2.0pp 4th 15% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.4% 15th -1.5pp 5th 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 21st -1.9pp 6th 24% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.9% 13th -1.2pp 7th 13% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 6th -1.0pp 8th 27% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.3% 19th -1.6pp 9th 18% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.9% 7th -1.0pp 10th 26% below peers
Hampton, VA 7.0% 14th -1.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 23rd -1.6pp 12th 37% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.2% 17th -1.2pp 13th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 2nd -0.5pp 14th 47% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 15th 63% below peers
Fargo, ND 6.0% 9th -0.5pp 16th 24% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 27th -1.2pp 17th 95% above peers
Warren, MI 6.1% 10th -0.4pp 18th 23% below peers
West Valley City, UT 17.7% 29th -0.6pp 19th 124% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 30th -0.3pp 20th 140% above peers
Norman, OK 9.6% 20th -0.1pp 21st 22% above peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 28th +0.1pp 22nd 98% above peers
Syracuse, NY 5.0% 4th +0.0pp 23rd 36% below peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 24th 15% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.8% 3rd +0.2pp 25th 40% below peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 18th +0.5pp 26th 12% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.9% 16th +0.5pp 27th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 14.9% 25th +1.1pp 28th 89% above peers
Abilene, TX 15.0% 26th +1.2pp 29th 90% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.2% 31st +3.4pp 30th 207% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.9% 24th +2.5pp 31st 51% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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

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 →
  • 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

36.0%
20202022
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 32.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Torrance, CA 20.0% 1st 42% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 2nd 41% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 3rd 29% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 4th 26% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 5th 25% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 6th 24% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 7th 22% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 8th 18% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 9th 14% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 10th 14% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 11th 9% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 12th 8% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 13th 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 14th 4% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 15th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 16th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 17th 1% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 18th 3% above peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 19th 4% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 20th 5% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 21st 7% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 22nd 8% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 23rd 8% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 24th 9% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 25th 12% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 26th 13% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 27th 18% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 28th 24% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 29th 38% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.6% then, 14.0% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.4% to 14.0%).
Needs attention 14.0%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 6.7% -0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 4th -2.3pp 1st 47% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 64% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.1% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 53% below peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 6th -0.4pp 4th 39% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 19th -0.6pp 5th 30% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 9th -0.3pp 6th 33% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 17th -0.4pp 7th 18% above peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 8th 216% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 12th -0.1pp 9th 21% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 25th -0.2pp 10th 75% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 23rd -0.1pp 11th 54% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 8th -0.0pp 12th 37% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 27th -0.0pp 13th 90% above peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 10th +0.1pp 14th 23% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 14th +0.1pp 15th 10% below peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 16th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 7th +0.3pp 17th 38% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 22nd +1.0pp 18th 52% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 13th +0.7pp 19th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 5th +0.5pp 20th 46% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 26th +1.7pp 21st 88% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 11th +0.7pp 22nd 23% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 3rd +0.6pp 23rd 47% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 24th 245% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 25th 219% above peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 21st +1.9pp 26th 42% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 15th +1.4pp 27th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 24th +2.4pp 28th 66% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 20th +2.4pp 29th 36% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 18th +2.3pp 30th 23% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 28th +5.5pp 31st 193% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 →
  • 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 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.2% then, 16.1% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
69% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.7% to 16.1%).
Needs attention 16.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 37.7% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 17th +10.1pp 1st 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 13th +6.6pp 2nd 2% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 9th +6.9pp 3rd 11% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 25th +3.2pp 4th 46% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 24th +3.8pp 5th 31% below peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 21st +4.1pp 6th 25% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 7th +6.0pp 7th 14% above peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 26th +2.5pp 8th 47% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 8th +4.8pp 9th 13% above peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 12th +4.2pp 10th 4% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 16th +4.0pp 11th 2% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 12th 66% above peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 19th +2.8pp 13th 21% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 20th +2.7pp 14th 22% below peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 2nd +4.5pp 15th 43% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 28th +1.1pp 16th 63% below peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 11th +3.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 3rd +3.8pp 18th 41% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 6th +2.9pp 19th 16% above peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 4th +3.3pp 20th 36% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 23rd +1.6pp 21st 28% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 27th +0.9pp 22nd 60% below peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 22nd +1.6pp 23rd 27% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 15th +2.0pp 24th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 14th +1.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 18th +1.1pp 26th 17% below peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 5th +1.6pp 27th 30% above peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 10th +1.0pp 28th 9% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 29th 68% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 29th -0.3pp 30th 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (37.9% then, 42.7% now; margin ±12.4pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.7% to 42.7%).
Needs attention 42.7%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 42.5% -1.0pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 21st +14.2pp 1st 5% below peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 19th +9.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 9th +11.1pp 3rd 25% above peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 4th 49% above peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 23rd +4.9pp 5th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 6th +6.0pp 6th 32% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 25th +3.4pp 7th 16% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 2nd +3.4pp 8th 48% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 3rd +3.2pp 9th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 8th +1.6pp 10th 25% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 27th +0.3pp 11th 36% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 16th +0.4pp 12th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 10th +0.4pp 13th 20% above peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 29th +0.0pp 14th 39% below peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 17th -1.5pp 15th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 26th -1.8pp 16th 22% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 15th -3.2pp 17th 6% above peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 22nd -3.3pp 18th 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 11th -4.1pp 19th 15% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 20th -3.5pp 20th 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 7th -5.5pp 21st 28% above peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 5th -7.9pp 22nd 33% above peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 4th -9.7pp 23rd 38% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 18th -7.1pp 24th 3% below peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 14th -13.8pp 25th 8% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 24th -13.1pp 26th 13% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 12th -17.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 28th -11.0pp 28th 38% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 13th -24.8pp 29th 11% above peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 30th -12.6pp 30th 53% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.9pp 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 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.3% to 12.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.2pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.1% to 12.6%).
Needs attention 12.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 6.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 78% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 3rd -3.1pp 2nd 65% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 29th -6.5pp 3rd 103% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 4th -1.6pp 4th 46% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 19th -3.1pp 5th 22% above peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 8th -1.1pp 6th 32% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 21st -1.6pp 7th 27% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 30th -2.4pp 8th 115% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 20th -1.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 9th -0.7pp 10th 29% below peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 2nd -0.2pp 11th 71% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 13th -0.5pp 12th 19% below peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 10th -0.4pp 13th 21% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 16th -0.3pp 14th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 22nd +0.0pp 15th 43% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 16th 4% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 15th +0.4pp 17th 1% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 18th +0.6pp 18th 15% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 25th +1.2pp 19th 67% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 12th +0.6pp 20th 20% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 7th +0.5pp 21st 33% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 26th +1.6pp 22nd 77% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 6th +0.6pp 23rd 35% below peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 11th +1.2pp 24th 21% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 25th 122% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 23rd +3.6pp 26th 47% above peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 28th +5.1pp 27th 102% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 5th +1.6pp 28th 42% below peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 24th +4.8pp 29th 67% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 14th +2.9pp 30th 6% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 27th +6.1pp 31st 86% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.8pp 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 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 136,009 to 138,437 - more than the combined survey margin (±146).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (132,329 to 138,437).
Big move 138,437
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 27th +28% 1st 5% below peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 25th +23% 2nd 4% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 11th +13% 3rd on par with peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 24th +8% 4th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 23rd +7% 5th 3% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 13th +7% 6th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 15th +6% 7th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 29th +6% 8th 6% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 28th +6% 9th 5% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 14th +4% 10th on par with peers
Kent, WA 135,603 19th +3% 11th 1% below peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 30th +3% 12th 7% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 20th +3% 13th 2% below peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 31st +3% 14th 7% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 18th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 2nd +2% 16th 7% above peers
Warren, MI 137,928 10th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 26th +2% 18th 5% below peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 12th +2% 19th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 8th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 6th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 4th +1% 22nd 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 22nd +1% 23rd 2% below peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 7th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Orange, CA 138,266 9th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 21st -2% 26th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 5th -2% 27th 2% above peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 3rd -2% 28th 4% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 17th -3% 29th on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 16th -3% 30th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 1st -12% 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 ±67 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.8% then, 30.0% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (32.0% to 30.0%).
Big move 30.0%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 27.8% -2.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 18th +1.6pp 1st 2% below peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 14th +0.6pp 2nd 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 26th +0.4pp 3rd 12% below peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 15th +0.4pp 4th 1% above peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 13th +0.3pp 5th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 20th +0.2pp 6th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 3rd +0.1pp 7th 29% above peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 23rd -0.1pp 8th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 11th -0.1pp 9th 8% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 8th -0.5pp 10th 11% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 4th -0.6pp 11th 21% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 16th -0.5pp 12th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 13th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 12th -0.9pp 14th 4% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 25th -0.8pp 15th 9% below peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 22nd -1.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 21st -1.0pp 17th 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 5th -1.2pp 18th 20% above peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 7th -1.2pp 19th 12% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 17th -1.2pp 20th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 10th -1.4pp 21st 8% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 2nd -2.1pp 22nd 39% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 19th -1.8pp 23rd 2% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 30th -1.5pp 24th 22% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 27th -2.1pp 25th 14% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 6th -3.0pp 26th 17% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 28th -2.1pp 27th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 9th -3.3pp 28th 10% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 24th -3.0pp 29th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 29th -2.8pp 30th 20% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 31st -3.1pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.6% then, 27.8% now; margin ±5.0pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.3% to 27.8%).
27.8%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 16.5% +0.5pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 13th +8.1pp 1st 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 26th +2.6pp 2nd 23% below peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 27th +2.4pp 3rd 25% below peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 14th +3.1pp 4th 1% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 23rd +2.0pp 5th 17% below peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 24th +1.3pp 6th 19% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 22nd +1.2pp 7th 14% below peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 8th +1.3pp 8th 17% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 10th +1.0pp 9th 11% above peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 3rd +1.8pp 10th 94% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 6th +1.3pp 11th 55% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 12th 96% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 4th +1.3pp 13th 77% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 20th +0.2pp 14th 13% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 15th 98% above peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 17th -0.4pp 16th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 15th -0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 25th -0.6pp 18th 20% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 28th -0.4pp 19th 47% below peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 19th -1.4pp 20th 11% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 5th -3.0pp 21st 76% above peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 16th -2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 12th -3.0pp 23rd 6% above peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 29th -1.7pp 24th 55% below peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 18th -3.5pp 25th 6% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 30th -1.9pp 26th 55% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 7th -6.1pp 27th 23% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 11th -6.1pp 28th 11% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 21st -5.3pp 29th 13% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 57% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 9th -9.5pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.2% then, 65.0% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.6% to 65.0%).
65.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Utah ref 56.1% +3.6pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 6th +9.0pp 1st 7% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 9th +7.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 16th +6.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 21st +6.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 17th +6.0pp 5th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 22nd +5.6pp 6th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 12th +6.0pp 7th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 28th +5.0pp 8th 13% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 7th +5.8pp 9th 6% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 27th +4.6pp 10th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 4th +4.7pp 11th 12% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 3rd +4.0pp 12th 12% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 24th +3.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 18th +3.1pp 14th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 15th 15% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 8th +2.9pp 16th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 25th +2.4pp 17th 10% below peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 18th 18% above peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 15th +1.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 20th 20% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 20th +0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 13th +0.2pp 22nd 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 23rd -0.2pp 23rd 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 29th -0.4pp 24th 15% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 11th -0.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 10th -2.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 19th -2.5pp 27th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 30th -5.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 5th -7.0pp 29th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 26th -7.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 14th -8.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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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9 of 27 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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