The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Violent crime fell about 10% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||
| Beaverton, OR | 224 (Apr 26) | -25.7% | 1st | ||
| Yakima, WA | 437 (Apr 26) | -24.5% | 2nd | ||
| Tracy, CA | 197 (May 26) | -21.5% | 3rd | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 341 (May 26) | -18.9% | 4th | ||
| Reading, PA | 261 (May 26) | -14.9% | 5th | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 530 (May 26) | -12.0% | 6th | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 724 (May 26) | -10.3% | 7th | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 304 (May 26) | -8.2% | 8th | ||
| Longmont, CO | 449 (Feb 25) | -8.1% | 9th | ||
| Edmond, OK | 142 (May 26) | -6.6% | 10th | ||
| Orem, UT | 144 (May 26) | -4.1% | 11th | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 370 (Dec 25) | -1.6% | 12th | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 466 (May 26) | +4.6% | 13th | ||
| Fall River, MA | 776 (Apr 26) | +9.7% | 14th | ||
| Asheville, NC | 795 (May 26) | +10.7% | 15th | ||
| Sandy, UT | 219 (May 26) | +17.3% | 16th | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 289 (May 26) | +33.8% | 17th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Property crime fell about 7% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||
| Roanoke, VA | 3,177 (May 26) | -22.0% | 1st | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 1,263 (Dec 25) | -21.5% | 2nd | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 738 (May 26) | -19.8% | 3rd | ||
| Yakima, WA | 1,750 (Apr 26) | -15.5% | 4th | ||
| Orem, UT | 1,126 (May 26) | -13.4% | 5th | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 1,890 (May 26) | -13.0% | 6th | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 2,492 (Apr 26) | -10.7% | 7th | ||
| Edmond, OK | 1,162 (May 26) | -9.9% | 8th | ||
| Tracy, CA | 1,365 (May 26) | -8.5% | 9th | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 2,232 (May 26) | -7.1% | 10th | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 3,401 (May 26) | -6.9% | 11th | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 1,154 (May 26) | -4.1% | 12th | ||
| Longmont, CO | 2,857 (Feb 25) | -1.7% | 13th | ||
| Sandy, UT | 1,726 (May 26) | -1.6% | 14th | ||
| Reading, PA | 1,358 (May 26) | +4.7% | 15th | ||
| Asheville, NC | 4,455 (May 26) | +9.4% | 16th | ||
| Fall River, MA | 1,538 (Apr 26) | +11.3% | 17th |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicides rose about 5% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||
| Beaverton, OR | 0 (Apr 26) | -100.0% | 1st | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 3 (Dec 25) | -72.7% | 2nd | ||
| Longmont, CO | 3 (Feb 25) | -66.7% | 3rd | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 1 (May 26) | -66.7% | 4th | ||
| Asheville, NC | 5 (May 26) | -50.0% | 5th | ||
| Yakima, WA | 7 (Apr 26) | -50.0% | 6th | ||
| Sandy, UT | 1 (May 26) | -49.8% | 7th | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 5 (May 26) | -37.5% | 8th | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 12 (May 26) | -25.0% | 9th | ||
| Edmond, OK | 2 (May 26) | +0.0% | 10th | ||
| Fall River, MA | 3 (Apr 26) | +0.0% | 11th | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 22 (May 26) | +5.0% | 12th | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 5 (May 26) | +66.8% | 13th | ||
| Reading, PA | 11 (May 26) | +83.4% | 14th | ||
| Tracy, CA | 2 (May 26) | +100.3% | 15th | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 7 (May 26) | +133.0% | 16th | ||
| Orem, UT | 0 (May 26) |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Vehicle theft rose about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||
| Roanoke, VA | 242 (May 26) | -40.9% | 1st | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 89 (May 26) | -36.6% | 2nd | ||
| Yakima, WA | 199 (Apr 26) | -34.9% | 3rd | ||
| Tracy, CA | 176 (May 26) | -30.4% | 4th | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 148 (Apr 26) | -29.3% | 5th | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 93 (Dec 25) | -27.3% | 6th | ||
| Sandy, UT | 101 (May 26) | -26.0% | 7th | ||
| Fall River, MA | 126 (Apr 26) | -21.7% | 8th | ||
| Longmont, CO | 296 (Feb 25) | -19.6% | 9th | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 80 (May 26) | -8.0% | 10th | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 131 (May 26) | -5.1% | 11th | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 187 (May 26) | -4.0% | 12th | ||
| Edmond, OK | 47 (May 26) | +2.2% | 13th | ||
| Asheville, NC | 337 (May 26) | +6.0% | 14th | ||
| Orem, UT | 88 (May 26) | +9.0% | 15th | ||
| Reading, PA | 202 (May 26) | +12.1% | 16th | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 483 (May 26) | +14.5% | 17th |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 16% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $52,175 to $60,491 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,569). 30 of the 30 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.
| 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% | |||||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | $77,321 | 18th | +53% | 1st | on par with peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | $76,924 | 19th | +46% | 2nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | $62,695 | 27th | +43% | 3rd | 19% below peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | $71,102 | 21st | +42% | 4th | 8% below peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | $77,350 | 17th | +42% | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | $77,652 | 16th | +42% | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | $100,085 | 8th | +42% | 7th | 29% above peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | $62,815 | 26th | +40% | 8th | 19% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | $109,377 | 4th | +39% | 9th | 41% above peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | $98,622 | 9th | +37% | 10th | 27% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | $63,732 | 25th | +37% | 11th | 18% below peers | ||
| Reading, PA | $44,091 | 31st | +37% | 12th | 43% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | $65,482 | 23rd | +36% | 13th | 16% below peers | ||
| Vista, CA | $94,975 | 10th | +32% | 14th | 22% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | $121,119 | 1st | +32% | 15th | 56% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | $56,673 | 29th | +30% | 16th | 27% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | $86,909 | 14th | +29% | 17th | 12% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | $83,342 | 15th | +29% | 18th | 7% above peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | $71,239 | 20th | +29% | 19th | 8% below peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | $106,273 | 5th | +28% | 20th | 37% above peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | $65,864 | 22nd | +27% | 21st | 15% below peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | $103,183 | 6th | +27% | 22nd | 33% above peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | $100,137 | 7th | +25% | 23rd | 29% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | $55,378 | 30th | +25% | 24th | 29% below peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | $92,666 | 11th | +24% | 25th | 19% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | $92,541 | 12th | +24% | 26th | 19% above peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | $90,671 | 13th | +22% | 27th | 17% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | $65,009 | 24th | +21% | 28th | 16% below peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | $112,176 | 3rd | +19% | 29th | 44% above peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | $118,226 | 2nd | +18% | 30th | 52% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | $60,491 | 28th | +16% | 31st | 22% below peers |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window.
Unemployment rose 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
| 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 | ||||
| Asheville, NC | 3.4% (May 26) | 4th | -1.6pp | 1st | 23% below peers | |
| Tracy, CA | 4.4% (May 26) | 15th | -0.3pp | 2nd | on par with peers | |
| Kenosha, WI | 3.1% (May 26) | 1st | -0.3pp | 3rd | 30% below peers | |
| Longmont, CO | 3.7% (May 26) | 9th | -0.3pp | 4th | 16% below peers | |
| Fall River, MA | 5.4% (May 26) | 25th | -0.3pp | 5th | 23% above peers | |
| Vista, CA | 3.9% (May 26) | 12th | -0.1pp | 6th | 11% below peers | |
| San Marcos, CA | 3.6% (May 26) | 8th | -0.1pp | 7th | 18% below peers | |
| Sandy, UT | 3.4% (May 26) | 5th | -0.1pp | 8th | 23% below peers | |
| Fayetteville, AR | 3.2% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.1pp | 9th | 27% below peers | |
| Orem, UT | 3.4% (May 26) | 6th | +0.0pp | 10th | 23% below peers | |
| Norwalk, CA | 5.1% (May 26) | 22nd | +0.0pp | 11th | 16% above peers | |
| Beaverton, OR | 4.7% (May 26) | 18th | +0.1pp | 12th | 7% above peers | |
| San Angelo, TX | 3.3% (May 26) | 3rd | +0.2pp | 13th | 25% below peers | |
| Suffolk, VA | 3.7% (May 26) | 10th | +0.2pp | 14th | 16% below peers | |
| Lawrence, KS | 3.5% (May 26) | 7th | +0.3pp | 15th | 20% below peers | |
| Roanoke, VA | 3.7% (May 26) | 11th | +0.3pp | 16th | 16% below peers | |
| Portsmouth, VA | 4.4% (May 26) | 16th | +0.3pp | 17th | on par with peers | |
| Yakima, WA | 5.9% (May 26) | 26th | +0.3pp | 18th | 34% above peers | |
| Federal Way, WA | 5.3% (May 26) | 23rd | +0.5pp | 19th | 20% above peers | |
| Plantation, FL | 4.1% (May 26) | 14th | +1.0pp | 20th | 7% below peers | |
| Deltona, FL | 5.0% (May 26) | 20th | +1.0pp | 21st | 14% above peers | |
| Boca Raton, FL | 4.8% (May 26) | 19th | +1.0pp | 22nd | 9% above peers | |
| Sunrise, FL | 4.4% (May 26) | 17th | +1.0pp | 23rd | on par with peers | |
| Yuma, AZ | 11.1% (May 26) | 28th | +1.1pp | 24th | 152% above peers | |
| Edmond, OK | 3.9% (May 26) | 13th | +1.2pp | 25th | 11% below peers | |
| Palm Coast, FL | 5.3% (May 26) | 24th | +1.2pp | 26th | 20% above peers | |
| Fort Myers, FL | 5.0% (May 26) | 21st | +1.2pp | 27th | 14% above peers | |
| Reading, PA | 6.3% (May 26) | 27th | +1.3pp | 28th | 43% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.1% then, 16.9% now; margin ±2.2pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 16.8% | 26th | -5.0pp | 1st | 60% above peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 5.8% | 2nd | -1.7pp | 2nd | 45% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 10.5% | 16th | -3.0pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 8.0% | 5th | -2.0pp | 4th | 24% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 9.0% | 7th | -2.2pp | 5th | 14% below peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 10.2% | 14th | -2.4pp | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 16.3% | 25th | -3.6pp | 7th | 56% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 9.2% | 8th | -1.9pp | 8th | 12% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 16.0% | 24th | -3.1pp | 9th | 53% above peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 10.4% | 15th | -1.9pp | 10th | 1% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 15.1% | 22nd | -2.6pp | 11th | 44% above peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 13.3% | 20th | -2.2pp | 12th | 27% above peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 10.5% | 17th | -1.7pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 10.6% | 18th | -1.6pp | 14th | 1% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 27.8% | 31st | -3.9pp | 15th | 166% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 10.0% | 12th | -1.4pp | 16th | 4% below peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 18.0% | 28th | -2.4pp | 17th | 72% above peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 10.1% | 13th | -1.2pp | 18th | 4% below peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 8.5% | 6th | -1.0pp | 19th | 18% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 19.0% | 29th | -2.0pp | 20th | 81% above peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 9.3% | 9th | -1.0pp | 21st | 11% below peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 7.7% | 4th | -0.3pp | 22nd | 26% below peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 15.8% | 23rd | -0.4pp | 23rd | 51% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 19.3% | 30th | -0.1pp | 24th | 84% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 13.8% | 21st | +0.4pp | 25th | 31% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 16.9% | 27th | +0.8pp | 26th | 61% above peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 5.4% | 1st | +0.3pp | 27th | 48% below peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 9.4% | 10th | +0.6pp | 28th | 10% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 12.9% | 19th | +1.0pp | 29th | 24% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 9.9% | 11th | +1.6pp | 30th | 5% below peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 7.2% | 3rd | +1.2pp | 31st | 31% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child poverty fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.9% to 24.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). 16 of the 30 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Toms River, NJ | 3.6% | 1st | -4.6pp | 1st | 72% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 12.5% | 14th | -9.0pp | 2nd | 2% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 7.6% | 3rd | -4.1pp | 3rd | 40% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 21.5% | 24th | -10.8pp | 4th | 69% above peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 11.3% | 13th | -5.4pp | 5th | 11% below peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 9.4% | 5th | -4.4pp | 6th | 26% below peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 13.8% | 18th | -4.6pp | 7th | 8% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 10.9% | 12th | -3.4pp | 8th | 15% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 9.8% | 9th | -3.0pp | 9th | 23% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 13.2% | 17th | -3.9pp | 10th | 4% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 24.6% | 26th | -7.2pp | 11th | 93% above peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 25.5% | 28th | -7.1pp | 12th | 100% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 9.4% | 6th | -2.6pp | 13th | 26% below peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 9.6% | 8th | -2.6pp | 14th | 25% below peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 12.7% | 16th | -3.3pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 10.7% | 10th | -2.7pp | 16th | 16% below peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 12.5% | 15th | -3.1pp | 17th | 2% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 19.1% | 21st | -4.3pp | 18th | 50% above peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 21.8% | 25th | -4.8pp | 19th | 71% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 16.2% | 19th | -3.1pp | 20th | 27% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 26.6% | 30th | -4.8pp | 21st | 109% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 24.9% | 27th | -4.0pp | 22nd | 96% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 39.0% | 31st | -6.2pp | 23rd | 206% above peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 16.9% | 20th | -2.2pp | 24th | 33% above peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 5.7% | 2nd | -0.6pp | 25th | 55% below peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 25.7% | 29th | -2.3pp | 26th | 102% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 10.8% | 11th | -0.3pp | 27th | 15% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 20.4% | 22nd | +1.9pp | 28th | 60% above peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 9.6% | 7th | +0.9pp | 29th | 25% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 20.9% | 23rd | +3.2pp | 30th | 64% above peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 9.4% | 4th | +1.5pp | 31st | 26% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.0% to 88.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 29 of the 30 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Fall River, MA | 86.5% | 30th | +16.1pp | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 92.1% | 17th | +15.2pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 86.6% | 29th | +12.3pp | 3rd | 6% below peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 89.2% | 26th | +11.4pp | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 89.3% | 25th | +11.1pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 85.9% | 31st | +10.5pp | 6th | 7% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 87.9% | 28th | +9.8pp | 7th | 5% below peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 94.7% | 9th | +10.3pp | 8th | 2% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 94.1% | 10th | +10.0pp | 9th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 90.0% | 24th | +9.1pp | 10th | 3% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 90.4% | 22nd | +9.1pp | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 92.5% | 15th | +9.3pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 90.2% | 23rd | +8.8pp | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 88.0% | 27th | +8.1pp | 14th | 5% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 91.9% | 18th | +7.7pp | 15th | 1% below peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 95.0% | 7th | +7.6pp | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 90.6% | 21st | +6.6pp | 17th | 2% below peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 95.2% | 6th | +6.4pp | 18th | 3% above peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 93.8% | 12th | +6.2pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 94.0% | 11th | +5.4pp | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 96.3% | 2nd | +4.7pp | 21st | 4% above peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 95.3% | 4th | +4.6pp | 22nd | 3% above peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 91.7% | 20th | +4.4pp | 23rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 94.8% | 8th | +4.2pp | 24th | 2% above peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 96.0% | 3rd | +4.0pp | 25th | 4% above peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 93.6% | 13th | +3.7pp | 26th | 1% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 91.7% | 19th | +3.4pp | 27th | 1% below peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 92.5% | 16th | +2.7pp | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 97.4% | 1st | +2.4pp | 29th | 5% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 95.2% | 5th | +2.1pp | 30th | 3% above peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 93.3% | 14th | +1.9pp | 31st | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.02).
| 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 | |||||
| Atascocita, TX | 0.35 | 1st | -0.040 | 1st | 21% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 0.43 | 7th | -0.028 | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 0.50 | 27th | -0.028 | 3rd | 13% above peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 0.43 | 5th | -0.021 | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 0.45 | 17th | -0.021 | 5th | 1% above peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 0.47 | 23rd | -0.021 | 6th | 7% above peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 0.51 | 30th | -0.017 | 7th | 15% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 0.38 | 2nd | -0.011 | 8th | 15% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 0.44 | 15th | -0.011 | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 0.48 | 24th | -0.009 | 10th | 7% above peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 0.44 | 13th | -0.006 | 11th | 1% below peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 0.43 | 12th | -0.005 | 12th | 2% below peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 0.46 | 21st | -0.003 | 13th | 4% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 0.51 | 29th | -0.001 | 14th | 15% above peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 0.43 | 11th | -0.000 | 15th | 2% below peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 0.43 | 9th | +0.001 | 16th | 3% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 0.45 | 20th | +0.008 | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 0.43 | 6th | +0.009 | 18th | 4% below peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 0.56 | 31st | +0.012 | 19th | 26% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 0.47 | 22nd | +0.013 | 20th | 6% above peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 0.43 | 10th | +0.015 | 21st | 2% below peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 0.38 | 3rd | +0.014 | 22nd | 14% below peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 0.45 | 18th | +0.017 | 23rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 0.44 | 14th | +0.017 | 24th | 1% below peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 0.49 | 26th | +0.026 | 25th | 11% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 0.40 | 4th | +0.022 | 26th | 9% below peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 0.51 | 28th | +0.028 | 27th | 15% above peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 0.43 | 8th | +0.028 | 28th | 3% below peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 0.48 | 25th | +0.033 | 29th | 8% above peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 0.44 | 16th | +0.043 | 30th | on par with peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 0.45 | 19th | +0.050 | 31st | 2% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
SNAP rose 4.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 15.2% to 19.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Orem, UT | 4.9% | 3rd | -2.3pp | 1st | 56% below peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 2.9% | 1st | -0.8pp | 2nd | 74% below peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 12.8% | 20th | -3.4pp | 3rd | 15% above peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 7.6% | 10th | -1.4pp | 4th | 32% below peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 11.2% | 16th | -1.7pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 7.7% | 11th | -1.2pp | 6th | 31% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 16.5% | 23rd | -2.4pp | 7th | 48% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 38.5% | 31st | -5.4pp | 8th | 245% above peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 14.4% | 21st | -1.6pp | 9th | 29% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 16.6% | 25th | -1.9pp | 10th | 49% above peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 22.6% | 29th | -2.2pp | 11th | 103% above peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 16.6% | 24th | -1.4pp | 12th | 49% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 5.9% | 6th | -0.5pp | 13th | 47% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 15.7% | 22nd | -1.2pp | 14th | 41% above peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 5.4% | 5th | -0.1pp | 15th | 52% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 9.8% | 15th | -0.2pp | 16th | 12% below peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 11.2% | 17th | -0.0pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 17.2% | 26th | +0.2pp | 18th | 54% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 6.8% | 8th | +0.2pp | 19th | 39% below peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 9.2% | 13th | +0.4pp | 20th | 17% below peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 8.1% | 12th | +0.7pp | 21st | 27% below peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 5.3% | 4th | +0.4pp | 22nd | 53% below peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 6.6% | 7th | +0.6pp | 23rd | 41% below peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 17.5% | 27th | +1.8pp | 24th | 57% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 11.8% | 18th | +1.5pp | 25th | 6% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 31.6% | 30th | +4.0pp | 26th | 184% above peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 7.1% | 9th | +1.4pp | 27th | 36% below peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 19.2% | 28th | +4.1pp | 28th | 72% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 12.7% | 19th | +2.7pp | 29th | 13% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 9.7% | 14th | +2.1pp | 30th | 13% below peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 3.0% | 2nd | +0.7pp | 31st | 73% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Kenosha, WI | $286,642 (Jun 26) | 26th | +6.7% | 1st | 27% below peers | |
| Fayetteville, AR | $385,227 (Jun 26) | 16th | +4.3% | 2nd | 2% below peers | |
| Toms River, NJ | $470,769 (Jun 26) | 12th | +3.7% | 3rd | 20% above peers | |
| Lawrence, KS | $341,775 (Jun 26) | 21st | +3.6% | 4th | 13% below peers | |
| Reading, PA | $268,714 (Jun 26) | 29th | +3.2% | 5th | 32% below peers | |
| Orem, UT | $511,940 (Jun 26) | 10th | +3.1% | 6th | 30% above peers | |
| Roanoke, VA | $285,213 (Jun 26) | 27th | +3.0% | 7th | 27% below peers | |
| Suffolk, VA | $392,538 (Jun 26) | 15th | +2.3% | 8th | on par with peers | |
| Fall River, MA | $459,250 (Jun 26) | 14th | +2.3% | 9th | 17% above peers | |
| Sandy, UT | $670,855 (Jun 26) | 5th | +1.8% | 10th | 71% above peers | |
| Yakima, WA | $367,991 (Jun 26) | 17th | +1.4% | 11th | 6% below peers | |
| Norwalk, CA | $765,009 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.0% | 12th | 95% above peers | |
| Portsmouth, VA | $269,835 (Jun 26) | 28th | +0.8% | 13th | 31% below peers | |
| Yuma, AZ | $298,230 (Jun 26) | 25th | +0.7% | 14th | 24% below peers | |
| Boca Raton, FL | $575,479 (Jun 26) | 7th | +0.7% | 15th | 47% above peers | |
| Edmond, OK | $358,374 (Jun 26) | 19th | +0.6% | 16th | 9% below peers | |
| Vista, CA | $883,373 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.1% | 17th | 125% above peers | |
| Federal Way, WA | $600,995 (Jun 26) | 6th | -1.0% | 18th | 53% above peers | |
| San Marcos, CA | $957,606 (Jun 26) | 1st | -1.1% | 19th | 144% above peers | |
| San Angelo, TX | $217,778 (Jun 26) | 30th | -1.4% | 20th | 45% below peers | |
| Atascocita, TX | $311,344 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -1.8% | 21st | 21% below peers | |
| Deltona, FL | $300,807 (Jun 26) | 24th | -1.8% | 22nd | 23% below peers | |
| Longmont, CO | $557,628 (Jun 26) | 8th | -2.2% | 23rd | 42% above peers | |
| Palm Coast, FL | $344,274 (Jun 26) | 20th | -2.5% | 24th | 12% below peers | |
| Beaverton, OR | $532,257 (Jun 26) | 9th | -3.0% | 25th | 36% above peers | |
| Plantation, FL | $498,545 (Jun 26) | 11th | -3.3% | 26th | 27% above peers | |
| Sunrise, FL | $363,431 (Jun 26) | 18th | -4.1% | 27th | 7% below peers | |
| Asheville, NC | $464,131 (Jun 26) | 13th | -5.2% | 28th | 18% above peers | |
| Tracy, CA | $688,735 (Jun 26) | 4th | -5.3% | 29th | 75% above peers | |
| Fort Myers, FL | $309,562 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -7.3% | 30th | 21% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Kenosha, WI | $225,725 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +7.5% | 1st | 15% below peers | |
| Reading, PA | $176,564 (Jun 26) | 28th | +5.5% | 2nd | 34% below peers | |
| Fayetteville, AR | $284,971 (Jun 26) | 13th | +4.9% | 3rd | 7% above peers | |
| Lawrence, KS | $246,413 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +4.3% | 4th | 7% below peers | |
| Fall River, MA | $370,359 (Jun 26) | 10th | +3.4% | 5th | 39% above peers | |
| Suffolk, VA | $257,172 (Jun 26) | 17th | +2.8% | 6th | 3% below peers | |
| Toms River, NJ | $329,204 (Jun 26) | 11th | +2.2% | 7th | 24% above peers | |
| Roanoke, VA | $188,328 (Jun 26) | 27th | +1.9% | 8th | 29% below peers | |
| Yakima, WA | $265,615 (Jun 26) | 16th | +1.8% | 9th | on par with peers | |
| Orem, UT | $382,402 (Jun 26) | 9th | +1.7% | 10th | 44% above peers | |
| Norwalk, CA | $683,214 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.4% | 11th | 157% above peers | |
| Sandy, UT | $511,817 (Jun 26) | 5th | +1.3% | 12th | 92% above peers | |
| Portsmouth, VA | $203,980 (Jun 26) | 25th | +1.3% | 13th | 23% below peers | |
| Edmond, OK | $254,750 (Jun 26) | 19th | +0.8% | 14th | 4% below peers | |
| Vista, CA | $693,753 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.7% | 15th | 161% above peers | |
| Yuma, AZ | $211,379 (Jun 26) | 24th | +0.6% | 16th | 21% below peers | |
| San Marcos, CA | $706,614 (Jun 26) | 1st | -1.1% | 17th | 165% above peers | |
| Atascocita, TX | $254,773 (Jun 26) | 18th | -1.3% | 18th | 4% below peers | |
| Federal Way, WA | $419,811 (Jun 26) | 7th | -1.9% | 19th | 58% above peers | |
| San Angelo, TX | $139,277 (Jun 26) | 30th | -1.9% | 20th | 48% below peers | |
| Deltona, FL | $251,065 (Jun 26) | 20th | -2.1% | 21st | 6% below peers | |
| Palm Coast, FL | $280,183 (Jun 26) | 14th | -2.2% | 22nd | 5% above peers | |
| Longmont, CO | $434,768 (Jun 26) | 6th | -2.8% | 23rd | 63% above peers | |
| Boca Raton, FL | $266,220 (Jun 26) | 15th | -2.9% | 24th | on par with peers | |
| Beaverton, OR | $407,484 (Jun 26) | 8th | -4.2% | 25th | 53% above peers | |
| Asheville, NC | $325,051 (Jun 26) | 12th | -4.7% | 26th | 22% above peers | |
| Tracy, CA | $557,108 (Jun 26) | 4th | -5.2% | 27th | 109% above peers | |
| Plantation, FL | $250,872 (Jun 26) | 21st | -5.6% | 28th | 6% below peers | |
| Fort Myers, FL | $191,148 (Jun 26) | 26th | -9.5% | 29th | 28% below peers | |
| Sunrise, FL | $140,986 (Jun 26) | 29th | -9.6% | 30th | 47% below peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
Homeownership rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55.0% to 57.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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% | ||||||
| Fayetteville, AR | 41.8% | 29th | +5.2pp | 1st | 32% below peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 46.1% | 27th | +4.7pp | 2nd | 25% below peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 81.9% | 2nd | +7.6pp | 3rd | 34% above peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 66.8% | 10th | +5.5pp | 4th | 9% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 51.9% | 23rd | +3.7pp | 5th | 15% below peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 68.3% | 9th | +4.7pp | 6th | 12% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 57.9% | 18th | +2.9pp | 7th | 5% below peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 51.7% | 24th | +2.5pp | 8th | 16% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 58.7% | 17th | +2.9pp | 9th | 4% below peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 80.2% | 4th | +3.1pp | 10th | 31% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 65.0% | 12th | +2.2pp | 11th | 6% above peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 68.8% | 8th | +2.3pp | 12th | 12% above peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 81.8% | 3rd | +2.5pp | 13th | 34% above peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 70.3% | 7th | +2.1pp | 14th | 15% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 40.6% | 30th | +1.2pp | 15th | 34% below peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 82.5% | 1st | +2.4pp | 16th | 35% above peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 62.5% | 15th | +1.8pp | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 70.7% | 6th | +2.0pp | 18th | 16% above peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 50.5% | 25th | +1.2pp | 19th | 17% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 63.7% | 14th | +1.4pp | 20th | 4% above peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 61.2% | 16th | +1.4pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 52.4% | 22nd | +1.0pp | 22nd | 14% below peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 64.3% | 13th | +0.5pp | 23rd | 5% above peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 53.9% | 21st | -0.4pp | 24th | 12% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 55.3% | 20th | -0.4pp | 25th | 10% below peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 49.1% | 26th | -0.5pp | 26th | 20% below peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 35.3% | 31st | -1.0pp | 27th | 42% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 43.6% | 28th | -1.3pp | 28th | 29% below peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 57.8% | 19th | -2.2pp | 29th | 6% below peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 75.2% | 5th | -3.4pp | 30th | 23% above peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 65.7% | 11th | -5.5pp | 31st | 7% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Lawrence, KS | $1,288 (Jun 26) | 30th | +5.3% | 1st | 29% below peers | |
| San Angelo, TX | $1,302 (Jun 26) | 29th | +5.2% | 2nd | 28% below peers | |
| Roanoke, VA | $1,394 (Jun 26) | 27th | +4.8% | 3rd | 23% below peers | |
| Reading, PA | $1,395 (Jun 26) | 26th | +4.4% | 4th | 23% below peers | |
| Portsmouth, VA | $1,617 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +4.3% | 5th | 11% below peers | |
| Kenosha, WI | $1,637 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +4.3% | 6th | 10% below peers | |
| Yakima, WA | $1,369 (Jun 26) | 28th | +3.8% | 7th | 24% below peers | |
| Orem, UT | $1,520 (Jun 26) | 24th | +3.5% | 8th | 16% below peers | |
| Deltona, FL | $2,023 (Jun 26) | 9th | +3.3% | 9th | 12% above peers | |
| Fall River, MA | $1,811 (Jun 26) | 16th | +3.3% | 10th | on par with peers | |
| Suffolk, VA | $1,993 (Jun 26) | 10th | +3.3% | 11th | 10% above peers | |
| Boca Raton, FL | $2,940 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +3.0% | 12th | 62% above peers | |
| Yuma, AZ | $1,473 (Jun 26) | 25th | +2.6% | 13th | 19% below peers | |
| Toms River, NJ | $2,797 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +2.4% | 14th | 54% above peers | |
| San Marcos, CA | $3,258 (Jun 26) | 1st | +1.9% | 15th | 80% above peers | |
| Vista, CA | $2,682 (Jun 26) | 6th | +1.7% | 16th | 48% above peers | |
| Fayetteville, AR | $1,720 (Jun 26) | 18th | +1.6% | 17th | 5% below peers | |
| Palm Coast, FL | $1,925 (Jun 26) | 13th | +1.5% | 18th | 6% above peers | |
| Federal Way, WA | $1,935 (Jun 26) | 12th | +1.4% | 19th | 7% above peers | |
| Longmont, CO | $1,961 (Jun 26) | 11th | +1.4% | 20th | 8% above peers | |
| Edmond, OK | $1,701 (Jun 26) | 19th | +1.1% | 21st | 6% below peers | |
| Plantation, FL | $2,514 (Jun 26) | 8th | +0.9% | 22nd | 39% above peers | |
| Asheville, NC | $1,688 (Jun 26) | 20th | +0.5% | 23rd | 7% below peers | |
| Sunrise, FL | $2,566 (Jun 26) | 7th | +0.3% | 24th | 42% above peers | |
| Norwalk, CA | $2,757 (Jun 26) | 4th | +0.3% | 25th | 52% above peers | |
| Tracy, CA | $2,717 (Jun 26) | 5th | -0.5% | 26th | 50% above peers | |
| Beaverton, OR | $1,871 (Jun 26) | 14th | -0.5% | 27th | 3% above peers | |
| Sandy, UT | $1,681 (Jun 26) | 21st | -0.9% | 28th | 7% below peers | |
| Atascocita, TX | $1,812 (Jun 26) | 15th | -1.4% | 29th | on par with peers | |
| Fort Myers, FL | $1,779 (Jun 26) | 17th | -1.6% | 30th | 2% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Cost burden rose 4.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.5% to 44.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Toms River, NJ | 30.6% | 5th | -6.2pp | 1st | 14% below peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 38.2% | 20th | -6.8pp | 2nd | 7% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 33.6% | 11th | -3.8pp | 3rd | 6% below peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 36.1% | 17th | -3.0pp | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 32.7% | 10th | -2.2pp | 5th | 8% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 30.9% | 6th | -1.8pp | 6th | 14% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 32.0% | 8th | -1.5pp | 7th | 10% below peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 44.8% | 26th | -1.7pp | 8th | 25% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 35.3% | 14th | -1.2pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 35.3% | 15th | -0.9pp | 10th | 1% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 33.8% | 12th | -0.5pp | 11th | 5% below peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 35.7% | 16th | -0.1pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 45.0% | 28th | -0.1pp | 13th | 26% above peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 32.1% | 9th | -0.0pp | 14th | 10% below peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 34.1% | 13th | +0.2pp | 15th | 5% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 43.8% | 22nd | +0.6pp | 16th | 23% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 36.6% | 18th | +0.7pp | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 45.7% | 30th | +1.0pp | 18th | 28% above peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 27.7% | 3rd | +0.6pp | 19th | 23% below peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 24.4% | 1st | +1.1pp | 20th | 32% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 47.6% | 31st | +2.7pp | 21st | 33% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 30.0% | 4th | +1.8pp | 22nd | 16% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 32.0% | 7th | +2.1pp | 23rd | 10% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 42.3% | 21st | +2.8pp | 24th | 18% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 44.8% | 27th | +3.8pp | 25th | 26% above peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 25.7% | 2nd | +2.4pp | 26th | 28% below peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 44.8% | 25th | +4.3pp | 27th | 25% above peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 37.1% | 19th | +3.8pp | 28th | 4% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 44.7% | 24th | +4.9pp | 29th | 25% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 44.6% | 23rd | +5.7pp | 30th | 25% above peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 45.1% | 29th | +6.1pp | 31st | 26% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.2% then, 12.0% now; margin ±1.6pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Sandy, UT | 2.5% | 2nd | -1.8pp | 1st | 55% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 4.7% | 12th | -2.5pp | 2nd | 14% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 5.7% | 17th | -2.7pp | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 4.2% | 9th | -1.6pp | 4th | 24% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 5.9% | 19th | -2.0pp | 5th | 7% above peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 3.5% | 6th | -1.0pp | 6th | 36% below peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 2.6% | 3rd | -0.5pp | 7th | 52% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 5.8% | 18th | -1.1pp | 8th | 6% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 11.0% | 28th | -2.1pp | 9th | 100% above peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 5.5% | 16th | -1.0pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 10.2% | 27th | -1.7pp | 11th | 86% above peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 6.3% | 21st | -1.0pp | 12th | 15% above peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 5.0% | 13th | -0.8pp | 13th | 8% below peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 3.3% | 4th | -0.5pp | 14th | 40% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 7.3% | 22nd | -0.9pp | 15th | 34% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 16.4% | 30th | -2.0pp | 16th | 199% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 4.6% | 10th | -0.4pp | 17th | 16% below peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 23.4% | 31st | -2.2pp | 18th | 325% above peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 6.1% | 20th | -0.2pp | 19th | 11% above peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 8.4% | 25th | -0.2pp | 20th | 54% above peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 1.5% | 1st | -0.0pp | 21st | 72% below peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 3.4% | 5th | -0.0pp | 22nd | 39% below peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 8.7% | 26th | -0.0pp | 23rd | 58% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 7.6% | 23rd | +0.0pp | 24th | 39% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 12.0% | 29th | +0.8pp | 25th | 119% above peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 5.2% | 14th | +0.7pp | 26th | 4% below peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 5.3% | 15th | +0.9pp | 27th | 4% below peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 3.7% | 7th | +0.7pp | 28th | 33% below peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 3.9% | 8th | +1.1pp | 29th | 28% below peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 4.6% | 11th | +1.4pp | 30th | 16% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 8.4% | 24th | +2.6pp | 31st | 53% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Uninsured fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.5% to 7.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Beaverton, OR | 6.0% | 6th | -2.4pp | 1st | 32% below peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 5.3% | 3rd | -1.9pp | 2nd | 39% below peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 7.0% | 9th | -2.4pp | 3rd | 21% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 9.8% | 20th | -3.2pp | 4th | 11% above peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 10.8% | 24th | -3.1pp | 5th | 22% above peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 4.8% | 1st | -1.0pp | 6th | 45% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 7.1% | 10th | -1.4pp | 7th | 20% below peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 9.4% | 18th | -1.6pp | 8th | 7% above peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 5.1% | 2nd | -0.9pp | 9th | 42% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 6.1% | 7th | -1.0pp | 10th | 30% below peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 5.4% | 4th | -0.8pp | 11th | 38% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 11.0% | 26th | -1.3pp | 12th | 25% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 10.0% | 21st | -1.1pp | 13th | 14% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 9.7% | 19th | -1.0pp | 14th | 10% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 8.9% | 17th | -0.6pp | 15th | 1% above peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 10.9% | 25th | -0.7pp | 16th | 24% above peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 7.1% | 11th | -0.3pp | 17th | 19% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 10.7% | 23rd | -0.0pp | 18th | 22% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 8.2% | 14th | +0.0pp | 19th | 7% below peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 6.2% | 8th | +0.0pp | 20th | 30% below peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 8.8% | 15th | +0.7pp | 21st | 1% below peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 7.1% | 12th | +0.6pp | 22nd | 19% below peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 7.7% | 13th | +0.6pp | 23rd | 13% below peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 11.6% | 27th | +1.0pp | 24th | 31% above peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 14.7% | 30th | +1.7pp | 25th | 67% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 12.3% | 28th | +1.4pp | 26th | 39% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 17.3% | 31st | +2.1pp | 27th | 97% above peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 10.1% | 22nd | +1.3pp | 28th | 15% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 8.8% | 16th | +1.1pp | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 5.7% | 5th | +1.4pp | 30th | 36% below peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 14.6% | 29th | +4.8pp | 31st | 66% above peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is about 50% above the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia ref | 35.3% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Longmont, CO | 19.7% | 1st | 42% below peers | |
| San Marcos, CA | 25.7% | 2nd | 24% below peers | |
| Boca Raton, FL | 26.9% | 3rd | 20% below peers | |
| Norwalk, CA | 27.5% | 4th | 18% below peers | |
| Federal Way, WA | 27.8% | 5th | 18% below peers | |
| Vista, CA | 28.1% | 6th | 17% below peers | |
| Asheville, NC | 28.1% | 7th | 17% below peers | |
| Plantation, FL | 29.5% | 8th | 12% below peers | |
| Beaverton, OR | 31.1% | 9th | 8% below peers | |
| Toms River, NJ | 31.1% | 10th | 8% below peers | |
| Sandy, UT | 31.1% | 11th | 8% below peers | |
| Atascocita, TX | 32.1% | 12th | 5% below peers | |
| Sunrise, FL | 32.2% | 13th | 4% below peers | |
| Tracy, CA | 32.4% | 14th | 4% below peers | |
| Orem, UT | 32.5% | 15th | 4% below peers | |
| Fayetteville, AR | 33.7% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Fort Myers, FL | 33.9% | 17th | 1% above peers | |
| Palm Coast, FL | 34.2% | 18th | 1% above peers | |
| Edmond, OK | 34.7% | 19th | 3% above peers | |
| Deltona, FL | 35.2% | 20th | 4% above peers | |
| Fall River, MA | 36.0% | 21st | 7% above peers | |
| Roanoke, VA | 36.3% | 22nd | 8% above peers | |
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 36.3% | 23rd | 8% above peers | |
| Lawrence, KS | 36.5% | 24th | 8% above peers | |
| San Angelo, TX | 37.0% | 25th | 10% above peers | |
| Yuma, AZ | 41.5% | 26th | 23% above peers | |
| Suffolk, VA | 41.7% | 27th | 24% above peers | |
| Yakima, WA | 41.8% | 28th | 24% above peers | |
| Reading, PA | 43.3% | 29th | 28% above peers | |
| Kenosha, WI | 43.7% | 30th | 30% above peers | |
| Portsmouth, VA | 45.6% | 31st | 35% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 5.7% now; margin ±2.1pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Beaverton, OR | 3.0% | 4th | -1.7pp | 1st | 45% below peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 3.5% | 7th | -1.9pp | 2nd | 35% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 3.8% | 10th | -1.4pp | 3rd | 28% below peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 11.4% | 29th | -3.8pp | 4th | 112% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 6.5% | 20th | -2.1pp | 5th | 21% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 3.1% | 5th | -1.0pp | 6th | 42% below peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 1.6% | 1st | -0.4pp | 7th | 69% below peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 3.3% | 6th | -0.4pp | 8th | 38% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 7.7% | 23rd | -0.7pp | 9th | 43% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 3.9% | 12th | -0.4pp | 10th | 27% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 2.6% | 3rd | -0.1pp | 11th | 52% below peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 3.5% | 8th | -0.1pp | 12th | 34% below peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 8.1% | 27th | +0.3pp | 13th | 50% above peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 5.4% | 16th | +0.3pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 6.7% | 21st | +1.1pp | 15th | 24% above peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 3.6% | 9th | +0.6pp | 16th | 33% below peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 2.3% | 2nd | +0.6pp | 17th | 57% below peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 4.1% | 13th | +1.1pp | 18th | 24% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 5.8% | 18th | +1.5pp | 19th | 9% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 15.2% | 31st | +4.2pp | 20th | 184% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 5.7% | 17th | +1.6pp | 21st | 5% above peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 7.8% | 25th | +2.3pp | 22nd | 46% above peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 5.0% | 15th | +1.6pp | 23rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 4.9% | 14th | +1.7pp | 24th | 8% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 12.7% | 30th | +4.5pp | 25th | 137% above peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 3.9% | 11th | +1.4pp | 26th | 27% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 7.9% | 26th | +3.0pp | 27th | 46% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 6.2% | 19th | +3.1pp | 28th | 16% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 7.5% | 22nd | +3.8pp | 29th | 39% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 7.8% | 24th | +4.2pp | 30th | 45% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 10.6% | 28th | +6.8pp | 31st | 97% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.9% to 24.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 21 of the 30 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Palm Coast, FL | 29.7% | 20th | +6.8pp | 1st | 11% below peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 28.5% | 23rd | +6.5pp | 2nd | 14% below peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 30.0% | 19th | +6.6pp | 3rd | 10% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 33.6% | 15th | +6.9pp | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 19.9% | 29th | +3.7pp | 5th | 40% below peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 29.3% | 21st | +5.4pp | 6th | 12% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 29.0% | 22nd | +4.6pp | 7th | 13% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 43.8% | 10th | +6.8pp | 8th | 31% above peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 36.4% | 14th | +4.8pp | 9th | 9% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 21.3% | 26th | +2.5pp | 10th | 36% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 30.8% | 18th | +3.6pp | 11th | 8% below peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 33.3% | 16th | +3.9pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 20.9% | 27th | +2.4pp | 13th | 37% below peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 61.8% | 1st | +6.5pp | 14th | 85% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 24.3% | 25th | +2.4pp | 15th | 27% below peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 38.5% | 13th | +3.7pp | 16th | 15% above peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 46.0% | 8th | +4.2pp | 17th | 38% above peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 20.8% | 28th | +1.8pp | 18th | 38% below peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 47.0% | 7th | +4.1pp | 19th | 41% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 53.4% | 4th | +4.5pp | 20th | 60% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 43.6% | 11th | +3.6pp | 21st | 31% above peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 57.6% | 2nd | +4.2pp | 22nd | 73% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 32.0% | 17th | +2.3pp | 23rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 50.1% | 5th | +3.6pp | 24th | 50% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 16.4% | 30th | +1.0pp | 25th | 51% below peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 45.9% | 9th | +2.6pp | 26th | 38% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 11.4% | 31st | +0.6pp | 27th | 66% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 55.8% | 3rd | +2.5pp | 28th | 67% above peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 38.9% | 12th | +1.2pp | 29th | 17% above peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 24.7% | 24th | +0.0pp | 30th | 26% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 49.0% | 6th | -1.2pp | 31st | 47% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Preschool enrollment fell 11.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.3% to 29.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.6pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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% | ||||||
| Reading, PA | 36.1% | 24th | +14.0pp | 1st | 9% below peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 70.6% | 3rd | +11.2pp | 2nd | 78% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 49.8% | 8th | +7.3pp | 3rd | 26% above peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 46.7% | 11th | +4.9pp | 4th | 18% above peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 44.3% | 14th | +4.6pp | 5th | 12% above peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 72.5% | 1st | +7.1pp | 6th | 83% above peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 52.5% | 5th | +3.5pp | 7th | 33% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 60.9% | 4th | +2.2pp | 8th | 54% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 36.5% | 21st | +1.0pp | 9th | 8% below peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 43.5% | 15th | +1.2pp | 10th | 10% above peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 71.5% | 2nd | -1.8pp | 11th | 80% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 39.0% | 17th | -3.2pp | 12th | 2% below peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 51.2% | 6th | -4.6pp | 13th | 29% above peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 48.9% | 9th | -8.2pp | 14th | 23% above peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 45.8% | 12th | -7.9pp | 15th | 16% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 37.7% | 19th | -7.0pp | 16th | 5% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 48.6% | 10th | -9.3pp | 17th | 23% above peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 34.5% | 26th | -7.8pp | 18th | 13% below peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 36.3% | 22nd | -8.5pp | 19th | 8% below peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 35.1% | 25th | -8.3pp | 20th | 11% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 26.9% | 30th | -6.5pp | 21st | 32% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 50.5% | 7th | -14.5pp | 22nd | 27% above peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 38.8% | 18th | -11.6pp | 23rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 45.1% | 13th | -13.6pp | 24th | 14% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 37.1% | 20th | -11.9pp | 25th | 6% below peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 29.8% | 28th | -11.5pp | 26th | 25% below peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 28.6% | 29th | -15.4pp | 27th | 28% below peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 36.1% | 23rd | -20.9pp | 28th | 9% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 20.7% | 31st | -14.1pp | 29th | 48% below peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 33.2% | 27th | -23.2pp | 30th | 16% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 39.6% | 16th | -29.2pp | 31st | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Disconnected youth rose 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.9% to 12.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Federal Way, WA | 5.3% | 10th | -7.4pp | 1st | 20% below peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 6.5% | 13th | -5.7pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 5.2% | 8th | -3.2pp | 3rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 3.7% | 3rd | -2.0pp | 4th | 44% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 1.4% | 1st | -0.8pp | 5th | 79% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 4.3% | 4th | -1.5pp | 6th | 36% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 8.1% | 21st | -1.6pp | 7th | 21% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 7.2% | 18th | -1.4pp | 8th | 7% above peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 4.5% | 6th | -0.6pp | 9th | 33% below peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 8.6% | 23rd | -0.5pp | 10th | 29% above peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 6.6% | 14th | -0.2pp | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 4.5% | 5th | -0.0pp | 12th | 33% below peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 10.8% | 27th | +0.7pp | 13th | 61% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 8.2% | 22nd | +0.5pp | 14th | 23% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 6.7% | 16th | +0.8pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 12.3% | 30th | +1.7pp | 16th | 83% above peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 6.7% | 15th | +1.1pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 13.0% | 31st | +2.7pp | 18th | 93% above peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 6.8% | 17th | +1.5pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 3.2% | 2nd | +0.7pp | 20th | 52% below peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 5.7% | 11th | +1.4pp | 21st | 15% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 11.9% | 28th | +3.0pp | 22nd | 76% above peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 5.9% | 12th | +1.6pp | 23rd | 12% below peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 5.0% | 7th | +1.4pp | 24th | 25% below peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 10.2% | 26th | +3.1pp | 25th | 53% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 8.9% | 24th | +2.8pp | 26th | 33% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 7.3% | 19th | +2.4pp | 27th | 9% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 7.9% | 20th | +2.8pp | 28th | 17% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 12.1% | 29th | +6.2pp | 29th | 80% above peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 9.9% | 25th | +5.8pp | 30th | 47% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 5.2% | 9th | +3.7pp | 31st | 23% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 3 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (95,097 then, 97,190 now; margin ±0). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atascocita, TX | 99,354 | 8th | +22% | 1st | 2% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 95,051 | 25th | +19% | 2nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 99,319 | 9th | +17% | 3rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 98,258 | 13th | +14% | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 98,796 | 11th | +10% | 5th | 2% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 95,242 | 24th | +8% | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 97,334 | 16th | +8% | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 96,966 | 19th | +7% | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 94,956 | 27th | +6% | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 99,406 | 6th | +5% | 10th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 94,082 | 31st | +5% | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 96,825 | 21st | +5% | 12th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 97,918 | 14th | +4% | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 100,139 | 2nd | +4% | 14th | 3% above peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 96,961 | 20th | +4% | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 94,535 | 29th | +3% | 16th | 3% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 99,493 | 5th | +3% | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 96,293 | 22nd | +3% | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 100,234 | 1st | +3% | 19th | 3% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 97,190 | 17th | +2% | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 97,182 | 18th | +0% | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 97,812 | 15th | -0% | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 99,372 | 7th | -0% | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 96,051 | 23rd | -0% | 24th | 1% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 99,674 | 4th | -0% | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 94,882 | 28th | -0% | 26th | 3% below peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 98,355 | 12th | -1% | 27th | 1% above peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 99,114 | 10th | -2% | 28th | 2% above peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 94,291 | 30th | -2% | 29th | 3% below peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 99,789 | 3rd | -5% | 30th | 3% above peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 94,994 | 26th | -8% | 31st | 2% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 4 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.2% then, 55.0% now; margin ±5.5pp). 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.*
| 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 | |||||
| Sandy, UT | 20.5% | 25th | +5.2pp | 1st | 34% below peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 30.9% | 16th | +7.0pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 15.1% | 31st | +2.3pp | 3rd | 51% below peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 55.0% | 3rd | +4.8pp | 4th | 78% above peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 66.1% | 1st | +5.1pp | 5th | 114% above peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 19.0% | 30th | +1.2pp | 6th | 38% below peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 57.9% | 2nd | +3.5pp | 7th | 88% above peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 32.2% | 12th | +2.0pp | 8th | 4% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 29.0% | 19th | +1.7pp | 9th | 6% below peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 36.1% | 8th | +2.1pp | 10th | 17% above peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 42.6% | 6th | +0.1pp | 11th | 38% above peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 32.0% | 13th | -0.2pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 34.2% | 10th | -0.3pp | 13th | 11% above peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 51.7% | 4th | -1.4pp | 14th | 68% above peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 45.2% | 5th | -1.8pp | 15th | 46% above peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 30.6% | 17th | -1.4pp | 16th | 1% below peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 26.7% | 22nd | -1.6pp | 17th | 13% below peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 19.6% | 27th | -1.3pp | 18th | 37% below peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 19.9% | 26th | -1.5pp | 19th | 36% below peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 28.0% | 20th | -2.2pp | 20th | 9% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 31.2% | 14th | -2.5pp | 21st | 1% above peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 36.0% | 9th | -3.6pp | 22nd | 17% above peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 41.2% | 7th | -4.4pp | 23rd | 33% above peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 20.8% | 24th | -2.5pp | 24th | 33% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 33.7% | 11th | -4.3pp | 25th | 9% above peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 29.4% | 18th | -4.5pp | 26th | 5% below peers | ||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 30.9% | 15th | -5.6pp | 27th | on par with peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 19.1% | 29th | -4.0pp | 28th | 38% below peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 27.5% | 21st | -5.9pp | 29th | 11% below peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 19.3% | 28th | -5.3pp | 30th | 37% below peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 26.3% | 23rd | -10.9pp | 31st | 15% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.2% then, 65.6% now; margin ±9.8pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Arden-Arcade, CA | 69.3% | 15th | +14.3pp | 1st | on par with peers | ||
| Asheville, NC | 79.4% | 2nd | +15.2pp | 2nd | 15% above peers | ||
| Vista, CA | 74.0% | 8th | +14.1pp | 3rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Deltona, FL | 82.2% | 1st | +13.8pp | 4th | 19% above peers | ||
| Sandy, UT | 65.3% | 23rd | +10.8pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| Norwalk, CA | 70.2% | 14th | +11.4pp | 6th | 2% above peers | ||
| Boca Raton, FL | 63.5% | 26th | +7.3pp | 7th | 8% below peers | ||
| Yakima, WA | 72.9% | 10th | +7.6pp | 8th | 5% above peers | ||
| Longmont, CO | 66.4% | 18th | +6.6pp | 9th | 4% below peers | ||
| Atascocita, TX | 74.2% | 7th | +7.2pp | 10th | 7% above peers | ||
| Fall River, MA | 75.5% | 4th | +7.1pp | 11th | 9% above peers | ||
| San Angelo, TX | 74.6% | 6th | +6.7pp | 12th | 8% above peers | ||
| Orem, UT | 49.8% | 31st | +4.3pp | 13th | 28% below peers | ||
| San Marcos, CA | 71.3% | 12th | +5.5pp | 14th | 3% above peers | ||
| Plantation, FL | 72.0% | 11th | +4.0pp | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Portsmouth, VA | 65.6% | 20th | +3.4pp | 16th | 5% below peers | ||
| Toms River, NJ | 76.0% | 3rd | +3.0pp | 17th | 10% above peers | ||
| Edmond, OK | 64.3% | 24th | +2.5pp | 18th | 7% below peers | ||
| Tracy, CA | 57.8% | 30th | +2.1pp | 19th | 16% below peers | ||
| Suffolk, VA | 69.2% | 16th | +2.5pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Palm Coast, FL | 66.2% | 19th | +2.3pp | 21st | 4% below peers | ||
| Beaverton, OR | 66.7% | 17th | +1.2pp | 22nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Roanoke, VA | 70.4% | 13th | +1.2pp | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Yuma, AZ | 59.2% | 29th | -3.2pp | 24th | 14% below peers | ||
| Sunrise, FL | 75.5% | 5th | -4.9pp | 25th | 9% above peers | ||
| Federal Way, WA | 60.3% | 28th | -4.1pp | 26th | 13% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, KS | 73.1% | 9th | -5.6pp | 27th | 6% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, AR | 61.8% | 27th | -6.0pp | 28th | 11% below peers | ||
| Fort Myers, FL | 65.4% | 22nd | -7.2pp | 29th | 5% below peers | ||
| Reading, PA | 64.0% | 25th | -7.6pp | 30th | 7% below peers | ||
| Kenosha, WI | 65.6% | 21st | -12.8pp | 31st | 5% below peers |