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Richmond, VA
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Richmond, VA

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237,257 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Richmond, VA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$64,587
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
$47,250 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.8%
2020-24
▼ 26%
relative change
12.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
28.1%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
37.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
332 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 23%
relative change
433 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
18.2%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
23.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
13.0%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
16.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
45.6%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
39.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
86.3%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
75.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
14.6%
2019-23
▼ 8%
relative change
15.9% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
0.54 in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.6%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
42.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.9%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
48.7%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
46.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
416 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
396 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Richmond, VA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.3%
Jul 2026
▲ 13%
relative change
3.8% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
3,380 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
3,551 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
43.5%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
42.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.2%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
6.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 3 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,648
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,605 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.5%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
17.6% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
55.8%
2020-24
high
vs peers
59.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. Richmond started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 416 in July 2026, up from 396 a year earlier.
Bright spot 416 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Sioux Falls, SD 363 (Feb 26) -29.6% 1st
Glendale, AZ 363 (Jun 26) -25.0% 2nd
Fremont, CA 173 (Jan 25) -20.1% 3rd
Norfolk, VA 390 (Jul 26) -17.6% 4th
Garland, TX 184 (Jul 26) -16.8% 5th
Boise, ID 270 (Jun 26) -13.6% 6th
Spokane, WA 534 (Apr 26) -12.9% 7th
Arlington, VA 264 (Jul 26) -12.0% 8th
San Bernardino, CA 898 (May 25) -9.4% 9th
Irving, TX 259 (Jul 26) -4.7% 10th
Winston-Salem, NC 775 (Apr 26) -4.3% 11th
Frisco, TX 102 (Jun 26) -2.5% 12th
Salt Lake City, UT 743 (May 26) -2.1% 13th
Baton Rouge, LA 1,413 (Jul 26) -1.4% 14th
McKinney, TX 106 (Jul 26) -0.4% 15th
Scottsdale, AZ 177 (Jul 26) +4.9% 16th
Richmond, VA 416 (Jul 26) +4.9% 17th
Chesapeake, VA 338 (Jul 26) +8.1% 18th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Charleston, SC down about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Garland, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 95% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 10% higher than in 2021 (3,043 then, 3,347 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 4,142 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3,380 in July 2026, down from 3,551 a year earlier.
Needs attention 3,380 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Sioux Falls, SD 2,316 (Feb 26) -24.5% 1st
Fremont, CA 2,167 (Jan 25) -22.6% 2nd
Arlington, VA 1,544 (Jul 26) -21.1% 3rd
Irving, TX 1,576 (Jul 26) -20.8% 4th
Tacoma, WA 3,552 (Jul 26) -20.7% 5th
Boise, ID 814 (Jun 26) -18.3% 6th
Glendale, AZ 2,129 (Jun 26) -15.2% 7th
San Bernardino, CA 2,680 (May 25) -13.8% 8th
Frisco, TX 797 (Jun 26) -12.7% 9th
Baton Rouge, LA 4,432 (Jul 26) -12.5% 10th
Garland, TX 1,529 (Jul 26) -12.3% 11th
Spokane, WA 4,207 (Apr 26) -12.0% 12th
Salt Lake City, UT 4,493 (May 26) -10.6% 13th
Fontana, CA 1,092 (Jul 26) -9.6% 14th
Winston-Salem, NC 2,833 (Apr 26) -8.2% 15th
Scottsdale, AZ 1,690 (Jul 26) -7.7% 16th
Chesapeake, VA 1,495 (Jul 26) -6.9% 17th
McKinney, TX 691 (Jul 26) -5.8% 18th
Richmond, VA 3,380 (Jul 26) -4.8% 19th
Norfolk, VA 3,338 (Jul 26) -2.0% 20th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clarksville, TN down about 35% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 42 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 57 in the prior 12 months. That is 18 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
42 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Boise, ID 0 (Jun 26) -75.0% 1st
Irving, TX 1 (Jul 26) -62.4% 2nd
Scottsdale, AZ 1 (Jul 26) -60.0% 3rd
Garland, TX 2 (Jul 26) -58.4% 4th
Frisco, TX 1 (Jun 26) -50.1% 5th
Glendale, AZ 3 (Jun 26) -42.9% 6th
Fontana, CA 3 (Jul 26) -41.7% 7th
Sioux Falls, SD 4 (Feb 26) -40.5% 8th
McKinney, TX 3 (Jul 26) -36.3% 9th
Richmond, VA 18 (Jul 26) -26.3% 10th
San Bernardino, CA 11 (May 25) -16.7% 11th
Fremont, CA 2 (Jan 25) -16.6% 12th
Spokane, WA 5 (Apr 26) -15.4% 13th
Baton Rouge, LA 31 (Jul 26) -9.3% 14th
Tacoma, WA 8 (Jul 26) +5.6% 15th
Norfolk, VA 15 (Jul 26) +16.6% 16th
Salt Lake City, UT 5 (May 26) +25.1% 17th
Winston-Salem, NC 11 (Apr 26) +27.1% 18th
Arlington, VA 1 (Jul 26) +100.0% 19th
Chesapeake, VA 5 (Jul 26) +133.2% 20th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lansing, MI down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, NY down about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 12% lower than in 2021 (375 then, 328 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 751 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 332 in July 2026, down from 433 a year earlier.
Bright spot 332 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ 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%
Sioux Falls, SD 251 (Feb 26) -42.4% 1st
Glendale, AZ 230 (Jun 26) -41.8% 2nd
Spokane, WA 287 (Apr 26) -37.3% 3rd
Garland, TX 203 (Jul 26) -34.5% 4th
Irving, TX 221 (Jul 26) -33.5% 5th
Boise, ID 84 (Jun 26) -32.0% 6th
Arlington, VA 93 (Jul 26) -28.7% 7th
Tacoma, WA 679 (Jul 26) -25.2% 8th
Salt Lake City, UT 329 (May 26) -24.8% 9th
Richmond, VA 332 (Jul 26) -23.3% 10th
Baton Rouge, LA 575 (Jul 26) -19.0% 11th
Scottsdale, AZ 114 (Jul 26) -17.6% 12th
Fontana, CA 204 (Jul 26) -15.7% 13th
Frisco, TX 49 (Jun 26) -14.1% 14th
Chesapeake, VA 88 (Jul 26) -12.4% 15th
Fremont, CA 523 (Jan 25) -11.9% 16th
McKinney, TX 50 (Jul 26) -9.9% 17th
Norfolk, VA 276 (Jul 26) -6.5% 18th
San Bernardino, CA 712 (May 25) -4.3% 19th
Winston-Salem, NC 340 (Apr 26) -3.3% 20th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yuma, AZ down about 36% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $47,250 to $64,587 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,320).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Richmond started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 56% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,331 to $64,587).
Bright spot $64,587
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 $93,170 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Hialeah, FL $55,594 29th +59% 1st 30% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 25th +47% 2nd 16% below peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 23rd +46% 3rd 12% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 7th +41% 4th 29% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 10th +41% 5th 17% above peers
Boise, ID $83,904 12th +40% 6th 5% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 24th +39% 7th 12% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 11th +38% 8th 8% above peers
Richmond, VA $64,587 27th +37% 9th 19% below peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 10th 127% above peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 20th +35% 11th 6% below peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 15th +35% 12th on par with peers
Glendale, AZ $73,530 22nd +34% 13th 8% below peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 4th +33% 14th 55% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 13th +31% 15th 5% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $59,268 28th +30% 16th 26% below peers
Norfolk, VA $66,109 26th +28% 17th 17% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 21st +28% 18th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 18th +27% 19th 5% below peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 16th +27% 20th 2% below peers
Irving, TX $81,830 14th +26% 21st 2% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $110,886 6th +26% 22nd 39% above peers
Garland, TX $76,320 17th +25% 23rd 4% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 19th +24% 24th 6% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 5th +23% 25th 54% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $95,373 9th +21% 26th 19% above peers
Enterprise, NV $98,462 8th +21% 27th 23% above peers
Arlington, VA $142,114 3rd +18% 28th 78% above peers
Frisco, TX $150,212 2nd +18% 29th 88% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 30th +12% 30th 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 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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19 of 75 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 ±$1,911 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.3% in July 2026, up from 3.8% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.3%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 3.7% (Jul 26) +0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.9pp 1st 9% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th -0.9pp 2nd 31% above peers
Fontana, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.6pp 3rd 13% above peers
Spokane, WA 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th -0.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.7% (Jul 26) 27th -0.6pp 5th 49% above peers
Hialeah, FL 2.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.5pp 6th 49% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th -0.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th -0.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 9th 7% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th -0.4pp 10th 33% above peers
Worcester, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.2pp 11th 9% above peers
Boise, ID 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 12th 31% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.1pp 13th 24% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.1pp 14th 58% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th +0.2pp 15th 20% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th +0.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Irving, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 9th +0.3pp 17th 7% below peers
Norfolk, VA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 18th 2% below peers
Glendale, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st +0.3pp 19th 9% above peers
Tacoma, WA 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th +0.4pp 20th 20% above peers
Garland, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Richmond, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 22nd 4% below peers
Frisco, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 23rd 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.5pp 24th 4% above peers
Huntsville, AL 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th +0.6pp 25th 27% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 26th 11% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.8pp 27th on par with peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.2% to 18.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
48% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Richmond started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.6% to 18.2%).
Bright spot 18.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 9.9% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
San Bernardino, CA 18.6% 28th -7.4pp 1st 50% above peers
Huntsville, AL 12.6% 17th -4.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
Hialeah, FL 17.0% 25th -5.4pp 3rd 37% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 10th -3.0pp 4th 20% below peers
Boise, ID 10.6% 11th -3.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Richmond, VA 18.2% 27th -5.0pp 6th 47% above peers
Spokane, WA 13.8% 21st -3.5pp 7th 11% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% 14th -2.8pp 8th 6% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.6% 20th -3.0pp 9th 9% above peers
McKinney, TX 5.7% 3rd -1.2pp 10th 54% below peers
Glendale, AZ 15.1% 23rd -3.1pp 11th 22% above peers
Tacoma, WA 12.4% 16th -2.2pp 12th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.7% 26th -3.0pp 13th 43% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.3% 19th -1.8pp 14th 7% above peers
Norfolk, VA 16.5% 24th -2.2pp 15th 33% above peers
Irving, TX 11.0% 13th -1.2pp 16th 11% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 6th -0.8pp 17th 40% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% 9th -0.8pp 18th 23% below peers
Yonkers, NY 13.8% 22nd -1.1pp 19th 11% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 7.3% 4th -0.3pp 20th 41% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.5% 1st -0.1pp 21st 71% below peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 29th -0.4pp 22nd 58% above peers
Garland, TX 13.0% 18th -0.1pp 23rd 5% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.2% 15th -0.1pp 24th 2% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.8% 12th +0.3pp 25th 13% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 25.7% 30th +0.9pp 26th 107% above peers
Arlington, VA 7.4% 5th +0.6pp 27th 40% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 9.4% 8th +0.8pp 28th 24% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.7% 7th +1.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 8.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.0% to 28.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp).

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Richmond started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.5% to 28.1%).
Bright spot 28.1%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 12.3% -1.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 11th -7.2pp 1st 18% below peers
Hialeah, FL 19.5% 22nd -9.9pp 2nd 21% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 20th -8.5pp 3rd 5% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 27th -12.1pp 4th 60% above peers
Boise, ID 11.1% 8th -5.1pp 5th 31% below peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 14th -6.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 12th -5.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Glendale, AZ 20.2% 23rd -6.8pp 8th 25% above peers
Richmond, VA 28.1% 29th -8.9pp 9th 74% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 3rd -1.8pp 10th 58% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 8.4% 5th -2.2pp 11th 48% below peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 19th -4.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 17th -3.9pp 13th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 25.9% 28th -6.1pp 14th 60% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 6th -1.7pp 15th 46% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 12.5% 10th -2.4pp 16th 23% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 16th -2.7pp 17th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 25th -3.7pp 18th 45% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 15th -2.3pp 19th 7% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 21st -2.9pp 20th 18% above peers
Norfolk, VA 25.2% 26th -3.1pp 21st 56% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 30th -3.3pp 22nd 101% above peers
Garland, TX 20.3% 24th -1.5pp 23rd 26% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 9th -0.9pp 24th 26% below peers
Irving, TX 16.4% 18th -1.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Frisco, TX 3.2% 1st +0.2pp 26th 80% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 13th +0.7pp 27th 14% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.8% 4th +1.2pp 28th 52% below peers
Enterprise, NV 10.6% 7th +2.1pp 29th 34% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 72% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 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 99% 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 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 75.6% to 86.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Richmond started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 15.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (71.2% to 86.3%).
Bright spot 86.3%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
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
Worcester, MA 91.2% 22nd +10.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Boise, ID 93.8% 11th +10.5pp 6th 1% above 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
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 23rd +7.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 13th +7.0pp 14th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 12th +7.0pp 15th 1% above peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 21st +6.4pp 16th 1% below peers
Garland, TX 94.9% 9th +6.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 20th +5.7pp 18th 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA 89.0% 26th +5.4pp 19th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 7th +5.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 19th +5.3pp 21st 1% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 14th +4.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Enterprise, NV 97.0% 2nd +4.3pp 23rd 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 10th +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? 75 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 →
What changed

Inequality fell about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.54 to 0.51 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01).

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 24% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.54 to 0.51).
Bright spot 0.51
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 0.47 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Richmond, VA 0.51 28th -0.032 1st 14% above peers
Glendale, AZ 0.43 12th -0.023 2nd 5% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 10th -0.018 3rd 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 23rd -0.020 4th 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 5th 16% below peers
Norfolk, VA 0.47 22nd -0.017 6th 5% above peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 17th -0.016 7th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 0.51 27th -0.016 8th 12% above peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 24th -0.015 9th 6% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 13th -0.011 10th 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 25th -0.010 11th 8% above peers
Boise, ID 0.46 21st -0.008 12th 3% above peers
Garland, TX 0.40 3rd -0.006 13th 11% below peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 18th -0.003 14th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 15th 15% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 26th +0.002 16th 11% above peers
Irving, TX 0.44 14th +0.004 17th 4% below peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 15th +0.006 18th 2% below peers
Frisco, TX 0.42 5th +0.009 19th 7% below peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 7th +0.009 20th 7% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 0.42 6th +0.009 21st 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 16th +0.010 22nd on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 11th +0.011 23rd 5% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 0.52 29th +0.019 24th 16% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 30th +0.023 25th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 4th +0.017 26th 8% below peers
Arlington, VA 0.46 19th +0.019 27th 2% above peers
Enterprise, NV 0.42 9th +0.022 28th 6% below peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 8th +0.023 29th 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 20th +0.028 30th 3% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 15.9% to 14.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 21% moved the other way. Richmond started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (16.7% to 14.6%).
Bright spot 14.6%
20102023
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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 37% below peers
Irving, TX 6.2% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 37% below peers
Garland, TX 8.8% 14th -3.6pp 3rd 11% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 2.3% 2nd -0.9pp 4th 76% below peers
Huntsville, AL 9.9% 16th -3.0pp 5th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 8th -1.9pp 6th 34% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 11th -1.7pp 7th 21% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.3% 23rd -2.6pp 8th 65% above peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 73% below peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 26th -2.9pp 10th 97% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.4% 28th -3.2pp 11th 137% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 13th -1.1pp 12th 12% below peers
Glendale, AZ 15.4% 20th -1.9pp 13th 56% above peers
Richmond, VA 14.6% 19th -1.3pp 14th 48% above peers
Frisco, TX 1.8% 1st -0.1pp 15th 82% below peers
Hialeah, FL 42.1% 30th -2.5pp 16th 326% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 6.9% 9th -0.3pp 17th 30% below peers
Arlington, VA 3.4% 4th +0.1pp 18th 66% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 21st +0.6pp 19th 60% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 27th +0.9pp 20th 103% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 15th +0.4pp 21st 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA 16.3% 22nd +0.9pp 22nd 65% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 17th +1.2pp 23rd 43% above peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 25th +2.0pp 24th 88% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 18th +1.7pp 25th 46% above peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% 5th +0.6pp 26th 64% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 29th +4.7pp 27th 172% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.2% 24th +3.0pp 28th 74% above peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 12th +2.5pp 29th 18% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 10th +2.7pp 30th 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% 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 about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $364,726 in August 2026, up from $355,450 a year earlier.
$364,726
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref $414,662 (Aug 26) +2.2%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Yonkers, NY $706,055 (Aug 26) 5th +7.0% 1st 60% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $425,375 (Aug 26) 16th +3.6% 2nd 4% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $851,107 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.9% 3rd 92% above peers
Richmond, VA $364,726 (Aug 26) 19th +2.6% 4th 18% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $572,003 (Aug 26) 8th +2.4% 5th 29% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $492,161 (Aug 26) 10th +2.0% 6th 11% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $232,056 (Aug 26) 28th +1.6% 7th 48% below peers
Worcester, MA $435,944 (Aug 26) 15th +1.6% 8th 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA $312,422 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.3% 9th 29% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $332,295 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 10th 25% below peers
Huntsville, AL $290,244 (Aug 26) 24th +1.3% 11th 34% below peers
Louisville, KY $263,130 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 12th 41% below peers
Arlington, VA $806,571 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 13th 82% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $551,273 (Aug 26) 9th +0.4% 14th 25% above peers
Fontana, CA $633,683 (Aug 26) 7th +0.2% 15th 43% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $263,057 (Aug 26) 27th +0.2% 16th 41% below peers
Tacoma, WA $488,463 (Aug 26) 11th +0.1% 17th 10% above peers
Modesto, CA $442,564 (Aug 26) 14th +0.1% 18th on par with peers
Hialeah, FL $442,859 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 19th on par with peers
Irving, TX $339,198 (Aug 26) 20th -0.3% 20th 23% below peers
Spokane, WA $396,121 (Aug 26) 18th -0.3% 21st 10% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $787,700 (Aug 26) 4th -0.9% 22nd 78% above peers
Glendale, AZ $401,811 (Aug 26) 17th -1.4% 23rd 9% below peers
Fremont, CA $1,447,776 (Aug 26) 1st -2.0% 24th 227% above peers
Garland, TX $283,276 (Aug 26) 25th -3.3% 25th 36% below peers
Cape Coral, FL $335,825 (Aug 26) 21st -3.9% 26th 24% below peers
Frisco, TX $638,512 (Aug 26) 6th -4.1% 27th 44% above peers
McKinney, TX $472,118 (Aug 26) 12th -5.6% 28th 7% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 19% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $252,463 in August 2026, up from $245,228 a year earlier.
$252,463
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref $241,840 (Aug 26) +3.2%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Yonkers, NY $358,222 (Aug 26) 13th +8.1% 1st 4% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $297,515 (Aug 26) 16th +3.6% 2nd 14% below peers
Richmond, VA $252,463 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 3rd 27% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $403,548 (Aug 26) 9th +2.6% 4th 17% above peers
Worcester, MA $345,745 (Aug 26) 14th +2.5% 5th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA $234,902 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.1% 6th 32% below peers
Huntsville, AL $169,430 (Aug 26) 26th +1.7% 7th 51% below peers
Louisville, KY $172,131 (Aug 26) 25th +1.3% 8th 50% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $494,959 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 9th 43% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $474,162 (Aug 26) 5th +1.0% 10th 37% above peers
Fontana, CA $544,358 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 11th 57% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $403,783 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 12th 17% above peers
Modesto, CA $361,618 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 13th 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $242,098 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.4% 14th 30% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $164,482 (Aug 26) 27th +0.2% 15th 52% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $119,486 (Aug 26) 28th +0.1% 16th 65% below peers
Irving, TX $252,498 (Aug 26) 19th -0.1% 17th 27% below peers
Arlington, VA $419,929 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 18th 21% above peers
Tacoma, WA $390,199 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 19th 13% above peers
Spokane, WA $286,936 (Aug 26) 17th -1.2% 20th 17% below peers
Glendale, AZ $317,990 (Aug 26) 15th -1.5% 21st 8% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $579,663 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.7% 22nd 68% above peers
Fremont, CA $930,330 (Aug 26) 1st -3.1% 23rd 169% above peers
Garland, TX $223,055 (Aug 26) 24th -3.4% 24th 35% below peers
Hialeah, FL $249,019 (Aug 26) 21st -4.0% 25th 28% below peers
Frisco, TX $451,788 (Aug 26) 6th -4.4% 26th 31% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $256,816 (Aug 26) 18th -4.6% 27th 26% below peers
McKinney, TX $358,925 (Aug 26) 12th -5.0% 28th 4% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.6% then, 43.5% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.7% to 43.5%).
Needs attention 43.5%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 67.3% +1.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 20th +5.3pp 1st 14% below peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 18th +3.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 14th +3.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 46.3% 24th +2.9pp 4th 21% below peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 15th +3.6pp 5th on par with peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 21st +2.6pp 6th 15% below peers
Enterprise, NV 63.7% 8th +2.9pp 7th 8% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 74.3% 2nd +3.0pp 8th 26% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 55.6% 19th +2.1pp 9th 6% below peers
Boise, ID 63.2% 10th +2.3pp 10th 7% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 1st +2.7pp 11th 31% above peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 28th +1.5pp 12th 27% below peers
Irving, TX 38.1% 30th +1.3pp 13th 35% below peers
Glendale, AZ 57.2% 17th +1.8pp 14th 3% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 16th +1.6pp 15th 1% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 9th +1.6pp 16th 8% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 3rd +1.8pp 17th 22% above peers
Richmond, VA 43.5% 27th +0.9pp 18th 26% below peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 5th +1.3pp 19th 14% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 23rd +0.9pp 20th 21% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 67.0% 4th +0.8pp 21st 14% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 12th +0.2pp 22nd 3% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 25th +0.1pp 23rd 21% below peers
Garland, TX 61.6% 11th -0.9pp 24th 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 13th -1.1pp 25th 1% above peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 7th -2.0pp 26th 9% above peers
Arlington, VA 41.3% 29th -1.5pp 27th 30% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 22nd -2.0pp 28th 19% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 26th -2.2pp 29th 22% below peers
Frisco, TX 65.9% 6th -5.7pp 30th 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,648 in August 2026, up from $1,605 a year earlier.
Big move $1,648
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Norfolk, VA $1,757 (Aug 26) 16th +7.2% 1st 6% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $2,092 (Aug 26) 10th +6.7% 2nd 12% above peers
Yonkers, NY $2,755 (Aug 26) 4th +5.3% 3rd 47% above peers
Fremont, CA $3,375 (Aug 26) 1st +5.2% 4th 80% above peers
Spokane, WA $1,507 (Aug 26) 24th +3.9% 5th 20% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,302 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 6th 31% below peers
Fontana, CA $3,190 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.7% 7th 70% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $1,507 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.7% 8th 20% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,333 (Aug 26) 26th +3.0% 9th 29% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,382 (Aug 26) 6th +2.9% 10th 27% above peers
Huntsville, AL $1,330 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 11th 29% below peers
Richmond, VA $1,648 (Aug 26) 18th +2.7% 12th 12% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,954 (Aug 26) 12th +2.5% 13th 4% above peers
Tacoma, WA $1,740 (Aug 26) 17th +2.3% 14th 7% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $2,127 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 15th 13% above peers
Louisville, KY $1,353 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 16th 28% below peers
Modesto, CA $2,021 (Aug 26) 11th +1.0% 17th 8% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,949 (Aug 26) 13th +1.0% 18th 4% above peers
Irving, TX $1,590 (Aug 26) 20th +0.8% 19th 15% below peers
Glendale, AZ $1,507 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.8% 20th 20% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,603 (Aug 26) 19th +0.5% 21st 14% below peers
Worcester, MA $2,130 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 22nd 14% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.4% 23rd 49% above peers
Arlington, VA $2,702 (Aug 26) 5th +0.4% 24th 44% above peers
Garland, TX $1,556 (Aug 26) 21st -0.2% 25th 17% below peers
Hialeah, FL $2,357 (Aug 26) 7th -0.6% 26th 26% above peers
Frisco, TX $1,874 (Aug 26) 14th -0.9% 27th on par with peers
McKinney, TX $1,773 (Aug 26) 15th -2.1% 28th 5% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 42.8% to 40.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 24% moved the other way. Richmond started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.3% to 40.6%).
Bright spot 40.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 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% 22nd -2.2pp 3rd 10% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 2nd -1.3pp 4th 25% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 7th -0.9pp 5th 15% below peers
Norfolk, VA 41.2% 24th -0.9pp 6th 12% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 28th -0.7pp 7th 21% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 19th -0.6pp 8th 8% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 9th 30% below 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
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 13th 18% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 32.7% 9th +0.1pp 14th 11% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 11th +0.2pp 15th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 20th +0.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 5th +0.7pp 17th 17% below peers
Boise, ID 30.4% 4th +1.0pp 18th 18% below peers
Arlington, VA 31.2% 6th +1.1pp 19th 16% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 25th +1.7pp 20th 14% above peers
Glendale, AZ 36.4% 13th +1.5pp 21st 1% below peers
Garland, TX 36.9% 16th +2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 23rd +2.6pp 23rd 11% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 21st +2.7pp 24th 10% above peers
Frisco, TX 28.7% 3rd +2.0pp 25th 22% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 31.6% 8th +2.3pp 26th 14% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 15th +4.1pp 27th on par with peers
Enterprise, NV 35.6% 12th +5.0pp 28th 4% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 18th +5.8pp 29th 8% above peers
Irving, TX 36.8% 14th +5.4pp 30th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 99% 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
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.5% to 13.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Richmond started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.9% to 13.0%).
Bright spot 13.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 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% 27th -3.5pp 2nd 105% above peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 11th -1.3pp 3rd 23% below peers
Glendale, AZ 6.7% 18th -1.7pp 4th 6% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 8.2% 20th -1.9pp 5th 30% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.7% 6th -0.7pp 6th 42% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 29th -2.8pp 7th 154% above peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 23rd -1.6pp 8th 55% above peers
Garland, TX 4.1% 9th -0.5pp 9th 35% below peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 30th -1.7pp 10th 274% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 22nd -0.6pp 11th 50% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 3rd -0.2pp 12th 47% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 16th -0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 11.5% 25th -0.4pp 14th 82% above peers
Boise, ID 5.0% 13th -0.1pp 15th 21% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 14th -0.0pp 16th 13% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 21st +0.2pp 17th 39% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 10th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 24th +0.4pp 19th 70% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 5th +0.3pp 20th 45% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 26th +1.1pp 21st 89% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 22nd 49% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 4th +0.4pp 23rd 47% below peers
Arlington, VA 15.2% 28th +2.1pp 24th 140% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 8th +0.6pp 25th 39% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 17th +1.0pp 26th 4% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.0% 12th +0.9pp 27th 21% below peers
Irving, TX 5.8% 15th +1.2pp 28th 8% below peers
Enterprise, NV 3.8% 7th +1.0pp 29th 40% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.3% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.0% to 8.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
45% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way. Richmond started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.5% to 8.8%).
Bright spot 8.8%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 6.9% -1.7pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Hialeah, FL 15.1% 28th -5.6pp 1st 71% above peers
Richmond, VA 8.8% 16th -3.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 9.1% 18th -2.8pp 3rd 3% above peers
Boise, ID 7.1% 11th -1.9pp 4th 20% below peers
McKinney, TX 8.2% 15th -2.0pp 5th 7% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.8% 8th -1.4pp 6th 34% below peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 4th -1.1pp 7th 47% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 3rd -1.0pp 8th 47% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.4% 23rd -2.2pp 9th 18% above peers
Yonkers, NY 6.3% 9th -1.0pp 10th 29% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.3% 22nd -1.5pp 11th 17% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 5.1% 5th -0.6pp 12th 42% below peers
Arlington, VA 5.3% 6th -0.6pp 13th 40% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 10.0% 20th -1.0pp 14th 13% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 11.2% 24th -1.1pp 15th 27% above peers
Huntsville, AL 9.0% 17th -0.8pp 16th 2% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 25th -1.0pp 17th 32% above peers
Frisco, TX 6.3% 10th -0.4pp 18th 28% below peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 19th -0.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Spokane, WA 5.4% 7th -0.2pp 20th 39% below peers
Tacoma, WA 7.1% 12th -0.1pp 21st 20% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 14th +0.2pp 22nd 8% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.1% 13th +0.3pp 23rd 8% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 26th +0.5pp 24th 41% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.1% 21st +0.4pp 25th 15% above peers
Garland, TX 25.1% 30th +1.7pp 26th 185% above peers
Glendale, AZ 13.4% 27th +0.9pp 27th 52% above peers
Irving, TX 22.3% 29th +2.0pp 28th 153% above peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 29th 71% below peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 2nd +1.0pp 30th 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

35.3%
20202022
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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
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 14th 3% 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
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 18th 3% above peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 19th 3% above peers
Richmond, VA 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 21st 4% above peers
Glendale, AZ 35.9% 22nd 6% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 23rd 6% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 24th 8% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 25th 9% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 26th 10% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.4% 27th 16% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 28th 16% above peers
Louisville, KY 39.9% 29th 17% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 30th 18% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 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 →
What changed

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.5% then, 6.2% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 6.2%).
Needs attention 6.2%
20122024
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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 4.7% -0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Enterprise, NV 3.7% 10th -2.2pp 1st 24% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.9% 12th -2.1pp 2nd 21% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 7th -1.2pp 3rd 38% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 25th -3.0pp 4th 79% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 5th 60% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 22nd -1.6pp 6th 25% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.7% 9th -0.8pp 7th 25% below peers
Norfolk, VA 5.5% 19th -1.0pp 8th 11% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 21st -1.1pp 9th 20% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 5th -0.3pp 10th 40% below peers
Frisco, TX 4.0% 13th -0.4pp 11th 18% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 17th -0.2pp 12th 6% above peers
Richmond, VA 6.2% 23rd -0.2pp 13th 28% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 52% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 15th -0.1pp 15th 6% below peers
Glendale, AZ 9.9% 27th +0.3pp 16th 102% above peers
Arlington, VA 3.0% 6th +0.1pp 17th 38% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.2% 18th +0.4pp 18th 7% above peers
Garland, TX 18.0% 30th +1.5pp 19th 269% above peers
Boise, ID 4.9% 16th +0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 14th +0.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Irving, TX 15.8% 29th +2.0pp 22nd 223% above peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 8th +0.4pp 23rd 33% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 20th +0.9pp 24th 19% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 28th +1.9pp 25th 115% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 26th +1.9pp 26th 95% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 11th +0.9pp 27th 21% below peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 4th +1.2pp 28th 52% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 24th +4.6pp 29th 65% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 30th 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.6% to 45.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Richmond started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.4% to 45.6%).
Bright spot 45.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 42.2% +3.4pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hialeah, FL 22.1% 26th +6.4pp 1st 40% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 22nd +6.2pp 2nd 14% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 27th +3.4pp 3rd 41% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 18th +5.0pp 4th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 19th +4.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Norfolk, VA 33.5% 21st +4.6pp 6th 8% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 23rd +3.6pp 7th 26% below peers
Richmond, VA 45.6% 9th +6.0pp 8th 25% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 39.5% 12th +5.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Boise, ID 47.5% 7th +5.9pp 10th 30% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 5th +6.7pp 11th 48% above peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 28th +2.5pp 12th 42% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.7% 17th +4.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Glendale, AZ 24.3% 25th +2.7pp 14th 34% below peers
Irving, TX 42.4% 10th +4.7pp 15th 16% above peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 3rd +6.9pp 16th 75% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 36.9% 14th +3.7pp 17th 1% above peers
Garland, TX 25.4% 24th +2.5pp 18th 30% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 6th +4.9pp 19th 41% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 30th +1.2pp 20th 64% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 15th +3.3pp 21st on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 29th +1.5pp 22nd 51% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 13th +2.9pp 23rd 4% above peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 20th +2.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 11th +3.0pp 25th 9% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 8th +3.1pp 26th 29% above peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 16th +2.2pp 27th 2% below peers
Frisco, TX 67.5% 2nd +4.1pp 28th 85% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 61.9% 4th +3.5pp 29th 69% above peers
Arlington, VA 77.1% 1st +1.8pp 30th 111% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (46.7% then, 48.7% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Broader trend
38% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.5% to 48.8%).
Bright spot 48.7%
20112024
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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% 27th +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% 20th +1.7pp 5th 13% below peers
Richmond, VA 48.8% 11th +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
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 10th 48% above peers
Garland, TX 31.5% 26th -2.1pp 11th 25% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 10th -3.6pp 12th 19% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 54.5% 6th -5.6pp 13th 30% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 8th -5.9pp 14th 21% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 22nd -4.9pp 15th 15% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 32.6% 24th -4.5pp 16th 22% below peers
Frisco, TX 55.6% 5th -8.7pp 17th 32% above peers
Enterprise, NV 36.0% 21st -5.7pp 18th 14% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 23rd -6.0pp 19th 21% 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% 25th -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
Worcester, MA 36.7% 19th -12.6pp 27th 12% 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? 75 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 ±6.2pp 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 →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.2% then, 4.9% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.0% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 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% 12th -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
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 13th -1.7pp 5th 9% below peers
Glendale, AZ 8.4% 20th -1.9pp 6th 11% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.1% 7th -1.1pp 7th 33% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.3% 9th -1.0pp 8th 30% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 23rd -1.3pp 9th 17% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 27th -0.8pp 10th 28% above peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 19th -0.6pp 11th 6% above peers
Richmond, VA 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 12th 35% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 22nd -0.4pp 13th 14% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 14th -0.2pp 14th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 21st +0.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 8th +0.2pp 16th 33% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 5th +0.2pp 17th 39% below peers
Enterprise, NV 7.8% 18th +1.0pp 18th 4% above peers
Boise, ID 5.7% 10th +0.7pp 19th 25% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.1% 2nd +0.5pp 20th 58% below peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 26th +1.6pp 21st 24% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 24th +1.8pp 22nd 19% above peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 30th +2.3pp 23rd 43% above peers
Norfolk, VA 7.1% 15th +1.8pp 24th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 11th +1.7pp 25th 24% below peers
Garland, TX 10.1% 29th +3.2pp 26th 34% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 17th +2.9pp 27th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 16th +2.9pp 28th on par with peers
Irving, TX 10.1% 28th +4.4pp 29th 33% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 9.1% 25th +4.2pp 30th 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (226,622 then, 229,359 now; margin ±0). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (211,063 to 229,359).
229,359
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Enterprise, NV 240,464 7th +41% 1st 6% above peers
Frisco, TX 219,304 20th +24% 2nd 3% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 23rd +17% 3rd 5% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 26th +16% 4th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 30th +14% 5th 11% below peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 16th +14% 6th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 29th +12% 7th 8% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 12th +8% 8th 2% above peers
Irving, TX 256,492 1st +7% 9th 13% above peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 11th +6% 10th 2% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 22nd +6% 11th 3% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 252,583 3rd +5% 12th 12% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 28th +5% 13th 8% below peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 27th +5% 14th 7% below peers
Boise, ID 237,242 8th +5% 15th 5% above peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 18th +5% 16th 2% below peers
Garland, TX 246,844 5th +4% 17th 9% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 252,037 4th +3% 18th 11% above peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 21st +3% 19th 3% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 19th +3% 20th 2% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 25th +2% 21st 6% below peers
Glendale, AZ 252,833 2nd +2% 22nd 12% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 24th +2% 23rd 5% below peers
Richmond, VA 229,359 13th +1% 24th 1% above peers
Arlington, VA 236,254 9th +1% 25th 4% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 17th -1% 26th 2% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 243,821 6th -3% 27th 8% above peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 14th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 15th -4% 29th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 233,596 10th -4% 30th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 0.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.6% to 17.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.0pp).

Broader trend
69% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (18.0% to 17.5%).
Big move 17.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 21.7% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Worcester, MA 19.6% 21st +0.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Norfolk, VA 20.4% 18th +0.6pp 2nd 9% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 4th +0.7pp 3rd 18% above peers
Arlington, VA 18.0% 25th +0.2pp 4th 19% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 24.2% 12th -0.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Richmond, VA 17.5% 27th -0.1pp 6th 21% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 11th -0.6pp 7th 10% above peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 15th -0.6pp 8th on par with peers
Irving, TX 26.2% 5th -0.7pp 9th 18% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 26th -0.6pp 10th 21% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 16th -0.7pp 11th 6% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 28th -0.6pp 12th 25% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 23.0% 13th -0.8pp 13th 3% above peers
Glendale, AZ 24.5% 10th -1.0pp 14th 10% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 9th -1.2pp 15th 10% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 1st -1.4pp 16th 22% above peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 17th -1.2pp 17th 9% below peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 22nd -1.2pp 18th 13% below peers
Garland, TX 25.5% 8th -1.7pp 19th 14% above peers
Enterprise, NV 22.6% 14th -1.9pp 20th 1% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 21st 16% above peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 19th -1.8pp 22nd 11% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 6th -2.5pp 23rd 18% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 20th -2.0pp 24th 12% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 24th -1.8pp 25th 17% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 26th 20% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 13.9% 30th -1.6pp 27th 37% below peers
Frisco, TX 27.2% 2nd -3.2pp 28th 22% above peers
Boise, ID 18.5% 23rd -3.3pp 29th 17% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 29th -3.9pp 30th 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 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 →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.1% then, 55.8% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.6% to 55.8%).
Big move 55.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 27.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 9th +5.9pp 1st 20% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 26.6% 24th +3.7pp 2nd 18% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 16th +3.8pp 3rd 1% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 10th +4.3pp 4th 18% above peers
Enterprise, NV 28.5% 21st +2.9pp 5th 12% below peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 30th +0.8pp 6th 68% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 20th +2.0pp 7th 11% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 3rd +3.1pp 8th 44% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 22nd +1.8pp 9th 15% below peers
Arlington, VA 17.4% 28th +0.9pp 10th 46% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 26th +0.6pp 11th 39% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 8th +0.8pp 12th 23% above peers
Garland, TX 31.1% 17th +0.5pp 13th 5% below peers
Boise, ID 27.2% 23rd +0.3pp 14th 16% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 2nd -0.1pp 15th 64% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 14th -0.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Norfolk, VA 46.5% 4th -0.5pp 17th 43% above peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 27th -0.2pp 18th 45% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 5th -0.9pp 19th 40% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 41.9% 7th -1.3pp 20th 29% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 30.1% 18th -1.1pp 21st 7% below peers
Richmond, VA 55.8% 1st -3.3pp 22nd 72% above peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 11th -2.3pp 23rd 12% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 19th -1.8pp 24th 10% below peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 12th -3.2pp 25th 9% above peers
Frisco, TX 11.9% 29th -1.1pp 26th 63% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 6th -4.2pp 27th 38% above peers
Irving, TX 25.9% 25th -3.4pp 28th 20% below peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 15th -5.2pp 29th on par with peers
Glendale, AZ 33.9% 13th -7.3pp 30th 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 75 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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17 of 75 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 B09002) through 2024 ±3.4pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.3% then, 68.7% now; margin ±8.6pp). 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.*

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.0% to 68.7%).
68.7%
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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 69.3% +1.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Fremont, CA 69.9% 11th +12.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 15th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Frisco, TX 70.6% 10th +8.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 69.0% 14th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 25th +5.8pp 5th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 18th +6.1pp 7th 2% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 4th +6.6pp 8th 6% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 9th 20% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 13th +5.9pp 10th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 21st +5.4pp 11th 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 9th +4.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 65.2% 20th +2.3pp 13th 6% below peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 8th +2.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Norfolk, VA 67.7% 17th +1.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 73.0% 5th +1.6pp 16th 6% above peers
Arlington, VA 74.8% 3rd +1.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 12th -0.2pp 18th 1% above peers
Glendale, AZ 63.5% 24th -0.5pp 19th 8% below peers
Garland, TX 60.7% 26th -0.6pp 20th 12% below peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 22nd -1.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 7th -1.3pp 22nd 4% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 65.3% 19th -1.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 28th -2.0pp 24th 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 29th -2.0pp 25th 17% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 27th -2.8pp 26th 13% below peers
Boise, ID 63.9% 23rd -3.2pp 27th 7% 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? 75 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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14 of 75 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 5 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 ±6.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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