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Norfolk, VA
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233,596 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 11 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

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

Big shifts 5 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

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 18% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 389 in April 2026, down from 474 a year earlier.
389 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 19 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%
Fayetteville, NC 409 (May 26) -37.1% 1st
Glendale, AZ 364 (May 26) -26.7% 2nd
Garland, TX 185 (Apr 26) -23.2% 3rd
Fremont, CA 172 (Jan 25) -20.2% 4th
Norfolk, VA 389 (Apr 26) -18.1% 5th
Arlington, VA 260 (May 26) -13.8% 6th
Spokane, WA 535 (Apr 26) -12.9% 7th
Boise, ID 275 (Apr 26) -11.9% 8th
McKinney, TX 109 (May 26) -11.8% 9th
San Bernardino, CA 887 (May 25) -9.4% 10th
Irving, TX 251 (May 26) -8.1% 11th
Frisco, TX 101 (May 26) -7.4% 12th
Baton Rouge, LA 1,380 (May 26) -6.9% 13th
Winston-Salem, NC 775 (Mar 26) -5.5% 14th
Des Moines, IA 652 (May 26) -1.0% 15th
Chesapeake, VA 329 (May 26) -0.8% 16th
Richmond, VA 424 (May 26) +6.0% 17th
Scottsdale, AZ 176 (May 26) +8.0% 18th
Port St. Lucie, FL 121 (May 26) +18.9% 19th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Fayetteville, NC down about 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 28% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • New Haven, CT down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 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 13% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime is about 17% higher than in 2021 (2,734 then, 3,196 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 4,952 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: property crime fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3,196 in April 2026, down from 3,659 a year earlier.
3,196 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Fayetteville, NC 1,729 (May 26) -40.7% 1st
Fremont, CA 2,151 (Jan 25) -22.8% 2nd
Arlington, VA 1,559 (May 26) -22.1% 3rd
Boise, ID 813 (Apr 26) -21.8% 4th
Irving, TX 1,616 (May 26) -21.7% 5th
Tacoma, WA 3,735 (May 26) -20.2% 6th
Des Moines, IA 2,492 (May 26) -18.7% 7th
Glendale, AZ 2,170 (May 26) -14.2% 8th
Baton Rouge, LA 4,565 (May 26) -14.2% 9th
San Bernardino, CA 2,648 (May 25) -13.8% 10th
Frisco, TX 810 (May 26) -13.8% 11th
Chesapeake, VA 1,459 (May 26) -13.6% 12th
Norfolk, VA 3,196 (Apr 26) -12.7% 13th
Spokane, WA 4,211 (Apr 26) -12.0% 14th
Garland, TX 1,609 (Apr 26) -11.4% 15th
Fontana, CA 1,117 (May 26) -10.1% 16th
Richmond, VA 3,398 (May 26) -8.6% 17th
Winston-Salem, NC 2,882 (Mar 26) -6.4% 18th
Scottsdale, AZ 1,679 (May 26) -5.8% 19th
McKinney, TX 721 (May 26) -5.2% 20th
Port St. Lucie, FL 709 (May 26) -0.1% 21st

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Centennial, CO down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Maria, CA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 18% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide is about 47% lower than in 2021 (22 then, 12 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 30 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: homicide fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 12 in April 2026, down from 14 a year earlier.
12 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Irving, TX 2 (May 26) -73.3% 1st
Fayetteville, NC 6 (May 26) -68.3% 2nd
Glendale, AZ 3 (May 26) -56.3% 3rd
Frisco, TX 1 (May 26) -50.0% 4th
Richmond, VA 15 (May 26) -40.7% 5th
Garland, TX 2 (Apr 26) -39.8% 6th
Boise, ID 1 (Apr 26) -33.3% 7th
Norfolk, VA 12 (Apr 26) -18.2% 8th
Fremont, CA 2 (Jan 25) -16.7% 9th
San Bernardino, CA 11 (May 25) -16.7% 10th
Spokane, WA 5 (Apr 26) -15.4% 11th
Tacoma, WA 8 (May 26) -14.2% 12th
McKinney, TX 4 (May 26) -11.1% 13th
Baton Rouge, LA 31 (May 26) -5.5% 14th
Winston-Salem, NC 11 (Mar 26) +11.5% 15th
Fontana, CA 5 (May 26) +22.3% 16th
Port St. Lucie, FL 2 (May 26) +24.5% 17th
Scottsdale, AZ 2 (May 26) +32.8% 18th
Chesapeake, VA 5 (May 26) +44.5% 19th
Des Moines, IA 5 (May 26) +66.3% 20th
Arlington, VA 1 (May 26) +99.6% 21st

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Hartford, CT down about 30% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 32% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 40% lower than in 2021 (396 then, 240 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 889 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 240 in April 2026, down from 350 a year earlier.
240 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Fayetteville, NC 177 (May 26) -50.2% 1st
Arlington, VA 87 (May 26) -40.2% 2nd
Glendale, AZ 249 (May 26) -37.4% 3rd
Spokane, WA 287 (Apr 26) -37.3% 4th
Boise, ID 81 (Apr 26) -36.3% 5th
Irving, TX 242 (May 26) -32.6% 6th
Richmond, VA 338 (May 26) -32.0% 7th
Norfolk, VA 240 (Apr 26) -31.5% 8th
Garland, TX 250 (Apr 26) -25.7% 9th
Des Moines, IA 370 (May 26) -23.6% 10th
Tacoma, WA 737 (May 26) -23.5% 11th
Frisco, TX 48 (May 26) -22.4% 12th
Baton Rouge, LA 603 (May 26) -21.3% 13th
Port St. Lucie, FL 27 (May 26) -20.2% 14th
Fontana, CA 208 (May 26) -17.6% 15th
Chesapeake, VA 89 (May 26) -16.0% 16th
Scottsdale, AZ 116 (May 26) -14.1% 17th
Fremont, CA 519 (Jan 25) -12.1% 18th
McKinney, TX 54 (May 26) -5.3% 19th
Winston-Salem, NC 340 (Mar 26) -5.2% 20th
San Bernardino, CA 704 (May 25) -4.4% 21st

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Boulder, CO down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% 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 28% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $51,590 to $66,109 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,089). 29 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and 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 50% from 2014 to 2024 ($44,150 to $66,109).
$66,109
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 29th +59% 1st 31% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 23rd +47% 2nd 16% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 7th +41% 3rd 27% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 10th +41% 4th 16% above peers
Boise, ID $83,904 12th +40% 5th 4% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 22nd +39% 6th 13% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 11th +38% 7th 6% above peers
Richmond, VA $64,587 26th +37% 8th 20% below peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 9th 125% above peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 19th +35% 10th 7% below peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 16th +35% 11th 1% below peers
Glendale, AZ $73,530 21st +34% 12th 9% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL $80,648 15th +33% 13th on par with peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 4th +33% 14th 54% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 13th +31% 15th 4% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 28th +30% 16th 28% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $59,268 27th +30% 17th 27% below peers
Norfolk, VA $66,109 24th +28% 18th 18% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 20th +28% 19th 8% below peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 17th +27% 20th 3% below peers
Irving, TX $81,830 14th +26% 21st 1% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $110,886 6th +26% 22nd 37% above peers
Garland, TX $76,320 18th +25% 23rd 5% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 5th +23% 24th 53% above peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 25th +23% 25th 18% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $95,373 9th +21% 26th 18% above peers
Enterprise, NV $98,462 8th +21% 27th 22% above peers
Arlington, VA $142,114 3rd +18% 28th 76% above peers
Frisco, TX $150,212 2nd +18% 29th 86% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 30th +12% 30th 38% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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4 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,785 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 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 65% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.1% in May 2026, up from 3.8% a year earlier.
4.1%
1990May 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 3.8% (May 26) +0.5pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
San Bernardino, CA 4.9% (May 26) 23rd -0.7pp 1st 20% above peers
Modesto, CA 5.7% (May 26) 27th -0.6pp 2nd 39% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.6% (May 26) 20th -0.5pp 3rd 12% above peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 4th 12% below peers
Des Moines, IA 3.3% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 5th 20% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th -0.4pp 6th 22% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 3.9% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 7th 5% below peers
Fontana, CA 4.2% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.5% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 9th 10% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (May 26) 24th +0.0pp 10th 20% above peers
Hialeah, FL 2.5% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 11th 39% below peers
Boise, ID 3.2% (May 26) 3rd +0.1pp 12th 22% below peers
Norfolk, VA 4.1% (May 26) 14th +0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Richmond, VA 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 14th 5% below peers
Garland, TX 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 15th 2% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.8% (May 26) 8th +0.3pp 16th 7% below peers
Glendale, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 17th 5% above peers
Irving, TX 3.8% (May 26) 9th +0.3pp 18th 7% below peers
Spokane, WA 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 19th 5% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.6% (May 26) 6th +0.4pp 20th 12% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.7% (May 26) 7th +0.4pp 21st 10% below peers
McKinney, TX 4.0% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Tacoma, WA 5.1% (May 26) 26th +0.6pp 23rd 24% above peers
Yonkers, NY 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% (May 26) 2nd +0.7pp 25th 27% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 4.8% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 26th 17% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 4.8% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 27th 17% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.8% to 15.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 14 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.5% to 15.1%).
15.1%
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%
San Bernardino, CA 18.1% 29th -6.6pp 1st 49% above peers
Huntsville, AL 12.0% 15th -4.1pp 2nd 1% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.9% 26th -5.4pp 3rd 40% above peers
Boise, ID 10.3% 11th -3.2pp 4th 15% below peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 10th -3.0pp 5th 18% below peers
Richmond, VA 17.4% 28th -4.7pp 6th 44% above peers
Spokane, WA 13.5% 20th -3.3pp 7th 11% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.6% 14th -2.8pp 8th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 5.6% 3rd -1.2pp 9th 54% below peers
Glendale, AZ 14.8% 23rd -3.1pp 10th 23% above peers
Tacoma, WA 12.1% 17th -2.2pp 11th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.0% 27th -2.8pp 12th 41% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.2% 19th -1.8pp 13th 9% above peers
Norfolk, VA 15.1% 24th -1.7pp 14th 25% above peers
Irving, TX 10.9% 13th -1.2pp 15th 10% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 6th -0.8pp 16th 39% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 16.4% 25th -1.6pp 17th 35% above peers
Yonkers, NY 13.7% 21st -1.1pp 18th 13% above peers
Des Moines, IA 14.6% 22nd -1.1pp 19th 21% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 7.2% 4th -0.3pp 20th 40% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.5% 1st -0.1pp 21st 71% below peers
Garland, TX 13.0% 18th -0.1pp 22nd 7% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.1% 16th -0.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA 24.1% 30th +0.2pp 24th 99% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.7% 12th +0.3pp 25th 12% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 9.4% 9th +0.4pp 26th 22% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.3% 5th +0.6pp 27th 40% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 9.3% 8th +0.9pp 28th 23% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.6% 7th +1.0pp 29th 29% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 57% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 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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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.3% to 25.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 16 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.1% to 25.2%).
25.2%
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% 21st -9.9pp 1st 21% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 19th -8.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 27th -12.1pp 3rd 60% above peers
Boise, ID 11.1% 8th -5.1pp 4th 31% below peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 13th -6.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 11th -5.7pp 6th 16% below peers
Glendale, AZ 20.2% 22nd -6.8pp 7th 25% above peers
Richmond, VA 28.1% 29th -8.9pp 8th 74% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 3rd -1.8pp 9th 58% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 8.4% 5th -2.2pp 10th 48% below peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 18th -4.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 16th -3.9pp 12th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 25.9% 28th -6.1pp 13th 60% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 6th -1.7pp 14th 46% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 12.5% 9th -2.4pp 15th 23% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 15th -2.7pp 16th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 14th -2.3pp 17th 7% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 20th -2.9pp 18th 18% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 25th -3.5pp 19th 52% above peers
Norfolk, VA 25.2% 26th -3.1pp 20th 56% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 30th -3.3pp 21st 101% above peers
Garland, TX 20.3% 23rd -1.5pp 22nd 26% above peers
Irving, TX 16.4% 17th -1.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 24th -1.1pp 24th 37% above peers
Frisco, TX 3.2% 1st +0.2pp 25th 80% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 12th +0.7pp 26th 14% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.8% 4th +1.2pp 27th 52% below peers
Enterprise, NV 10.6% 7th +2.1pp 28th 35% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 12.8% 10th +2.7pp 29th 21% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 72% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.6% to 89.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 29 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and 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: broadband rose 9.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (79.2% to 89.0%).
89.0%
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%
Hialeah, FL 86.7% 29th +15.7pp 1st 7% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 89.1% 25th +15.2pp 2nd 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 18th +12.0pp 3rd 1% below peers
Richmond, VA 86.3% 30th +10.6pp 4th 7% below peers
Boise, ID 93.8% 12th +10.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 23rd +9.8pp 6th 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 5th +10.4pp 7th 4% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 88.5% 28th +9.2pp 8th 5% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 24th +8.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Glendale, AZ 88.8% 27th +8.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 92.9% 15th +8.9pp 11th on par with peers
Irving, TX 92.8% 16th +7.4pp 12th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 13th +7.0pp 13th on par with peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 22nd +6.8pp 14th 2% below peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 21st +6.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Garland, TX 94.9% 10th +6.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 20th +5.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA 89.0% 26th +5.4pp 18th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 7th +5.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 19th +5.3pp 20th 1% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 14th +4.6pp 21st on par with peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 95.0% 9th +4.7pp 22nd 2% above peers
Enterprise, NV 97.0% 2nd +4.3pp 23rd 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 11th +4.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Arlington, VA 95.2% 8th +3.7pp 25th 2% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 96.3% 6th +3.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 4th +3.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Fremont, CA 96.8% 3rd +3.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 92.8% 17th +2.5pp 29th on par with peers
Frisco, TX 97.7% 1st +1.8pp 30th 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.49 to 0.47 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 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; 13 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.47).
0.47
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 17% above peers
Glendale, AZ 0.43 13th -0.023 2nd 2% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 11th -0.018 3rd 3% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 25th -0.020 4th 8% above peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 5th 13% below peers
Norfolk, VA 0.47 24th -0.017 6th 8% above peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 19th -0.016 7th 3% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 0.51 27th -0.016 8th 15% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 14th -0.011 9th 1% below peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 26th -0.010 10th 11% above peers
Boise, ID 0.46 23rd -0.008 11th 6% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 16th -0.008 12th on par with peers
Garland, TX 0.40 3rd -0.006 13th 8% below peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 20th -0.003 14th 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 15th 13% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 18th +0.000 16th 2% above peers
Irving, TX 0.44 15th +0.004 17th 1% below peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 17th +0.006 18th on par with peers
Frisco, TX 0.42 6th +0.009 19th 5% below peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 8th +0.009 20th 4% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 0.41 4th +0.009 21st 6% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 0.42 7th +0.009 22nd 4% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 12th +0.011 23rd 2% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 0.52 29th +0.019 24th 19% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 30th +0.023 25th 28% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 5th +0.017 26th 5% below peers
Arlington, VA 0.46 21st +0.019 27th 5% above peers
Enterprise, NV 0.42 10th +0.022 28th 4% below peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 9th +0.023 29th 4% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 22nd +0.028 30th 5% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (15.3% then, 16.3% now; margin ±1.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 19 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 0.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (15.9% to 16.3%).
16.3%
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 56% below peers
Irving, TX 6.2% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 56% below peers
Garland, TX 8.8% 12th -3.6pp 3rd 37% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 2.3% 2nd -0.9pp 4th 83% below peers
Huntsville, AL 9.9% 14th -3.0pp 5th 30% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 21st -4.4pp 6th 15% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 10th -1.7pp 7th 45% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.3% 23rd -2.6pp 8th 16% above peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 81% below peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 27th -2.9pp 10th 38% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.4% 29th -3.2pp 11th 66% above peers
Glendale, AZ 15.4% 19th -1.9pp 12th 9% above peers
Richmond, VA 14.6% 18th -1.3pp 13th 4% above peers
Frisco, TX 1.8% 1st -0.1pp 14th 87% below peers
Hialeah, FL 42.1% 30th -2.5pp 15th 199% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 6.9% 8th -0.3pp 16th 51% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.7% 15th -0.1pp 17th 24% below peers
Arlington, VA 3.4% 4th +0.1pp 18th 76% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 20th +0.6pp 19th 12% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 28th +0.9pp 20th 42% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 13th +0.4pp 21st 30% below peers
Norfolk, VA 16.3% 22nd +0.9pp 22nd 15% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 16th +1.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 25th +2.0pp 24th 32% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 26th +2.2pp 25th 36% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 17th +1.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% 5th +0.6pp 27th 75% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.2% 24th +3.0pp 28th 22% above peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 11th +2.5pp 29th 43% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 9th +2.7pp 30th 48% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $315,536 in June 2026, up from $312,795 a year earlier.
$315,536
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%
Yonkers, NY $702,854 (Jun 26) 5th +6.1% 1st 64% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $429,006 (Jun 26) 14th +3.4% 2nd on par with peers
Richmond, VA $379,365 (Jun 26) 17th +2.1% 3rd 12% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $858,275 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 4th 100% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $496,080 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 5th 16% above peers
Louisville, KY $267,770 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.1% 6th 38% below peers
Norfolk, VA $315,536 (Jun 26) 20th +0.9% 7th 26% below peers
Huntsville, AL $292,728 (Jun 26) 21st +0.7% 8th 32% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $267,668 (Jun 26) 24th +0.6% 9th 38% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $233,067 (Jun 26) 25th +0.4% 10th 46% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $227,387 (Jun 26) 26th +0.1% 11th 47% below peers
Des Moines, IA $213,036 (Jun 26) 27th +0.1% 12th 50% below peers
Spokane, WA $403,557 (Jun 26) 16th -0.3% 13th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA $498,063 (Jun 26) 9th -0.4% 14th 16% above peers
Arlington, VA $823,028 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.4% 15th 92% above peers
Fontana, CA $639,380 (Jun 26) 7th -0.6% 16th 49% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $553,116 (Jun 26) 8th -0.6% 17th 29% above peers
Modesto, CA $449,607 (Jun 26) 12th -0.7% 18th 5% above peers
Irving, TX $346,142 (Jun 26) 18th -1.3% 19th 19% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $798,112 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 20th 86% above peers
Hialeah, FL $445,331 (Jun 26) 13th -1.5% 21st 4% above peers
Glendale, AZ $407,385 (Jun 26) 15th -1.9% 22nd 5% below peers
Fremont, CA $1,499,629 (Jun 26) 1st -3.6% 23rd 250% above peers
Garland, TX $289,444 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.4% 24th 33% below peers
Frisco, TX $656,145 (Jun 26) 6th -5.0% 25th 53% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $337,346 (Jun 26) 19th -6.0% 26th 21% below peers
McKinney, TX $482,599 (Jun 26) 11th -6.7% 27th 12% above 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 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $236,129 in June 2026, up from $232,608 a year earlier.
$236,129
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%
Yonkers, NY $355,502 (Jun 26) 12th +6.6% 1st 19% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $299,892 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 2nd on par with peers
Richmond, VA $261,975 (Jun 26) 16th +2.5% 3rd 13% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $408,858 (Jun 26) 8th +1.7% 4th 36% above peers
Louisville, KY $175,951 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.6% 5th 41% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $158,963 (Jun 26) 25th +1.5% 6th 47% below peers
Norfolk, VA $236,129 (Jun 26) 20th +1.5% 7th 21% below peers
Huntsville, AL $172,185 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.2% 8th 43% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $168,649 (Jun 26) 24th +1.1% 9th 44% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $495,598 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 10th 65% above peers
Fontana, CA $548,361 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.3% 11th 83% above peers
Des Moines, IA $156,486 (Jun 26) 26th +0.2% 12th 48% below peers
Modesto, CA $369,767 (Jun 26) 10th +0.1% 13th 23% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $478,907 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 14th 60% above peers
Tacoma, WA $398,881 (Jun 26) 9th -0.5% 15th 33% above peers
Arlington, VA $427,483 (Jun 26) 7th -0.8% 16th 43% above peers
Spokane, WA $293,434 (Jun 26) 15th -0.8% 17th 2% below peers
Irving, TX $257,982 (Jun 26) 18th -1.4% 18th 14% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $117,749 (Jun 26) 27th -1.7% 19th 61% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $591,050 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.9% 20th 97% above peers
Glendale, AZ $322,238 (Jun 26) 13th -2.1% 21st 7% above peers
Fremont, CA $961,215 (Jun 26) 1st -4.4% 22nd 221% above peers
Garland, TX $228,317 (Jun 26) 21st -4.5% 23rd 24% below peers
Frisco, TX $462,723 (Jun 26) 6th -5.3% 24th 54% above peers
Hialeah, FL $248,710 (Jun 26) 19th -5.6% 25th 17% below peers
McKinney, TX $365,773 (Jun 26) 11th -6.1% 26th 22% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $259,674 (Jun 26) 17th -6.8% 27th 13% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.4% to 46.3% - 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; 17 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.7% to 46.3%).
46.3%
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 67.3% +1.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 21st +5.3pp 1st 14% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 84.0% 1st +7.1pp 2nd 43% above peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 19th +3.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 24th +3.2pp 4th 19% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 15th +3.8pp 5th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 46.3% 26th +2.9pp 6th 21% below peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 16th +3.6pp 7th on par with peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 22nd +2.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Enterprise, NV 63.7% 9th +2.9pp 9th 8% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 74.3% 3rd +3.0pp 10th 26% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 55.6% 20th +2.1pp 11th 6% below peers
Boise, ID 63.2% 11th +2.3pp 12th 7% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 2nd +2.7pp 13th 31% above peers
Irving, TX 38.1% 30th +1.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Glendale, AZ 57.2% 18th +1.8pp 15th 3% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 17th +1.6pp 16th 1% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 10th +1.6pp 17th 7% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 4th +1.8pp 18th 22% above peers
Richmond, VA 43.5% 28th +0.9pp 19th 26% below peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 6th +1.3pp 20th 13% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 25th +0.9pp 21st 21% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 67.0% 5th +0.8pp 22nd 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 14th +0.4pp 23rd 3% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 13th +0.2pp 24th 3% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 27th +0.1pp 25th 22% below peers
Garland, TX 61.6% 12th -0.9pp 26th 5% above peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 8th -2.0pp 27th 8% above peers
Arlington, VA 41.3% 29th -1.5pp 28th 30% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 23rd -2.0pp 29th 19% below peers
Frisco, TX 65.9% 7th -5.7pp 30th 12% above peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 7% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,752 in June 2026, up from $1,639 a year earlier.
$1,752
2015June 2026
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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) 15th +6.9% 1st 4% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $2,041 (Jun 26) 9th +6.3% 2nd 12% above peers
Fremont, CA $3,308 (Jun 26) 1st +4.4% 3rd 82% above peers
Yonkers, NY $2,754 (Jun 26) 4th +3.9% 4th 51% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,994 (Jun 26) 10th +3.7% 5th 10% above peers
Richmond, VA $1,682 (Jun 26) 17th +3.2% 6th 8% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,383 (Jun 26) 25th +2.8% 7th 24% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,401 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.8% 8th 23% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,121 (Jun 26) 27th +2.7% 9th 38% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $1,537 (Jun 26) 19th +2.4% 10th 15% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,364 (Jun 26) 7th +2.4% 11th 30% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $2,173 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 12th 19% above peers
Louisville, KY $1,394 (Jun 26) 24th +2.2% 13th 23% below peers
Spokane, WA $1,498 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.0% 14th 18% below peers
Tacoma, WA $1,749 (Jun 26) 16th +1.9% 15th 4% below peers
Fontana, CA $3,042 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 16th 67% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,806 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.1% 17th 54% above peers
Huntsville, AL $1,322 (Jun 26) 26th +0.9% 18th 27% below peers
Modesto, CA $1,986 (Jun 26) 11th +0.5% 19th 9% above peers
Irving, TX $1,592 (Jun 26) 18th +0.4% 20th 12% below peers
Hialeah, FL $2,374 (Jun 26) 6th -0.1% 21st 31% above peers
Arlington, VA $2,722 (Jun 26) 5th -0.4% 22nd 50% above peers
Frisco, TX $1,861 (Jun 26) 13th -0.4% 23rd 2% above peers
Glendale, AZ $1,524 (Jun 26) 20th -0.5% 24th 16% below peers
Garland, TX $1,519 (Jun 26) 21st -0.7% 25th 16% below peers
McKinney, TX $1,819 (Jun 26) 14th -1.6% 26th on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,912 (Jun 26) 12th -1.9% 27th 5% 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 (42.1% then, 41.2% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.4% to 41.2%).
41.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 29.2% -0.7pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 17th -5.0pp 1st 5% above peers
Hialeah, FL 51.5% 30th -3.9pp 2nd 40% above peers
Richmond, VA 40.6% 23rd -2.2pp 3rd 10% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 1st -1.3pp 4th 25% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 6th -0.9pp 5th 15% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 18th -1.1pp 6th 7% above peers
Norfolk, VA 41.2% 25th -0.9pp 7th 12% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 28th -0.7pp 8th 21% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 20th -0.6pp 9th 8% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 27th -0.4pp 10th 19% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 33.7% 10th -0.2pp 11th 9% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 47.5% 29th -0.0pp 12th 29% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 32.7% 9th +0.1pp 13th 11% below peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 8th +0.2pp 14th 13% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 11th +0.2pp 15th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 21st +0.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 35.8% 13th +0.6pp 17th 3% below peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 4th +0.7pp 18th 17% below peers
Boise, ID 30.4% 3rd +1.0pp 19th 18% below peers
Arlington, VA 31.2% 5th +1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 26th +1.7pp 21st 14% above peers
Glendale, AZ 36.4% 14th +1.5pp 22nd 1% below peers
Garland, TX 36.9% 16th +2.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 24th +2.6pp 24th 11% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 22nd +2.7pp 25th 10% above peers
Frisco, TX 28.7% 2nd +2.0pp 26th 22% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 31.6% 7th +2.3pp 27th 14% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.6% 12th +5.0pp 28th 4% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 19th +5.8pp 29th 8% above peers
Irving, TX 36.8% 15th +5.4pp 30th on par with peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.9% then, 11.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.5% to 11.5%).
11.5%
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
San Bernardino, CA 6.8% 19th -2.8pp 1st 7% above peers
Richmond, VA 13.0% 28th -3.5pp 2nd 105% above peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 12th -1.3pp 3rd 23% below peers
Glendale, AZ 6.7% 18th -1.7pp 4th 6% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 8.2% 21st -1.9pp 5th 30% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.7% 7th -0.7pp 6th 42% below peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 25th -1.6pp 7th 55% above peers
Garland, TX 4.1% 10th -0.5pp 8th 35% below peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 30th -1.7pp 9th 274% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 24th -0.6pp 10th 50% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 4th -0.2pp 11th 47% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 16th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 11.5% 26th -0.4pp 13th 82% above peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 23rd -0.1pp 14th 42% above peers
Boise, ID 5.0% 14th -0.1pp 15th 21% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 22nd +0.2pp 16th 39% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 11th +0.1pp 17th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 20th +0.3pp 18th 23% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 6th +0.3pp 19th 45% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 27th +1.1pp 20th 89% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 2nd +0.4pp 21st 49% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 5th +0.4pp 22nd 47% below peers
Arlington, VA 15.2% 29th +2.1pp 23rd 140% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 9th +0.6pp 24th 39% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 17th +1.0pp 25th 4% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.0% 13th +0.9pp 26th 21% below peers
Irving, TX 5.8% 15th +1.2pp 27th 8% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 2.7% 1st +0.6pp 28th 58% below peers
Enterprise, NV 3.8% 8th +1.0pp 29th 40% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.3% 3rd +1.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys 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 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.5% to 8.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 13 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; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.1% to 8.1%).
8.1%
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% 28th -5.6pp 1st 76% above peers
Richmond, VA 8.7% 17th -3.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Norfolk, VA 8.1% 13th -2.4pp 3rd 5% below peers
Boise, ID 7.0% 11th -1.9pp 4th 18% below peers
McKinney, TX 8.1% 14th -2.1pp 5th 4% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.6% 7th -1.3pp 6th 35% below peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 45% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 2nd -1.0pp 8th 45% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.3% 23rd -2.1pp 9th 21% above peers
Yonkers, NY 6.2% 8th -1.0pp 10th 27% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.1% 22nd -1.3pp 11th 19% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 5.0% 4th -0.6pp 12th 41% below peers
Arlington, VA 5.2% 5th -0.6pp 13th 39% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.9% 20th -1.0pp 14th 17% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 11.1% 24th -1.1pp 15th 31% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 25th -1.0pp 16th 37% above peers
Huntsville, AL 8.9% 18th -0.7pp 17th 5% above peers
Frisco, TX 6.3% 9th -0.4pp 18th 26% below peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 19th -0.5pp 19th 7% above peers
Spokane, WA 5.3% 6th -0.2pp 20th 37% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 8.5% 16th -0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 7.0% 10th -0.2pp 22nd 18% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 15th +0.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 12th +0.3pp 24th 16% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 26th +0.5pp 25th 46% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.0% 21st +0.4pp 26th 18% above peers
Glendale, AZ 13.2% 27th +0.9pp 27th 55% above peers
Garland, TX 25.1% 30th +1.7pp 28th 195% above peers
Irving, TX 22.3% 29th +2.0pp 29th 162% above peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 30th 70% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 somewhat above the peer median.

39.4%
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 59% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 27% below peers
Arlington, VA 24.9% 3rd 27% below peers
Frisco, TX 26.6% 4th 22% below peers
Enterprise, NV 28.7% 5th 16% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 28.8% 6th 15% below peers
Boise, ID 29.4% 7th 14% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 8th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 9th 11% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 10th 10% below peers
Irving, TX 30.7% 11th 10% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 12th 9% below peers
Hialeah, FL 31.5% 13th 7% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 33.4% 14th 2% below peers
Garland, TX 33.6% 15th 1% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 34.0% 16th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 17th 1% above peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 18th 3% above peers
Richmond, VA 35.3% 19th 4% above peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Glendale, AZ 35.9% 21st 6% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 22nd 8% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 23rd 9% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 24th 10% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.4% 25th 16% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 26th 16% above peers
Louisville, KY 39.9% 27th 17% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 28th 18% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 29th 19% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 40.4% 30th 19% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 31st 19% 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 (6.5% then, 5.5% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 5.5%).
5.5%
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% 10th -2.2pp 1st 23% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.9% 12th -2.1pp 2nd 20% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 7th -1.2pp 3rd 37% below peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 60% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 22nd -1.6pp 5th 26% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 6.4% 24th -1.4pp 6th 33% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.7% 9th -0.8pp 7th 24% below peers
Norfolk, VA 5.5% 20th -1.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 21st -1.1pp 9th 21% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 10th 38% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 4th -0.3pp 11th 40% below peers
Frisco, TX 4.0% 13th -0.4pp 12th 17% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 18th -0.2pp 13th 7% above peers
Richmond, VA 6.2% 23rd -0.2pp 14th 29% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 15th 51% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 15th -0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Glendale, AZ 9.9% 27th +0.3pp 17th 105% above peers
Arlington, VA 3.0% 6th +0.1pp 18th 38% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.2% 19th +0.4pp 19th 9% above peers
Garland, TX 18.0% 30th +1.5pp 20th 274% above peers
Boise, ID 4.9% 17th +0.5pp 21st 1% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 14th +0.5pp 22nd 15% below peers
Irving, TX 15.8% 29th +2.0pp 23rd 228% above peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 8th +0.4pp 24th 32% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 28th +1.9pp 25th 118% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 26th +1.9pp 26th 98% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 11th +0.9pp 27th 20% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 16th +1.5pp 28th on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 25th +4.6pp 29th 67% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 30th 66% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.8% to 33.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 28 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; 28 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.6% to 33.5%).
33.5%
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% 26th +6.4pp 1st 38% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 19th +6.2pp 2nd 12% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 28.1% 22nd +5.5pp 3rd 21% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 27th +3.4pp 4th 40% below peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 16th +4.8pp 5th 3% below peers
Norfolk, VA 33.5% 18th +4.6pp 6th 6% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 23rd +3.6pp 7th 25% below peers
Richmond, VA 45.6% 8th +6.0pp 8th 28% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 39.5% 11th +5.0pp 9th 11% above peers
Boise, ID 47.5% 6th +5.9pp 10th 33% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 5th +6.7pp 11th 52% above peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 28th +2.5pp 12th 41% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.7% 15th +4.0pp 13th on par with peers
Glendale, AZ 24.3% 25th +2.7pp 14th 32% below peers
Irving, TX 42.4% 9th +4.7pp 15th 19% above peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 3rd +6.9pp 16th 79% above peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 20th +3.0pp 17th 17% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 36.9% 12th +3.7pp 18th 3% above peers
Garland, TX 25.4% 24th +2.5pp 19th 29% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 30th +1.2pp 20th 63% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 13th +3.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 29th +1.5pp 22nd 50% below peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 17th +2.6pp 23rd 5% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 10th +3.0pp 24th 12% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 7th +3.1pp 25th 32% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 21st +1.8pp 26th 19% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 14th +2.2pp 27th on par with peers
Frisco, TX 67.5% 2nd +4.1pp 28th 89% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 61.9% 4th +3.5pp 29th 73% above peers
Arlington, VA 77.1% 1st +1.8pp 30th 116% above peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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 8.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 51.0% to 42.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.3pp). 10 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 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.8% to 42.3%).
42.3%
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 44.8% -4.0pp
United States ref 45.5%
McKinney, TX 62.0% 2nd +6.9pp 1st 48% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 26th +2.2pp 2nd 33% below peers
Hialeah, FL 51.7% 7th +3.9pp 3rd 23% above peers
Boise, ID 45.4% 12th +2.6pp 4th 8% above peers
Irving, TX 36.6% 19th +1.7pp 5th 13% below peers
Richmond, VA 48.8% 10th +2.1pp 6th 16% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 16th +0.1pp 7th 1% below peers
Tacoma, WA 44.8% 13th -0.0pp 8th 7% above peers
Fremont, CA 61.4% 3rd -0.5pp 9th 46% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 47.5% 11th -2.0pp 10th 13% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 11th 48% above peers
Garland, TX 31.5% 25th -2.1pp 12th 25% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 54.5% 6th -5.6pp 13th 30% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 8th -5.9pp 14th 21% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 22nd -4.1pp 15th 21% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 21st -4.9pp 16th 15% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 32.6% 23rd -4.5pp 17th 22% below peers
Frisco, TX 55.6% 5th -8.7pp 18th 32% above peers
Enterprise, NV 36.0% 20th -5.7pp 19th 14% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 28th -5.0pp 20th 34% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 42.0% 15th -8.4pp 21st on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 42.3% 14th -8.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 9th -12.1pp 23rd 20% above peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 24th -7.8pp 24th 23% below peers
Huntsville, AL 41.2% 17th -11.0pp 25th 2% below peers
Arlington, VA 55.7% 4th -15.9pp 26th 33% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 27th -9.9pp 27th 34% below peers
Glendale, AZ 22.2% 29th -10.0pp 28th 47% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 38.2% 18th -17.2pp 29th 9% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 20.5% 30th -15.5pp 30th 51% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.8pp 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 (5.4% then, 7.1% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.2% to 7.1%).
7.1%
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% 4th -5.9pp 1st 43% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 10th -3.5pp 2nd 18% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.0% 3rd -1.8pp 3rd 46% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.3% 1st -0.8pp 4th 70% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 13th -2.2pp 5th 8% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 12th -1.7pp 6th 9% below peers
Glendale, AZ 8.4% 20th -1.9pp 7th 11% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.1% 7th -1.1pp 8th 33% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.3% 8th -1.0pp 9th 30% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 23rd -1.3pp 10th 17% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 11th -0.9pp 11th 14% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 27th -0.8pp 12th 28% above peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 18th -0.6pp 13th 6% above peers
Richmond, VA 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 22nd -0.4pp 15th 14% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 14th -0.2pp 16th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 21st +0.0pp 17th 14% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 5th +0.2pp 18th 39% below peers
Enterprise, NV 7.8% 17th +1.0pp 19th 4% above peers
Boise, ID 5.7% 9th +0.7pp 20th 25% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.1% 2nd +0.5pp 21st 58% below peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 26th +1.6pp 22nd 24% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 24th +1.8pp 23rd 19% above peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 30th +2.3pp 24th 43% above peers
Norfolk, VA 7.1% 15th +1.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Garland, TX 10.1% 29th +3.2pp 26th 34% above peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 16th +2.9pp 27th on par with peers
Irving, TX 10.1% 28th +4.4pp 28th 33% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 8.1% 19th +3.7pp 29th 7% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 9.1% 25th +4.2pp 30th 21% above peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (244,601 then, 233,596 now; margin ±0). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 7 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 fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (244,745 to 233,596).
233,596
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
Enterprise, NV 240,464 7th +41% 1st 5% above peers
Frisco, TX 219,304 21st +24% 2nd 4% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 232,491 11th +23% 3rd 2% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 24th +17% 4th 6% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 29th +16% 5th 8% below peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 17th +14% 6th 2% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 13th +8% 7th 1% above peers
Irving, TX 256,492 1st +7% 8th 12% above peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 12th +6% 9th 1% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 23rd +6% 10th 4% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 252,583 3rd +5% 11th 11% above peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 30th +5% 12th 8% below peers
Boise, ID 237,242 8th +5% 13th 4% above peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 19th +5% 14th 2% below peers
Garland, TX 246,844 5th +4% 15th 8% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 252,037 4th +3% 16th 10% above peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 22nd +3% 17th 4% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 20th +3% 18th 2% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 27th +2% 19th 7% below peers
Glendale, AZ 252,833 2nd +2% 20th 11% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 25th +2% 21st 6% below peers
Richmond, VA 229,359 14th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Arlington, VA 236,254 9th +1% 23rd 3% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 28th +0% 24th 8% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 18th -1% 25th 2% below peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 26th -1% 26th 7% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 243,821 6th -3% 27th 7% above peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 15th -3% 28th on par with peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 16th -4% 29th 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA 233,596 10th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Where is this changing? 81 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children rose 0.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.7% to 20.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.0pp). 1 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.0% to 20.4%).
20.3%
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% 20th +0.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 4th +0.7pp 2nd 16% above peers
Arlington, VA 18.0% 26th +0.2pp 3rd 20% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 12th +0.3pp 4th 5% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 24.2% 11th -0.1pp 5th 7% above peers
Richmond, VA 17.5% 28th -0.1pp 6th 22% below peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 16th -0.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 13th -0.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Irving, TX 26.2% 5th -0.7pp 9th 16% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 27th -0.6pp 10th 22% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 17th -0.7pp 11th 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 29th -0.6pp 12th 25% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 23.0% 14th -0.8pp 13th 2% above peers
Glendale, AZ 24.5% 10th -1.0pp 14th 9% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 9th -1.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 1st -1.4pp 16th 21% above peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 19th -1.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 23rd -1.2pp 18th 14% below peers
Garland, TX 25.5% 8th -1.7pp 19th 13% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 20.4% 18th -1.5pp 20th 10% below peers
Enterprise, NV 22.6% 15th -1.9pp 21st on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 22nd 15% above peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 21st -1.8pp 23rd 12% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 6th -2.5pp 24th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 22nd -2.0pp 25th 13% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 25th -1.8pp 26th 18% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 27th 18% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 13.9% 30th -1.6pp 28th 38% below peers
Frisco, TX 27.2% 2nd -3.2pp 29th 21% above peers
Boise, ID 18.5% 24th -3.3pp 30th 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 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 (47.0% then, 46.5% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.4% to 46.5%).
46.5%
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
Virginia ref 27.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 10th +5.9pp 1st 17% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 26.6% 24th +3.7pp 2nd 20% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 11th +4.3pp 3rd 15% above peers
Enterprise, NV 28.5% 21st +2.9pp 4th 14% below peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 30th +0.8pp 5th 69% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 20th +2.0pp 6th 13% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 3rd +3.1pp 7th 41% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 22nd +1.8pp 8th 17% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 31.6% 17th +2.1pp 9th 5% below peers
Arlington, VA 17.4% 28th +0.9pp 10th 48% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 26th +0.6pp 11th 40% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 9th +0.8pp 12th 20% above peers
Garland, TX 31.1% 18th +0.5pp 13th 7% below peers
Boise, ID 27.2% 23rd +0.3pp 14th 18% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 2nd -0.1pp 15th 60% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 15th -0.1pp 16th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 46.5% 4th -0.5pp 17th 40% above peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 27th -0.2pp 18th 47% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 5th -0.9pp 19th 36% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 6th -0.9pp 20th 30% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 7th -1.1pp 21st 28% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 41.9% 8th -1.3pp 22nd 26% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 30.1% 19th -1.1pp 23rd 10% below peers
Richmond, VA 55.8% 1st -3.3pp 24th 68% above peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 12th -2.3pp 25th 10% above peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 13th -3.2pp 26th 7% above peers
Frisco, TX 11.9% 29th -1.1pp 27th 64% below peers
Irving, TX 25.9% 25th -3.4pp 28th 22% below peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 16th -5.2pp 29th 2% below peers
Glendale, AZ 33.9% 14th -7.3pp 30th 2% above peers
Where is this changing? 81 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 ±3.2pp 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 (66.1% then, 67.7% now; margin ±7.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.3% to 67.7%).
67.7%
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 69.3% +1.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Fremont, CA 69.9% 12th +12.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 15th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Frisco, TX 70.6% 11th +8.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 69.0% 14th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 24th +5.8pp 5th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 1st +7.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 18th +6.1pp 7th 2% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 3rd +6.6pp 8th 6% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 13th +5.9pp 9th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 9th +4.6pp 10th 2% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 65.2% 20th +2.3pp 11th 6% below peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 8th +2.5pp 12th 3% above peers
Norfolk, VA 67.7% 17th +1.6pp 13th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 73.0% 4th +1.6pp 14th 6% above peers
Arlington, VA 74.8% 2nd +1.0pp 15th 8% above peers
Glendale, AZ 63.5% 23rd -0.5pp 16th 8% below peers
Garland, TX 60.7% 25th -0.6pp 17th 12% below peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 21st -1.2pp 18th 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 7th -1.3pp 19th 4% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 65.3% 19th -1.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 27th -2.0pp 21st 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 29th -2.0pp 22nd 17% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 73.0% 5th -2.8pp 23rd 6% above peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 10th -2.9pp 24th 2% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 26th -2.8pp 25th 13% below peers
Boise, ID 63.9% 22nd -3.2pp 26th 7% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 28th -4.0pp 27th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 6th -5.2pp 28th 5% above peers
Richmond, VA 68.7% 16th -5.6pp 29th 1% below peers
Irving, TX 53.4% 30th -8.5pp 30th 23% below peers
Where is this changing? 81 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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4 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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