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Lacey, WA
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57,737 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 3 indicators

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

What needs attention 8 indicators

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

Big shifts 5 indicators

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

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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $67,687 to $90,625 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,756). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 51% from 2014 to 2024 ($59,885 to $90,625).
$90,625
20102024
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%
Apopka, FL $96,884 13th +47% 1st 15% above peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 6th +40% 2nd 34% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 25th +40% 3rd 24% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 20th +38% 4th 12% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 5th 180% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 4th +36% 6th 47% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 23rd +34% 7th 14% below peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 14th +34% 8th 8% above peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 7th +31% 9th 34% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 24th +31% 10th 16% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 16th +30% 11th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 27th +30% 12th 28% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 22nd +30% 13th 14% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 28th +30% 14th 28% below peers
Albany, OR $78,114 17th +29% 15th 7% below peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 26th +27% 16th 27% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 5th +27% 17th 40% above peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 19th +27% 18th 11% below peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 19th 60% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 2nd +25% 20th 69% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 11th +24% 21st 20% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 9th +21% 22nd 22% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 21st +21% 23rd 12% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 10th +21% 24th 22% above peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 30th +20% 25th 44% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 18th +19% 26th 11% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 8th +19% 27th 23% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 31st +18% 28th 49% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 29th +15% 29th 31% below peers
Kyle, TX $90,323 15th +14% 30th 8% above peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 12th +9% 31st 18% above peers
Where is this changing? 10 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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5 of 10 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,956 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 64% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.7% in May 2026, up from 4.4% a year earlier.
4.7%
1995May 2026
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 5.2% (May 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Springfield, OH 3.5% (May 26) 9th -1.9pp 1st 12% below peers
Kettering, OH 2.8% (May 26) 3rd -1.4pp 2nd 30% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 3rd 5% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 4th 2% above peers
Bentonville, AR 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 5th 35% below peers
Albany, OR 4.8% (May 26) 25th -0.3pp 6th 20% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.5% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 7th 12% below peers
Carson City, NV 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 8th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 9th 18% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 10th 5% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 2.4% (May 26) 1st +0.1pp 11th 40% below peers
Bartlett, TN 3.4% (May 26) 8th +0.2pp 12th 15% below peers
Kyle, TX 3.0% (May 26) 4th +0.2pp 13th 25% below peers
Lacey, WA 4.7% (May 26) 24th +0.3pp 14th 18% above peers
Lancaster, PA 4.3% (May 26) 20th +0.4pp 15th 7% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.4pp 16th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 17th 5% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.2% (May 26) 19th +0.5pp 18th 5% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.0% (May 26) 5th +0.5pp 19th 25% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 20th 3% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 21st 12% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 27th +0.6pp 22nd 30% above peers
Pocatello, ID 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.7pp 23rd 7% above peers
Decatur, AL 3.0% (May 26) 6th +0.7pp 24th 25% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 5.2% (May 26) 28th +0.7pp 25th 30% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Sarasota, FL 4.6% (May 26) 23rd +1.0pp 27th 15% above peers
Bradenton, FL 4.8% (May 26) 26th +1.0pp 28th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.2% (May 26) 29th +1.7pp 29th 30% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.9% then, 11.4% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 11.4%).
11.4%
20112024
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 9.6% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 3rd -1.9pp 1st 59% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 6th -2.3pp 2nd 48% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 61% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.8% 22nd -4.4pp 4th 30% above peers
Kettering, OH 8.2% 12th -2.6pp 5th 17% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 4th -1.3pp 6th 51% below peers
Pocatello, ID 14.2% 26th -3.7pp 7th 45% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.0% 5th -1.1pp 8th 49% below peers
Lancaster, PA 18.9% 29th -3.8pp 9th 92% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.5% 21st -1.8pp 10th 27% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.2% 17th -1.3pp 11th 3% above peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 16th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 14.0% 24th -0.9pp 13th 42% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 9th -0.3pp 14th 37% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 30th -1.2pp 15th 122% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.4% 27th -0.8pp 16th 46% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.5% 15th -0.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Springfield, OH 22.1% 31st +0.0pp 18th 124% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 7th +0.2pp 19th 46% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 18th +0.9pp 20th 4% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.3% 13th +0.8pp 21st 15% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.2% 28th +1.6pp 22nd 65% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 8th +0.6pp 23rd 42% below peers
Albany, OR 13.3% 23rd +1.6pp 24th 35% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.4% 20th +1.5pp 25th 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.7% 1st +0.6pp 26th 62% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 11th +1.7pp 27th 22% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.9% 19th +2.5pp 28th 11% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.0% 25th +3.7pp 29th 42% above peers
Orland Park, IL 7.2% 10th +3.0pp 30th 27% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.8% 14th +3.7pp 31st 11% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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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5 of 10 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.4% then, 16.8% now; margin ±5.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% to 16.8%).
16.8%
20132024
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%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 6th -5.3pp 1st 67% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 74% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 5th -3.3pp 3rd 67% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 13th -6.6pp 4th 33% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 7th -3.5pp 5th 61% below peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 22nd -8.3pp 6th 37% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 4th -1.6pp 7th 69% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 8th -2.2pp 8th 54% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 25th -6.9pp 9th 61% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 14th -2.9pp 10th 23% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 16th -3.6pp 11th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 12th 78% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 29th -7.4pp 13th 111% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 19th -4.0pp 14th 20% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 24th -3.7pp 15th 51% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 10th -1.3pp 16th 45% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 30th -3.4pp 17th 119% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 21st -1.9pp 18th 37% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 17th -1.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 28th -2.3pp 20th 107% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 31st -0.1pp 21st 147% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 22nd 79% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 9th +0.6pp 23rd 47% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 15th +1.2pp 24th 6% below peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 23rd +2.3pp 25th 43% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 26th 79% below peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 20th +4.4pp 27th 28% above peers
Kyle, TX 8.7% 11th +3.0pp 28th 34% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 18th +5.0pp 29th 8% above peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 12th +3.9pp 30th 33% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 26th +11.5pp 31st 69% above peers
Where is this changing? 10 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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5 of 10 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 →
  • 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 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.8% to 94.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 7.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.9% to 94.0%).
94.0%
20172024
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%
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 6th +24.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 25th +14.7pp 2nd 2% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 30th +12.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 23rd +12.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 22nd +10.8pp 5th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 12th +9.8pp 6th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 20th +9.6pp 7th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 27th +8.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 28th +8.7pp 9th 5% below peers
Kyle, TX 98.2% 1st +9.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 21st +7.3pp 11th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 8th +7.6pp 12th 4% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 26th +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 18th +6.8pp 14th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 13th +6.5pp 15th 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 24th +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 16th +5.4pp 17th on par with peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 17th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 15th +5.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 19th +4.7pp 20th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 5th +4.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 11th +4.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 9th +4.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 14th +4.2pp 24th 2% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 3rd +4.3pp 25th 5% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 10th +4.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 2nd +4.0pp 27th 5% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 29th +3.1pp 28th 5% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 31st +2.7pp 29th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 7th +3.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 4th +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 10 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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5 of 10 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 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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.39 then, 0.38 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.36 to 0.38).
0.38
20102024
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 0.47 +0.012
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 6th -0.041 1st 13% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 23rd -0.025 2nd 2% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 16th -0.023 3rd on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 8th -0.019 4th 9% below peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 11th -0.015 5th 2% below peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 13th -0.012 6th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 29th -0.013 7th 12% above peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 7th -0.010 8th 10% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 21st -0.010 9th 2% above peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 5th -0.005 10th 14% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 25th -0.001 11th 3% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 17th +0.003 12th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 4th +0.003 13th 15% below peers
Albany, OR 0.42 10th +0.005 14th 5% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 24th +0.006 15th 3% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 28th +0.006 16th 10% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 12th +0.006 17th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 26th +0.008 18th 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 3rd +0.010 19th 16% below peers
Severn, MD 0.37 2nd +0.011 20th 16% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 20th +0.017 21st 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 22nd +0.020 22nd 2% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 15th +0.020 23rd on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 27th +0.021 24th 5% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 14th +0.027 25th on par with peers
Kyle, TX 0.37 1st +0.024 26th 17% below peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 18th +0.031 27th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 28th 32% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 19th +0.044 29th 1% above peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 9th +0.051 30th 7% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 17% 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 →

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (10.9% then, 12.1% now; margin ±2.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 0.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.4% to 12.1%).
12.1%
20102023
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 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
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 4th -1.8pp 1st 52% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 9th -2.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 14th -2.6pp 3rd 12% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 22nd -3.1pp 4th 39% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 17th -2.4pp 5th 11% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 20th -2.3pp 6th 22% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 25th -3.0pp 7th 64% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 74% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 5th -0.8pp 9th 52% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 21st -1.7pp 10th 30% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 13th -1.1pp 11th 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 8th -0.6pp 12th 28% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 24th -1.2pp 13th 51% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 27th -1.3pp 14th 106% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 15th -0.4pp 15th 6% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.2% 18th -0.3pp 16th 12% above peers
Albany, OR 18.5% 29th -0.3pp 17th 125% above peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 30th -0.1pp 18th 229% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 7th +0.1pp 19th 41% below peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 31st +0.9pp 20th 248% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 28th +0.7pp 21st 109% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 11th +0.3pp 22nd 18% below peers
Kyle, TX 6.8% 12th +0.5pp 23rd 17% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 19th +0.8pp 24th 13% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 26th +1.4pp 25th 86% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 23rd +1.2pp 26th 47% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 3rd +0.4pp 27th 57% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 6th +1.0pp 28th 43% below peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 10th +2.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 8.2% 16th +3.6pp 30th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 79% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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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5 of 10 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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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 →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $518,901 in June 2026, up from $517,819 a year earlier.
$518,901
2000June 2026
Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref $603,303 (Jun 26) -0.6%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Oak Lawn, IL $301,889 (Jun 26) 18th +6.3% 1st 24% below peers
Orland Park, IL $414,682 (Jun 26) 11th +5.5% 2nd 4% above peers
Springfield, OH $194,244 (Jun 26) 24th +4.6% 3rd 51% below peers
Lenexa, KS $487,610 (Jun 26) 7th +4.4% 4th 23% above peers
Bentonville, AR $496,895 (Jun 26) 6th +3.3% 5th 25% above peers
Kettering, OH $251,740 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.1% 6th 37% below peers
Cupertino, CA $3,065,443 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 7th 670% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $755,049 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.6% 8th 90% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $340,918 (Jun 26) 16th +2.4% 9th 14% below peers
Severn, MD $522,552 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 10th 31% above peers
Pocatello, ID $346,271 (Jun 26) 15th +1.0% 11th 13% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $163,505 (Jun 26) 26th +0.6% 12th 59% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $284,683 (Jun 26) 20th +0.4% 13th 28% below peers
Albany, OR $440,581 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 14th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK $171,855 (Jun 26) 25th +0.3% 15th 57% below peers
Lacey, WA $518,901 (Jun 26) 5th +0.2% 16th 30% above peers
Bowie, MD $530,886 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 17th 33% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $468,522 (Jun 26) 8th -0.7% 18th 18% above peers
Bartlett, TN $325,542 (Jun 26) 17th -0.9% 19th 18% below peers
Decatur, AL $224,900 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.0% 20th 43% below peers
Marana, AZ $436,171 (Jun 26) 10th -1.6% 21st 10% above peers
Apopka, FL $398,039 (Jun 26) 13th -1.8% 22nd on par with peers
Sarasota, FL $413,325 (Jun 26) 12th -5.1% 23rd 4% above peers
Bradenton, FL $353,306 (Jun 26) 14th -5.3% 24th 11% below peers
Kyle, TX $299,898 (Jun 26) 19th -7.1% 25th 25% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $279,711 (Jun 26) 21st -8.1% 26th 30% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

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 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $440,902 in June 2026, up from $436,447 a year earlier.
$440,902
2000June 2026
Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref $396,406 (Jun 26) -0.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Springfield, OH $111,376 (Jun 26) 25th +6.6% 1st 58% below peers
Lenexa, KS $372,576 (Jun 26) 6th +5.3% 2nd 42% above peers
Kettering, OH $186,333 (Jun 26) 21st +4.7% 3rd 29% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $198,168 (Jun 26) 20th +4.6% 4th 25% below peers
Orland Park, IL $289,423 (Jun 26) 12th +4.5% 5th 10% above peers
Bentonville, AR $351,707 (Jun 26) 7th +3.6% 6th 34% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $464,218 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.1% 7th 77% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $251,113 (Jun 26) 17th +2.0% 8th 5% below peers
Pocatello, ID $261,088 (Jun 26) 14th +1.9% 9th 1% below peers
Severn, MD $390,040 (Jun 26) 5th +1.6% 10th 48% above peers
Midwest City, OK $124,965 (Jun 26) 24th +1.4% 11th 52% below peers
Lacey, WA $440,902 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 12th 68% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,783,632 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 13th 578% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $206,281 (Jun 26) 19th +0.8% 14th 22% below peers
Albany, OR $346,940 (Jun 26) 9th +0.7% 15th 32% above peers
Bartlett, TN $257,077 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 16th 2% below peers
Bowie, MD $426,457 (Jun 26) 4th +0.6% 17th 62% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $341,299 (Jun 26) 10th +0.2% 18th 30% above peers
Decatur, AL $142,378 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.6% 19th 46% below peers
Marana, AZ $349,741 (Jun 26) 8th -1.1% 20th 33% above peers
Apopka, FL $296,834 (Jun 26) 11th -2.3% 21st 13% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $94,208 (Jun 26) 26th -5.0% 22nd 64% below peers
Sarasota, FL $262,960 (Jun 26) 13th -6.6% 23rd on par with peers
Kyle, TX $255,853 (Jun 26) 16th -6.9% 24th 3% below peers
Bradenton, FL $207,980 (Jun 26) 18th -7.7% 25th 21% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,696 (Jun 26) 22nd -11.3% 26th 36% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.4% then, 55.9% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.8% to 55.9%).
55.9%
20112024
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 63.8% +0.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 31st +5.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 19th +5.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 14th +5.4pp 3rd 1% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 8th +5.8pp 4th 20% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 28th +3.7pp 5th 19% below peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 4th +4.3pp 6th 29% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 7th +4.1pp 7th 26% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 9th +2.8pp 8th 13% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 15th +2.5pp 9th on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 6th +3.0pp 10th 27% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 17th +1.9pp 11th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 27th +1.6pp 12th 19% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 22nd +1.6pp 13th 10% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 5th +2.2pp 14th 28% above peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 3rd +1.3pp 15th 30% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 26th +0.6pp 16th 14% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 11th +0.6pp 17th 5% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 20th +0.4pp 18th 6% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 12th +0.4pp 19th 4% above peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 2nd +0.4pp 20th 32% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 10th +0.3pp 21st 10% above peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 21st +0.1pp 22nd 9% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 23rd -0.1pp 23rd 11% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 16th -0.3pp 24th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 18th -0.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Kyle, TX 67.0% 13th -0.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 29th -0.5pp 27th 19% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 28th 32% above peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 25th -1.6pp 29th 14% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 24th -4.1pp 30th 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 30th -3.8pp 31st 22% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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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5 of 10 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,163 in June 2026, up from $2,112 a year earlier.
$2,163
2015June 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Cupertino, CA $4,267 (Jun 26) 1st +7.5% 1st 131% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $995 (Jun 26) 27th +4.3% 2nd 46% below peers
Lancaster, PA $1,552 (Jun 26) 21st +4.2% 3rd 16% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,216 (Jun 26) 7th +4.2% 4th 20% above peers
Springfield, OH $1,294 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.9% 5th 30% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,753 (Jun 26) 16th +3.8% 6th 5% below peers
Midwest City, OK $1,242 (Jun 26) 24th +3.7% 7th 33% below peers
Orland Park, IL $3,018 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.7% 8th 63% above peers
Bentonville, AR $1,640 (Jun 26) 19th +3.4% 9th 11% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,150 (Jun 26) 9th +3.3% 10th 16% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $1,848 (Jun 26) 14th +2.9% 11th on par with peers
Kettering, OH $1,366 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.9% 12th 26% below peers
Lenexa, KS $1,685 (Jun 26) 17th +2.8% 13th 9% below peers
Decatur, AL $1,082 (Jun 26) 25th +2.6% 14th 41% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,412 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.5% 15th 31% above peers
Lacey, WA $2,163 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 16th 17% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,938 (Jun 26) 11th +2.3% 17th 5% above peers
Severn, MD $2,316 (Jun 26) 5th +2.1% 18th 25% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,667 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 19th 10% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $1,884 (Jun 26) 12th +1.8% 20th 2% above peers
Pocatello, ID $1,063 (Jun 26) 26th +1.7% 21st 42% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,329 (Jun 26) 4th +1.2% 22nd 26% above peers
Albany, OR $1,774 (Jun 26) 15th +1.1% 23rd 4% below peers
Sarasota, FL $2,218 (Jun 26) 6th -1.1% 24th 20% above peers
Apopka, FL $1,982 (Jun 26) 10th -1.9% 25th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL $1,850 (Jun 26) 13th -3.5% 26th on par with peers
Kyle, TX $1,607 (Jun 26) 20th -5.0% 27th 13% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.8% then, 39.3% now; margin ±4.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.7% to 39.3%).
39.3%
20102024
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
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 1st 42% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.0% 14th -3.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 2nd -2.0pp 3rd 33% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 9th -2.1pp 4th 15% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 13th -1.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 11th -1.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 4th -1.0pp 7th 28% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 20th -1.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 19th -0.7pp 9th 1% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 23rd -0.4pp 10th 13% above peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 8th +0.0pp 11th 19% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 22nd +0.3pp 12th 11% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 7th +0.2pp 13th 19% below peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 24th +0.5pp 14th 14% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 15th +0.5pp 15th 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 17th +0.8pp 16th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 12th +1.3pp 17th 12% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 27th +2.5pp 18th 24% above peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 29th +2.9pp 19th 37% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 18th +2.3pp 20th 1% above peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 16th +2.6pp 21st on par with peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 10th +2.4pp 22nd 15% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 28th +3.7pp 23rd 25% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 6th +2.4pp 24th 21% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 5th +2.5pp 25th 26% below peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 3rd +2.5pp 26th 30% below peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 25th +4.4pp 27th 16% above peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 30th +5.6pp 28th 39% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 21st +4.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 31st +6.8pp 30th 51% above peers
Kyle, TX 37.8% 26th +7.2pp 31st 19% above peers
Where is this changing? 10 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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5 of 10 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

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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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.3% then, 6.0% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20102024
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 7.0% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 57% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 12th -2.2pp 2nd 23% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 3rd -1.2pp 3rd 56% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 31st -5.8pp 4th 165% above peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 24th -2.2pp 5th 19% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 23rd -1.6pp 6th 9% above peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 7th -0.8pp 7th 33% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 19th -1.0pp 8th 4% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 25th -1.1pp 9th 20% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 5th -0.4pp 10th 49% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 29th -1.2pp 11th 90% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 8th -0.4pp 12th 32% below peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 15th -0.4pp 13th 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 10th -0.2pp 14th 26% below peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 21st -0.3pp 15th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 16th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 17th -0.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 20th -0.2pp 18th 4% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 30th -0.3pp 19th 123% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 9th -0.0pp 20th 29% below peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 22nd -0.0pp 21st 8% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 11th +0.0pp 22nd 25% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 27th +0.3pp 23rd 25% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 14th +0.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 18th +0.5pp 25th 4% above peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 26th +1.1pp 26th 21% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 28th +1.5pp 27th 37% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 6th +0.8pp 28th 35% below peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 4th +0.6pp 29th 51% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 13th +1.2pp 30th 21% below peers
Kyle, TX 1.9% 1st +0.8pp 31st 65% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.8% to 5.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.2% to 5.5%).
5.5%
20122024
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 6.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 5th -3.1pp 1st 50% below peers
Pocatello, ID 6.8% 16th -2.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 4th -0.9pp 3rd 64% below peers
Marana, AZ 3.6% 6th -1.2pp 4th 47% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 3rd -0.7pp 5th 66% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.3% 24th -2.8pp 6th 51% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 7th -1.0pp 7th 45% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.0% 13th -1.5pp 8th 12% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 9th 67% below peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 10th 74% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 21st -1.7pp 11th 30% above peers
Midwest City, OK 10.2% 23rd -1.9pp 12th 50% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 26th -1.6pp 13th 57% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 29th -1.6pp 14th 96% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 31st -1.6pp 15th 119% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.2% 17th -0.7pp 16th 5% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 20th -0.8pp 17th 25% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 30th -0.1pp 18th 117% above peers
Albany, OR 6.7% 15th -0.0pp 19th 2% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 11th +0.2pp 20th 19% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 25th +0.4pp 21st 55% above peers
Kyle, TX 12.1% 27th +0.5pp 22nd 76% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 8th +0.2pp 23rd 44% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 22nd +0.7pp 24th 33% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.1% 19th +0.6pp 25th 19% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 9th +0.3pp 26th 39% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.0% 28th +2.4pp 27th 90% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.7% 12th +1.2pp 28th 17% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.9% 18th +2.3pp 29th 15% above peers
Lacey, WA 5.5% 10th +1.6pp 30th 20% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 14th +2.9pp 31st 5% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp 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 →

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 31.1%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 54% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 2nd 20% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 3rd 16% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 4th 15% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 5th 14% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 6th 13% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 7th 12% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 8th 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 9th 7% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 10th 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 11th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 12th 3% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 13th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 14th 1% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 15th on par with peers
Kyle, TX 33.9% 16th on par with peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 17th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 18th 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 19th 3% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 21st 4% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 22nd 6% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 23rd 6% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 24th 9% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 25th 11% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 26th 11% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 27th 20% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 28th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 29th 20% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 30th 26% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 31st 34% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.9% then, 3.2% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 3.2%).
3.2%
20122024
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 3.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 88% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 71% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 4th -1.6pp 3rd 65% below peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 12th -2.7pp 4th 32% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 9th -2.2pp 5th 35% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 29th -3.1pp 6th 115% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 5th -0.7pp 7th 50% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 14th -0.7pp 9th 23% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 7th -0.5pp 10th 36% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 23rd -1.1pp 11th 79% above peers
Kyle, TX 8.3% 27th -1.0pp 12th 101% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 24th -0.7pp 13th 84% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 20th +0.0pp 14th 45% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 8th +0.0pp 15th 36% below peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 28th +0.6pp 16th 108% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 19th +0.4pp 17th 29% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 13th +0.3pp 18th 31% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 30th +3.0pp 19th 200% above peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 21st +1.9pp 20th 69% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 22nd +2.2pp 21st 78% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 10th +0.8pp 22nd 34% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 23rd 301% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 17th +1.5pp 24th 6% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 18th +1.6pp 25th 18% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 11th +1.0pp 26th 34% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 26th +3.1pp 27th 94% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 15th +1.4pp 28th 22% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 2nd +0.4pp 29th 76% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 6th +1.4pp 30th 38% below peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 25th +5.6pp 31st 93% above peers
Where is this changing? 10 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
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.8% then, 34.1% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.1% to 34.1%).
34.1%
20102024
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
Apopka, FL 38.8% 15th +11.3pp 1st 9% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 22nd +7.9pp 2nd 17% below peers
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 24th +6.5pp 3rd 18% below peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 25th +4.3pp 4th 21% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 30th +2.8pp 5th 48% below peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 13th +6.2pp 6th 17% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 21st +4.4pp 7th 17% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 12th +5.3pp 8th 17% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 7th +6.0pp 9th 38% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 14th +4.3pp 10th 9% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 31st +1.8pp 11th 53% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 27th +2.3pp 12th 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 3rd +6.2pp 13th 80% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 5th +5.1pp 14th 55% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 11th +3.6pp 15th 20% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 26th +1.9pp 16th 31% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 23rd +2.1pp 17th 18% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 18th +2.3pp 18th 9% below peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 28th +1.6pp 19th 34% below peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 8th +2.8pp 20th 34% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 9th +2.6pp 21st 29% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 19th +1.5pp 22nd 12% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 2nd +3.4pp 23rd 98% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 6th +2.2pp 24th 41% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 1st +3.5pp 25th 130% above peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 4th +2.2pp 26th 62% above peers
Kyle, TX 31.0% 20th +0.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 10th +1.0pp 28th 27% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 17th +0.3pp 29th 5% below peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 16th -0.6pp 30th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 29th -2.3pp 31st 37% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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

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 →
  • 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 ±2.4pp 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 →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.7% then, 42.4% now; margin ±16.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 42.4%).
42.4%
20112024
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%
Severn, MD 66.5% 5th +33.2pp 1st 35% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 7th +26.4pp 2nd 21% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 8th +20.3pp 3rd 19% above peers
Kyle, TX 53.1% 12th +18.3pp 4th 8% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 1st +18.3pp 5th 72% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 3rd +14.8pp 6th 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 2nd +15.4pp 7th 61% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 18th +7.7pp 8th 14% below peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 21st +6.6pp 9th 22% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 10th +9.5pp 10th 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 14th +8.1pp 11th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 19th +5.7pp 12th 20% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 11th +6.6pp 13th 15% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 16th +3.6pp 14th on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 6th +2.6pp 15th 26% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 4th -0.4pp 16th 41% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 17th -1.1pp 17th 11% below peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 22nd -2.1pp 18th 23% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 9th -5.8pp 19th 16% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 23rd -4.8pp 21st 23% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 20th -5.2pp 22nd 21% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 27th -6.3pp 23rd 31% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 29th -7.1pp 24th 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 13th -14.5pp 25th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 26th -10.5pp 26th 31% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 30th -9.6pp 27th 40% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 25th -12.5pp 28th 25% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 24th -12.7pp 29th 24% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 28th -14.5pp 30th 35% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 45% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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 (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 ±14.0pp 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 →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 11.8% now; margin ±8.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 0 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 11.8%).
11.8%
20102024
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
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 3rd -3.5pp 1st 63% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 5th -3.7pp 2nd 53% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 8th -3.1pp 3rd 42% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 7th -2.1pp 4th 43% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 6th -1.5pp 5th 46% below peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 4th -0.8pp 6th 59% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 19th -1.8pp 7th 7% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 21st -1.4pp 8th 9% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 12th -0.8pp 9th 25% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 20th -1.1pp 10th 8% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 9th -0.3pp 11th 40% below peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 2nd -0.1pp 12th 65% below peers
Kyle, TX 7.3% 18th +0.2pp 13th 5% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 15th +0.2pp 14th 4% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 17th +0.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 16th 135% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 27th +1.3pp 17th 64% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 14th +1.2pp 18th 13% below peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 22nd +3.0pp 19th 26% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 25th +4.1pp 20th 59% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 10th +1.8pp 21st 33% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 23rd +3.5pp 22nd 30% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 28th +4.6pp 23rd 70% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 26th +4.4pp 24th 60% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 13th +2.4pp 25th 18% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 11th +2.4pp 26th 26% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 29th +5.9pp 27th 76% above peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 16th +3.8pp 28th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 30th +7.2pp 29th 89% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 24th +7.0pp 30th 34% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 1st +2.1pp 31st 67% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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

3
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
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 17% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 49,248 to 57,737 - more than the combined survey margin (±88). 18 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 31% from 2014 to 2024 (44,031 to 57,737).
57,737
20102024
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
Kyle, TX 56,823 31st +33% 1st 2% below peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 27th +26% 2nd 2% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 14th +20% 3rd on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 18th +19% 4th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 10th +18% 5th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 20th +17% 6th on par with peers
Severn, MD 58,402 4th +16% 7th 1% above peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 11th +12% 8th 1% above peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 5th +8% 9th 1% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 19th +7% 10th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 7th +7% 11th 1% above peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 6th +7% 12th 1% above peers
Albany, OR 56,839 30th +6% 13th 2% below peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 23rd +5% 14th 1% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 22nd +4% 15th 1% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 24th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 2nd +3% 17th 1% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 9th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 29th +2% 19th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 25th +1% 20th 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 26th +0% 21st 2% below peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 16th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 17th -1% 23rd on par with peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 12th -2% 24th on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 15th -2% 25th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 13th -2% 26th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 1st -3% 27th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 21st -3% 28th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 8th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 3rd -4% 30th 1% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 28th -4% 31st 2% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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 ±71 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.6% then, 21.0% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.9% to 21.0%).
21.0%
20172024
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 21.1% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 29th +1.5pp 1st 31% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 11th +2.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 5th +1.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 2nd +1.2pp 4th 14% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 7th +0.8pp 5th 6% above peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 16th +0.7pp 6th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 12th +0.7pp 7th 3% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 18th +0.6pp 8th 3% below peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 22nd +0.5pp 9th 7% below peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 4th +0.5pp 10th 13% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 26th +0.3pp 11th 13% below peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 10th +0.2pp 12th 4% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 27th +0.1pp 13th 22% below peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 6th -0.1pp 14th 9% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 9th -0.3pp 15th 5% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 14th -0.4pp 16th 2% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 8th -0.4pp 17th 6% above peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 25th -0.5pp 18th 12% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 24th -0.6pp 19th 11% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 1st -0.8pp 20th 22% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 31st -0.4pp 21st 36% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 22nd 34% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 19th -0.8pp 23rd 6% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 21st -0.8pp 24th 7% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 13th -1.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 20th -1.6pp 26th 7% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 28th -1.5pp 27th 27% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 23rd -2.5pp 28th 7% below peers
Kyle, TX 25.4% 3rd -3.2pp 29th 13% above peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 15th -3.1pp 30th 1% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 17th -5.5pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 10 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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.3% then, 37.5% now; margin ±8.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.5% to 37.5%).
37.5%
20102024
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 25.3% -0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 21st +12.0pp 1st 16% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 20th +12.4pp 2nd 9% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.0% 13th +11.9pp 3rd 10% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 15th +7.4pp 4th 2% above peers
Kyle, TX 29.0% 16th +7.2pp 5th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 11th +8.6pp 6th 25% above peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 8th +8.2pp 7th 29% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 29th +2.8pp 8th 43% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 9th +4.6pp 9th 27% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 5th +4.8pp 10th 57% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 2nd +5.0pp 11th 76% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 7th +3.7pp 12th 49% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 17th +2.4pp 13th 1% below peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 27th +1.4pp 14th 40% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 6th +1.3pp 15th 52% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 3rd +1.0pp 16th 74% above peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 18th -0.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 10th -0.6pp 18th 25% above peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 14th -1.1pp 19th 5% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 25th -1.1pp 20th 36% below peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 1st -4.8pp 21st 92% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 22nd 29% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 19th -2.8pp 23rd 9% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 12th -4.6pp 24th 12% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 4th -8.6pp 25th 58% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 26th -3.6pp 26th 37% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 22nd -5.0pp 27th 20% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 28th 78% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 28th -4.7pp 29th 43% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 23rd -7.5pp 30th 23% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 30th -5.2pp 31st 48% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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 ±7.3pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents rose 13.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.9% to 61.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.2pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.4% to 61.8%).
61.8%
20102024
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 62.8% +2.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marana, AZ 71.4% 15th +19.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 83.2% 2nd +22.1pp 2nd 19% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 28th +13.9pp 3rd 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 17th +15.2pp 4th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 9th +16.0pp 5th 14% above peers
Kyle, TX 70.1% 16th +10.4pp 6th on par with peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 4th +11.4pp 7th 18% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 10th +10.7pp 8th 12% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 3rd +10.3pp 9th 18% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 8th +8.9pp 10th 14% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 5th +9.0pp 11th 16% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 11th +7.5pp 12th 10% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 18th +5.1pp 13th 3% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 12th +5.3pp 14th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 7th +3.3pp 15th 14% above peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 6th +0.8pp 16th 15% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 29th +0.5pp 17th 16% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 1st +0.3pp 18th 21% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 24th -0.5pp 19th 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 14th -1.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 13th -1.7pp 21st 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 21st -2.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 20th -3.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 19th -3.8pp 24th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 22nd -4.9pp 25th 5% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 30th -6.1pp 26th 17% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 27th 22% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 23rd -8.9pp 28th 6% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 26th -9.7pp 29th 10% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 25th -10.8pp 30th 9% below peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 27th -16.9pp 31st 10% below peers
Where is this changing? 10 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 ±10.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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