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Chesapeake, VA
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252,583 people (2024) 250k-1m South

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Chesapeake, VA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Chesapeake, VA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 329 in May 2026, down from 332 a year earlier.
329 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 25 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%
Glendale, AZ 364 (May 26) -26.7% 1st
Garland, TX 185 (Apr 26) -23.2% 2nd
Toledo, OH 846 (Mar 26) -20.9% 3rd
Fremont, CA 172 (Jan 25) -20.2% 4th
Lubbock, TX 642 (Mar 26) -19.2% 5th
Norfolk, VA 389 (Apr 26) -18.1% 6th
Laredo, TX 300 (May 26) -14.3% 7th
Arlington, VA 260 (May 26) -13.8% 8th
Spokane, WA 535 (Apr 26) -12.9% 9th
Boise, ID 275 (Apr 26) -11.9% 10th
Madison, WI 224 (May 26) -11.6% 11th
Fort Wayne, IN 268 (May 26) -10.8% 12th
Gilbert, AZ 118 (May 26) -8.6% 13th
Chula Vista, CA 349 (May 26) -8.6% 14th
Irving, TX 251 (May 26) -8.1% 15th
Baton Rouge, LA 1,380 (May 26) -6.9% 16th
Winston-Salem, NC 775 (Mar 26) -5.5% 17th
Chesapeake, VA 329 (May 26) -0.8% 18th
Chandler, AZ 124 (May 26) +2.4% 19th
Richmond, VA 424 (May 26) +6.0% 20th
Scottsdale, AZ 176 (May 26) +8.0% 21st
Buffalo, NY 697 (May 26) +8.9% 22nd
Reno, NV 543 (Mar 26) +9.4% 23rd
North Las Vegas, NV 371 (Apr 26) +12.6% 24th
Port St. Lucie, FL 121 (May 26) +18.9% 25th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Miami, FL down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fort Worth, TX down about 19% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Arlington, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime is about 8% lower than in 2021 (1,601 then, 1,472 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,995 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,459 in May 2026, down from 1,688 a year earlier.
1,459 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 25 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%
Fremont, CA 2,151 (Jan 25) -22.8% 1st
Arlington, VA 1,559 (May 26) -22.1% 2nd
Boise, ID 813 (Apr 26) -21.8% 3rd
Irving, TX 1,616 (May 26) -21.7% 4th
Laredo, TX 1,062 (May 26) -19.9% 5th
Fort Wayne, IN 1,708 (May 26) -18.4% 6th
Chandler, AZ 1,169 (May 26) -16.7% 7th
Glendale, AZ 2,170 (May 26) -14.2% 8th
Baton Rouge, LA 4,565 (May 26) -14.2% 9th
Reno, NV 2,105 (Mar 26) -13.7% 10th
Chesapeake, VA 1,459 (May 26) -13.6% 11th
Norfolk, VA 3,196 (Apr 26) -12.7% 12th
Spokane, WA 4,211 (Apr 26) -12.0% 13th
Garland, TX 1,609 (Apr 26) -11.4% 14th
Lubbock, TX 2,319 (Mar 26) -10.8% 15th
North Las Vegas, NV 1,624 (Apr 26) -9.2% 16th
Gilbert, AZ 859 (May 26) -9.0% 17th
Richmond, VA 3,398 (May 26) -8.6% 18th
Toledo, OH 2,617 (Mar 26) -6.9% 19th
Winston-Salem, NC 2,882 (Mar 26) -6.4% 20th
Scottsdale, AZ 1,679 (May 26) -5.8% 21st
Madison, WI 1,918 (May 26) -5.8% 22nd
Port St. Lucie, FL 709 (May 26) -0.1% 23rd
Buffalo, NY 3,420 (May 26) +1.3% 24th
Chula Vista, CA 1,091 (May 26) +1.9% 25th

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Chandler, AZ down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Plano, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Gilbert, AZ down about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 3% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide is about 48% lower than in 2021 (7 then, 4 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 10 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: homicide rose about 13% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 5 in May 2026, up from 4 a year earlier.
5 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 25 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%
Reno, NV 1 (Mar 26) -85.1% 1st
North Las Vegas, NV 2 (Apr 26) -77.8% 2nd
Irving, TX 2 (May 26) -73.3% 3rd
Lubbock, TX 3 (Mar 26) -56.3% 4th
Glendale, AZ 3 (May 26) -56.3% 5th
Laredo, TX 2 (May 26) -55.5% 6th
Buffalo, NY 8 (May 26) -41.7% 7th
Richmond, VA 15 (May 26) -40.7% 8th
Garland, TX 2 (Apr 26) -39.8% 9th
Boise, ID 1 (Apr 26) -33.3% 10th
Norfolk, VA 12 (Apr 26) -18.2% 11th
Fremont, CA 2 (Jan 25) -16.7% 12th
Spokane, WA 5 (Apr 26) -15.4% 13th
Toledo, OH 8 (Mar 26) -12.4% 14th
Fort Wayne, IN 11 (May 26) -6.0% 15th
Baton Rouge, LA 31 (May 26) -5.5% 16th
Madison, WI 2 (May 26) +0.0% 17th
Winston-Salem, NC 11 (Mar 26) +11.5% 18th
Chula Vista, CA 2 (May 26) +20.1% 19th
Port St. Lucie, FL 2 (May 26) +24.5% 20th
Scottsdale, AZ 2 (May 26) +32.8% 21st
Chesapeake, VA 5 (May 26) +44.5% 22nd
Arlington, VA 1 (May 26) +99.6% 23rd
Chandler, AZ 1 (May 26) +99.7% 24th
Gilbert, AZ 3 (May 26) +899.1% 25th

Peers worth a call

2
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Glendale, AZ down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Saint Paul, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 30% lower than in 2021 (131 then, 91 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 174 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 89 in May 2026, down from 105 a year earlier.
89 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 25 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%
Arlington, VA 87 (May 26) -40.2% 1st
Glendale, AZ 249 (May 26) -37.4% 2nd
Spokane, WA 287 (Apr 26) -37.3% 3rd
Boise, ID 81 (Apr 26) -36.3% 4th
Irving, TX 242 (May 26) -32.6% 5th
Richmond, VA 338 (May 26) -32.0% 6th
Norfolk, VA 240 (Apr 26) -31.5% 7th
North Las Vegas, NV 479 (Apr 26) -27.5% 8th
Laredo, TX 114 (May 26) -26.2% 9th
Garland, TX 250 (Apr 26) -25.7% 10th
Reno, NV 264 (Mar 26) -23.7% 11th
Chula Vista, CA 206 (May 26) -23.2% 12th
Fort Wayne, IN 168 (May 26) -22.9% 13th
Baton Rouge, LA 603 (May 26) -21.3% 14th
Lubbock, TX 202 (Mar 26) -21.2% 15th
Port St. Lucie, FL 27 (May 26) -20.2% 16th
Chandler, AZ 72 (May 26) -20.2% 17th
Buffalo, NY 410 (May 26) -17.9% 18th
Chesapeake, VA 89 (May 26) -16.0% 19th
Scottsdale, AZ 116 (May 26) -14.1% 20th
Fremont, CA 519 (Jan 25) -12.1% 21st
Gilbert, AZ 52 (May 26) -10.7% 22nd
Madison, WI 109 (May 26) -5.8% 23rd
Winston-Salem, NC 340 (Mar 26) -5.2% 24th
Toledo, OH 430 (Mar 26) -0.7% 25th

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Boston, MA down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Virginia Beach, VA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $78,640 to $95,373 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,800). 29 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($70,176 to $95,373).
$95,373
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
Virginia ref $93,170 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Hialeah, FL $55,594 27th +59% 1st 29% below peers
Boise, ID $83,904 10th +40% 2nd 8% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 20th +39% 3rd 10% below peers
Reno, NV $80,760 12th +37% 4th 3% above peers
Richmond, VA $64,587 22nd +37% 5th 17% below peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 6th 133% above peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 18th +35% 7th 4% below peers
Laredo, TX $63,915 23rd +34% 8th 18% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 28th +34% 9th 36% below peers
Glendale, AZ $73,530 19th +34% 10th 6% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL $80,648 13th +33% 11th 3% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 14th +33% 12th 2% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 7th +33% 13th 38% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL $75,192 17th +32% 14th 4% below peers
Toledo, OH $49,724 30th +32% 15th 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 6th +30% 16th 38% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $59,268 26th +30% 17th 24% below peers
Norfolk, VA $66,109 21st +28% 18th 15% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $122,551 4th +27% 19th 57% above peers
Irving, TX $81,830 11th +26% 20th 5% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $110,886 5th +26% 21st 42% above peers
Garland, TX $76,320 16th +25% 22nd 2% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 24th +24% 23rd 21% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 3rd +23% 24th 58% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $95,373 9th +21% 25th 22% above peers
Enterprise, NV $98,462 8th +21% 26th 26% above peers
Lubbock, TX $60,895 25th +21% 27th 22% below peers
Madison, WI $78,050 15th +19% 28th on par with peers
Arlington, VA $142,114 2nd +18% 29th 82% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 29th +12% 30th 36% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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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31 of 61 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 (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 83% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,728 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening slower than 52% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.6% in May 2026, up from 3.2% a year earlier.
3.6%
1990May 2026
Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 3.8% (May 26) +0.5pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Toledo, OH 4.4% (May 26) 22nd -1.8pp 1st 10% above peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% (May 26) 6th -0.5pp 2nd 10% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 3rd 22% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 3.9% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 4th 3% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.2% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 5th 5% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.5% (May 26) 23rd -0.2pp 6th 12% above peers
Reno, NV 4.1% (May 26) 17th -0.1pp 7th 2% above peers
Madison, WI 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 8th 38% below peers
Laredo, TX 4.5% (May 26) 24th -0.1pp 9th 12% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (May 26) 26th +0.0pp 10th 23% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.7% (May 26) 28th +0.0pp 11th 43% above peers
Hialeah, FL 2.5% (May 26) 2nd +0.0pp 12th 38% below peers
Boise, ID 3.2% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 13th 20% below peers
Glendale, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 20th +0.3pp 14th 7% above peers
Irving, TX 3.8% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 15th 5% below peers
Garland, TX 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.3pp 17th 2% above peers
Richmond, VA 3.9% (May 26) 14th +0.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Lubbock, TX 3.6% (May 26) 7th +0.3pp 19th 10% below peers
Chandler, AZ 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.3pp 20th 7% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.6% (May 26) 8th +0.4pp 21st 10% below peers
Spokane, WA 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.4pp 22nd 7% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.6% (May 26) 9th +0.4pp 23rd 10% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.4pp 24th 7% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% (May 26) 3rd +0.7pp 26th 25% below peers
Buffalo, NY 5.3% (May 26) 27th +0.8pp 27th 32% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 4.8% (May 26) 25th +1.0pp 28th 20% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.3% then, 9.3% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.8% to 9.3%).
9.3%
20112024
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
Virginia ref 9.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 12.0%
Huntsville, AL 12.0% 13th -4.1pp 1st 3% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.9% 23rd -5.4pp 2nd 37% above peers
Boise, ID 10.3% 11th -3.2pp 3rd 17% below peers
Laredo, TX 20.6% 27th -5.7pp 4th 67% above peers
Richmond, VA 17.4% 25th -4.7pp 5th 41% above peers
Spokane, WA 13.5% 18th -3.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Glendale, AZ 14.8% 19th -3.1pp 7th 20% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.0% 24th -2.8pp 8th 38% above peers
Buffalo, NY 25.3% 30th -3.8pp 9th 105% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.0% 14th -1.6pp 10th 3% below peers
Norfolk, VA 15.1% 20th -1.7pp 11th 22% above peers
Irving, TX 10.9% 12th -1.2pp 12th 12% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 5th -0.8pp 13th 40% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.7% 8th -0.9pp 14th 30% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 12.1% 15th -1.0pp 15th 2% below peers
Reno, NV 12.4% 16th -0.9pp 16th on par with peers
Lubbock, TX 18.1% 26th -1.2pp 17th 46% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 7.2% 3rd -0.3pp 18th 42% below peers
Toledo, OH 23.8% 28th -1.0pp 19th 92% above peers
Madison, WI 15.7% 21st -0.4pp 20th 27% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.2% 2nd -0.1pp 21st 58% below peers
Garland, TX 13.0% 17th -0.1pp 22nd 5% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 15.7% 22nd +0.1pp 23rd 27% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 24.1% 29th +0.2pp 24th 95% above peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 6th +0.3pp 25th 36% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 9.4% 10th +0.4pp 26th 24% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.3% 4th +0.6pp 27th 41% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 9.3% 9th +0.9pp 28th 25% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.6% 7th +1.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 1st +0.9pp 30th 58% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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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31 of 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Irvine, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.9% to 12.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 11 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.0% to 12.5%).
12.5%
20132024
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
Virginia ref 12.3% -1.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Hialeah, FL 19.5% 19th -9.9pp 1st 19% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 17th -8.5pp 2nd 4% above peers
Boise, ID 11.1% 9th -5.1pp 3rd 32% below peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 13th -6.4pp 4th 11% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 15th -5.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Glendale, AZ 20.2% 21st -6.8pp 6th 23% above peers
Richmond, VA 28.1% 26th -8.9pp 7th 71% above peers
Laredo, TX 28.3% 27th -8.5pp 8th 72% above peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 29th -10.4pp 9th 116% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 8.4% 4th -2.2pp 10th 49% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 25.9% 25th -6.1pp 11th 57% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 5th -1.7pp 12th 47% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 12.5% 10th -2.4pp 13th 24% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 17.7% 18th -2.2pp 14th 8% above peers
Norfolk, VA 25.2% 24th -3.1pp 15th 53% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 7th -1.2pp 16th 39% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 28th -3.3pp 17th 98% above peers
Lubbock, TX 20.1% 20th -1.9pp 18th 22% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.0% 2nd -0.4pp 19th 69% below peers
Garland, TX 20.3% 22nd -1.5pp 20th 24% above peers
Irving, TX 16.4% 16th -1.2pp 21st on par with peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 14th -0.8pp 22nd 9% below peers
Toledo, OH 36.0% 30th -0.8pp 23rd 119% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 23rd -0.3pp 24th 45% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 6th +0.4pp 25th 39% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.8% 3rd +1.2pp 26th 53% below peers
Madison, WI 13.9% 12th +2.1pp 27th 15% below peers
Enterprise, NV 10.6% 8th +2.1pp 28th 36% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 12.8% 11th +2.7pp 29th 22% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 1st +1.4pp 30th 73% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Santa Ana, CA down 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.3% to 92.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 28 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.7% to 92.8%).
92.8%
20172024
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
Virginia ref 91.1% +6.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Laredo, TX 87.5% 27th +18.9pp 1st 5% below peers
Hialeah, FL 86.7% 29th +15.7pp 2nd 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 25th +13.7pp 3rd 4% below peers
Richmond, VA 86.3% 30th +10.6pp 4th 7% below peers
Boise, ID 93.8% 11th +10.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 88.5% 26th +9.2pp 6th 4% below peers
Toledo, OH 87.2% 28th +9.0pp 7th 6% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 21st +8.9pp 8th 3% below peers
Glendale, AZ 88.8% 24th +8.8pp 9th 4% below peers
Lubbock, TX 88.9% 23rd +8.8pp 10th 4% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 92.5% 15th +8.6pp 11th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 12th +8.6pp 12th 1% above peers
Irving, TX 92.8% 13th +7.4pp 13th on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 19th +6.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 17th +6.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 20th +5.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Garland, TX 94.9% 9th +6.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 10th +6.1pp 18th 2% above peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 16th +5.7pp 19th 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA 89.0% 22nd +5.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 95.0% 8th +4.7pp 21st 3% above peers
Enterprise, NV 97.0% 1st +4.3pp 22nd 5% above peers
Arlington, VA 95.2% 7th +3.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 96.3% 5th +3.8pp 24th 4% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 4th +3.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 6th +3.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Fremont, CA 96.8% 3rd +3.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Madison, WI 91.5% 18th +2.8pp 28th 1% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 92.8% 14th +2.5pp 29th on par with peers
Gilbert, AZ 97.0% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Bakersfield, CA up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 61% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC up 6.7pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 62% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.01). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.42).
0.42
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
Virginia ref 0.47 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Richmond, VA 0.51 28th -0.032 1st 13% above peers
Laredo, TX 0.45 15th -0.025 2nd 1% below peers
Glendale, AZ 0.43 11th -0.023 3rd 5% below peers
Norfolk, VA 0.47 21st -0.017 4th 4% above peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 16th -0.016 5th on par with peers
Toledo, OH 0.45 14th -0.015 6th 1% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 0.51 27th -0.016 7th 12% above peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 23rd -0.010 8th 7% above peers
Boise, ID 0.46 19th -0.008 9th 3% above peers
Garland, TX 0.40 3rd -0.006 10th 11% below peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 26th -0.007 11th 11% above peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 17th -0.003 12th 2% above peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 7th -0.001 13th 7% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 13th +0.001 14th 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 10th +0.003 15th 6% below peers
Irving, TX 0.44 12th +0.004 16th 4% below peers
Lubbock, TX 0.49 24th +0.006 17th 8% above peers
Madison, WI 0.47 20th +0.007 18th 3% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 2nd +0.008 19th 11% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 0.41 4th +0.009 20th 9% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 0.42 6th +0.009 21st 7% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 22nd +0.011 22nd 5% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 0.39 1st +0.013 23rd 14% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 0.50 25th +0.016 24th 9% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 0.52 29th +0.019 25th 15% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 30th +0.023 26th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 5th +0.017 27th 8% below peers
Arlington, VA 0.46 18th +0.019 28th 2% above peers
Enterprise, NV 0.42 9th +0.022 29th 6% below peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 8th +0.023 30th 7% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (7.2% then, 6.9% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 20 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (8.2% to 6.9%).
6.9%
20102023
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 Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 8.8% +0.1pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Boise, ID 6.2% 7th -2.9pp 1st 42% below peers
Irving, TX 6.2% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 42% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 9.1% 12th -3.8pp 3rd 15% below peers
Garland, TX 8.8% 11th -3.6pp 4th 18% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 2.3% 1st -0.9pp 5th 78% below peers
Huntsville, AL 9.9% 14th -3.0pp 6th 8% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.4% 18th -2.9pp 7th 6% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.4% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 68% below peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 25th -2.9pp 9th 81% above peers
Laredo, TX 23.9% 28th -3.3pp 10th 123% above peers
Buffalo, NY 29.9% 29th -3.9pp 11th 179% above peers
Toledo, OH 22.3% 27th -2.7pp 12th 108% above peers
Glendale, AZ 15.4% 22nd -1.9pp 13th 44% above peers
Lubbock, TX 11.4% 17th -1.3pp 14th 6% above peers
Richmond, VA 14.6% 20th -1.3pp 15th 36% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.1% 21st -1.2pp 16th 40% above peers
Hialeah, FL 42.1% 30th -2.5pp 17th 292% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 6.9% 8th -0.3pp 18th 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ 5.3% 5th -0.2pp 19th 51% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.7% 16th -0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Arlington, VA 3.4% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 68% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 26th +0.9pp 22nd 87% above peers
Norfolk, VA 16.3% 23rd +0.9pp 23rd 51% above peers
Reno, NV 12.2% 19th +0.8pp 24th 14% above peers
Madison, WI 9.2% 13th +1.0pp 25th 14% below peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% 4th +0.6pp 26th 67% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.2% 24th +3.0pp 27th 60% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.6% 15th +2.0pp 28th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 10th +2.5pp 29th 25% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 9th +2.7pp 30th 32% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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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31 of 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Irving, TX down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Austin, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $429,006 in June 2026, up from $414,999 a year earlier.
$429,006
2000June 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref $419,920 (Jun 26) +2.0%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Toledo, OH $135,476 (Jun 26) 27th +5.3% 1st 66% below peers
Buffalo, NY $251,203 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.5% 2nd 38% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $429,006 (Jun 26) 11th +3.4% 3rd 6% above peers
Laredo, TX $222,147 (Jun 26) 25th +2.7% 4th 45% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $250,668 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.6% 5th 38% below peers
Madison, WI $435,430 (Jun 26) 10th +2.1% 6th 8% above peers
Richmond, VA $379,365 (Jun 26) 15th +2.1% 7th 6% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $858,275 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 8th 113% above peers
Lubbock, TX $213,159 (Jun 26) 26th +1.7% 9th 47% below peers
Louisville, KY $267,770 (Jun 26) 20th +1.1% 10th 34% below peers
Norfolk, VA $315,536 (Jun 26) 17th +0.9% 11th 22% below peers
Huntsville, AL $292,728 (Jun 26) 18th +0.7% 12th 27% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $267,668 (Jun 26) 21st +0.6% 13th 34% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $233,067 (Jun 26) 24th +0.4% 14th 42% below peers
Reno, NV $576,913 (Jun 26) 6th +0.3% 15th 43% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $849,516 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 16th 111% above peers
Spokane, WA $403,557 (Jun 26) 14th -0.3% 17th on par with peers
Arlington, VA $823,028 (Jun 26) 4th -0.4% 18th 104% above peers
Gilbert, AZ $572,453 (Jun 26) 7th -0.8% 19th 42% above peers
Irving, TX $346,142 (Jun 26) 16th -1.3% 20th 14% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $798,112 (Jun 26) 5th -1.3% 21st 98% above peers
Hialeah, FL $445,331 (Jun 26) 9th -1.5% 22nd 10% above peers
Chandler, AZ $521,563 (Jun 26) 8th -1.8% 23rd 29% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $408,280 (Jun 26) 12th -1.8% 24th 1% above peers
Glendale, AZ $407,385 (Jun 26) 13th -1.9% 25th 1% above peers
Fremont, CA $1,499,629 (Jun 26) 1st -3.6% 26th 272% above peers
Garland, TX $289,444 (Jun 26) 19th -4.4% 27th 28% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $299,892 in June 2026, up from $290,624 a year earlier.
$299,892
2000June 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref $245,186 (Jun 26) +2.9%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Laredo, TX $149,419 (Jun 26) 24th +5.7% 1st 43% below peers
Buffalo, NY $169,467 (Jun 26) 21st +4.4% 2nd 35% below peers
Toledo, OH $67,500 (Jun 26) 27th +4.0% 3rd 74% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $299,892 (Jun 26) 12th +3.2% 4th 14% above peers
Richmond, VA $261,975 (Jun 26) 14th +2.5% 5th on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN $162,273 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.2% 6th 38% below peers
Louisville, KY $175,951 (Jun 26) 19th +1.6% 7th 33% below peers
Norfolk, VA $236,129 (Jun 26) 17th +1.5% 8th 10% below peers
Huntsville, AL $172,185 (Jun 26) 20th +1.2% 9th 34% below peers
Lubbock, TX $132,679 (Jun 26) 25th +1.2% 10th 49% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $168,649 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.1% 11th 36% below peers
Madison, WI $318,212 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 12th 21% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $478,907 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 13th 83% above peers
Reno, NV $398,729 (Jun 26) 8th -0.4% 14th 52% above peers
Arlington, VA $427,483 (Jun 26) 6th -0.8% 15th 63% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $651,215 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.8% 16th 149% above peers
Spokane, WA $293,434 (Jun 26) 13th -0.8% 17th 12% above peers
Irving, TX $257,982 (Jun 26) 15th -1.4% 18th 2% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $455,244 (Jun 26) 5th -1.4% 19th 74% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $337,697 (Jun 26) 9th -1.7% 20th 29% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $117,749 (Jun 26) 26th -1.7% 21st 55% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $591,050 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.9% 22nd 126% above peers
Glendale, AZ $322,238 (Jun 26) 10th -2.1% 23rd 23% above peers
Chandler, AZ $402,435 (Jun 26) 7th -2.6% 24th 54% above peers
Fremont, CA $961,215 (Jun 26) 1st -4.4% 25th 267% above peers
Garland, TX $228,317 (Jun 26) 18th -4.5% 26th 13% below peers
Hialeah, FL $248,710 (Jun 26) 16th -5.6% 27th 5% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 71.4% to 74.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 13 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.7% to 74.3%).
74.4%
20112024
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
Virginia ref 67.3% +1.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 9th +5.5pp 1st 6% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 84.0% 1st +7.1pp 2nd 40% above peers
Norfolk, VA 46.3% 25th +2.9pp 3rd 23% below peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 16th +3.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 28th +2.3pp 5th 28% below peers
Toledo, OH 53.3% 20th +2.9pp 6th 11% below peers
Enterprise, NV 63.7% 8th +2.9pp 7th 6% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 74.3% 2nd +3.0pp 8th 24% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 55.6% 19th +2.1pp 9th 7% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 62.8% 11th +2.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 22nd +1.9pp 11th 17% below peers
Boise, ID 63.2% 10th +2.3pp 12th 6% above peers
Laredo, TX 64.1% 7th +2.2pp 13th 7% above peers
Irving, TX 38.1% 30th +1.3pp 14th 36% below peers
Glendale, AZ 57.2% 18th +1.8pp 15th 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 17th +1.6pp 16th 3% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 4th +1.8pp 17th 20% above peers
Richmond, VA 43.5% 27th +0.9pp 18th 27% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 24th +0.9pp 19th 22% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 15th +0.7pp 20th on par with peers
Scottsdale, AZ 67.0% 5th +0.8pp 21st 12% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 14th +0.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 6th +0.1pp 23rd 9% above peers
Lubbock, TX 51.2% 21st -0.1pp 24th 14% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 12th -0.1pp 25th 3% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 73.1% 3rd -0.7pp 26th 22% above peers
Garland, TX 61.6% 13th -0.9pp 27th 3% above peers
Madison, WI 46.0% 26th -1.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Arlington, VA 41.3% 29th -1.5pp 29th 31% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 23rd -2.0pp 30th 20% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,041 in June 2026, up from $1,919 a year earlier.
$2,041
2015June 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Norfolk, VA $1,752 (Jun 26) 12th +6.9% 1st 6% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $2,041 (Jun 26) 7th +6.3% 2nd 23% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $1,281 (Jun 26) 26th +6.2% 3rd 23% below peers
Reno, NV $1,932 (Jun 26) 9th +6.0% 4th 17% above peers
Toledo, OH $1,125 (Jun 26) 27th +4.7% 5th 32% below peers
Fremont, CA $3,308 (Jun 26) 1st +4.4% 6th 100% above peers
Richmond, VA $1,682 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 7th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,383 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.8% 8th 17% below peers
Buffalo, NY $1,430 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 9th 14% below peers
Madison, WI $1,656 (Jun 26) 14th +2.5% 10th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC $1,537 (Jun 26) 16th +2.4% 11th 7% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $2,173 (Jun 26) 6th +2.4% 12th 31% above peers
Louisville, KY $1,394 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.2% 13th 16% below peers
Spokane, WA $1,498 (Jun 26) 19th +2.0% 14th 10% below peers
Lubbock, TX $1,401 (Jun 26) 21st +1.8% 15th 15% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,806 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.1% 16th 69% above peers
Huntsville, AL $1,322 (Jun 26) 25th +0.9% 17th 20% below peers
Chandler, AZ $1,903 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 18th 15% above peers
Irving, TX $1,592 (Jun 26) 15th +0.4% 19th 4% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $3,008 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.3% 20th 82% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $1,846 (Jun 26) 11th +0.1% 21st 11% above peers
Hialeah, FL $2,374 (Jun 26) 5th -0.1% 22nd 43% above peers
Laredo, TX $1,331 (Jun 26) 24th -0.1% 23rd 20% below peers
Arlington, VA $2,722 (Jun 26) 4th -0.4% 24th 64% above peers
Glendale, AZ $1,524 (Jun 26) 17th -0.5% 25th 8% below peers
Garland, TX $1,519 (Jun 26) 18th -0.7% 26th 8% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $2,019 (Jun 26) 8th -0.7% 27th 22% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.6% then, 32.7% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.4% to 32.7%).
32.7%
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
Virginia ref 29.2% -0.7pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Hialeah, FL 51.5% 30th -3.9pp 1st 42% above peers
Toledo, OH 31.9% 9th -2.2pp 2nd 12% below peers
Richmond, VA 40.6% 26th -2.2pp 3rd 12% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 3rd -1.3pp 4th 24% below peers
Norfolk, VA 41.2% 27th -0.9pp 5th 13% above peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 21st -0.8pp 6th 4% above peers
Laredo, TX 36.1% 15th -0.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 33.7% 11th -0.2pp 8th 7% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 32.7% 10th +0.1pp 9th 10% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 12th +0.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 35.8% 14th +0.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 29th +1.0pp 12th 23% above peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 6th +0.7pp 13th 16% below peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 2nd +0.7pp 14th 26% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 25.3% 1st +0.6pp 15th 31% below peers
Boise, ID 30.4% 5th +1.0pp 16th 17% below peers
Arlington, VA 31.2% 7th +1.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Madison, WI 36.4% 17th +1.4pp 18th on par with peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 28th +1.7pp 19th 16% above peers
Glendale, AZ 36.4% 16th +1.5pp 20th on par with peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 20th +1.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Garland, TX 36.9% 19th +2.2pp 22nd 1% above peers
Lubbock, TX 38.6% 22nd +2.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 24th +2.6pp 24th 7% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 25th +2.7pp 25th 11% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 31.6% 8th +2.3pp 26th 13% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 4th +2.2pp 27th 24% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 38.6% 23rd +3.2pp 28th 6% above peers
Enterprise, NV 35.6% 13th +5.0pp 29th 2% below peers
Irving, TX 36.8% 18th +5.4pp 30th 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Louis, MO down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.1% to 5.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 5 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 5.0%).
5.0%
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
Virginia ref 6.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Richmond, VA 13.0% 28th -3.5pp 1st 96% above peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 10th -1.3pp 2nd 27% below peers
Glendale, AZ 6.7% 17th -1.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 30th -5.3pp 4th 241% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 8.2% 20th -1.9pp 5th 24% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.7% 5th -0.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Toledo, OH 11.7% 25th -2.0pp 7th 77% above peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 23rd -1.6pp 8th 48% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 7.3% 18th -1.0pp 9th 10% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 3rd -0.4pp 10th 50% below peers
Garland, TX 4.1% 7th -0.5pp 11th 38% below peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 21st -0.7pp 12th 26% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 22nd -0.6pp 13th 43% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 4th -0.2pp 14th 50% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 13th -0.2pp 15th 22% below peers
Norfolk, VA 11.5% 24th -0.4pp 16th 74% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 8th -0.1pp 17th 31% below peers
Boise, ID 5.0% 12th -0.1pp 18th 24% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 9th +0.1pp 19th 29% below peers
Lubbock, TX 6.1% 15th +0.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Madison, WI 12.2% 27th +0.8pp 21st 84% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 26th +1.1pp 22nd 81% above peers
Laredo, TX 6.6% 16th +0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Arlington, VA 15.2% 29th +2.1pp 24th 130% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 19th +1.2pp 25th 18% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.0% 11th +0.9pp 26th 24% below peers
Irving, TX 5.8% 14th +1.2pp 27th 12% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 2.7% 2nd +0.6pp 28th 60% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 2.3% 1st +0.6pp 29th 65% below peers
Enterprise, NV 3.8% 6th +1.0pp 30th 43% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.9% to 5.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp). 12 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.0% to 5.6%).
5.6%
20122024
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
Virginia ref 6.7% -1.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Hialeah, FL 15.0% 27th -5.6pp 1st 72% above peers
Richmond, VA 8.7% 16th -3.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 8.1% 14th -2.4pp 3rd 8% below peers
Boise, ID 7.0% 13th -1.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Toledo, OH 5.7% 9th -1.5pp 5th 35% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.6% 8th -1.3pp 6th 36% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 4th -1.0pp 7th 47% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.3% 21st -2.1pp 8th 18% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.2% 10th -1.1pp 9th 29% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 9.9% 19th -1.2pp 10th 13% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 5.0% 5th -0.6pp 11th 42% below peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 2nd -0.5pp 12th 53% below peers
Arlington, VA 5.2% 6th -0.6pp 13th 40% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 12th -0.7pp 14th 25% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 11.1% 23rd -1.1pp 15th 27% above peers
Huntsville, AL 8.9% 17th -0.7pp 16th 2% above peers
Spokane, WA 5.3% 7th -0.2pp 17th 39% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.1% 24th -0.1pp 18th 50% above peers
Laredo, TX 27.2% 30th -0.2pp 19th 211% above peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 15th +0.1pp 20th 7% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.0% 20th +0.4pp 21st 15% above peers
Lubbock, TX 13.5% 26th +0.6pp 22nd 54% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.3% 18th +0.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Madison, WI 4.2% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 52% below peers
Glendale, AZ 13.2% 25th +0.9pp 25th 51% above peers
Garland, TX 25.1% 29th +1.7pp 26th 187% above peers
Reno, NV 10.5% 22nd +0.8pp 27th 20% above peers
Irving, TX 22.3% 28th +2.0pp 28th 155% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.3% 11th +1.0pp 29th 28% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 30th 71% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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31 of 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Boston, MA down 0.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

40.4%
20202022
Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 35.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Fremont, CA 14.1% 1st 58% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 26% below peers
Arlington, VA 24.9% 3rd 26% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 26.9% 4th 20% below peers
Enterprise, NV 28.7% 5th 15% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 28.8% 6th 14% below peers
Boise, ID 29.4% 7th 13% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 29.8% 8th 11% below peers
Reno, NV 30.1% 9th 10% below peers
Chandler, AZ 30.2% 10th 10% below peers
Irving, TX 30.7% 11th 9% below peers
Hialeah, FL 31.5% 12th 6% below peers
Madison, WI 32.1% 13th 4% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 32.2% 14th 4% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 33.4% 15th 1% below peers
Garland, TX 33.6% 16th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 34.0% 17th 1% above peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 18th 3% above peers
Richmond, VA 35.3% 19th 5% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 35.5% 20th 6% above peers
Glendale, AZ 35.9% 21st 7% above peers
Lubbock, TX 36.6% 22nd 9% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 23rd 12% above peers
Buffalo, NY 38.4% 24th 14% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.4% 25th 17% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.4% 26th 17% above peers
Louisville, KY 39.9% 27th 19% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 28th 20% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 40.4% 29th 20% above peers
Laredo, TX 42.3% 30th 26% above peers
Toledo, OH 45.0% 31st 34% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.5% then, 3.7% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 3.7%).
3.7%
20122024
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
Virginia ref 4.7% -0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Enterprise, NV 3.7% 11th -2.2pp 1st 29% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.9% 12th -2.1pp 2nd 26% below peers
Toledo, OH 2.1% 3rd -1.2pp 3rd 59% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 8th -1.2pp 4th 42% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 5.0% 14th -1.1pp 5th 4% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 6.4% 21st -1.4pp 6th 22% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.7% 10th -0.8pp 7th 30% below peers
Norfolk, VA 5.5% 18th -1.0pp 8th 4% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 19th -1.1pp 9th 12% above peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 22nd -1.2pp 10th 31% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 17th -0.9pp 11th 2% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 6th -0.3pp 12th 44% below peers
Richmond, VA 6.2% 20th -0.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 14th 55% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 24th -0.1pp 15th 49% above peers
Laredo, TX 14.1% 28th -0.2pp 16th 169% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 9th -0.0pp 17th 31% below peers
Glendale, AZ 9.9% 26th +0.3pp 18th 88% above peers
Arlington, VA 3.0% 7th +0.1pp 19th 43% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.2% 16th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Garland, TX 18.0% 30th +1.5pp 21st 244% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.1% 15th +0.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Boise, ID 4.9% 13th +0.5pp 23rd 7% below peers
Irving, TX 15.8% 29th +2.0pp 24th 202% above peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 63% below peers
Madison, WI 2.8% 5th +0.5pp 26th 47% below peers
Lubbock, TX 10.7% 27th +2.3pp 27th 105% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 23rd +1.7pp 28th 39% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 25th +4.6pp 29th 54% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 30th 69% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.2% to 36.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 27 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.4% to 36.9%).
36.9%
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
Virginia ref 42.2% +3.4pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hialeah, FL 22.1% 27th +6.4pp 1st 40% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 28.1% 24th +5.5pp 2nd 24% below peers
Toledo, OH 21.9% 29th +3.6pp 3rd 40% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 42.6% 10th +6.9pp 4th 16% above peers
Norfolk, VA 33.5% 20th +4.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Richmond, VA 45.6% 9th +6.0pp 6th 24% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 39.5% 13th +5.0pp 7th 7% above peers
Boise, ID 47.5% 7th +5.9pp 8th 29% above peers
Laredo, TX 22.0% 28th +2.6pp 9th 40% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 33.2% 21st +3.8pp 10th 10% below peers
Buffalo, NY 31.2% 22nd +3.5pp 11th 15% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.7% 17th +4.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Glendale, AZ 24.3% 26th +2.7pp 13th 34% below peers
Irving, TX 42.4% 11th +4.7pp 14th 15% above peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 2nd +6.9pp 15th 74% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 18.9% 30th +2.0pp 16th 49% below peers
Lubbock, TX 35.1% 18th +3.6pp 17th 5% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 36.9% 14th +3.7pp 18th on par with peers
Garland, TX 25.4% 25th +2.5pp 19th 31% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 16th +3.3pp 20th 1% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 15th +3.2pp 21st on par with peers
Gilbert, AZ 48.2% 5th +3.8pp 22nd 31% above peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 19th +2.6pp 23rd 8% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 12th +3.0pp 24th 8% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 8th +3.1pp 25th 28% above peers
Chandler, AZ 47.8% 6th +3.0pp 26th 30% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 61.9% 3rd +3.5pp 27th 68% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 29.0% 23rd +1.2pp 28th 21% below peers
Madison, WI 59.9% 4th +2.0pp 29th 63% above peers
Arlington, VA 77.1% 1st +1.8pp 30th 110% above peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 6.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Winston-Salem, NC up 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 8.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.3% to 42.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.7pp). 9 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.0% to 42.0%).
42.0%
20112024
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
Virginia ref 44.8% -4.0pp
United States ref 45.5%
St. Petersburg, FL 69.9% 1st +11.4pp 1st 58% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 7th +4.3pp 2nd 16% above peers
Hialeah, FL 51.7% 5th +3.9pp 3rd 17% above peers
Boise, ID 45.4% 14th +2.6pp 4th 3% above peers
Irving, TX 36.6% 24th +1.7pp 5th 17% below peers
Richmond, VA 48.8% 11th +2.1pp 6th 10% above peers
Madison, WI 51.4% 6th +2.1pp 7th 16% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 20th +1.1pp 8th 10% below peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 13th +0.8pp 9th 6% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 18th +0.1pp 10th 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 15th -0.1pp 11th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 61.4% 2nd -0.5pp 12th 39% above peers
Toledo, OH 37.1% 22nd -1.2pp 13th 16% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 47.5% 12th -2.0pp 14th 7% above peers
Garland, TX 31.5% 28th -2.1pp 15th 29% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 54.5% 4th -5.6pp 16th 23% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 8th -5.9pp 17th 15% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 50.1% 10th -6.6pp 18th 13% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 32.6% 27th -4.5pp 19th 26% below peers
Enterprise, NV 36.0% 25th -5.7pp 20th 19% below peers
Lubbock, TX 39.6% 21st -7.3pp 21st 10% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 23rd -7.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 42.0% 17th -8.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
Norfolk, VA 42.3% 16th -8.7pp 24th 4% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 9th -12.1pp 25th 14% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 29th -6.6pp 26th 40% below peers
Huntsville, AL 41.2% 19th -11.0pp 27th 7% below peers
Arlington, VA 55.7% 3rd -15.9pp 28th 26% above peers
Laredo, TX 33.1% 26th -14.3pp 29th 25% below peers
Glendale, AZ 22.2% 30th -10.0pp 30th 50% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.2% then, 5.1% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 5.1%).
5.1%
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
Virginia ref 6.2% +1.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Arlington, VA 4.3% 6th -5.9pp 1st 39% below peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 5th -3.9pp 2nd 40% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.0% 3rd -1.8pp 3rd 43% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.3% 2nd -0.8pp 4th 68% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 16th -2.3pp 5th on par with peers
Laredo, TX 7.8% 19th -1.9pp 6th 9% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 15th -1.7pp 7th 3% below peers
Glendale, AZ 8.4% 23rd -1.9pp 8th 17% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.1% 10th -1.1pp 9th 29% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.3% 11th -1.0pp 10th 25% below peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 21st -0.6pp 11th 12% above peers
Richmond, VA 4.9% 8th -0.3pp 12th 31% below peers
Madison, WI 2.2% 1st -0.1pp 13th 69% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 9th -0.1pp 14th 31% below peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 13th +0.2pp 15th 6% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 7th +0.2pp 16th 36% below peers
Lubbock, TX 4.2% 4th +0.3pp 17th 40% below peers
Enterprise, NV 7.8% 20th +1.0pp 18th 10% above peers
Boise, ID 5.7% 12th +0.7pp 19th 21% below peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 28th +2.3pp 20th 52% above peers
Toledo, OH 12.0% 29th +2.6pp 21st 68% above peers
Norfolk, VA 7.1% 17th +1.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.7% 14th +1.9pp 23rd 6% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 7.2% 18th +2.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 25th +3.1pp 25th 39% above peers
Garland, TX 10.1% 27th +3.2pp 26th 42% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 30th +5.0pp 27th 98% above peers
Irving, TX 10.1% 26th +4.4pp 28th 41% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 8.1% 22nd +3.7pp 29th 13% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 9.1% 24th +4.2pp 30th 28% above peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (239,982 then, 252,583 now; margin ±0). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 14 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 11% from 2014 to 2024 (228,168 to 252,583).
252,583
20102024
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Enterprise, NV 240,464 19th +41% 1st 5% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 232,491 23rd +23% 2nd 8% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 3rd +15% 3rd 10% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 280,262 1st +15% 4th 11% above peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 29th +14% 5th 12% below peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 2nd +11% 6th 11% above peers
Reno, NV 273,212 7th +11% 7th 8% above peers
Madison, WI 278,001 4th +9% 8th 10% above peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 5th +8% 9th 10% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 25th +8% 10th 9% below peers
Irving, TX 256,492 13th +7% 11th 2% above peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 24th +6% 12th 9% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 252,583 15th +5% 13th on par with peers
Boise, ID 237,242 20th +5% 14th 6% below peers
Lubbock, TX 264,814 10th +4% 15th 5% above peers
Garland, TX 246,844 17th +4% 16th 2% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 252,037 16th +3% 17th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 6th +3% 18th 9% above peers
Glendale, AZ 252,833 14th +2% 19th on par with peers
Richmond, VA 229,359 26th +1% 20th 9% below peers
Arlington, VA 236,254 21st +1% 21st 6% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 8th +1% 22nd 6% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 262,732 11th +1% 23rd 4% above peers
Laredo, TX 257,619 12th -1% 24th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 30th -1% 25th 12% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 243,821 18th -3% 26th 3% below peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 27th -3% 27th 10% below peers
Toledo, OH 267,463 9th -3% 28th 6% above peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 28th -4% 29th 10% below peers
Norfolk, VA 233,596 22nd -4% 30th 8% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell less than 0.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.2% to 24.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.1pp). 19 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.4% to 24.2%).
24.2%
20172024
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
Virginia ref 21.4% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Norfolk, VA 20.4% 21st +0.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Arlington, VA 18.0% 25th +0.2pp 2nd 20% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 24.2% 10th -0.1pp 3rd 7% above peers
Richmond, VA 17.5% 26th -0.1pp 4th 22% below peers
Madison, WI 16.1% 28th -0.2pp 5th 29% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 16th -0.3pp 6th 1% below peers
Lubbock, TX 22.9% 12th -0.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 17th -0.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Irving, TX 26.2% 3rd -0.7pp 9th 16% above peers
Toledo, OH 22.9% 13th -0.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 18th -0.7pp 11th 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 27th -0.6pp 12th 25% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 8th -0.8pp 13th 8% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 23.0% 11th -0.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 9th -1.0pp 15th 8% above peers
Glendale, AZ 24.5% 7th -1.0pp 16th 9% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 6th -1.2pp 17th 9% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 16.1% 29th -0.9pp 18th 29% below peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 20th -1.2pp 19th 10% below peers
Laredo, TX 31.3% 1st -1.8pp 20th 38% above peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 23rd -1.2pp 21st 14% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 28.1% 2nd -1.8pp 22nd 25% above peers
Garland, TX 25.5% 4th -1.7pp 23rd 13% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 22nd -1.4pp 24th 12% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 20.4% 19th -1.5pp 25th 10% below peers
Enterprise, NV 22.6% 15th -1.9pp 26th on par with peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 14th -2.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 13.9% 30th -1.6pp 28th 38% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 5th -3.2pp 29th 13% above peers
Boise, ID 18.5% 24th -3.3pp 30th 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.2% then, 30.1% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.4% to 30.1%).
30.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 27.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 22nd +5.1pp 1st 18% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 19.9% 28th +3.5pp 2nd 41% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 26.6% 24th +3.7pp 3rd 22% below peers
Laredo, TX 39.6% 9th +4.4pp 4th 17% above peers
Madison, WI 31.3% 18th +3.5pp 5th 8% below peers
Enterprise, NV 28.5% 21st +2.9pp 6th 16% below peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 30th +0.8pp 7th 69% below peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 10th +2.6pp 8th 12% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 5th +3.1pp 9th 38% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 31.6% 17th +2.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Toledo, OH 61.7% 1st +3.8pp 11th 82% above peers
Arlington, VA 17.4% 29th +0.9pp 12th 49% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 27th +0.6pp 13th 41% below peers
Garland, TX 31.1% 19th +0.5pp 14th 8% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 8th +0.5pp 15th 19% above peers
Boise, ID 27.2% 23rd +0.3pp 16th 20% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 11th +0.3pp 17th 10% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 3rd -0.1pp 18th 57% above peers
Norfolk, VA 46.5% 6th -0.5pp 19th 37% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 41.9% 7th -1.3pp 20th 23% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 30.1% 20th -1.1pp 21st 11% below peers
Richmond, VA 55.8% 2nd -3.3pp 22nd 65% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 4th -3.6pp 23rd 54% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.6% 13th -2.8pp 24th 5% above peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 14th -3.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Irving, TX 25.9% 25th -3.4pp 26th 24% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 26th -3.3pp 27th 30% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 36.0% 12th -5.7pp 28th 6% above peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 16th -5.2pp 29th 4% below peers
Glendale, AZ 33.9% 15th -7.3pp 30th on par with peers
Where is this changing? 61 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 ±2.9pp 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 →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.7% then, 65.3% now; margin ±7.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.7% to 65.3%).
65.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 69.3% +1.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Gilbert, AZ 70.7% 11th +15.2pp 1st 2% above peers
Fremont, CA 69.9% 12th +12.8pp 2nd 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 16th +8.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 21st +7.7pp 4th 5% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 13th +8.0pp 5th on par with peers
Scottsdale, AZ 69.0% 15th +6.8pp 6th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 9th +5.5pp 7th 3% above peers
Laredo, TX 56.3% 29th +4.2pp 8th 19% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 20th +4.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 65.2% 23rd +2.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 10th +2.5pp 11th 3% above peers
Norfolk, VA 67.7% 19th +1.6pp 12th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 73.0% 4th +1.6pp 13th 6% above peers
Arlington, VA 74.8% 3rd +1.0pp 14th 8% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 72.6% 6th +0.8pp 15th 5% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 2nd +0.3pp 16th 9% above peers
Glendale, AZ 63.5% 26th -0.5pp 17th 8% below peers
Madison, WI 75.9% 1st -0.7pp 18th 10% above peers
Garland, TX 60.7% 28th -0.6pp 19th 12% below peers
Lubbock, TX 67.8% 18th -1.0pp 20th 2% below peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 24th -1.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 8th -1.3pp 22nd 4% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 65.3% 22nd -1.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 73.0% 5th -2.8pp 24th 6% above peers
Boise, ID 63.9% 25th -3.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Toledo, OH 69.3% 14th -4.5pp 26th on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 7th -5.2pp 27th 5% above peers
Richmond, VA 68.7% 17th -5.6pp 28th 1% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 27th -8.3pp 29th 10% below peers
Irving, TX 53.4% 30th -8.5pp 30th 23% below peers
Where is this changing? 61 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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31 of 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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