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Virginia Beach, VA

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456,349 people (2024) 250k-1m South

Bright spots 9 indicators

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

What needs attention 9 indicators

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

Big shifts 4 indicators

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

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 5% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 96 in May 2026, up from 91 a year earlier.
96 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Kansas City, MO 1,375 (May 26) 20th -43.4% 1st 119% above peers
Aurora, CO 722 (May 26) 16th -32.8% 2nd 15% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 11 (May 26) 1st -31.8% 3rd 98% below peers
Tucson, AZ 440 (May 26) 9th -31.2% 4th 30% below peers
Miami, FL 307 (May 26) 4th -19.9% 5th 51% below peers
Long Beach, CA 687 (May 26) 15th -17.2% 6th 9% above peers
Arlington, TX 371 (May 26) 6th -16.9% 7th 41% below peers
Raleigh, NC 387 (May 26) 7th -16.3% 8th 38% below peers
Cleveland, OH 1,423 (Mar 26) 21st -15.0% 9th 127% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 1,121 (May 26) 19th -11.1% 10th 78% above peers
Tulsa, OK 834 (Apr 26) 17th -9.5% 11th 33% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 667 (May 26) 12th -9.3% 12th 6% above peers
Sacramento, CA 628 (May 26) 11th -7.2% 13th on par with peers
Fresno, CA 682 (May 26) 14th -7.0% 14th 8% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 1,047 (May 26) 18th -4.4% 15th 67% above peers
Mesa, AZ 428 (May 26) 8th -2.9% 16th 32% below peers
Omaha, NE 349 (May 26) 5th -1.9% 17th 44% below peers
New Orleans, LA 31 (May 26) 2nd +1.8% 18th 95% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 96 (May 26) 3rd +5.3% 19th 85% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 510 (May 26) 10th +6.4% 20th 19% below peers
Atlanta, GA 679 (Apr 26) 13th +18.9% 21st 8% above peers

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Irving, TX down about 8% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,346 in May 2026, down from 1,626 a year earlier.
1,346 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Kansas City, MO 3,971 (May 26) 17th -46.8% 1st 70% above peers
Aurora, CO 2,367 (May 26) 11th -31.1% 2nd 1% above peers
Tucson, AZ 2,291 (May 26) 9th -29.4% 3rd 2% below peers
Long Beach, CA 2,333 (May 26) 10th -23.7% 4th on par with peers
Atlanta, GA 3,075 (May 26) 15th -21.9% 5th 32% above peers
Miami, FL 2,158 (May 26) 5th -21.5% 6th 7% below peers
Arlington, TX 1,828 (May 26) 3rd -19.6% 7th 22% below peers
Raleigh, NC 2,171 (May 26) 6th -18.2% 8th 7% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 1,346 (May 26) 2nd -17.2% 9th 42% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 3,014 (May 26) 14th -15.8% 10th 29% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 2,248 (May 26) 7th -14.8% 11th 4% below peers
Cleveland, OH 4,267 (Mar 26) 18th -14.4% 12th 83% above peers
Mesa, AZ 1,199 (May 26) 1st -13.7% 13th 49% below peers
Sacramento, CA 2,065 (May 26) 4th -12.8% 14th 11% below peers
Fresno, CA 2,566 (May 26) 12th -12.2% 15th 10% above peers
Omaha, NE 2,693 (May 26) 13th -10.7% 16th 15% above peers
Tulsa, OK 3,288 (Apr 26) 16th -8.1% 17th 41% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 4,772 (May 26) 19th -3.6% 18th 105% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 2,260 (May 26) 8th +10.4% 19th 3% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Plano, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Madison, WI down about 6% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 4% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 53% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 65% 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.
Most recent monthly reading: 2 in May 2026, down from 4 a year earlier.
2 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Tucson, AZ 5 (May 26) 9th -59.1% 1st 17% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 2 (May 26) 1st -52.9% 2nd 72% below peers
Kansas City, MO 26 (May 26) 19th -44.8% 3rd 313% above peers
Arlington, TX 2 (May 26) 2nd -44.5% 4th 61% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4 (May 26) 5th -40.1% 5th 42% below peers
Aurora, CO 7 (May 26) 12th -37.0% 6th 6% above peers
Raleigh, NC 3 (May 26) 4th -33.4% 7th 50% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 11 (May 26) 15th -31.8% 8th 71% above peers
Long Beach, CA 6 (May 26) 10th -25.7% 9th 7% below peers
Tulsa, OK 6 (Apr 26) 11th -19.8% 10th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 7 (May 26) 13th -17.3% 11th 13% above peers
Atlanta, GA 18 (May 26) 17th -16.7% 12th 195% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 14 (May 26) 16th -13.0% 13th 124% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 23 (May 26) 18th -6.5% 14th 268% above peers
Fresno, CA 5 (May 26) 8th -3.7% 15th 25% below peers
Cleveland, OH 29 (Mar 26) 20th -0.9% 16th 357% above peers
Mesa, AZ 3 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 17th 54% below peers
New Orleans, LA 31 (May 26) 21st +1.8% 18th 401% above peers
Miami, FL 4 (May 26) 6th +10.0% 19th 30% below peers
Omaha, NE 4 (May 26) 7th +37.2% 20th 28% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7 (May 26) 14th +57.7% 21st 14% above peers
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 18% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 80 in May 2026, down from 107 a year earlier.
80 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Tucson, AZ 217 (May 26) 5th -54.4% 1st 44% below peers
Kansas City, MO 1,194 (May 26) 18th -53.9% 2nd 209% above peers
Aurora, CO 410 (May 26) 11th -53.8% 3rd 6% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 326 (May 26) 7th -53.7% 4th 16% below peers
Arlington, TX 183 (May 26) 3rd -44.8% 5th 53% below peers
Miami, FL 205 (May 26) 4th -40.0% 6th 47% below peers
Atlanta, GA 459 (May 26) 13th -35.6% 7th 19% above peers
Omaha, NE 374 (May 26) 8th -34.4% 8th 3% below peers
Raleigh, NC 291 (May 26) 6th -32.0% 9th 25% below peers
Fresno, CA 413 (May 26) 12th -25.9% 10th 7% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 775 (May 26) 16th -25.1% 11th 101% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 80 (May 26) 1st -24.7% 12th 79% below peers
Mesa, AZ 140 (May 26) 2nd -20.8% 13th 64% below peers
Cleveland, OH 931 (Mar 26) 17th -20.3% 14th 141% above peers
Long Beach, CA 638 (May 26) 15th -18.7% 15th 65% above peers
Sacramento, CA 376 (May 26) 9th -18.2% 16th 2% below peers
Tulsa, OK 386 (Apr 26) 10th -12.3% 17th on par with peers
Bakersfield, CA 473 (May 26) 14th -10.2% 18th 23% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 1,280 (May 26) 19th -8.7% 19th 232% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Boston, MA down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Irvine, CA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $76,610 to $92,968 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,135). 23 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 39% from 2014 to 2024 ($67,001 to $92,968).
$92,968
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref $93,170 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Miami, FL $62,462 19th +60% 1st 17% below peers
Atlanta, GA $85,652 6th +43% 2nd 13% above peers
Mesa, AZ $82,752 9th +42% 3rd 10% above peers
Fresno, CA $70,991 15th +41% 4th 6% below peers
Tampa, FL $75,475 12th +40% 5th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA $87,321 5th +40% 6th 16% above peers
Long Beach, CA $87,430 4th +39% 7th 16% above peers
Oakland, CA $101,600 1st +38% 8th 35% above peers
New Orleans, LA $56,631 22nd +36% 9th 25% below peers
Aurora, CO $88,368 3rd +36% 10th 17% above peers
Cleveland, OH $40,801 24th +32% 11th 46% below peers
Tucson, AZ $57,073 21st +31% 12th 24% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $84,818 8th +31% 13th 12% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $54,234 23rd +30% 14th 28% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $80,846 10th +29% 15th 7% above peers
Albuquerque, NM $68,317 17th +29% 16th 9% below peers
Kansas City, MO $69,166 16th +28% 17th 8% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $80,540 11th +28% 18th 7% above peers
Raleigh, NC $85,395 7th +27% 19th 13% above peers
Tulsa, OK $59,838 20th +26% 20th 21% below peers
Arlington, TX $75,171 13th +24% 21st on par with peers
Wichita, KS $64,620 18th +23% 22nd 14% below peers
Omaha, NE $73,201 14th +22% 23rd 3% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $92,968 2nd +21% 24th 23% above peers
Where is this changing? 112 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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24 of 112 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 →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 83% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,774 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening slower than 57% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.3% in May 2026, up from 3.1% a year earlier.
3.3%
1990May 2026
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 3.8% (May 26) +0.5pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Cleveland, OH 3.8% (May 26) 8th -1.4pp 1st 7% below peers
Fresno, CA 5.5% (May 26) 24th -0.6pp 2nd 34% above peers
Kansas City, MO 3.5% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 3rd 15% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 5.4% (May 26) 23rd -0.4pp 4th 32% above peers
Oakland, CA 4.1% (May 26) 11th -0.3pp 5th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 6th 29% below peers
Sacramento, CA 4.3% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 7th 5% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 3.7% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 8th 10% below peers
Aurora, CO 3.9% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 9th 5% below peers
Long Beach, CA 5.1% (May 26) 22nd -0.1pp 10th 24% above peers
Raleigh, NC 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 11th 24% below peers
Miami, FL 2.3% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 12th 44% below peers
Atlanta, GA 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.0pp 13th 15% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 4.1% (May 26) 12th +0.0pp 14th on par with peers
Wichita, KS 4.1% (May 26) 13th +0.1pp 15th on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 4.8% (May 26) 20th +0.1pp 16th 17% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 3.3% (May 26) 4th +0.2pp 17th 20% below peers
Arlington, TX 4.1% (May 26) 14th +0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 4.0% (May 26) 10th +0.4pp 19th 2% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 4.8% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 21st 17% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 4.2% (May 26) 16th +0.7pp 22nd 2% above peers
Tampa, FL 4.6% (May 26) 18th +0.9pp 23rd 12% above peers
Tulsa, OK 4.7% (May 26) 19th +1.5pp 24th 15% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.1% to 8.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. None of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.1% to 8.4%).
8.4%
20112024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 9.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 12.0%
Mesa, AZ 10.2% 3rd -4.5pp 1st 33% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 8.9% 2nd -2.6pp 2nd 42% below peers
Fresno, CA 19.7% 21st -5.0pp 3rd 29% above peers
Oakland, CA 13.3% 8th -3.3pp 4th 14% below peers
Tampa, FL 14.8% 12th -3.2pp 5th 4% below peers
Atlanta, GA 15.9% 16th -3.5pp 6th 4% above peers
Miami, FL 19.1% 20th -3.9pp 7th 24% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 15.4% 14th -3.1pp 8th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 13.7% 9th -2.6pp 9th 10% below peers
Tucson, AZ 18.1% 18th -3.4pp 10th 18% above peers
Arlington, TX 12.6% 6th -1.8pp 11th 18% below peers
Long Beach, CA 14.6% 11th -2.0pp 12th 5% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 22.2% 23rd -2.5pp 13th 45% above peers
Kansas City, MO 14.4% 10th -1.4pp 14th 6% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 15.3% 13th -1.3pp 15th on par with peers
Cleveland, OH 29.7% 24th -2.0pp 16th 94% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.2% 17th -1.0pp 17th 6% above peers
Raleigh, NC 11.4% 4th -0.6pp 18th 26% below peers
New Orleans, LA 21.8% 22nd -1.1pp 19th 42% above peers
Tulsa, OK 18.3% 19th -0.8pp 20th 19% above peers
Wichita, KS 15.6% 15th -0.1pp 21st 2% above peers
Omaha, NE 13.2% 7th +0.1pp 22nd 14% below peers
Aurora, CO 11.8% 5th +1.2pp 23rd 23% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 8.4% 1st +1.3pp 24th 45% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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24 of 112 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Irvine, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.2% then, 11.4% now; margin ±1.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.5% to 11.4%).
11.4%
20132024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 12.3% -1.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Mesa, AZ 13.4% 3rd -8.8pp 1st 33% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 10.2% 1st -5.6pp 2nd 49% below peers
Oakland, CA 16.6% 5th -8.2pp 3rd 17% below peers
Atlanta, GA 23.3% 17th -10.2pp 4th 17% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 17.9% 9th -7.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Tampa, FL 19.2% 12th -7.3pp 6th 3% below peers
Long Beach, CA 18.6% 11th -5.7pp 7th 6% below peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 21st -8.1pp 8th 38% above peers
Sacramento, CA 17.0% 6th -4.9pp 9th 14% below peers
Miami, FL 25.2% 19th -6.6pp 10th 27% above peers
Tucson, AZ 24.2% 18th -6.3pp 11th 22% above peers
Arlington, TX 17.7% 8th -4.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 19.9% 13th -4.1pp 13th on par with peers
Kansas City, MO 20.3% 14th -3.9pp 14th 2% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 31.7% 22nd -5.0pp 15th 60% above peers
Raleigh, NC 16.0% 4th -1.8pp 16th 20% below peers
Omaha, NE 17.2% 7th -1.5pp 17th 14% below peers
Tulsa, OK 27.4% 20th -2.4pp 18th 38% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 24th -3.3pp 19th 126% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 22.0% 16th -1.2pp 20th 11% above peers
New Orleans, LA 32.5% 23rd -1.7pp 21st 64% above peers
Wichita, KS 21.8% 15th -0.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 11.4% 2nd +1.3pp 23rd 42% below peers
Aurora, CO 18.1% 10th +3.1pp 24th 9% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Anchorage municipality, AK down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 72% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 71% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.0% to 94.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 23 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 7.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.8% to 94.5%).
94.5%
20172024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 91.1% +6.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Miami, FL 83.7% 24th +17.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Cleveland, OH 84.8% 23rd +16.1pp 2nd 7% below peers
New Orleans, LA 86.6% 22nd +13.1pp 3rd 6% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 88.4% 21st +13.2pp 4th 4% below peers
Atlanta, GA 91.7% 11th +10.5pp 5th on par with peers
Wichita, KS 91.6% 13th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Albuquerque, NM 90.6% 16th +9.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 90.5% 18th +8.9pp 8th 1% below peers
Oakland, CA 91.7% 12th +8.7pp 9th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA 93.4% 8th +8.8pp 10th 2% above peers
Tulsa, OK 89.8% 19th +8.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Tampa, FL 93.6% 7th +8.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Fresno, CA 88.9% 20th +7.1pp 13th 3% below peers
Omaha, NE 91.6% 14th +7.1pp 14th on par with peers
Minneapolis, MN 90.9% 15th +7.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Tucson, AZ 90.5% 17th +6.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Sacramento, CA 93.7% 6th +6.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 94.1% 4th +6.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Arlington, TX 92.4% 10th +6.6pp 19th 1% above peers
Mesa, AZ 93.3% 9th +6.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Aurora, CO 93.7% 5th +6.1pp 21st 2% above peers
Raleigh, NC 94.7% 1st +4.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 94.5% 3rd +4.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 94.6% 2nd +4.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bakersfield, CA up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 61% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC up 6.7pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 62% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.42 to 0.44 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). 3 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.44).
0.44
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 0.47 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Atlanta, GA 0.56 24th -0.024 1st 18% above peers
Mesa, AZ 0.43 2nd -0.017 2nd 9% below peers
Sacramento, CA 0.45 6th -0.016 3rd 6% below peers
New Orleans, LA 0.55 22nd -0.017 4th 17% above peers
Tulsa, OK 0.51 18th -0.012 5th 7% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 0.43 3rd -0.009 6th 8% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 0.46 9th -0.009 7th 3% below peers
Miami, FL 0.56 23rd -0.009 8th 17% above peers
Long Beach, CA 0.46 10th -0.005 9th 2% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 0.45 7th -0.005 10th 5% below peers
Cleveland, OH 0.51 19th -0.005 11th 8% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 0.47 11th -0.004 12th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 0.47 12th -0.003 13th 1% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 0.50 17th -0.003 14th 4% above peers
Fresno, CA 0.48 14th -0.000 15th 2% above peers
Oakland, CA 0.51 20th -0.000 16th 8% above peers
Tucson, AZ 0.46 8th +0.001 17th 3% below peers
Tampa, FL 0.54 21st +0.001 18th 15% above peers
Arlington, TX 0.44 5th +0.005 19th 8% below peers
Wichita, KS 0.47 13th +0.009 20th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 0.49 16th +0.015 21st 3% above peers
Raleigh, NC 0.48 15th +0.018 22nd 2% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 0.44 4th +0.019 23rd 8% below peers
Aurora, CO 0.43 1st +0.020 24th 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (6.4% then, 6.5% now; margin ±0.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 17 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 0.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.8% to 6.5%).
6.5%
20102023
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 8.8% +0.1pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Mesa, AZ 8.1% 2nd -1.9pp 1st 44% below peers
Tampa, FL 15.7% 16th -3.6pp 2nd 10% above peers
Miami, FL 25.4% 22nd -5.6pp 3rd 78% above peers
Kansas City, MO 10.5% 7th -2.2pp 4th 26% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 12.4% 10th -2.3pp 5th 13% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.4% 4th -1.4pp 6th 34% below peers
Arlington, TX 10.4% 6th -1.4pp 7th 28% below peers
Omaha, NE 10.2% 5th -1.3pp 8th 29% below peers
Atlanta, GA 14.3% 13th -1.6pp 9th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 16.2% 17th -1.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Cleveland, OH 31.5% 24th -3.1pp 11th 120% above peers
Wichita, KS 11.1% 9th -1.0pp 12th 22% below peers
Raleigh, NC 8.3% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 42% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.5% 23rd -0.2pp 14th 92% above peers
Fresno, CA 23.0% 21st -0.0pp 15th 61% above peers
New Orleans, LA 18.5% 20th +0.0pp 16th 29% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.5% 1st +0.1pp 17th 55% below peers
Tulsa, OK 15.6% 15th +0.5pp 18th 9% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.8% 18th +1.1pp 19th 17% above peers
Aurora, CO 10.8% 8th +1.0pp 20th 25% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 17.3% 19th +2.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Sacramento, CA 14.7% 14th +2.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Long Beach, CA 13.8% 12th +2.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Oakland, CA 13.7% 11th +3.5pp 24th 4% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 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 (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Irving, TX down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Austin, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $432,734 in June 2026, up from $419,115 a year earlier.
$432,734
2000June 2026
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref $419,920 (Jun 26) +2.0%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Milwaukee, WI $231,388 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 1st 40% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $432,734 (Jun 26) 9th +3.2% 2nd 12% above peers
Wichita, KS $208,245 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.2% 3rd 46% below peers
Tulsa, OK $222,868 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.9% 4th 42% below peers
Long Beach, CA $862,989 (Jun 26) 1st +2.0% 5th 123% above peers
Omaha, NE $300,783 (Jun 26) 18th +1.5% 6th 22% below peers
Kansas City, MO $257,356 (Jun 26) 19th +1.2% 7th 34% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $350,091 (Jun 26) 14th +1.1% 8th 10% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $336,624 (Jun 26) 15th +0.9% 9th 13% below peers
Fresno, CA $392,929 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 10th 1% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $392,105 (Jun 26) 11th -0.4% 11th 1% above peers
Miami, FL $582,621 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.7% 12th 50% above peers
Mesa, AZ $434,616 (Jun 26) 8th -1.4% 13th 12% above peers
Arlington, TX $314,440 (Jun 26) 17th -1.5% 14th 19% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $450,254 (Jun 26) 6th -1.8% 15th 16% above peers
Sacramento, CA $482,968 (Jun 26) 4th -1.9% 16th 25% above peers
New Orleans, LA $247,590 (Jun 26) 20th -2.0% 17th 36% below peers
Cleveland, OH $121,435 (Jun 26) 24th -2.0% 18th 69% below peers
Tampa, FL $380,283 (Jun 26) 13th -2.1% 19th 2% below peers
Raleigh, NC $436,056 (Jun 26) 7th -2.1% 20th 13% above peers
Tucson, AZ $325,520 (Jun 26) 16th -2.2% 21st 16% below peers
Atlanta, GA $387,146 (Jun 26) 12th -2.9% 22nd on par with peers
Aurora, CO $462,424 (Jun 26) 5th -3.5% 23rd 19% above peers
Oakland, CA $721,966 (Jun 26) 2nd -4.6% 24th 86% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $310,153 in June 2026, up from $299,019 a year earlier.
$310,153
2000June 2026
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref $245,186 (Jun 26) +2.9%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Milwaukee, WI $144,456 (Jun 26) 20th +4.3% 1st 47% below peers
Wichita, KS $127,061 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.1% 2nd 54% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $310,153 (Jun 26) 8th +3.7% 3rd 13% above peers
Tulsa, OK $132,642 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.2% 4th 52% below peers
New Orleans, LA $147,027 (Jun 26) 19th +1.7% 5th 46% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $274,422 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 6th on par with peers
Omaha, NE $205,406 (Jun 26) 18th +1.4% 7th 25% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $223,628 (Jun 26) 16th +1.2% 8th 19% below peers
Kansas City, MO $139,666 (Jun 26) 21st +1.0% 9th 49% below peers
Long Beach, CA $587,973 (Jun 26) 1st +0.3% 10th 114% above peers
Fresno, CA $286,878 (Jun 26) 11th +0.3% 11th 5% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $294,150 (Jun 26) 10th -0.7% 12th 7% above peers
Sacramento, CA $381,254 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.0% 13th 39% above peers
Arlington, TX $252,240 (Jun 26) 13th -1.1% 14th 8% below peers
Cleveland, OH $74,389 (Jun 26) 24th -1.7% 15th 73% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $339,179 (Jun 26) 5th -1.9% 16th 24% above peers
Mesa, AZ $327,568 (Jun 26) 7th -2.0% 17th 19% above peers
Tampa, FL $246,066 (Jun 26) 15th -2.3% 18th 10% below peers
Tucson, AZ $246,249 (Jun 26) 14th -2.9% 19th 10% below peers
Miami, FL $352,438 (Jun 26) 4th -3.0% 20th 28% above peers
Raleigh, NC $300,340 (Jun 26) 9th -3.7% 21st 9% above peers
Aurora, CO $332,504 (Jun 26) 6th -5.1% 22nd 21% above peers
Oakland, CA $476,713 (Jun 26) 2nd -6.1% 23rd 74% above peers
Atlanta, GA $218,341 (Jun 26) 17th -6.2% 24th 20% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.7% to 65.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 16 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.1% to 65.2%).
65.1%
20112024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 67.3% +1.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Fresno, CA 50.1% 17th +3.4pp 1st 3% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.4% 19th +2.9pp 2nd 10% below peers
Sacramento, CA 51.7% 13th +3.2pp 3rd on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 51.2% 14th +2.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Mesa, AZ 64.4% 2nd +3.3pp 5th 24% above peers
Aurora, CO 62.4% 3rd +2.5pp 6th 20% above peers
Miami, FL 30.8% 24th +1.2pp 7th 41% below peers
Kansas City, MO 55.4% 9th +2.1pp 8th 7% above peers
Oakland, CA 42.3% 20th +1.6pp 9th 18% below peers
Tampa, FL 50.3% 16th +1.8pp 10th 3% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 61.8% 4th +2.1pp 11th 19% above peers
Long Beach, CA 41.2% 23rd +1.3pp 12th 21% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 60.9% 5th +1.8pp 13th 17% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 60.6% 6th +1.5pp 14th 17% above peers
Tucson, AZ 51.9% 12th +1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 51.9% 11th +1.2pp 16th on par with peers
Virginia Beach, VA 65.2% 1st +1.4pp 17th 26% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 47.7% 18th +0.5pp 18th 8% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 41.8% 21st +0.4pp 19th 19% below peers
Cleveland, OH 41.7% 22nd +0.2pp 20th 20% below peers
Wichita, KS 58.9% 7th +0.1pp 21st 14% above peers
Raleigh, NC 50.8% 15th -0.8pp 22nd 2% below peers
Arlington, TX 54.3% 10th -0.9pp 23rd 5% above peers
Omaha, NE 57.4% 8th -1.3pp 24th 11% above peers
Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,065 in June 2026, up from $1,974 a year earlier.
$2,065
2015June 2026
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Oakland, CA $2,614 (Jun 26) 2nd +7.8% 1st 55% above peers
Wichita, KS $1,146 (Jun 26) 24th +5.3% 2nd 32% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $2,065 (Jun 26) 5th +4.6% 3rd 22% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $1,469 (Jun 26) 18th +4.6% 4th 13% below peers
Cleveland, OH $1,430 (Jun 26) 21st +4.2% 5th 15% below peers
Kansas City, MO $1,444 (Jun 26) 20th +3.9% 6th 14% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $1,686 (Jun 26) 12th +3.5% 7th on par with peers
Atlanta, GA $1,911 (Jun 26) 8th +3.2% 8th 13% above peers
Tulsa, OK $1,272 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.1% 9th 25% below peers
Fresno, CA $1,954 (Jun 26) 7th +3.1% 10th 16% above peers
Omaha, NE $1,453 (Jun 26) 19th +3.0% 11th 14% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $1,865 (Jun 26) 9th +1.8% 12th 11% above peers
Long Beach, CA $2,364 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 13th 40% above peers
Sacramento, CA $2,071 (Jun 26) 4th +1.3% 14th 23% above peers
New Orleans, LA $1,664 (Jun 26) 13th +1.3% 15th 1% below peers
Arlington, TX $1,546 (Jun 26) 16th +1.0% 16th 8% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $1,739 (Jun 26) 11th +1.0% 17th 3% above peers
Tucson, AZ $1,425 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.8% 18th 16% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $1,486 (Jun 26) 17th +0.8% 19th 12% below peers
Miami, FL $3,004 (Jun 26) 1st +0.3% 20th 78% above peers
Raleigh, NC $1,579 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 21st 6% below peers
Mesa, AZ $1,549 (Jun 26) 15th -0.3% 22nd 8% below peers
Tampa, FL $1,999 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 23rd 19% above peers
Aurora, CO $1,759 (Jun 26) 10th -1.9% 24th 4% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.7% then, 35.2% now; margin ±1.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.6% to 35.2%).
35.2%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 29.2% -0.7pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Milwaukee, WI 40.3% 16th -1.5pp 1st 2% above peers
Miami, FL 54.7% 24th -1.6pp 2nd 38% above peers
Wichita, KS 28.1% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 29% below peers
Fresno, CA 42.5% 20th -0.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Long Beach, CA 45.7% 23rd -0.8pp 5th 15% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 33.5% 5th -0.6pp 6th 15% below peers
New Orleans, LA 45.3% 22nd -0.8pp 7th 14% above peers
Oakland, CA 43.1% 21st -0.6pp 8th 9% above peers
Cleveland, OH 40.7% 17th +0.2pp 9th 3% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.1% 7th +0.4pp 10th 11% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.2% 3rd +0.4pp 11th 16% below peers
Tulsa, OK 33.2% 4th +0.5pp 12th 16% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 35.2% 8th +0.6pp 13th 11% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.7% 12th +0.6pp 14th 2% below peers
Atlanta, GA 38.5% 11th +0.8pp 15th 3% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 39.7% 14th +1.0pp 16th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 41.4% 19th +1.4pp 17th 5% above peers
Tampa, FL 40.9% 18th +1.7pp 18th 3% above peers
Aurora, CO 39.7% 15th +1.7pp 19th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 35.8% 10th +1.6pp 20th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 32.8% 2nd +1.9pp 21st 17% below peers
Kansas City, MO 33.9% 6th +2.1pp 22nd 14% below peers
Raleigh, NC 35.6% 9th +4.7pp 23rd 10% below peers
Arlington, TX 39.6% 13th +5.5pp 24th on par with peers
Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis, MO down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 4.6% now; margin ±0.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 4.6%).
4.6%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 6.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fresno, CA 8.2% 11th -2.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Mesa, AZ 5.2% 4th -1.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.4% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 48% below peers
Tampa, FL 8.5% 14th -1.4pp 4th 1% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.4% 6th -1.0pp 5th 24% below peers
Kansas City, MO 9.0% 16th -1.3pp 6th 7% above peers
Tucson, AZ 10.1% 17th -1.5pp 7th 20% above peers
Atlanta, GA 14.2% 18th -1.6pp 8th 69% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.9% 15th -0.7pp 9th 6% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 15.6% 19th -1.2pp 10th 85% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 16.2% 21st -1.2pp 11th 93% above peers
New Orleans, LA 17.4% 22nd -1.1pp 12th 107% above peers
Miami, FL 17.9% 23rd -0.9pp 13th 112% above peers
Omaha, NE 7.5% 10th -0.4pp 14th 11% below peers
Cleveland, OH 22.1% 24th -1.0pp 15th 162% above peers
Tulsa, OK 8.3% 12th -0.3pp 16th 1% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.0% 8th -0.2pp 17th 17% below peers
Sacramento, CA 8.4% 13th -0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Oakland, CA 16.2% 20th +0.1pp 19th 92% above peers
Raleigh, NC 6.0% 5th +0.3pp 20th 28% below peers
Aurora, CO 6.6% 7th +0.5pp 21st 22% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.6% 2nd +0.4pp 22nd 45% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 9th +1.3pp 23rd 12% below peers
Arlington, TX 5.0% 3rd +0.9pp 24th 40% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 →

Uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.2% to 6.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp). 13 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.9% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20122024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 6.7% -1.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Oakland, CA 5.6% 2nd -2.3pp 1st 39% below peers
Fresno, CA 6.0% 5th -2.1pp 2nd 34% below peers
Miami, FL 16.1% 23rd -3.3pp 3rd 77% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.0% 4th -1.2pp 4th 35% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 5.6% 3rd -0.9pp 5th 39% below peers
Mesa, AZ 10.5% 18th -1.7pp 6th 15% above peers
New Orleans, LA 8.0% 9th -1.1pp 7th 13% below peers
Omaha, NE 9.1% 13th -0.9pp 8th on par with peers
Tampa, FL 10.5% 17th -1.1pp 9th 15% above peers
Raleigh, NC 9.2% 14th -0.9pp 10th 1% above peers
Sacramento, CA 5.3% 1st -0.5pp 11th 42% below peers
Tucson, AZ 10.3% 16th -0.8pp 12th 12% above peers
Kansas City, MO 10.9% 19th -0.8pp 13th 20% above peers
Tulsa, OK 15.9% 22nd -0.5pp 14th 74% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 9.0% 12th -0.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 7.4% 7th -0.1pp 16th 19% below peers
Atlanta, GA 9.9% 15th -0.2pp 17th 9% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.3% 10th -0.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 6th -0.0pp 19th 19% below peers
Wichita, KS 12.2% 20th +0.2pp 20th 34% above peers
Arlington, TX 18.9% 24th +0.7pp 21st 107% above peers
Cleveland, OH 8.0% 8th +0.4pp 22nd 13% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 8.5% 11th +0.7pp 23rd 7% below peers
Aurora, CO 13.6% 21st +2.3pp 24th 49% above peers
Where is this changing? 112 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 (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 35.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Oakland, CA 23.7% 1st 32% below peers
Long Beach, CA 27.6% 2nd 20% below peers
Raleigh, NC 28.2% 3rd 19% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 28.3% 4th 18% below peers
Aurora, CO 28.3% 5th 18% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 28.4% 6th 18% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 29.6% 7th 15% below peers
Miami, FL 30.3% 8th 13% below peers
Tampa, FL 32.3% 9th 7% below peers
Atlanta, GA 32.5% 10th 6% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 33.8% 11th 3% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.9% 12th 2% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 34.7% 13th on par with peers
Wichita, KS 34.7% 14th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 34.7% 15th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 34.8% 16th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 17th 5% above peers
New Orleans, LA 37.2% 18th 7% above peers
Fresno, CA 38.7% 19th 12% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.2% 20th 13% above peers
Tulsa, OK 39.4% 21st 14% above peers
Kansas City, MO 40.0% 22nd 15% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 43.4% 23rd 25% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 24th 29% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.8% then, 4.0% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.4% to 4.0%).
4.0%
20122024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 4.7% -0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mesa, AZ 8.3% 21st -1.7pp 1st 42% above peers
Oakland, CA 3.5% 5th -0.7pp 2nd 40% below peers
Miami, FL 7.3% 18th -1.3pp 3rd 26% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 3.0% 2nd -0.5pp 4th 49% below peers
Fresno, CA 2.5% 1st -0.2pp 5th 57% below peers
Tucson, AZ 7.8% 19th -0.2pp 6th 35% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.5% 17th -0.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Raleigh, NC 5.4% 12th -0.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 3.3% 4th +0.0pp 9th 43% below peers
Long Beach, CA 3.7% 6th +0.1pp 10th 37% below peers
Tulsa, OK 8.4% 22nd +0.2pp 11th 45% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.0% 8th +0.2pp 12th 30% below peers
Omaha, NE 6.4% 16th +0.6pp 13th 11% above peers
Tampa, FL 6.2% 15th +0.8pp 14th 7% above peers
Arlington, TX 13.1% 24th +1.8pp 15th 126% above peers
Atlanta, GA 5.8% 13th +0.9pp 16th on par with peers
Kansas City, MO 8.1% 20th +1.5pp 17th 40% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.9% 23rd +1.8pp 18th 54% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 5.3% 10th +1.1pp 19th 8% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 3.8% 7th +1.0pp 20th 34% below peers
Sacramento, CA 3.1% 3rd +0.9pp 21st 47% below peers
Cleveland, OH 4.4% 9th +1.3pp 22nd 24% below peers
New Orleans, LA 5.4% 11th +1.9pp 23rd 7% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.9% 14th +2.5pp 24th 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 112 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.0% to 40.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 22 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.5% to 40.9%).
40.9%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 42.2% +3.4pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Cleveland, OH 22.4% 24th +4.9pp 1st 40% below peers
Miami, FL 37.4% 12th +7.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 32.5% 18th +5.1pp 3rd 13% below peers
Tampa, FL 45.7% 5th +7.1pp 4th 22% above peers
Fresno, CA 25.5% 22nd +3.6pp 5th 32% below peers
Atlanta, GA 59.2% 1st +7.4pp 6th 58% above peers
Long Beach, CA 35.6% 14th +4.5pp 7th 5% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 40.9% 8th +4.9pp 8th 9% above peers
Tucson, AZ 31.1% 19th +3.7pp 9th 17% below peers
Aurora, CO 33.6% 15th +3.9pp 10th 10% below peers
New Orleans, LA 42.4% 7th +4.8pp 11th 13% above peers
Sacramento, CA 37.1% 13th +4.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.4% 21st +2.8pp 13th 27% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 39.2% 10th +4.0pp 14th 5% above peers
Oakland, CA 48.8% 4th +4.7pp 15th 30% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 55.5% 2nd +5.1pp 16th 48% above peers
Kansas City, MO 38.4% 11th +3.1pp 17th 3% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 23.6% 23rd +1.7pp 18th 37% below peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 17th +2.3pp 19th 13% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 42.7% 6th +2.9pp 20th 14% above peers
Tulsa, OK 33.6% 16th +2.1pp 21st 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 40.1% 9th +2.4pp 22nd 7% above peers
Raleigh, NC 54.0% 3rd +3.1pp 23rd 44% above peers
Wichita, KS 31.1% 20th +1.0pp 24th 17% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 6.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Winston-Salem, NC up 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.6% to 47.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 10 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.1% to 47.6%).
47.6%
20112024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 44.8% -4.0pp
United States ref 45.5%
Aurora, CO 44.2% 9th +6.0pp 1st 4% above peers
Tampa, FL 58.2% 4th +4.6pp 2nd 37% above peers
Miami, FL 67.7% 1st +4.3pp 3rd 59% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.7% 15th +2.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.6% 17th +0.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Atlanta, GA 62.2% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 46% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 43.4% 11th -1.6pp 7th 2% above peers
Mesa, AZ 32.1% 23rd -1.2pp 8th 25% below peers
New Orleans, LA 61.5% 3rd -2.4pp 9th 45% above peers
Wichita, KS 36.5% 19th -1.5pp 10th 14% below peers
Kansas City, MO 42.2% 14th -2.4pp 11th 1% below peers
Tulsa, OK 42.5% 12th -4.3pp 12th on par with peers
Minneapolis, MN 50.2% 6th -5.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Fresno, CA 35.5% 21st -3.9pp 14th 17% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 47.6% 7th -6.1pp 15th 12% above peers
Oakland, CA 51.0% 5th -6.9pp 16th 20% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 38.7% 16th -5.9pp 17th 9% below peers
Long Beach, CA 44.0% 10th -7.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 20th -6.0pp 19th 15% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.3% 24th -5.1pp 20th 31% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 42.3% 13th -7.8pp 21st on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 45.6% 8th -9.7pp 22nd 7% above peers
Sacramento, CA 38.0% 18th -8.4pp 23rd 10% below peers
Cleveland, OH 33.7% 22nd -8.7pp 24th 21% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.9% to 6.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). None of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 6.2% +1.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kansas City, MO 5.7% 6th -3.3pp 1st 22% below peers
Tulsa, OK 5.8% 7th -3.4pp 2nd 20% below peers
Miami, FL 8.5% 18th -4.1pp 3rd 16% above peers
Arlington, TX 6.3% 8th -1.0pp 4th 14% below peers
Sacramento, CA 7.2% 11th -0.7pp 5th 1% below peers
Atlanta, GA 4.5% 1st -0.4pp 6th 38% below peers
Oakland, CA 7.9% 15th -0.6pp 7th 8% above peers
Omaha, NE 5.6% 5th -0.3pp 8th 23% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.2% 12th -0.4pp 9th 1% below peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 16th -0.4pp 10th 10% above peers
Fresno, CA 8.9% 21st -0.4pp 11th 23% above peers
Long Beach, CA 7.3% 14th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Cleveland, OH 10.4% 24th -0.2pp 13th 42% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.1% 17th -0.1pp 14th 11% above peers
Tucson, AZ 7.3% 13th -0.0pp 15th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 4.7% 2nd -0.0pp 16th 36% below peers
Tampa, FL 5.2% 4th +0.0pp 17th 28% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.5% 19th +0.3pp 18th 17% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 6.7% 9th +0.5pp 19th 9% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 8.8% 20th +0.7pp 20th 21% above peers
Wichita, KS 9.0% 22nd +1.7pp 21st 24% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.9% 3rd +1.0pp 22nd 33% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 10.0% 23rd +2.0pp 23rd 37% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.8% 10th +1.9pp 24th 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 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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23 of 112 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 B14005) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

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

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (450,201 then, 456,349 now; margin ±0).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (445,623 to 456,349).
456,349
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Bakersfield, CA 411,986 18th +9% 1st 10% below peers
Aurora, CO 394,432 22nd +7% 2nd 14% below peers
Sacramento, CA 528,706 5th +6% 3rd 15% above peers
Kansas City, MO 510,612 7th +5% 4th 11% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 487,887 10th +5% 5th 6% above peers
Fresno, CA 545,970 4th +4% 6th 19% above peers
Raleigh, NC 481,031 11th +4% 7th 5% above peers
Tampa, FL 401,618 19th +4% 8th 13% below peers
Atlanta, GA 505,268 8th +3% 9th 10% above peers
Oakland, CA 439,418 15th +3% 10th 4% below peers
Tulsa, OK 413,794 17th +3% 11th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 488,837 9th +3% 12th 6% above peers
Mesa, AZ 511,764 6th +2% 13th 11% above peers
Wichita, KS 397,945 20th +2% 14th 13% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 427,246 16th +2% 15th 7% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 456,349 13th +1% 16th 1% below peers
Miami, FL 459,745 12th +1% 17th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 547,073 3rd +1% 18th 19% above peers
Arlington, TX 397,742 21st +1% 19th 13% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 562,218 2nd +1% 20th 22% above peers
Long Beach, CA 455,548 14th -2% 21st 1% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 566,973 1st -5% 22nd 23% above peers
New Orleans, LA 371,853 23rd -5% 23rd 19% below peers
Cleveland, OH 366,097 24th -5% 24th 20% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 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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24 of 112 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 →
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.3% then, 21.9% now; margin ±0.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.6% to 21.9%).
21.9%
20172024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 21.4% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Tulsa, OK 24.1% 6th -0.4pp 1st 10% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 21.9% 11th -0.4pp 2nd on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 19.7% 18th -0.4pp 3rd 10% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 25.4% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 16% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.2% 1st -0.7pp 5th 34% above peers
Kansas City, MO 22.5% 10th -0.6pp 6th 3% above peers
Arlington, TX 24.8% 4th -0.8pp 7th 14% above peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 2nd -1.0pp 8th 26% above peers
Omaha, NE 24.2% 5th -0.9pp 9th 11% above peers
Wichita, KS 24.1% 7th -1.2pp 10th 10% above peers
Cleveland, OH 21.0% 14th -1.1pp 11th 4% below peers
Raleigh, NC 19.8% 17th -1.0pp 12th 9% below peers
Oakland, CA 18.9% 21st -1.0pp 13th 14% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 18.8% 22nd -1.0pp 14th 14% below peers
Miami, FL 16.5% 24th -1.0pp 15th 24% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 21.8% 12th -1.4pp 16th on par with peers
Aurora, CO 23.9% 8th -1.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Sacramento, CA 21.5% 13th -1.6pp 18th 1% below peers
Mesa, AZ 22.5% 9th -1.8pp 19th 3% above peers
Tucson, AZ 19.4% 20th -1.8pp 20th 11% below peers
Atlanta, GA 16.6% 23rd -1.6pp 21st 24% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 20.3% 15th -2.1pp 22nd 7% below peers
Tampa, FL 19.4% 19th -2.1pp 23rd 11% below peers
Long Beach, CA 19.9% 16th -2.5pp 24th 9% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 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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24 of 112 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has 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 →
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.0% then, 30.6% now; margin ±2.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.2% to 30.6%).
30.6%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 27.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Aurora, CO 34.0% 19th +4.7pp 1st 12% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 30.6% 22nd +2.5pp 2nd 21% below peers
Sacramento, CA 36.9% 13th +2.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Long Beach, CA 40.2% 9th +2.8pp 4th 4% above peers
Omaha, NE 33.3% 20th +1.9pp 5th 14% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 42.2% 7th +2.4pp 6th 9% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 61.4% 2nd +2.9pp 7th 58% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 35.5% 16th +1.4pp 8th 9% below peers
Oakland, CA 35.8% 15th +1.3pp 9th 8% below peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 1st +1.9pp 10th 85% above peers
Raleigh, NC 34.8% 17th -0.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Mesa, AZ 30.4% 23rd -0.5pp 12th 22% below peers
Kansas City, MO 38.8% 12th -1.3pp 13th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 43.2% 5th -1.7pp 14th 11% above peers
Wichita, KS 34.6% 18th -1.6pp 15th 11% below peers
Tampa, FL 40.1% 10th -2.4pp 16th 3% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.9% 14th -2.3pp 17th 8% below peers
Tulsa, OK 39.2% 11th -2.7pp 18th 1% above peers
New Orleans, LA 53.7% 3rd -4.0pp 19th 38% above peers
Fresno, CA 40.9% 8th -3.3pp 20th 5% above peers
Miami, FL 42.6% 6th -3.5pp 21st 10% above peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 21st -3.0pp 22nd 16% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 26.4% 24th -2.6pp 23rd 32% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.5% 4th -6.6pp 24th 20% above peers
Where is this changing? 112 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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24 of 112 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has 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 ±2.0pp 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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.2% then, 68.8% now; margin ±5.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.6% to 68.8%).
68.8%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Virginia ref 69.3% +1.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Sacramento, CA 71.9% 5th +7.6pp 1st 2% above peers
Oakland, CA 71.6% 8th +7.0pp 2nd 2% above peers
Tampa, FL 74.3% 3rd +6.3pp 3rd 6% above peers
Long Beach, CA 71.3% 9th +5.9pp 4th 1% above peers
Fresno, CA 65.0% 18th +3.6pp 5th 8% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 68.8% 15th +3.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Arlington, TX 67.2% 17th +1.8pp 7th 4% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 62.0% 24th +1.6pp 8th 12% below peers
Mesa, AZ 63.5% 20th +1.6pp 9th 10% below peers
Atlanta, GA 75.7% 1st +1.7pp 10th 8% above peers
Raleigh, NC 70.5% 11th +1.4pp 11th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 72.5% 4th +1.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Wichita, KS 70.3% 12th +1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 63.8% 19th +0.9pp 14th 9% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 69.7% 14th +0.6pp 15th 1% below peers
Miami, FL 67.6% 16th +0.3pp 16th 4% below peers
Kansas City, MO 71.9% 7th -0.3pp 17th 2% above peers
New Orleans, LA 70.2% 13th -1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 6th -1.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Aurora, CO 63.5% 21st -1.9pp 20th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 70.8% 10th -2.1pp 21st 1% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 62.4% 23rd -1.9pp 22nd 11% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 74.6% 2nd -3.9pp 23rd 6% above peers
Tucson, AZ 62.5% 22nd -3.9pp 24th 11% below peers
Where is this changing? 112 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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24 of 112 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 B23008) through 2024 ±4.0pp 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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