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88,366 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 4 indicators

Where Kennewick, WA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$73,576
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$59,533 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.9%
Jul 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
4.5% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.2%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
83.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.0%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
30.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Kennewick, WA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.0%
2020-24
▲ 209%
relative change
1.3% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.9%
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
6.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
18.2%
2019-23
▲ 3%
relative change
17.8% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.0%
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
26.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
26.2%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
25.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.2%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
7.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
61.3%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
63.3% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
14.3%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
15.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
18.7%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
21.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
26.1%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
27.6% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Population
85,295
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
81,479 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,676
Aug 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$1,654 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
62.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
60.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 24% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $59,533 to $73,576 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,716).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kennewick started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 42% from 2014 to 2024 ($51,739 to $73,576).
Bright spot $73,576
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 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
Washington ref $98,141 +33%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Medford, OR $73,230 18th +46% 1st on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL $52,058 31st +45% 2nd 29% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 19th +45% 3rd 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 20th +44% 4th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 15th +43% 5th 1% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 8th +39% 6th 44% above peers
Homestead, FL $65,423 25th +38% 7th 11% below peers
Melbourne, FL $66,991 23rd +38% 8th 9% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $89,585 11th +37% 9th 22% above peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 12th +37% 10th 16% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 28th +35% 11th 18% below peers
Auburn, WA $97,884 9th +34% 12th 33% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 1st +34% 13th 93% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $82,314 14th +32% 14th 12% above peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 22nd +31% 15th 6% below peers
Gastonia, NC $64,059 26th +30% 16th 13% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $66,970 24th +29% 17th 9% below peers
South Jordan, UT $134,047 4th +28% 18th 82% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 17th +27% 19th on par with peers
Mission, TX $60,767 27th +24% 20th 17% below peers
Sioux City, IA $68,906 21st +24% 21st 6% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 30th +24% 22nd 19% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 10th +24% 23rd 27% above peers
Kennewick, WA $73,576 16th +24% 24th on par with peers
Lake Forest, CA $135,175 3rd +23% 25th 84% above peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 6th +22% 26th 62% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 7th +19% 27th 56% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 5th +18% 28th 63% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 2nd +15% 29th 85% above peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 13th +14% 30th 13% above peers
Baytown, TX $59,910 29th +5% 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,038 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.9% in July 2026, down from 4.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.9%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 5.0% (Jul 26) +0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
South Gate, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.2pp 1st 14% above peers
Waukegan, IL 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -1.0pp 2nd 9% below peers
Westminster, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.8pp 3rd 5% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 4th 16% above peers
Kennewick, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -0.6pp 5th 11% below peers
Gastonia, NC 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 6th 9% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.5pp 7th 11% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 8th on par with peers
Homestead, FL 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.5pp 9th 39% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 2.8% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 10th 36% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th -0.4pp 11th 16% above peers
Franklin, TN 2.7% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 12th 39% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.3pp 13th 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 3.6% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 14th 18% below peers
Sioux City, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 15th 16% below peers
Mission, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th -0.2pp 16th 36% above peers
Lawrence, MA 6.8% (Jul 26) 29th -0.2pp 17th 55% above peers
Ogden, UT 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Baytown, TX 7.7% (Jul 26) 31st +0.0pp 19th 75% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 20th 18% below peers
Troy, MI 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Medford, OR 6.7% (Jul 26) 28th +0.2pp 22nd 52% above peers
Auburn, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 25th +0.2pp 23rd 18% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 24th 5% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.5pp 25th 7% above peers
Melbourne, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th +0.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 28th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 29th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 6.8% (Jul 26) 30th +1.1pp 30th 55% above peers
Danbury, CT 5.2% (Jul 26) 26th +1.3pp 31st 18% above 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.5% then, 14.3% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.0% to 14.3%).
Needs attention 14.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 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
Washington ref 9.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Franklin, TN 4.7% 3rd -2.0pp 1st 66% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 13th -4.4pp 2nd 7% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 8.6% 7th -2.9pp 3rd 37% below peers
Medford, OR 13.2% 15th -4.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Homestead, FL 18.4% 29th -5.4pp 5th 35% above peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 16th -3.5pp 6th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.8% 2nd -1.0pp 7th 73% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.2% 18th -3.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Lawrence, MA 17.6% 27th -3.8pp 9th 29% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.9% 8th -1.7pp 10th 35% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 20.4% 31st -3.9pp 11th 49% above peers
Mission, TX 19.4% 30th -3.1pp 12th 42% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.3% 23rd -2.3pp 13th 12% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 12.2% 12th -1.1pp 14th 11% below peers
Kennewick, WA 14.3% 19th -1.2pp 15th 5% above peers
Duluth, MN 16.8% 26th -1.4pp 16th 23% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.4% 20th -1.1pp 17th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 15.1% 21st -1.1pp 18th 10% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.9% 14th -0.6pp 19th 6% below peers
Gastonia, NC 16.3% 25th -0.5pp 20th 19% above peers
Melbourne, FL 15.8% 24th -0.2pp 21st 15% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.7% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 14% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 5th +0.3pp 23rd 59% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 4th +0.3pp 24th 61% below peers
Sioux City, IA 15.3% 22nd +1.0pp 25th 12% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 14.0% 17th +1.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.2% 10th +1.3pp 27th 18% below peers
Baytown, TX 18.2% 28th +3.1pp 28th 33% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 8.5% 6th +1.6pp 29th 38% below peers
Bloomington, MN 9.2% 9th +1.8pp 30th 33% below peers
South Jordan, UT 3.7% 1st +1.0pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.4% then, 18.7% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.8% to 18.6%).
Needs attention 18.7%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 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
Washington ref 11.6% -1.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 1st -4.6pp 1st 79% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 7.4% 6th -6.5pp 2nd 55% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 12th -9.6pp 3rd 12% below peers
Medford, OR 13.8% 11th -8.1pp 4th 17% below peers
Homestead, FL 23.3% 25th -9.8pp 5th 40% above peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 2nd -1.4pp 6th 78% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 16th -6.5pp 7th on par with peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 28th -7.2pp 8th 48% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 3rd -1.0pp 9th 78% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 19.3% 21st -4.0pp 10th 16% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 15.0% 13th -2.6pp 11th 10% below peers
Kennewick, WA 18.6% 19th -2.7pp 12th 12% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 18th -2.4pp 13th 3% above peers
Auburn, WA 13.1% 10th -1.8pp 14th 21% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.8% 31st -5.2pp 15th 133% above peers
Gastonia, NC 21.3% 24th -2.4pp 16th 28% above peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 26th -2.7pp 17th 45% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 22nd -1.9pp 18th 16% above peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 27th -1.5pp 19th 47% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 5th -0.3pp 20th 67% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 20th -1.0pp 21st 14% above peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 17th -0.4pp 22nd 1% above peers
Sioux City, IA 20.4% 23rd +1.0pp 23rd 22% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 10.3% 8th +0.7pp 24th 38% below peers
Melbourne, FL 25.9% 29th +3.3pp 25th 55% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 14th +2.2pp 26th 6% below peers
Baytown, TX 26.8% 30th +5.2pp 27th 61% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 9th +3.2pp 28th 22% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 15th +4.4pp 29th 4% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 7th +2.4pp 30th 54% below peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 4th +3.7pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.6% to 91.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kennewick started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 13.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (77.3% to 91.2%).
Bright spot 91.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 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
Washington ref 93.7% +5.0pp
United States ref 91.1%
Daytona Beach, FL 90.2% 26th +19.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 31st +12.7pp 2nd 8% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 23rd +12.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Baytown, TX 91.7% 17th +12.5pp 4th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 11th +12.4pp 5th 2% above peers
Gastonia, NC 90.0% 28th +10.8pp 6th 2% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 92.5% 15th +10.8pp 7th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 16th +9.7pp 8th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 87.1% 30th +9.0pp 9th 5% below peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 25th +8.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Homestead, FL 91.2% 20th +7.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Kennewick, WA 91.2% 21st +7.6pp 12th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 22nd +7.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 93.7% 12th +7.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Melbourne, FL 90.4% 24th +6.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 13th +6.6pp 16th 2% above peers
Medford, OR 91.6% 18th +6.2pp 17th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 27th +6.1pp 18th 2% below peers
South Jordan, UT 95.2% 6th +6.2pp 19th 4% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 94.4% 8th +6.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 10th +5.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 14th +5.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
Auburn, WA 94.7% 7th +5.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 19th +4.5pp 24th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 29th +4.2pp 25th 5% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 4th +3.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 97.1% 2nd +3.2pp 27th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 9th +3.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 29th 7% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 6% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 5th +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.44).
0.44
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
Washington ref 0.47 +0.012
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
South Jordan, UT 0.36 1st -0.026 1st 17% below peers
Homestead, FL 0.42 7th -0.030 2nd 4% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 2nd -0.022 3rd 17% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 0.38 3rd -0.022 4th 13% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 12th -0.024 5th 2% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 27th -0.021 6th 10% above peers
Medford, OR 0.43 11th -0.018 7th 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 22nd -0.019 8th 7% above peers
Melbourne, FL 0.44 19th -0.013 9th 1% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 0.49 28th -0.013 10th 12% above peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 21st -0.010 11th 4% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 0.42 6th -0.007 12th 4% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 31st -0.007 13th 24% above peers
Auburn, WA 0.40 4th -0.005 14th 8% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.42 8th -0.002 15th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 25th +0.000 16th 9% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 0.44 17th +0.000 17th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 0.47 24th +0.002 18th 8% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 26th +0.002 19th 9% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 5th +0.003 20th 7% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 18th +0.005 21st 1% above peers
Sioux City, IA 0.44 16th +0.008 22nd on par with peers
Troy, MI 0.42 10th +0.009 23rd 3% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 14th +0.009 24th 1% below peers
Kennewick, WA 0.44 15th +0.009 25th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 13th +0.011 26th 1% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 30th +0.019 27th 14% above peers
Baytown, TX 0.45 20th +0.019 28th 3% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 9th +0.018 29th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 23rd +0.029 30th 7% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 29th +0.031 31st 13% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 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 →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (17.8% then, 18.2% now; margin ±2.6pp). 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
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (19.6% to 18.2%).
Needs attention 18.2%
20102023
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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 Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 11.4% -1.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 91% below peers
South Jordan, UT 1.2% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 91% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 3rd -1.4pp 3rd 82% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 12th -4.4pp 4th 16% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 18.7% 25th -6.1pp 5th 36% above peers
Homestead, FL 26.0% 30th -6.7pp 6th 88% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 11th -1.5pp 7th 21% below peers
Medford, OR 21.1% 29th -2.8pp 8th 53% above peers
Auburn, WA 14.5% 18th -1.9pp 9th 5% above peers
Sioux City, IA 13.8% 16th -1.8pp 10th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 24th -2.0pp 11th 34% above peers
Melbourne, FL 11.8% 13th -1.3pp 12th 14% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 26th -1.2pp 13th 46% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.4% 17th -0.6pp 14th 4% above peers
Kennewick, WA 18.2% 23rd +0.5pp 15th 32% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 19th +0.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 7th +0.2pp 17th 57% below peers
Baytown, TX 16.7% 21st +0.8pp 18th 21% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 19th 218% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 15th +1.2pp 20th 10% below peers
Gastonia, NC 20.6% 28th +2.3pp 21st 50% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 10th +1.4pp 22nd 21% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 12.0% 14th +1.6pp 23rd 13% below peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 5th +0.9pp 24th 62% below peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 27th +3.6pp 25th 47% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 16.9% 22nd +3.0pp 26th 22% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 20th +2.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 5.3% 6th +1.6pp 28th 62% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 9th +2.5pp 29th 47% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 8th +3.2pp 30th 57% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 4th +3.2pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $431,000 in August 2026, up from $428,262 a year earlier.
$431,000
2007August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref $591,879 (Aug 26) -0.3%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Waukegan, IL $247,657 (Aug 26) 27th +6.9% 1st 46% below peers
Duluth, MN $298,068 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 2nd 35% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,095,037 (Aug 26) 5th +4.9% 3rd 139% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,824,406 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 4th 298% above peers
Danbury, CT $492,946 (Aug 26) 14th +4.4% 5th 7% above peers
Warner Robins, GA $215,087 (Aug 26) 30th +3.0% 6th 53% below peers
Sioux City, IA $202,482 (Aug 26) 31st +2.7% 7th 56% below peers
Franklin, TN $925,870 (Aug 26) 6th +2.6% 8th 102% above peers
Lawrence, MA $513,746 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 9th 12% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,206,543 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 10th 163% above peers
Troy, MI $458,678 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 11th on par with peers
South Gate, CA $692,930 (Aug 26) 7th +2.1% 12th 51% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,667,060 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.8% 13th 263% above peers
South Jordan, UT $661,471 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 14th 44% above peers
Bloomington, MN $362,340 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 15th 21% below peers
Medford, OR $408,210 (Aug 26) 19th +1.1% 16th 11% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $581,279 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 17th 27% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $1,179,160 (Aug 26) 4th +0.7% 18th 157% above peers
Kennewick, WA $431,000 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 19th 6% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $627,355 (Aug 26) 9th +0.1% 20th 37% above peers
Ogden, UT $395,517 (Aug 26) 20th -0.3% 21st 14% below peers
Auburn, WA $598,170 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 22nd 30% above peers
Gastonia, NC $275,364 (Aug 26) 24th -0.4% 23rd 40% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $470,694 (Aug 26) 15th -0.7% 24th 3% above peers
Mission, TX $219,583 (Aug 26) 29th -0.9% 25th 52% below peers
Melbourne, FL $356,996 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.0% 26th 22% below peers
Baytown, TX $245,229 (Aug 26) 28th -1.0% 27th 47% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $528,885 (Aug 26) 12th -1.8% 28th 15% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $252,622 (Aug 26) 26th -2.3% 29th 45% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,563 (Aug 26) 25th -3.0% 30th 41% below peers
Homestead, FL $434,225 (Aug 26) 17th -3.5% 31st 5% below 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $340,031 in August 2026, up from $335,179 a year earlier.
$340,031
2007August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref $389,919 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Waukegan, IL $201,000 (Aug 26) 24th +10.4% 1st 41% below peers
Duluth, MN $202,793 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.9% 2nd 40% below peers
Westminster, CA $928,858 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.0% 3rd 174% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,216,561 (Aug 26) 1st +4.6% 4th 260% above peers
Danbury, CT $338,397 (Aug 26) 16th +4.2% 5th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA $135,509 (Aug 26) 29th +4.0% 6th 60% below peers
Lawrence, MA $373,423 (Aug 26) 14th +3.0% 7th 10% above peers
Warner Robins, GA $134,103 (Aug 26) 30th +2.9% 8th 60% below peers
Franklin, TN $606,342 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 9th 79% above peers
South Gate, CA $628,812 (Aug 26) 6th +2.5% 10th 86% above peers
Troy, MI $330,983 (Aug 26) 17th +2.5% 11th 2% below peers
Mission, TX $145,560 (Aug 26) 27th +1.8% 12th 57% below peers
Kennewick, WA $340,031 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 13th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM $402,732 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 14th 19% above peers
Bloomington, MN $267,412 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 15th 21% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $864,518 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 16th 155% above peers
South Jordan, UT $497,273 (Aug 26) 8th +0.8% 17th 47% above peers
Medford, OR $320,741 (Aug 26) 19th +0.8% 18th 5% below peers
Ogden, UT $316,340 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 19th 7% below peers
Auburn, WA $456,725 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 20th 35% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $938,358 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.4% 21st 177% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $430,500 (Aug 26) 11th -0.6% 22nd 27% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $739,173 (Aug 26) 5th -0.7% 23rd 118% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $476,013 (Aug 26) 9th -0.8% 24th 41% above peers
Gastonia, NC $177,036 (Aug 26) 25th -0.8% 25th 48% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $391,781 (Aug 26) 13th -1.2% 26th 16% above peers
Melbourne, FL $229,961 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.4% 27th 32% below peers
Baytown, TX $172,044 (Aug 26) 26th -1.7% 28th 49% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $136,833 (Aug 26) 28th -3.8% 29th 60% below peers
Homestead, FL $320,821 (Aug 26) 18th -4.5% 30th 5% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $122,749 (Aug 26) 31st -7.9% 31st 64% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.3% then, 61.3% now; margin ±2.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.5% to 61.3%).
Needs attention 61.3%
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
Washington ref 63.8% +0.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Homestead, FL 48.3% 26th +7.4pp 1st 19% below peers
Medford, OR 56.3% 19th +4.9pp 2nd 6% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 25th +3.7pp 3rd 16% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 47.5% 27th +3.5pp 4th 20% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 9th +4.4pp 5th 7% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 60.7% 14th +3.9pp 6th 2% above peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 13th +3.5pp 7th 3% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 58.2% 18th +3.2pp 8th 3% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 28th +2.5pp 9th 24% below peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 5th +3.7pp 10th 20% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 53.5% 22nd +2.7pp 11th 10% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 12th 51% above peers
Sioux City, IA 65.3% 8th +2.5pp 13th 9% above peers
Melbourne, FL 59.7% 16th +1.6pp 14th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 23rd +1.4pp 15th 11% below peers
Auburn, WA 60.6% 15th +1.5pp 16th 1% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 70.5% 6th +1.2pp 17th 18% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 11th +0.9pp 18th 6% above peers
Gastonia, NC 54.2% 20th +0.5pp 19th 9% below peers
South Jordan, UT 81.4% 2nd +0.5pp 20th 36% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 3rd -0.0pp 21st 29% above peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 4th -0.5pp 22nd 23% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 17th -1.0pp 23rd 1% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 29th -0.8pp 24th 33% below peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 7th -1.5pp 25th 10% above peers
Kennewick, WA 61.3% 12th -2.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 27th 53% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 10th -2.6pp 28th 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 21st -4.3pp 29th 10% below peers
Baytown, TX 52.3% 24th -4.5pp 30th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±2.1pp 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

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,676 in August 2026, up from $1,654 a year earlier.
Big move $1,676
2021August 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%
Mission Viejo, CA $3,144 (Aug 26) 4th +8.3% 1st 63% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 5th +4.3% 2nd 45% above peers
Sioux City, IA $1,275 (Aug 26) 31st +3.5% 3rd 34% below peers
South Gate, CA $2,228 (Aug 26) 11th +3.4% 4th 16% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $3,195 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.3% 5th 66% above peers
South Jordan, UT $2,074 (Aug 26) 14th +3.1% 6th 8% above peers
Medford, OR $1,678 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.1% 7th 13% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,692 (Aug 26) 1st +3.1% 8th 92% above peers
Bloomington, MN $1,693 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 9th 12% below peers
Troy, MI $1,882 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 10th 2% below peers
Auburn, WA $2,001 (Aug 26) 15th +2.9% 11th 4% above peers
Warner Robins, GA $1,425 (Aug 26) 28th +2.9% 12th 26% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,428 (Aug 26) 27th +2.9% 13th 26% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,687 (Aug 26) 21st +2.9% 14th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,380 (Aug 26) 10th +2.6% 15th 24% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $2,422 (Aug 26) 9th +2.5% 16th 26% above peers
Danbury, CT $2,546 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 17th 32% above peers
Baytown, TX $1,549 (Aug 26) 24th +1.8% 18th 20% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,074 (Aug 26) 13th +1.5% 19th 8% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,438 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 20th 79% above peers
Kennewick, WA $1,676 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.4% 21st 13% below peers
Ogden, UT $1,305 (Aug 26) 30th +1.4% 22nd 32% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,426 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 23rd 26% above peers
Gastonia, NC $1,501 (Aug 26) 26th +1.1% 24th 22% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 12th +1.0% 25th 14% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $1,904 (Aug 26) 17th +0.9% 26th 1% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $1,533 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 27th 20% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,925 (Aug 26) 16th +0.4% 28th on par with peers
Homestead, FL $2,469 (Aug 26) 7th -0.2% 29th 28% above peers
Melbourne, FL $1,823 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 30th 5% below peers
Mission, TX $1,351 (Aug 26) 29th -0.9% 31st 30% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.5% then, 32.0% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.6% to 32.0%).
Bright spot 32.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 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
Washington ref 33.3% +0.9pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 2nd -3.9pp 1st 42% below peers
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 12th -5.4pp 2nd 10% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 3rd 18% above peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 6th -3.5pp 4th 23% below peers
Medford, OR 39.9% 21st -1.2pp 5th 5% above peers
Homestead, FL 51.7% 30th -1.3pp 6th 36% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 27th -0.6pp 7th 19% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 44.1% 25th -0.5pp 8th 16% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 38.6% 18th -0.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.4% 8th -0.2pp 10th 18% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 40.5% 22nd +0.6pp 11th 6% above peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 23rd +0.8pp 12th 9% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 24th +1.0pp 13th 12% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 14th 42% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 28th +1.4pp 15th 25% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 10th +1.3pp 16th 14% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 38.6% 19th +1.6pp 17th 1% above peers
Kennewick, WA 32.0% 9th +1.5pp 18th 16% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 13th +1.7pp 19th 6% below peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 5th +1.6pp 20th 24% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 29th +2.9pp 21st 26% above peers
Auburn, WA 38.1% 16th +2.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 36.9% 14th +2.7pp 23rd 3% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 15th +2.8pp 24th 1% below peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 25th 45% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.3% 4th +2.2pp 26th 31% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.5% 17th +3.4pp 27th 1% above peers
South Jordan, UT 22.7% 3rd +2.1pp 28th 40% below peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 11th +3.4pp 29th 12% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 7th +5.4pp 30th 22% below peers
Baytown, TX 38.9% 20th +9.6pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.4% to 8.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 8.9%).
Needs attention 8.9%
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
Washington ref 7.0% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sioux City, IA 7.0% 15th -2.1pp 1st 7% below peers
Medford, OR 6.8% 12th -2.0pp 2nd 10% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.1% 5th -1.1pp 3rd 46% below peers
Homestead, FL 8.0% 20th -2.1pp 4th 6% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.6pp 5th 68% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 22nd -1.9pp 6th 11% above peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 31st -3.9pp 7th 169% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 11.3% 29th -2.0pp 8th 49% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 28th -1.2pp 9th 35% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 10th 41% below peers
Auburn, WA 6.9% 13th -0.6pp 11th 9% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 27th -0.6pp 12th 25% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 19th -0.3pp 13th 5% above peers
Melbourne, FL 8.7% 23rd -0.3pp 14th 15% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 17th -0.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 7.0% 14th -0.2pp 16th 8% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.0pp 17th 63% below peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 26th +0.0pp 18th 18% above peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 4th +0.0pp 19th 59% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 21st +0.5pp 20th 11% above peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 9th +0.3pp 21st 27% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 30th +0.9pp 22nd 51% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 5.7% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 25% below peers
Gastonia, NC 7.9% 18th +0.8pp 24th 5% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 16th +0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 7th +0.6pp 26th 40% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 11th +0.9pp 27th 11% below peers
South Jordan, UT 4.8% 8th +1.0pp 28th 37% below peers
Baytown, TX 8.7% 24th +2.1pp 29th 16% above peers
Kennewick, WA 8.9% 25th +2.5pp 30th 17% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.1% then, 8.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.0% to 8.8%).
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
Washington ref 6.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Medford, OR 5.7% 11th -3.4pp 1st 32% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 51% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 62% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 7th -1.5pp 4th 44% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 10.0% 20th -3.1pp 5th 19% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 58% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 5.0% 8th -1.4pp 7th 41% below peers
Melbourne, FL 9.8% 19th -2.4pp 8th 17% above peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 9th -1.2pp 9th 34% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 15th -1.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 12.5% 22nd -2.6pp 11th 50% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 23rd -2.3pp 12th 53% above peers
Homestead, FL 19.7% 29th -2.9pp 13th 136% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 12.0% 21st -1.7pp 14th 43% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.9% 28th -1.8pp 15th 103% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.8% 26th -1.5pp 16th 77% above peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 13th -0.5pp 17th 25% below peers
South Jordan, UT 4.1% 5th -0.2pp 18th 51% below peers
Mission, TX 26.5% 30th -1.3pp 19th 217% above peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 25th -0.1pp 20th 64% above peers
Waukegan, IL 16.0% 27th -0.1pp 21st 91% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.4% 17th +0.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 1st +0.0pp 23rd 67% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.8% 18th +0.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.6% 10th +0.5pp 25th 33% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 6.7% 14th +0.8pp 26th 20% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 12th +0.8pp 27th 31% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.6% 6th +0.9pp 28th 45% below peers
Baytown, TX 27.9% 31st +6.0pp 29th 233% above peers
Sioux City, IA 8.4% 16th +1.9pp 30th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 12.9% 24th +3.3pp 31st 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

41.7%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 31.1%
United States ref 33.4%
Westminster, CA 22.9% 1st 30% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 2nd 29% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 3rd 26% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 24.5% 4th 25% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 5th 23% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 6th 23% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 7th 16% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 8th 15% below peers
Auburn, WA 27.7% 9th 15% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 10th 11% below peers
South Jordan, UT 30.2% 11th 7% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 12th 4% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 13th 3% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 14th 3% below peers
Homestead, FL 31.8% 15th 2% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 34.2% 17th 5% above peers
Melbourne, FL 34.2% 18th 5% above peers
Medford, OR 35.5% 19th 9% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 35.6% 20th 10% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 21st 15% above peers
Baytown, TX 37.4% 22nd 15% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 23rd 16% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.0% 24th 17% above peers
Gastonia, NC 38.0% 25th 17% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 26th 17% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 27th 18% above peers
Sioux City, IA 39.9% 28th 23% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.2% 29th 27% above peers
Kennewick, WA 41.7% 30th 28% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 38% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.3% to 4.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 4.0%).
Needs attention 4.0%
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
Washington ref 3.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lake Forest, CA 0.8% 1st -3.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 2nd -2.0pp 2nd 69% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 20th -5.2pp 3rd 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 6th -2.0pp 4th 57% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 5th -1.7pp 5th 59% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 3rd -1.4pp 6th 66% below peers
Auburn, WA 3.1% 12th -2.4pp 7th 39% below peers
Medford, OR 2.9% 10th -1.6pp 8th 43% below peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 15th -2.1pp 9th 19% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 6.2% 22nd -2.5pp 10th 20% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 19th -1.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 5.1% 16th -1.1pp 12th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 17th -0.9pp 13th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 21st -0.3pp 14th 13% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 2.7% 8th -0.1pp 15th 47% below peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 25th -0.2pp 16th 75% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 2.0% 4th +0.0pp 17th 60% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 28th +0.2pp 18th 121% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.5% 13th +0.1pp 19th 33% below peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 11th +0.3pp 20th 39% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 29th +2.4pp 21st 164% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 30th +3.6pp 22nd 275% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 7th +0.4pp 23rd 56% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 9th +0.5pp 24th 46% below peers
Homestead, FL 10.2% 26th +2.0pp 25th 98% above peers
Melbourne, FL 7.0% 24th +2.7pp 26th 36% above peers
Baytown, TX 22.7% 31st +9.5pp 27th 343% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 23rd +3.2pp 28th 28% above peers
Sioux City, IA 5.3% 18th +3.2pp 29th 4% above peers
Gastonia, NC 10.6% 27th +6.6pp 30th 107% above peers
Kennewick, WA 4.0% 14th +2.7pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.6% then, 26.2% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.3% to 26.2%).
Needs attention 26.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 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
Washington ref 39.6% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 29th +6.0pp 1st 44% below peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 22nd +5.1pp 2nd 14% below peers
Melbourne, FL 34.7% 12th +6.2pp 3rd 15% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 27.8% 19th +4.7pp 4th 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 28th +3.5pp 5th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 31st +1.8pp 6th 62% below peers
Medford, OR 30.1% 16th +4.9pp 7th on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 32.1% 14th +5.2pp 8th 7% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 10th +6.8pp 9th 50% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 23.9% 26th +3.6pp 10th 20% below peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 11th +6.1pp 11th 46% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 8th +6.1pp 12th 59% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 17th +3.5pp 13th 2% below peers
South Jordan, UT 47.9% 7th +5.6pp 14th 59% above peers
Homestead, FL 24.9% 25th +2.8pp 15th 17% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.1% 15th +3.1pp 16th 3% above peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 9th +4.2pp 17th 53% above peers
Gastonia, NC 26.6% 20th +2.4pp 18th 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 18th +2.1pp 19th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 13th +2.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 2nd +4.0pp 21st 115% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 4th +3.0pp 22nd 73% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 5th +2.7pp 23rd 73% above peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 3rd +3.0pp 24th 114% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 50.8% 6th +2.1pp 25th 69% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 1st +2.8pp 26th 135% above peers
Sioux City, IA 22.9% 27th +0.8pp 27th 24% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.2% 21st +0.6pp 28th 13% below peers
Baytown, TX 14.8% 30th -0.2pp 29th 51% below peers
Auburn, WA 25.6% 24th -0.8pp 30th 15% below peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 23rd -1.2pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp 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 (26.4% then, 36.0% now; margin ±11.6pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.6% to 36.0%).
Needs attention 36.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 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
Washington ref 42.9% -1.5pp
United States ref 45.5%
Auburn, WA 47.0% 13th +21.8pp 1st 7% above peers
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 5th +23.0pp 2nd 36% above peers
Medford, OR 53.8% 10th +14.6pp 3rd 23% above peers
Kennewick, WA 36.0% 28th +9.6pp 4th 18% below peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 9th +14.2pp 5th 24% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 3rd +17.0pp 6th 49% above peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 14th +7.1pp 7th 1% above peers
Sioux City, IA 37.6% 24th +2.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 42.9% 18th +3.1pp 9th 2% below peers
Gastonia, NC 36.8% 26th +2.2pp 10th 16% below peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 19th +1.7pp 11th 3% below peers
Homestead, FL 62.8% 4th +2.2pp 12th 43% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 16th +1.5pp 13th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 20th +0.9pp 14th 3% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 6th +1.0pp 15th 33% above peers
South Jordan, UT 51.5% 11th +0.3pp 16th 18% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 43.5% 17th -0.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 57.9% 7th -1.7pp 18th 32% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 39.8% 22nd -1.7pp 19th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 2nd -4.4pp 20th 53% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 1st -5.0pp 21st 64% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 29th -5.2pp 22nd 33% below peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 25th -7.4pp 23rd 15% below peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 12th -13.1pp 24th 16% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 8th -14.6pp 25th 26% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 26.5% 30th -12.1pp 26th 39% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 23rd -19.0pp 27th 11% below peers
Baytown, TX 19.1% 31st -9.8pp 28th 56% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 15th -25.8pp 29th on par with peers
Lake Forest, CA 40.3% 21st -24.6pp 30th 8% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 27th -29.0pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.7pp 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 (7.4% then, 8.2% now; margin ±5.4pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 8.2%).
Needs attention 8.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 7.6% +1.1pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 3.1% 4th -2.2pp 2nd 55% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 3rd -1.9pp 3rd 61% below peers
Auburn, WA 7.6% 17th -4.1pp 4th 12% above peers
Medford, OR 5.7% 11th -2.3pp 5th 16% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 30th -4.0pp 6th 68% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.5% 5th -1.2pp 7th 49% below peers
Baytown, TX 8.1% 19th -1.6pp 8th 19% above peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 22nd -1.0pp 9th 29% above peers
Homestead, FL 9.9% 26th -1.0pp 10th 46% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 9.0% 23rd -0.3pp 11th 33% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 6th +0.2pp 12th 39% below peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 2nd +0.1pp 13th 62% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.2% 21st +0.8pp 14th 21% above peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 25th +1.0pp 15th 38% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 6.8% 15th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 18th +2.0pp 18th 19% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 7th +1.4pp 19th 29% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 24th +2.9pp 20th 35% above peers
Gastonia, NC 10.4% 28th +3.6pp 21st 53% above peers
Melbourne, FL 5.7% 10th +2.1pp 22nd 17% below peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 9th +2.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 8th +2.1pp 24th 25% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 29th +4.9pp 25th 62% above peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 13th +2.7pp 26th 13% below peers
Sioux City, IA 6.8% 16th +3.1pp 27th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 31st +5.7pp 28th 79% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 27th +5.0pp 29th 52% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 12th +3.3pp 30th 15% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 8.1% 20th +5.5pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
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EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81,479 to 85,295 - more than the combined survey margin (±83).

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (75,971 to 85,295).
Big move 85,295
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 31st +67% 1st 17% below peers
Homestead, FL 82,807 27th +21% 2nd 5% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 78,992 30th +17% 3rd 9% below peers
South Jordan, UT 82,686 28th +16% 4th 5% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 81,849 29th +12% 5th 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 14th +12% 6th on par with peers
Baytown, TX 85,205 24th +11% 7th 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 7th +11% 8th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 9th +10% 9th 1% above peers
Gastonia, NC 82,884 26th +9% 10th 5% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 82,990 25th +9% 11th 5% below peers
Auburn, WA 85,676 22nd +7% 12th 2% below peers
Medford, OR 86,315 19th +6% 13th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 86,576 18th +6% 14th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 6th +6% 15th 2% above peers
Kennewick, WA 85,295 23rd +5% 16th 2% below peers
Troy, MI 87,898 10th +5% 17th 1% above peers
Sioux City, IA 86,101 21st +4% 18th 1% below peers
Mission, TX 87,038 16th +4% 19th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 8th +4% 20th 2% above peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 13th +3% 21st on par with peers
Lake Forest, CA 86,281 20th +3% 22nd 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 5th +2% 23rd 2% above peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 15th +1% 24th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 12th +1% 25th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 86,995 17th -0% 26th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 3rd -0% 27th 5% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 4th -1% 28th 3% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 2nd -3% 29th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 1st -4% 30th 6% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 11th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.6% to 26.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.0% to 26.1%).
Big move 26.1%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 21.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 22nd +1.1pp 1st 10% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 26th +0.8pp 2nd 22% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 27.3% 6th +1.3pp 3rd 21% above peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 20th +0.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 25.0% 10th +0.4pp 5th 11% above peers
Gastonia, NC 24.6% 12th +0.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Melbourne, FL 17.6% 27th +0.2pp 7th 22% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 23rd +0.1pp 8th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 7th +0.0pp 9th 16% above peers
Baytown, TX 27.6% 5th +0.0pp 10th 22% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 20.4% 21st -0.2pp 11th 10% below peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 28th -0.2pp 12th 22% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.1% 9th -0.3pp 13th 15% above peers
Auburn, WA 24.9% 11th -0.4pp 14th 10% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 25th -0.3pp 15th 21% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 21.3% 18th -0.5pp 16th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 24th -0.5pp 17th 13% below peers
Medford, OR 22.9% 14th -0.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 19th -0.9pp 19th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 13th -1.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Kennewick, WA 26.1% 8th -1.5pp 21st 16% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 15.3% 30th -0.9pp 22nd 32% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 1st -2.3pp 23rd 35% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Homestead, FL 29.5% 2nd -3.1pp 25th 30% above peers
South Jordan, UT 29.3% 3rd -3.6pp 26th 30% above peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 4th -4.3pp 27th 26% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 16th -3.6pp 28th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 29th -2.9pp 29th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 17th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 15th -5.4pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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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 (35.0% then, 35.5% now; margin ±6.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.4% to 35.5%).
35.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 25.3% -0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
South Jordan, UT 12.8% 27th +3.8pp 1st 60% below peers
Gastonia, NC 52.1% 3rd +13.9pp 2nd 64% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 11th +6.8pp 3rd 20% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 30th +1.9pp 4th 65% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 22nd +4.4pp 5th 18% below peers
Auburn, WA 31.7% 17th +5.2pp 6th on par with peers
Baytown, TX 40.9% 7th +4.7pp 7th 28% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 4th +5.1pp 8th 46% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 2nd +3.5pp 9th 96% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 29th +0.6pp 10th 64% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.9% 6th +1.4pp 11th 32% above peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 16th +0.9pp 12th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 64.9% 1st +1.1pp 13th 104% above peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 8th +0.7pp 14th 27% above peers
Kennewick, WA 35.5% 14th +0.5pp 15th 12% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 15th +0.1pp 16th 6% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 24th -0.1pp 17th 27% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 23rd -0.2pp 18th 22% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.9% 9th -2.2pp 19th 22% above peers
Medford, OR 31.3% 19th -2.1pp 20th 2% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 10th -2.8pp 21st 22% above peers
Sioux City, IA 38.2% 12th -3.3pp 22nd 20% above peers
Homestead, FL 44.0% 5th -4.3pp 23rd 38% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 27.6% 21st -2.8pp 24th 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 13th -4.0pp 25th 17% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 18th -4.0pp 26th 1% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 20th -6.8pp 27th 8% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 28th -2.9pp 28th 62% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 22.1% 25th -8.8pp 29th 31% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 13.2% 26th -6.6pp 30th 58% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 31st -5.5pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.9% then, 62.1% now; margin ±11.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.8% to 62.1%).
Big move 62.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 62.8% +2.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
South Jordan, UT 63.4% 21st +19.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 2nd 28% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 3rd 24% above peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 13th +10.8pp 4th 3% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 67.4% 16th +10.2pp 5th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 77.8% 4th +9.3pp 6th 15% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 67.0% 17th +7.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 31st +5.9pp 8th 18% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 12th +5.1pp 9th 4% above peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 10th 19% above peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 29th +3.6pp 11th 14% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 69.4% 14th +3.8pp 12th 3% above peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 24th +3.4pp 13th 7% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 6th +3.5pp 14th 11% above peers
Auburn, WA 63.1% 22nd +2.9pp 15th 6% below peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 20th +2.9pp 16th 2% below peers
Baytown, TX 59.0% 27th +1.9pp 17th 12% below peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 8th +1.8pp 18th 9% above peers
Kennewick, WA 62.1% 26th +1.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 10th +1.2pp 20th 6% above peers
Melbourne, FL 66.1% 19th -1.0pp 21st 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 25th -1.8pp 22nd 7% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 11th -3.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 15th -3.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Sioux City, IA 72.7% 9th -3.8pp 25th 8% above peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 7th -4.4pp 26th 9% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 66.3% 18th -4.2pp 27th 2% below peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 5th -5.0pp 28th 13% above peers
Homestead, FL 63.0% 23rd -4.6pp 29th 7% below peers
Medford, OR 58.6% 28th -7.0pp 30th 13% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 58.0% 30th -13.3pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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