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134,871 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Kent, WA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$92,302
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
$72,062 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.8%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
13.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
29.8%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
25.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.6%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
91.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
57.2%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
55.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.4%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
2.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Kent, WA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
11.5%
2020-24
▲ 79%
relative change
6.4% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
29.2%
2020-24
flat
relative change
29.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
17.6%
2019-23
▼ 3%
relative change
18.2% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.2%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
7.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
17.1%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
20.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.3%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
39.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 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 →
Population
135,603
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
131,118 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$635,965
Aug 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$643,016 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$476,715
Aug 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$481,895 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.7%
2020-24
high
vs peers
24.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
63.6%
2020-24
low
vs peers
60.5% 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 28% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $72,062 to $92,302 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,404).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kent started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 61% from 2014 to 2024 ($57,490 to $92,302).
Bright spot $92,302
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%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 141% above peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 29th +39% 2nd 39% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 13th +39% 3rd 24% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 14th +38% 4th 20% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 25th +38% 5th 15% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 28th +38% 6th 29% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 22nd +38% 7th 10% below peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 16th +38% 8th on par with peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 27th +35% 9th 24% below peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 7th +30% 10th 40% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 23rd +30% 11th 11% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 8th +29% 12th 36% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 24th +29% 13th 14% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 14th 49% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 12th +28% 15th 24% above peers
Orange, CA $117,113 3rd +28% 16th 57% above peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 10th +27% 17th 33% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 6th +27% 18th 41% above peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 4th +24% 19th 56% above peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 19th +24% 20th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 26th +24% 21st 16% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 15th +23% 22nd 7% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 17th +23% 23rd 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 11th +21% 24th 26% above peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 21st +21% 25th 10% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 18th +20% 26th 5% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 9th +20% 27th 33% above peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 5th +20% 28th 50% above peers
Norman, OK $67,704 20th +16% 29th 9% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 2nd +14% 30th 60% above peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 30th +8% 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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14 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,984 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.2% in July 2026, up from 5.1% a year earlier.
5.2%
1990July 2026
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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
Dayton, OH 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -1.9pp 1st on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th -1.0pp 2nd 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th -0.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 26th -0.6pp 4th 60% above peers
Orange, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 5th 9% below peers
North Charleston, SC 3.7% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.5pp 6th 18% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 7th 18% below peers
Clovis, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.4pp 8th 20% above peers
Fargo, ND 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 9th 51% below peers
West Valley City, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 10th 20% below peers
Jackson, MS 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 11th 2% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 12th 11% below peers
Fullerton, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Columbia, MO 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 14th 4% below peers
Hampton, VA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 16th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.1pp 17th 16% above peers
Lewisville, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.3pp 18th 9% below peers
Carrollton, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.4pp 19th 9% below peers
Round Rock, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.4pp 20th 11% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 24th +0.4pp 21st 42% above peers
Warren, MI 7.7% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 22nd 71% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th +0.6pp 23rd 9% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th +0.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.8pp 25th 9% below peers
Stamford, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st +1.3pp 26th 11% above peers
New Haven, CT 7.0% (Jul 26) 25th +1.5pp 27th 56% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.4% to 10.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Kent started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.4% to 10.8%).
Bright spot 10.8%
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%
North Charleston, SC 14.4% 20th -6.5pp 1st 15% above peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 6th -2.6pp 2nd 37% below peers
Clovis, CA 8.0% 7th -2.5pp 3rd 36% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.6% 3rd -2.3pp 4th 40% below peers
Orange, CA 9.5% 9th -2.6pp 5th 24% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.9% 10th -2.5pp 6th 21% below peers
Kent, WA 10.8% 12th -2.6pp 7th 14% below peers
Hampton, VA 12.7% 17th -2.5pp 8th 1% above peers
Warren, MI 14.8% 21st -2.7pp 9th 18% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.1% 24th -3.0pp 10th 36% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 13th -1.7pp 11th 14% below peers
Dayton, OH 26.9% 29th -3.6pp 12th 115% above peers
Columbia, MO 19.2% 26th -2.5pp 13th 54% above peers
Athens, GA 26.5% 28th -3.4pp 14th 111% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.4% 30th -3.4pp 15th 119% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 2nd -0.9pp 16th 43% below peers
New Haven, CT 23.9% 27th -2.6pp 17th 91% above peers
Victorville, CA 18.4% 25th -1.8pp 18th 46% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.3% 19th -1.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Norman, OK 16.8% 23rd -0.8pp 20th 34% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.9% 18th -0.4pp 21st 3% above peers
Abilene, TX 16.1% 22nd -0.4pp 22nd 29% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.3% 15th +0.0pp 23rd 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.1% 14th +0.0pp 24th 12% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 16th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 27.9% 31st +2.5pp 26th 123% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.1% 11th +1.0pp 27th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.8% 5th +0.8pp 28th 38% below peers
Torrance, CA 7.8% 4th +0.9pp 29th 38% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 30th 67% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.4% 8th +1.7pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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14 of 29 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (20.1% then, 17.1% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 7.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.8% to 17.1%).
Needs attention 17.1%
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%
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 5th -7.1pp 1st 38% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 23rd -13.7pp 2nd 37% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 3rd -4.7pp 3rd 48% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 10th -5.0pp 4th 23% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 7th -4.5pp 5th 29% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 12th -4.9pp 6th 18% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 26th -9.3pp 7th 57% above peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 24th -7.6pp 8th 38% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 6th -3.7pp 9th 32% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 25th -7.3pp 10th 44% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 11th -2.8pp 11th 21% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 21st -3.1pp 12th 13% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 20th -3.0pp 13th 10% above peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 22nd -3.4pp 14th 28% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 15th 83% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 28th -5.0pp 16th 101% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 15th -2.0pp 17th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 19th -1.9pp 18th 5% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 29th -4.0pp 19th 161% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 8th -1.1pp 20th 29% below peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 27th -1.6pp 21st 60% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 16th -1.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 181% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 18th -0.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 30th +1.0pp 25th 163% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 13th +0.4pp 26th 4% below peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 9th +1.5pp 27th 28% below peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 2nd +1.1pp 28th 48% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 14th +2.3pp 29th 3% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 4th +1.5pp 30th 47% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 17th +4.2pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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14 of 29 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.6% to 95.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kent started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 9.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.1% to 95.6%).
Bright spot 95.6%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 93.7% +5.0pp
United States ref 91.1%
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 29th +17.8pp 1st 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 21st +14.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 26th +13.4pp 3rd 3% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 27th +12.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 22nd +11.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 16th +11.0pp 6th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 17th +10.7pp 7th on par with peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 19th +10.2pp 8th 1% below peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 31st +9.3pp 9th 8% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 25th +9.7pp 10th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 15th +8.2pp 11th 1% above peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 28th +7.2pp 12th 4% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 24th +7.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 23rd +6.8pp 14th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 7th +6.8pp 15th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 5th +6.5pp 16th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 14th +5.9pp 17th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 12th +5.9pp 18th 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 2nd +5.5pp 19th 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 30th +4.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 20th +5.0pp 21st 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 13th +5.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 18th +4.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 8th +4.4pp 24th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 6th +4.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 9th +3.4pp 26th 2% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 11th +3.0pp 27th 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 3rd +2.9pp 28th 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 4th +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 10th +0.7pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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14 of 29 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 (0.42 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.42).
Bright spot 0.42
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
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 21st -0.020 1st 5% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 14th -0.018 2nd 1% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 27th -0.020 3rd 13% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 20th -0.016 4th 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 19th -0.012 5th 4% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 30th -0.007 6th 13% above peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 24th -0.005 7th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 4th -0.004 8th 7% below peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 11th -0.003 9th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 29th -0.002 10th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 15th -0.002 11th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 12th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 9th +0.001 13th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 2nd +0.002 14th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 7th +0.003 15th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 26th +0.003 16th 11% above peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 13th +0.004 17th 1% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 31st +0.007 18th 18% above peers
Orange, CA 0.45 17th +0.009 19th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 10th +0.009 20th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 25th +0.011 21st 8% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 5th +0.014 22nd 6% below peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 28th +0.018 23rd 13% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 22nd +0.020 24th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 16th +0.019 25th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 8th +0.019 26th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 3rd +0.027 27th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 18th +0.034 28th 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 23rd +0.042 29th 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 6th +0.038 30th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 12th +0.047 31st 3% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (18.2% then, 17.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (19.4% to 17.6%).
Needs attention 17.6%
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
Athens, GA 9.2% 13th -5.1pp 1st 1% below peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 19th -5.4pp 2nd 18% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 6th -2.4pp 3rd 27% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 3rd -1.8pp 4th 46% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 5th 60% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 12th -3.0pp 6th 1% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 25th -4.9pp 7th 96% above peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 26th -4.1pp 8th 98% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 21st -2.7pp 9th 33% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 8th -1.4pp 10th 23% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 9th -1.3pp 11th 23% below peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 28th -2.4pp 12th 178% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 11th -0.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 18th -0.7pp 14th 17% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 16th -0.6pp 15th on par with peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 24th -0.6pp 16th 90% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 29th +0.1pp 17th 186% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 10th +0.2pp 18th 7% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 17th +0.6pp 19th 2% above peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 27th +1.2pp 20th 113% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 22nd +0.8pp 21st 42% above peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 30th +2.3pp 22nd 193% above peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 15th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 24th 251% above peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 20th +2.1pp 25th 31% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 7th +1.2pp 26th 27% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 23rd +2.9pp 27th 63% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 28th 59% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 4th +1.4pp 29th 45% below peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 5th +2.5pp 30th 44% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 14th +4.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $635,965 in August 2026, down from $643,016 a year earlier.
Big move $635,965
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 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%
Abilene, TX $224,585 (Aug 26) 25th +9.2% 1st 41% below peers
Stamford, CT $724,387 (Aug 26) 6th +7.7% 2nd 90% above peers
Metairie, LA $328,021 (Aug 26) 17th +6.4% 3rd 14% below peers
New Haven, CT $339,182 (Aug 26) 16th +6.1% 4th 11% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,126 (Aug 26) 19th +4.2% 5th 15% below peers
Columbia, MO $324,526 (Aug 26) 18th +2.7% 6th 15% below peers
Orange, CA $1,125,988 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.6% 7th 196% above peers
Fullerton, CA $1,039,798 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 8th 173% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $212,086 (Aug 26) 26th +2.3% 9th 44% below peers
Hampton, VA $282,439 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.0% 10th 26% below peers
Torrance, CA $1,104,855 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 11th 190% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $308,784 (Aug 26) 21st +1.4% 12th 19% below peers
Jackson, MS $86,367 (Aug 26) 29th +1.1% 13th 77% below peers
Dayton, OH $140,625 (Aug 26) 28th +1.1% 14th 63% below peers
Clovis, CA $516,830 (Aug 26) 9th +1.0% 15th 36% above peers
Norman, OK $263,046 (Aug 26) 24th +0.9% 16th 31% below peers
Victorville, CA $434,932 (Aug 26) 11th +0.7% 17th 14% above peers
Pasadena, CA $1,187,354 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 18th 212% above peers
West Valley City, UT $465,915 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 19th 22% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,646,715 (Aug 26) 1st +0.4% 20th 332% above peers
Warren, MI $200,537 (Aug 26) 27th +0.4% 21st 47% below peers
Pearland, TX $380,787 (Aug 26) 15th -0.6% 22nd on par with peers
Kent, WA $635,965 (Aug 26) 7th -1.1% 23rd 67% above peers
North Charleston, SC $310,134 (Aug 26) 20th -1.4% 24th 19% below peers
Carrollton, TX $400,642 (Aug 26) 12th -1.8% 25th 5% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $523,439 (Aug 26) 8th -1.9% 26th 37% above peers
Lewisville, TX $387,166 (Aug 26) 14th -2.8% 27th 2% above peers
Round Rock, TX $398,221 (Aug 26) 13th -5.4% 28th 5% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $279,720 (Aug 26) 23rd -5.8% 29th 27% 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $476,715 in August 2026, down from $481,895 a year earlier.
Big move $476,715
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
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%
Metairie, LA $231,140 (Aug 26) 17th +12.5% 1st 6% below peers
Abilene, TX $135,845 (Aug 26) 26th +9.4% 2nd 45% below peers
New Haven, CT $240,089 (Aug 26) 16th +7.8% 3rd 2% below peers
Stamford, CT $393,405 (Aug 26) 9th +5.5% 4th 61% above peers
Jackson, MS $37,873 (Aug 26) 29th +5.1% 5th 85% below peers
Fargo, ND $228,384 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 6th 7% below peers
Columbia, MO $229,248 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 7th 6% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $143,370 (Aug 26) 25th +3.3% 8th 41% below peers
Hampton, VA $212,258 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.0% 9th 13% below peers
Fullerton, CA $786,679 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 10th 221% above peers
Orange, CA $838,273 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 11th 242% above peers
Dayton, OH $74,399 (Aug 26) 28th +2.0% 12th 70% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $244,832 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 13th on par with peers
Clovis, CA $400,701 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 14th 64% above peers
Norman, OK $181,291 (Aug 26) 24th +1.3% 15th 26% below peers
Victorville, CA $383,617 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 16th 57% above peers
Torrance, CA $804,774 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 17th 229% above peers
West Valley City, UT $401,966 (Aug 26) 7th +0.5% 18th 64% above peers
Warren, MI $123,766 (Aug 26) 27th +0.1% 19th 49% below peers
Pasadena, CA $797,584 (Aug 26) 4th +0.0% 20th 226% above peers
Pearland, TX $305,575 (Aug 26) 14th -0.2% 21st 25% above peers
North Charleston, SC $222,009 (Aug 26) 21st -0.7% 22nd 9% below peers
Kent, WA $476,715 (Aug 26) 6th -1.1% 23rd 95% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,057,112 (Aug 26) 1st -1.6% 24th 332% above peers
Carrollton, TX $317,180 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 25th 30% above peers
Lewisville, TX $308,593 (Aug 26) 12th -2.8% 26th 26% above peers
Round Rock, TX $306,560 (Aug 26) 13th -5.7% 27th 25% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $226,445 (Aug 26) 20th -6.2% 28th 8% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $217,912 (Aug 26) 22nd -6.4% 29th 11% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning up (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 (55.1% then, 57.2% now; margin ±2.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 6 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.8% to 57.2%).
Bright spot 57.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 63.8% +0.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 10th +6.5pp 1st 8% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 5th +7.5pp 2nd 25% above peers
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 21st +5.0pp 3rd 11% below peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 26th +4.2pp 4th 17% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 30th +2.2pp 5th 28% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 3rd +3.5pp 6th 28% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 25th +1.8pp 7th 14% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 2nd +2.8pp 8th 35% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 16th +2.1pp 9th on par with peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 13th +2.1pp 10th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 8th +1.9pp 11th 16% above peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 4th +2.0pp 12th 27% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 23rd +1.3pp 13th 13% below peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 14th +1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 9th +1.1pp 15th 11% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 31st +0.4pp 16th 49% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 28th +0.5pp 17th 24% below peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 1st +0.3pp 19th 36% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 27th +0.0pp 20th 22% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 11th -0.2pp 21st 8% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 20th -0.4pp 22nd 8% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 6th -0.7pp 23rd 22% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 12th -0.7pp 24th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 18th -0.9pp 25th 2% below peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 15th -1.2pp 26th 1% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 7th -1.6pp 27th 20% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 24th -1.3pp 28th 13% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 29th -2.0pp 29th 27% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 22nd -2.8pp 30th 13% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 17th -4.8pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±2.0pp 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
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 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,973 in August 2026, up from $1,952 a year earlier.
$1,973
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Abilene, TX $2,016 (Aug 26) 10th +34.4% 1st 15% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,291 (Aug 26) 26th +14.6% 2nd 27% below peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,957 (Aug 26) 1st +7.3% 3rd 125% above peers
Hampton, VA $1,698 (Aug 26) 17th +5.9% 4th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO $1,444 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 5th 18% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 9th +4.7% 6th 29% above peers
Torrance, CA $2,952 (Aug 26) 5th +4.1% 7th 68% above peers
Jackson, MS $1,265 (Aug 26) 27th +4.0% 8th 28% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 28th +3.5% 9th 29% below peers
Fullerton, CA $2,917 (Aug 26) 6th +3.4% 10th 66% above peers
Warren, MI $1,366 (Aug 26) 24th +3.3% 11th 22% below peers
Orange, CA $3,116 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.1% 12th 77% above peers
Clovis, CA $2,349 (Aug 26) 7th +2.7% 13th 34% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,757 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 14th on par with peers
Fargo, ND $1,079 (Aug 26) 29th +2.5% 15th 39% below peers
Norman, OK $1,357 (Aug 26) 25th +2.2% 16th 23% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,015 (Aug 26) 11th +2.2% 17th 15% above peers
Stamford, CT $2,966 (Aug 26) 4th +2.1% 18th 69% above peers
Carrollton, TX $1,655 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 19th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX $1,741 (Aug 26) 16th +1.2% 20th 1% below peers
Kent, WA $1,973 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 21st 12% above peers
Pasadena, CA $3,022 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 22nd 72% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,330 (Aug 26) 8th +0.8% 23rd 33% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,898 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 24th 8% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,545 (Aug 26) 21st +0.7% 25th 12% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,526 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.2% 26th 13% below peers
Lewisville, TX $1,557 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 27th 11% below peers
West Valley City, UT $1,586 (Aug 26) 19th -0.2% 28th 10% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,831 (Aug 26) 14th -1.8% 29th 4% above 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 (39.1% then, 39.3% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.1% to 39.3%).
Needs attention 39.3%
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 33.3% +0.9pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 5th -5.6pp 1st 18% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 7th -4.0pp 2nd 14% below peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 25th -2.3pp 3rd 17% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 31st -2.7pp 4th 37% above peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 13th -1.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 16th -1.3pp 6th on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 24th -0.9pp 7th 14% above peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 29th -0.7pp 8th 21% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 22nd -0.3pp 9th 11% above peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 8th -0.1pp 10th 13% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 2nd -0.0pp 11th 21% below peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 9th +0.1pp 12th 12% below peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 28th +0.2pp 13th 20% above peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 19th +0.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 15th +0.4pp 15th 7% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 26th +0.5pp 16th 19% above peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 4th +0.8pp 17th 18% below peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 30th +1.6pp 18th 25% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 18th +1.6pp 19th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 6th +1.5pp 20th 15% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 10th +1.9pp 21st 12% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 27th +2.8pp 22nd 20% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 20th +2.7pp 23rd 11% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 14th +2.3pp 24th 8% below peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 21st +2.8pp 25th 11% above peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 11th +2.6pp 26th 11% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 1st +2.6pp 27th 25% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 23rd +4.0pp 28th 14% above peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 17th +3.9pp 29th 2% above peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 12th +3.7pp 30th 10% below peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 3rd +6.5pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.5% then, 7.2% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 7.2%).
Needs attention 7.2%
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 7.0% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 18th -3.3pp 1st 10% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 11th -2.1pp 2nd 19% below peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 6th -1.9pp 3rd 25% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 26th -3.8pp 4th 58% above peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 23rd -2.4pp 5th 24% above peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 30th -3.9pp 6th 173% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 4th -0.8pp 7th 35% below peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 14th -0.9pp 8th 9% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 28th -1.4pp 9th 61% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 19th -0.9pp 10th 21% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 15th -0.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 7th -0.3pp 12th 25% below peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 13th 361% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 22nd -0.3pp 14th 23% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 24th -0.3pp 15th 30% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 27th -0.3pp 16th 60% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 20th -0.2pp 17th 22% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 5th +0.0pp 18th 34% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 12th +0.0pp 19th 16% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 13th +0.1pp 20th 10% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 16th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 10th +0.3pp 22nd 20% below peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 29th +0.9pp 23rd 65% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 8th +0.5pp 24th 24% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 17th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 26th 21% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 25th +1.3pp 27th 42% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 21st +2.2pp 28th 22% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 40% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 40% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 (8.4% then, 8.8% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.3% 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
Pasadena, CA 5.7% 5th -1.7pp 1st 28% below peers
Orange, CA 6.0% 8th -1.8pp 2nd 24% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 12th -2.0pp 3rd 15% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.4% 14th -1.5pp 4th 6% below peers
Athens, GA 11.3% 23rd -2.2pp 5th 43% above peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 21st -1.9pp 6th 24% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 6th -1.0pp 7th 27% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.3% 19th -1.6pp 8th 18% above peers
North Charleston, SC 15.4% 28th -2.6pp 9th 95% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.9% 7th -1.0pp 10th 26% below peers
Hampton, VA 7.0% 13th -1.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 2nd -0.6pp 12th 52% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 22nd -1.6pp 13th 37% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.2% 17th -1.2pp 14th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 3rd -0.5pp 15th 47% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 16th 63% below peers
Fargo, ND 6.0% 9th -0.5pp 17th 24% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 27th -1.2pp 18th 95% above peers
Warren, MI 6.1% 10th -0.4pp 19th 23% below peers
West Valley City, UT 17.7% 30th -0.6pp 20th 124% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 31st -0.3pp 21st 140% above peers
Norman, OK 9.6% 20th -0.1pp 22nd 22% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.5% 15th -0.0pp 23rd 5% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 29th +0.1pp 24th 98% above peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 25th 15% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.8% 4th +0.2pp 26th 40% below peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 18th +0.5pp 27th 12% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.9% 16th +0.5pp 28th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 14.9% 25th +1.1pp 29th 89% above peers
Abilene, TX 15.0% 26th +1.2pp 30th 90% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.9% 24th +2.5pp 31st 51% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

26.2%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 31.1%
United States ref 33.4%
Torrance, CA 20.0% 1st 44% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 2nd 42% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 3rd 31% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 4th 28% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 5th 27% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 6th 26% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 7th 24% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 8th 16% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 9th 16% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 10th 11% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 11th 7% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 12th 4% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 13th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 14th 3% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 15th 2% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 16th on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 17th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 18th 1% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 19th 2% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 20th 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 21st 4% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 22nd 5% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 23rd 5% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 24th 5% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 25th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 26th 10% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 27th 10% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 28th 21% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 29th 34% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 35% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.7% then, 3.4% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 3.4%).
Bright spot 3.4%
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
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 4th -2.3pp 1st 47% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 64% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 53% below peers
Clovis, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 6th -0.4pp 5th 39% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 19th -0.6pp 6th 30% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 9th -0.3pp 7th 33% below peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 8th 216% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 12th -0.1pp 9th 21% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 24th -0.2pp 10th 75% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 8th -0.0pp 11th 37% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 27th -0.0pp 12th 90% above peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 10th +0.1pp 13th 23% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 17th +0.1pp 14th 16% above peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 14th +0.1pp 15th 10% below peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 16th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 7th +0.3pp 17th 38% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 25th +0.9pp 18th 86% above peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 22nd +1.0pp 19th 52% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 13th +0.7pp 20th 11% below peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 28th +2.1pp 21st 174% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 5th +0.5pp 22nd 46% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 26th +1.7pp 23rd 88% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 11th +0.7pp 24th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 25th 245% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 26th 219% above peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 21st +1.9pp 27th 42% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 15th +1.4pp 28th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 23rd +2.4pp 29th 66% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 20th +2.4pp 30th 36% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 18th +2.3pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.7% to 29.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
66% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kent started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.3% to 29.8%).
Bright spot 29.8%
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 39.6% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 23rd +5.8pp 1st 28% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 14th +6.6pp 2nd 2% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 26th +3.2pp 3rd 46% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 25th +3.8pp 4th 32% below peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 21st +4.1pp 5th 25% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 9th +6.0pp 6th 13% above peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 27th +2.5pp 7th 47% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 18th +4.0pp 8th 8% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 10th +4.8pp 9th 12% above peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 13th +4.2pp 10th 3% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 17th +4.0pp 11th 3% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 12th 65% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 20th +2.7pp 13th 22% below peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 2nd +4.5pp 14th 42% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 6th +3.3pp 15th 18% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 12th +3.0pp 16th 8% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 3rd +3.8pp 17th 40% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 8th +2.9pp 18th 15% above peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 4th +3.3pp 19th 35% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 24th +1.6pp 20th 29% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 28th +0.9pp 21st 60% below peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 22nd +1.6pp 22nd 28% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 16th +2.0pp 23rd 1% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 15th +1.4pp 24th on par with peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 19th +1.1pp 25th 17% below peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 5th +1.6pp 26th 29% above peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 11th +1.0pp 27th 9% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 7th -0.0pp 28th 18% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 29th 68% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 29th -0.3pp 30th 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 (29.1% then, 29.2% now; margin ±8.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.2% to 29.2%).
Needs attention 29.2%
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%
Norman, OK 45.3% 20th +14.2pp 1st 2% below peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 18th +8.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 7th +11.1pp 3rd 29% above peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 4th 54% above peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 22nd +4.9pp 5th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 6th +6.0pp 6th 37% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 24th +3.4pp 7th 13% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 2nd +3.4pp 8th 53% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 3rd +3.2pp 9th 46% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 27th +0.3pp 10th 33% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 14th +0.4pp 11th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 8th +0.4pp 12th 24% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 15th +0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 29th +0.0pp 14th 37% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 26th +0.0pp 15th 20% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 25th -1.8pp 16th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 13th -3.2pp 17th 9% above peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 21st -3.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 9th -4.1pp 19th 19% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 19th -3.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 17th -4.5pp 21st 1% below peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 5th -7.9pp 22nd 38% above peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 4th -9.7pp 23rd 42% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 16th -7.1pp 24th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 12th -13.8pp 25th 12% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 23rd -13.1pp 26th 10% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 10th -17.7pp 27th 17% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 28th -11.0pp 28th 36% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 11th -24.8pp 29th 15% above peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 30th -12.6pp 30th 52% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.7pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
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 (6.4% then, 11.5% now; margin ±5.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 11.5%).
Needs attention 11.5%
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 7.6% +1.1pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 78% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 3rd -3.1pp 2nd 65% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 30th -6.5pp 3rd 105% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 4th -1.6pp 4th 45% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 20th -3.1pp 5th 23% above peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 18th -2.6pp 6th 12% above peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 9th -1.1pp 7th 32% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 22nd -1.6pp 8th 28% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 21st -1.2pp 9th 24% above peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 71% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 13th -0.5pp 11th 18% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 17th -0.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 12th -0.1pp 13th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 23rd +0.0pp 14th 44% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 16th +0.4pp 15th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 19th +0.6pp 16th 16% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 26th +1.2pp 17th 69% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 11th +0.6pp 18th 19% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 8th +0.5pp 19th 33% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 27th +1.6pp 20th 79% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 7th +0.6pp 21st 34% below peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 5th +0.6pp 22nd 44% below peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 10th +1.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 24th 124% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 24th +3.6pp 25th 48% above peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 29th +5.1pp 26th 103% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 6th +1.6pp 27th 41% below peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 25th +4.8pp 28th 69% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 15th +2.9pp 29th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 14th +2.7pp 30th 13% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 28th +6.1pp 31st 88% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.7pp 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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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 131,118 to 135,603 - more than the combined survey margin (±138).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 11% from 2014 to 2024 (122,620 to 135,603).
Big move 135,603
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 22nd +23% 1st 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 30th +14% 2nd 8% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 9th +13% 3rd 1% above peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 21st +8% 4th 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 31st +8% 5th 12% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 20th +7% 6th 2% below peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 12th +6% 7th 1% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 25th +6% 8th 5% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 24th +6% 9th 4% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 28th +4% 10th 6% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 11th +4% 11th 1% above peers
Kent, WA 135,603 16th +3% 12th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 26th +3% 13th 6% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 17th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 27th +3% 15th 6% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 15th +3% 16th on par with peers
Warren, MI 137,928 8th +2% 17th 2% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 29th +2% 18th 6% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 23rd +2% 19th 4% below peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 10th +2% 20th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 6th +2% 21st 2% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 5th +1% 22nd 2% above peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 3rd +1% 23rd 4% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 19th +1% 24th 1% below peers
Orange, CA 138,266 7th -1% 25th 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 18th -2% 26th 1% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 4th -2% 27th 3% above peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 2nd -2% 28th 5% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 14th -3% 29th 1% above peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 13th -3% 30th 1% above peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 1st -12% 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±113 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.2% then, 23.7% now; margin ±1.1pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.2% to 23.7%).
Big move 23.7%
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
Metairie, LA 20.8% 18th +1.6pp 1st 2% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 3rd +0.9pp 2nd 34% above peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 13th +0.6pp 3rd 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 25th +0.4pp 4th 12% below peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 15th +0.4pp 5th 1% above peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 12th +0.3pp 6th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 20th +0.2pp 7th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 4th +0.1pp 8th 29% above peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 22nd -0.1pp 9th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 11th -0.1pp 10th 8% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 8th -0.5pp 11th 11% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 6th -0.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 16th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 14th 41% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 5th -1.0pp 15th 25% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 24th -0.8pp 16th 9% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 30th -0.7pp 17th 22% below peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 21st -1.0pp 18th 5% below peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 7th -1.2pp 19th 12% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 17th -1.2pp 20th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 10th -1.4pp 21st 8% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 2nd -2.1pp 22nd 39% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 19th -1.8pp 23rd 2% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 29th -1.5pp 24th 22% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 26th -2.1pp 25th 14% below peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 27th -2.1pp 26th 20% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 14th -2.7pp 27th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 9th -3.3pp 28th 10% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 23rd -3.0pp 29th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 28th -2.8pp 30th 20% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 31st -3.1pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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

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 (30.1% then, 28.7% now; margin ±4.7pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.9% to 28.7%).
28.7%
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
Pearland, TX 18.2% 28th +7.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 12th +8.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 26th +2.6pp 3rd 21% below peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 27th +2.4pp 4th 24% below peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 5th +4.6pp 5th 51% above peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 13th +3.1pp 6th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 23rd +2.0pp 7th 16% below peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 24th +1.3pp 8th 18% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 22nd +1.2pp 9th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 9th +1.0pp 10th 14% above peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 3rd +1.8pp 11th 98% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 12th 100% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 4th +1.3pp 13th 81% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 20th +0.2pp 14th 11% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 15th 102% above peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 16th -0.4pp 16th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 14th -0.5pp 17th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 25th -0.6pp 18th 19% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 29th -0.4pp 19th 46% below peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 18th -1.4pp 20th 9% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 15th -2.2pp 21st 2% above peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 11th -3.0pp 22nd 8% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 6th -4.7pp 23rd 34% above peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 30th -1.7pp 24th 54% below peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 17th -3.5pp 25th 4% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 19th -3.7pp 26th 11% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 7th -6.1pp 27th 26% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 10th -6.1pp 28th 14% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 21st -5.3pp 29th 12% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 56% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 8th -9.5pp 31st 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.1pp 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 (60.5% then, 63.6% now; margin ±7.9pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.1% to 63.6%).
Big move 63.6%
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 62.8% +2.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 5th +9.0pp 1st 6% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 8th +7.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 17th +6.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 21st +6.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 22nd +5.6pp 5th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 11th +6.0pp 6th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 29th +5.0pp 7th 13% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 6th +5.8pp 8th 5% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 28th +4.6pp 9th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 3rd +4.7pp 10th 12% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 2nd +4.0pp 11th 12% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 24th +3.1pp 12th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 18th +3.1pp 13th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 1st +3.3pp 14th 15% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 7th +2.9pp 15th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 25th +2.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 15th +1.3pp 17th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 19th +1.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 13th +0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 26th -0.2pp 21st 10% below peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 23rd -0.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 10th -0.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 12th -0.9pp 24th 2% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 9th -2.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 20th -2.5pp 26th 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 16th -3.4pp 27th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 30th -5.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 4th -7.0pp 29th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 27th -7.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 14th -8.9pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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