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55,951 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Olympia, WA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$81,302
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
$59,878 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
51.8%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
43.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.8%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
83.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.5%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
5.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
15.0%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
18.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.7%
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
2.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Olympia, WA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
28.5%
2020-24
▼ 47%
relative change
54.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.4%
May 2026
▲ 10%
relative change
4.0% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
14.2%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
12.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
49.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
47.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.6%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
8.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
13.8%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
15.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.5%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
39.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
69.1%
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
50.0% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Population
55,951
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
51,534 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$436,770
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$434,820 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$538,646
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$539,477 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.8%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
18.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 36% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $59,878 to $81,302 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,606). 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 54% from 2014 to 2024 ($52,834 to $81,302).
$81,302
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%
San Jacinto, CA $80,647 16th +55% 1st on par with peers
Bozeman, MT $85,747 12th +54% 2nd 6% above peers
Plainfield, NJ $85,908 11th +52% 3rd 7% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 23rd +50% 4th 18% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 21st +42% 5th 10% below peers
South Whittier, CA $100,800 7th +41% 6th 25% above peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 7th 43% below peers
Texas City, TX $68,776 22nd +41% 8th 15% below peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 4th +36% 9th 35% above peers
Olympia, WA $81,302 15th +36% 10th 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 10th +36% 11th 18% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 8th +31% 12th 24% above peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 14th +31% 13th 2% above peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 17th +29% 14th 3% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $59,648 27th +28% 15th 26% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $101,720 6th +28% 16th 26% above peers
Beaumont, CA $107,118 5th +27% 17th 33% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL $64,908 24th +27% 18th 20% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 30th +27% 19th 43% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 29th +27% 20th 42% below peers
Berwyn, IL $78,408 18th +25% 21st 3% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 1st +24% 22nd 43% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $112,013 3rd +23% 23rd 39% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 28th +22% 24th 35% below peers
Arcadia, CA $113,516 2nd +21% 25th 41% above peers
Highland, CA $77,120 19th +19% 26th 4% below peers
West Haven, CT $74,382 20th +18% 27th 8% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $61,977 26th +18% 28th 23% below peers
Chicopee, MA $62,615 25th +18% 29th 22% below peers
DeSoto, TX $82,782 13th +16% 30th 3% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $97,673 9th +9% 31st 21% 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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1 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 ±$4,826 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.4% in May 2026, up from 4.0% a year earlier.
4.4%
1990May 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 5.2% (May 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Perth Amboy, NJ 5.9% (May 26) 28th -2.0pp 1st 31% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 5.0% (May 26) 21st -1.2pp 2nd 11% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 4.5% (May 26) 15th -0.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Highland, CA 4.5% (May 26) 16th -0.7pp 4th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 3.0% (May 26) 4th -0.5pp 5th 33% below peers
Anderson, IN 3.7% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 6th 18% below peers
Chicopee, MA 4.7% (May 26) 17th -0.5pp 7th 4% above peers
Beaumont, CA 4.0% (May 26) 11th -0.3pp 8th 11% below peers
Valdosta, GA 3.8% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 9th 16% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 5.7% (May 26) 26th -0.3pp 10th 27% above peers
Smyrna, TN 2.5% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 11th 44% below peers
Bozeman, MT 2.3% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 12th 49% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 3.9% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 13th 13% below peers
Arcadia, CA 4.8% (May 26) 18th +0.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Southaven, MS 3.6% (May 26) 6th +0.1pp 15th 20% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 3.9% (May 26) 10th +0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 17th 31% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.8% (May 26) 3rd +0.3pp 18th 38% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.9% (May 26) 20th +0.3pp 19th 9% above peers
Olympia, WA 4.4% (May 26) 14th +0.4pp 20th 2% below peers
DeSoto, TX 5.2% (May 26) 23rd +0.5pp 21st 16% above peers
Berwyn, IL 5.1% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 13% above peers
Texas City, TX 5.5% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.6pp 24th 11% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 4.3% (May 26) 13th +0.9pp 25th 4% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 5.4% (May 26) 24th +1.0pp 26th 20% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.8% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 27th 7% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 8.6% (May 26) 29th +1.2pp 28th 91% above peers
West Haven, CT 5.7% (May 26) 27th +1.2pp 29th 27% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.3% then, 13.8% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 13.8%).
13.8%
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 9.6% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.0%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.0% 8th -5.5pp 1st 29% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 15.2% 20th -5.6pp 2nd 20% above peers
DeSoto, TX 7.5% 5th -2.5pp 3rd 41% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 4th -2.1pp 4th 47% below peers
Bozeman, MT 12.7% 17th -3.8pp 5th on par with peers
Valdosta, GA 24.9% 29th -6.1pp 6th 97% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.9% 13th -1.8pp 7th 14% below peers
Texas City, TX 15.9% 21st -2.6pp 8th 26% above peers
Arcadia, CA 8.5% 7th -1.2pp 9th 32% below peers
Anderson, IN 20.1% 27th -2.6pp 10th 59% above peers
Olympia, WA 13.8% 19th -1.5pp 11th 9% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.1% 23rd -1.1pp 12th 28% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 16.1% 22nd -0.9pp 13th 27% above peers
Highland, CA 17.0% 24th -0.9pp 14th 34% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 27.5% 30th -1.4pp 15th 118% above peers
Beaumont, CA 10.0% 10th -0.5pp 16th 21% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.5% 3rd -0.2pp 17th 48% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.0% 6th +0.2pp 18th 37% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.7% 16th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 28.5% 31st +1.7pp 20th 125% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.0% 26th +1.2pp 21st 58% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.5% 28th +1.9pp 22nd 62% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.5% 11th +1.0pp 23rd 17% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.9% 2nd +0.6pp 24th 53% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 9th +1.0pp 25th 24% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.5% 12th +1.2pp 26th 17% below peers
Smyrna, TN 12.4% 14th +1.9pp 27th 2% below peers
West Haven, CT 13.2% 18th +2.1pp 28th 4% above peers
Southaven, MS 12.5% 15th +2.1pp 29th 2% below peers
Chicopee, MA 17.1% 25th +3.4pp 30th 35% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.3% 1st +1.4pp 31st 66% 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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1 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 ±1.7pp 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 →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.3% then, 15.0% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.6% to 15.0%).
15.0%
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%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 8th -11.0pp 1st 44% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.1% 2nd -5.3pp 2nd 69% below peers
DeSoto, TX 9.1% 7th -8.2pp 3rd 46% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 4th -4.0pp 4th 63% below peers
Texas City, TX 20.8% 20th -10.6pp 5th 25% above peers
Arcadia, CA 9.4% 9th -2.8pp 6th 44% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.1% 3rd -1.6pp 7th 64% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.8% 22nd -6.0pp 8th 36% above peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 29th -8.9pp 9th 100% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 13.9% 12th -3.4pp 10th 17% below peers
Olympia, WA 15.0% 13th -3.3pp 11th 10% below peers
Berwyn, IL 15.4% 14th -3.3pp 12th 8% below peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 5th -1.4pp 13th 58% below peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 27th -5.2pp 14th 87% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 10th -1.3pp 15th 37% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 23.3% 23rd -1.7pp 16th 40% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 26.2% 26th -1.6pp 17th 57% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 18th 130% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 8.0% 6th -0.2pp 19th 52% below peers
West Haven, CT 16.7% 16th -0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 28th +0.1pp 21st 99% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 24th +0.2pp 22nd 40% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 21.6% 21st +0.2pp 23rd 29% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 15th +0.7pp 24th 5% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 18th +1.7pp 25th 17% above peers
Beaumont, CA 12.1% 11th +1.1pp 26th 27% below peers
Chicopee, MA 24.2% 25th +2.3pp 27th 45% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 28th 161% above peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 19th +5.9pp 29th 21% above peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 17th +5.7pp 30th 14% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 3.7% 1st +1.7pp 31st 78% 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 children below the poverty level
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1 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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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 11.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.0% to 94.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 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: broadband rose 14.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.8% to 94.8%).
94.8%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 93.7% +5.0pp
United States ref 91.1%
Perth Amboy, NJ 89.4% 24th +29.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 88.3% 28th +26.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 95.0% 5th +24.2pp 3rd 2% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 89.2% 25th +21.9pp 4th 4% below peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 31st +19.7pp 5th 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 94.0% 10th +14.3pp 6th 1% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 29th +12.5pp 7th 6% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 30th +11.9pp 8th 6% below peers
Texas City, TX 91.7% 22nd +11.9pp 9th 2% below peers
Olympia, WA 94.8% 7th +11.9pp 10th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 26th +11.0pp 11th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 23rd +10.5pp 12th 3% below peers
South Whittier, CA 93.3% 15th +10.2pp 13th on par with peers
San Jacinto, CA 92.8% 18th +9.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 13th +9.1pp 15th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 21st +9.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 94.0% 11th +8.5pp 17th 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL 92.3% 19th +8.1pp 18th 1% below peers
DeSoto, TX 93.8% 12th +8.1pp 19th 1% above peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 9th +8.0pp 20th 1% above peers
Chicopee, MA 88.4% 27th +6.5pp 21st 5% below peers
West Haven, CT 93.3% 14th +6.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 4th +6.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Arcadia, CA 96.7% 3rd +5.5pp 24th 4% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 17th +4.9pp 25th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 2nd +4.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 95.0% 6th +4.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Beaumont, CA 93.2% 16th +3.8pp 28th on par with peers
Spring Hill, TN 98.9% 1st +3.6pp 29th 6% above peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 20th +3.1pp 30th 1% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 94.6% 8th +3.0pp 31st 1% 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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1 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 →
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Four Corners, FL up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.44).
0.44
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 0.47 +0.012
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Plainfield, NJ 0.41 8th -0.070 1st 6% below peers
Valdosta, GA 0.51 30th -0.050 2nd 17% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 0.40 3rd -0.026 3rd 9% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 29th -0.033 4th 17% above peers
Texas City, TX 0.45 19th -0.023 5th 3% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 27th -0.024 6th 15% above peers
Olympia, WA 0.44 16th -0.015 7th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 13th -0.015 8th 2% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 0.46 23rd -0.014 9th 5% above peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 11th -0.010 10th 5% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 0.43 14th -0.010 11th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 0.46 20th -0.006 12th 5% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 0.44 17th -0.005 13th 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 0.43 15th -0.004 14th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 0.41 6th -0.001 15th 7% below peers
Berwyn, IL 0.41 10th +0.002 16th 6% below peers
Beaumont, CA 0.38 1st +0.002 17th 12% below peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 21st +0.003 18th 5% above peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 5th +0.003 19th 9% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 28th +0.005 20th 16% above peers
Arcadia, CA 0.49 25th +0.007 21st 11% above peers
South Whittier, CA 0.40 4th +0.007 22nd 9% below peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 24th +0.013 23rd 11% above peers
West Haven, CT 0.44 18th +0.019 24th 2% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 0.41 9th +0.021 25th 6% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 0.42 12th +0.022 26th 3% below peers
Chicopee, MA 0.46 22nd +0.028 27th 5% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 31st +0.035 28th 18% above peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 26th +0.036 29th 12% above peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 7th +0.031 30th 7% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.39 2nd +0.050 31st 12% below 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
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Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (16.7% then, 15.3% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.4% to 15.3%).
15.3%
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
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 10th -5.8pp 1st 35% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 3rd -1.8pp 2nd 68% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.4% 16th -3.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 5th -1.5pp 4th 58% below peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 18th -3.6pp 5th 18% above peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 11th -1.6pp 6th 32% below peers
Texas City, TX 17.6% 23rd -2.9pp 7th 31% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 8th -1.3pp 8th 42% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.4% 2nd -0.5pp 9th 75% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 23.8% 29th -3.0pp 10th 78% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 14th -1.3pp 11th 18% below peers
Olympia, WA 15.3% 17th -1.4pp 12th 14% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.7% 12th -0.8pp 13th 28% below peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 21st -1.1pp 14th 31% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 7.1% 7th -0.4pp 15th 47% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.6% 20th -0.8pp 16th 24% above peers
Berwyn, IL 16.2% 19th -0.8pp 17th 21% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.7% 25th -0.9pp 18th 54% above peers
West Haven, CT 17.5% 22nd +0.0pp 19th 31% above peers
Valdosta, GA 23.8% 28th +0.1pp 20th 78% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 19.8% 24th +2.6pp 21st 48% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 25.8% 31st +3.5pp 22nd 93% above peers
Chicopee, MA 25.0% 30th +3.5pp 23rd 87% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 20.7% 26th +2.9pp 24th 55% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 23.1% 27th +4.4pp 25th 72% above peers
Beaumont, CA 11.1% 15th +2.4pp 26th 17% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.9% 1st +0.9pp 27th 78% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.4% 4th +1.8pp 28th 59% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.4% 13th +3.6pp 29th 23% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.2% 9th +4.3pp 30th 39% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.8% 6th +4.2pp 31st 57% 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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  • 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 about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising
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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, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $538,646 in June 2026, down from $539,477 a year earlier.
$538,646
2000June 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 $603,303 (Jun 26) -0.6%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
West Haven, CT $371,947 (Jun 26) 19th +7.2% 1st 18% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $458,867 (Jun 26) 14th +6.8% 2nd 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL $325,587 (Jun 26) 20th +6.0% 3rd 28% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,400,152 (Jun 26) 2nd +4.2% 4th 210% above peers
Anderson, IN $138,938 (Jun 26) 28th +3.8% 5th 69% below peers
Valdosta, GA $215,219 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 6th 52% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $611,418 (Jun 26) 5th +2.9% 7th 35% above peers
Chicopee, MA $325,528 (Jun 26) 21st +2.8% 8th 28% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $126,888 (Jun 26) 29th +2.0% 9th 72% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $506,201 (Jun 26) 12th +2.0% 10th 12% above peers
Arcadia, CA $1,414,461 (Jun 26) 1st +2.0% 11th 213% above peers
Southaven, MS $276,561 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.8% 12th 39% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $383,279 (Jun 26) 18th +1.5% 13th 15% below peers
Highland, CA $538,218 (Jun 26) 8th +1.0% 14th 19% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $452,183 (Jun 26) 15th +0.5% 15th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ $526,197 (Jun 26) 10th +0.1% 16th 16% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $484,772 (Jun 26) 13th +0.0% 17th 7% above peers
Olympia, WA $538,646 (Jun 26) 7th -0.2% 18th 19% above peers
Beaumont, CA $538,963 (Jun 26) 6th -0.2% 19th 19% above peers
Kingsport, TN $259,315 (Jun 26) 25th -0.4% 20th 43% below peers
Spring Hill, TN $526,821 (Jun 26) 9th -0.4% 21st 17% above peers
Smyrna, TN $405,721 (Jun 26) 17th -0.9% 22nd 10% below peers
Bozeman, MT $733,959 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.9% 23rd 62% above peers
DeSoto, TX $324,894 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.8% 24th 28% below peers
Tigard, OR $611,673 (Jun 26) 4th -2.5% 25th 35% above peers
Texas City, TX $229,210 (Jun 26) 26th -2.6% 26th 49% below peers
Smyrna, GA $449,565 (Jun 26) 16th -2.9% 27th 1% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $275,573 (Jun 26) 24th -3.2% 28th 39% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $507,317 (Jun 26) 11th -5.9% 29th 12% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $436,770 in June 2026, up from $434,820 a year earlier.
$436,770
2000June 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 $396,406 (Jun 26) -0.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Port Arthur, TX $86,650 (Jun 26) 28th +14.1% 1st 72% below peers
Berwyn, IL $265,152 (Jun 26) 22nd +9.7% 2nd 16% below peers
West Haven, CT $277,023 (Jun 26) 18th +7.0% 3rd 12% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $303,664 (Jun 26) 17th +6.4% 4th 3% below peers
Anderson, IN $84,872 (Jun 26) 29th +5.1% 5th 73% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,063,939 (Jun 26) 1st +4.0% 6th 239% above peers
Chicopee, MA $271,583 (Jun 26) 20th +3.1% 7th 14% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ $353,682 (Jun 26) 13th +3.0% 8th 13% above peers
Highland, CA $426,513 (Jun 26) 9th +2.9% 9th 36% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $421,630 (Jun 26) 10th +2.9% 10th 34% above peers
Plainfield, NJ $447,089 (Jun 26) 7th +2.5% 11th 42% above peers
Valdosta, GA $114,056 (Jun 26) 27th +2.5% 12th 64% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $454,026 (Jun 26) 6th +2.4% 13th 45% above peers
Southaven, MS $205,525 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.1% 14th 35% below peers
Arcadia, CA $952,894 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.1% 15th 203% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $400,914 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 16th 28% above peers
Kingsport, TN $161,761 (Jun 26) 25th +0.5% 17th 48% below peers
Olympia, WA $436,770 (Jun 26) 8th +0.4% 18th 39% above peers
Beaumont, CA $457,443 (Jun 26) 5th +0.2% 19th 46% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $397,012 (Jun 26) 12th -0.4% 20th 26% above peers
Smyrna, TN $326,614 (Jun 26) 14th -0.7% 21st 4% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $275,805 (Jun 26) 19th -1.1% 22nd 12% below peers
DeSoto, TX $267,925 (Jun 26) 21st -1.6% 23rd 15% below peers
Bozeman, MT $496,539 (Jun 26) 3rd -2.1% 24th 58% above peers
Tigard, OR $477,493 (Jun 26) 4th -2.4% 25th 52% above peers
Smyrna, GA $311,607 (Jun 26) 16th -2.7% 26th 1% below peers
Texas City, TX $155,330 (Jun 26) 26th -2.8% 27th 51% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $195,352 (Jun 26) 24th -4.1% 28th 38% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $313,982 (Jun 26) 15th -6.6% 29th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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 (47.0% then, 49.8% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.0% to 49.8%).
49.8%
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 63.8% +0.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Perth Amboy, NJ 35.4% 30th +6.8pp 1st 40% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 75.0% 3rd +10.6pp 2nd 26% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 3rd 64% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 16th +7.3pp 4th on par with peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 29th +4.1pp 5th 30% below peers
DeSoto, TX 69.6% 7th +6.1pp 6th 17% above peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 6th +5.4pp 7th 22% above peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 17th +4.1pp 8th on par with peers
Winter Haven, FL 63.7% 12th +4.3pp 9th 7% above peers
Olympia, WA 49.8% 25th +2.8pp 10th 16% below peers
Berwyn, IL 61.1% 14th +3.0pp 11th 3% above peers
Beaumont, CA 80.8% 2nd +3.7pp 12th 36% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 27th +1.6pp 13th 25% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 1st +1.3pp 14th 38% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 44.8% 26th +0.6pp 15th 25% below peers
Texas City, TX 56.5% 21st +0.4pp 16th 5% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 19th +0.3pp 17th 2% below peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 13th +0.1pp 18th 4% above peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 20th -0.3pp 19th 4% below peers
South Whittier, CA 64.7% 10th -0.5pp 20th 9% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 68.7% 8th -0.7pp 21st 16% above peers
Arcadia, CA 58.1% 18th -1.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 23rd -1.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 15th -2.2pp 24th 1% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 73.4% 4th -2.8pp 25th 23% above peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 11th -2.8pp 26th 8% above peers
Chicopee, MA 55.7% 22nd -2.9pp 27th 6% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 43.9% 28th -2.5pp 28th 26% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 73.4% 5th -4.3pp 29th 23% above peers
West Haven, CT 50.6% 24th -4.1pp 30th 15% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 64.8% 9th -5.3pp 31st 9% 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.
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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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,013 in June 2026, up from $1,962 a year earlier.
$2,013
2015June 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 $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Port Arthur, TX $1,328 (Jun 26) 28th +10.0% 1st 31% below peers
Kingsport, TN $1,355 (Jun 26) 25th +6.7% 2nd 30% below peers
Berwyn, IL $1,472 (Jun 26) 24th +6.0% 3rd 24% below peers
Anderson, IN $1,054 (Jun 26) 29th +5.3% 4th 45% below peers
Texas City, TX $1,342 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 5th 30% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $2,698 (Jun 26) 5th +3.3% 6th 40% above peers
Arcadia, CA $3,325 (Jun 26) 1st +3.0% 7th 73% above peers
Highland, CA $2,459 (Jun 26) 6th +3.0% 8th 28% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $1,807 (Jun 26) 17th +2.9% 9th 6% below peers
Beaumont, CA $2,704 (Jun 26) 4th +2.7% 10th 40% above peers
Olympia, WA $2,013 (Jun 26) 12th +2.6% 11th 5% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $1,756 (Jun 26) 18th +2.5% 12th 9% below peers
Bozeman, MT $2,227 (Jun 26) 9th +1.9% 13th 16% above peers
Valdosta, GA $1,345 (Jun 26) 26th +1.9% 14th 30% below peers
West Haven, CT $2,005 (Jun 26) 13th +1.9% 15th 4% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $2,726 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.8% 16th 42% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $2,793 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.7% 17th 45% above peers
Smyrna, TN $1,693 (Jun 26) 20th +1.6% 18th 12% below peers
Smyrna, GA $1,614 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.3% 19th 16% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $2,400 (Jun 26) 7th +0.3% 20th 25% above peers
Southaven, MS $1,540 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.2% 21st 20% below peers
Tigard, OR $1,895 (Jun 26) 16th +0.2% 22nd 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $1,718 (Jun 26) 19th -0.1% 23rd 11% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $1,955 (Jun 26) 14th -0.4% 24th 2% above peers
DeSoto, TX $1,926 (Jun 26) 15th -1.3% 25th on par with peers
Spring Hill, TN $2,030 (Jun 26) 11th -2.0% 26th 5% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 8th 24% above peers
Chicopee, MA 21st 15% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 10th 13% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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 (39.1% then, 40.5% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.1% to 40.5%).
40.5%
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
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 30th -6.2pp 1st 35% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 46.6% 28th -4.6pp 2nd 19% above peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 8th -3.1pp 3rd 17% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 10th -2.6pp 4th 16% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 41.1% 22nd -2.1pp 5th 5% above peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 15th -1.9pp 6th on par with peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 18th -1.2pp 7th 3% above peers
West Haven, CT 40.9% 21st -1.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 31.9% 7th -0.6pp 9th 19% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 20th +0.0pp 10th 4% above peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 3rd +0.3pp 11th 25% below peers
South Whittier, CA 41.4% 24th +0.7pp 12th 5% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55.1% 31st +1.1pp 13th 40% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 41.1% 23rd +1.1pp 14th 5% above peers
Olympia, WA 40.5% 19th +1.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Berwyn, IL 39.3% 16th +1.4pp 16th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 51.9% 29th +2.1pp 17th 32% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 27.9% 2nd +1.2pp 18th 29% below peers
Beaumont, CA 36.5% 12th +2.3pp 19th 7% below peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 4th +2.4pp 20th 24% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 13th +3.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Arcadia, CA 45.8% 27th +4.3pp 22nd 17% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 6th +3.6pp 23rd 21% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 11th +4.2pp 24th 8% below peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 9th +4.0pp 25th 17% below peers
Texas City, TX 38.0% 14th +4.8pp 26th 3% below peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 5th +5.1pp 27th 22% below peers
Chicopee, MA 40.3% 17th +6.9pp 28th 3% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 27.6% 1st +5.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.5% 25th +8.6pp 30th 8% above peers
DeSoto, TX 45.2% 26th +10.0pp 31st 15% 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better 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 (8.9% then, 7.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.7% to 7.6%).
7.6%
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 7.0% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Jacinto, CA 3.5% 3rd -3.4pp 1st 35% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 83% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 12.7% 29th -8.3pp 3rd 139% above peers
DeSoto, TX 4.0% 9th -1.9pp 4th 24% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 12th -1.9pp 5th 13% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 2nd -1.2pp 6th 35% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 25th -3.3pp 7th 79% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 23rd -2.8pp 8th 68% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 20th -2.2pp 9th 39% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 15th -1.3pp 10th on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 5th -0.9pp 11th 27% below peers
Olympia, WA 7.6% 21st -1.3pp 12th 43% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 6th -0.6pp 13th 27% below peers
West Haven, CT 10.8% 27th -1.8pp 14th 104% above peers
Chicopee, MA 10.0% 26th -1.4pp 15th 88% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 8.0% 22nd -0.9pp 16th 51% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 17th 396% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.9% 30th -0.3pp 18th 293% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 28th -0.0pp 19th 105% above peers
Berwyn, IL 9.0% 24th +0.1pp 20th 69% above peers
Texas City, TX 7.0% 19th +0.3pp 21st 31% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.0% 18th +0.4pp 22nd 13% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 8th +0.3pp 23rd 24% below peers
South Whittier, CA 4.6% 11th +0.5pp 24th 14% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 5.9% 17th +1.5pp 25th 10% above peers
Arcadia, CA 5.0% 13th +1.3pp 26th 7% below peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 4th +1.1pp 27th 31% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.0% 14th +1.6pp 28th 7% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 10th +1.4pp 29th 23% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.3% 16th +2.2pp 30th on par with peers
Beaumont, CA 3.9% 7th +2.1pp 31st 26% 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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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 ±1.3pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.9% then, 5.5% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.9% to 5.5%).
5.5%
20122024
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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
Tigard, OR 3.1% 1st -4.3pp 1st 66% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 3.3% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 64% below peers
Bozeman, MT 6.2% 9th -2.2pp 3rd 32% below peers
Arcadia, CA 3.5% 4th -1.1pp 4th 62% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.1% 22nd -3.2pp 5th 33% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 20th -2.7pp 6th 19% above peers
Beaumont, CA 4.5% 5th -1.1pp 7th 51% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 8.1% 13th -2.0pp 8th 10% below peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 11th -1.7pp 9th 14% below peers
Berwyn, IL 10.2% 18th -1.5pp 10th 12% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 15th -1.2pp 11th 1% below peers
Texas City, TX 16.4% 27th -2.2pp 12th 80% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.1% 17th -1.0pp 13th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 19th -1.1pp 14th 17% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 10th -0.7pp 15th 19% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 12.2% 23rd -1.0pp 16th 35% above peers
Olympia, WA 5.5% 8th -0.3pp 17th 39% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.1% 26th -0.3pp 18th 77% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.1% 31st +0.1pp 19th 221% above peers
West Haven, CT 7.8% 12th +0.4pp 20th 14% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.7% 6th +0.3pp 21st 48% below peers
Kingsport, TN 8.7% 14th +0.7pp 22nd 4% below peers
Chicopee, MA 3.4% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 63% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 27.8% 30th +2.3pp 24th 206% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.9% 21st +1.2pp 25th 20% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 19.8% 28th +2.8pp 26th 118% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 9.1% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.5% 29th +4.7pp 28th 147% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 5.5% 7th +1.3pp 29th 39% below peers
Smyrna, TN 13.4% 25th +3.9pp 30th 48% above peers
DeSoto, TX 13.0% 24th +3.8pp 31st 43% 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.
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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.

33.6%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 31.1%
United States ref 33.4%
Arcadia, CA 16.3% 1st 53% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 21.7% 2nd 38% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 3rd 31% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 28.2% 4th 19% below peers
South Whittier, CA 28.8% 5th 17% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 6th 16% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 7th 16% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 29.4% 8th 16% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 9th 12% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 32.9% 10th 5% below peers
Beaumont, CA 33.1% 11th 5% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 33.4% 12th 4% below peers
Olympia, WA 33.6% 13th 3% below peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 14th 3% below peers
West Haven, CT 34.3% 15th 1% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 16th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 34.9% 17th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ 35.0% 18th 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL 35.4% 19th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 20th 3% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 37.4% 21st 7% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.7% 22nd 8% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 23rd 9% above peers
DeSoto, TX 38.4% 24th 10% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 25th 16% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 26th 18% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 27th 21% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 28th 22% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.8% 29th 23% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 30th 23% above peers
Texas City, TX 45.3% 31st 30% 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 (2.8% then, 3.7% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 3.7%).
3.7%
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
Fountain Valley, CA 1.3% 2nd -3.2pp 1st 71% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 14th -8.6pp 2nd 10% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 7th -5.8pp 3rd 31% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.9% 1st -1.5pp 4th 79% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 2.5% 5th -3.9pp 5th 44% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 4.5% 17th -5.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 4th -2.2pp 7th 47% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 16th -2.0pp 8th on par with peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.6% 12th -1.1pp 9th 17% below peers
Berwyn, IL 2.3% 3rd -0.7pp 10th 49% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 9th -0.8pp 11th 27% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 7.7% 22nd -0.3pp 12th 75% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.6% 29th -0.5pp 13th 208% above peers
Texas City, TX 10.7% 25th -0.4pp 14th 142% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.8% 18th +0.1pp 15th 9% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 27th +0.3pp 16th 165% above peers
West Haven, CT 5.8% 21st +0.4pp 17th 32% above peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 19th +0.7pp 18th 12% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 20th +0.8pp 19th 15% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 24th +1.7pp 20th 124% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 21st 357% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 12.1% 28th +2.7pp 22nd 173% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 6th +0.7pp 23rd 34% below peers
Olympia, WA 3.7% 13th +1.0pp 24th 16% below peers
Beaumont, CA 3.4% 11th +1.2pp 25th 22% below peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 23rd +3.8pp 26th 114% above peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 26th +5.1pp 27th 159% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.4% 10th +1.6pp 28th 24% below peers
Chicopee, MA 3.1% 8th +1.6pp 29th 30% below peers
DeSoto, TX 13.9% 30th +7.8pp 30th 216% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.2% 15th +2.6pp 31st 4% 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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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 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.6% to 51.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). 13 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; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.4% to 51.8%).
51.8%
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
Texas City, TX 20.0% 26th +5.0pp 1st 31% below peers
West Haven, CT 30.5% 14th +6.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Olympia, WA 51.8% 4th +8.1pp 3rd 79% above peers
South Whittier, CA 17.9% 27th +2.6pp 4th 38% below peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 12th +4.4pp 5th 9% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 10th +5.7pp 6th 49% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 5th +6.8pp 7th 77% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 16th +3.7pp 8th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 13th +3.9pp 9th 8% above peers
Chicopee, MA 22.9% 22nd +2.8pp 10th 21% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.0% 25th +2.5pp 11th 24% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 22.0% 24th +2.4pp 12th 24% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 14.2% 30th +1.5pp 13th 51% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 2nd +5.9pp 14th 106% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 48.5% 7th +4.8pp 15th 68% above peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 1st +6.4pp 16th 126% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 18th +2.6pp 17th 4% below peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 17th +2.6pp 18th 2% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 35.6% 11th +3.0pp 19th 23% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 20th 56% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.3% 6th +3.5pp 21st 74% above peers
Berwyn, IL 24.2% 20th +1.6pp 22nd 16% below peers
DeSoto, TX 30.1% 15th +1.9pp 23rd 4% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 46.4% 8th +2.9pp 24th 61% above peers
Arcadia, CA 57.4% 3rd +2.6pp 25th 99% above peers
Beaumont, CA 27.4% 19th +1.2pp 26th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 23rd +0.8pp 27th 21% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 21st +0.8pp 28th 19% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 15.7% 29th +0.3pp 29th 46% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 45.9% 9th +0.9pp 30th 59% above peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 28th -0.3pp 31st 46% 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

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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 →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 25.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.1% to 28.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.7pp). 4 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; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 18.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.4% to 28.5%).
28.5%
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%
West Haven, CT 79.0% 1st +35.0pp 1st 72% above peers
Texas City, TX 39.8% 23rd +16.1pp 2nd 13% below peers
Chicopee, MA 45.8% 16th +10.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Apple Valley, MN 42.7% 19th +9.4pp 4th 7% below peers
Anderson, IN 26.6% 29th +5.2pp 5th 42% below peers
South Whittier, CA 46.4% 15th +6.8pp 6th 1% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 67.7% 3rd +9.3pp 7th 48% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 20th +5.0pp 8th 11% below peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 7th +7.0pp 9th 27% above peers
Berwyn, IL 50.8% 12th +4.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 10th +1.4pp 11th 12% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 78.3% 2nd +1.5pp 12th 71% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 26th +0.1pp 13th 32% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 9th -1.5pp 14th 18% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 5th -2.5pp 15th 35% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 62.0% 4th -3.3pp 16th 35% above peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 11th -3.7pp 17th 11% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 22nd -3.0pp 18th 11% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 43.2% 18th -5.4pp 19th 6% below peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 24th -5.4pp 20th 18% below peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 21st -6.5pp 21st 11% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 28.1% 28th -4.9pp 22nd 39% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.4% 13th -12.4pp 23rd 10% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 8th -15.6pp 24th 19% above peers
DeSoto, TX 59.9% 6th -17.6pp 25th 31% above peers
Arcadia, CA 48.9% 14th -19.3pp 26th 7% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 25th -13.8pp 27th 27% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 24.3% 31st -11.6pp 28th 47% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 43.5% 17th -23.6pp 29th 5% below peers
Beaumont, CA 26.4% 30th -22.3pp 30th 42% below peers
Olympia, WA 28.5% 27th -25.6pp 31st 38% 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 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.3pp 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 (12.1% then, 14.2% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 11.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.7% to 14.2%).
14.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 7.6% +1.1pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Fountain Valley, CA 1.6% 3rd -3.8pp 1st 77% below peers
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 4th -5.3pp 2nd 54% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 17th -5.2pp 3rd 3% above peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 18th -5.4pp 4th 10% above peers
Chicopee, MA 6.9% 16th -4.3pp 5th on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 8.6% 21st -3.7pp 6th 25% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.1% 13th -2.1pp 7th 11% below peers
Texas City, TX 8.3% 20th -1.8pp 8th 20% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 30th -3.3pp 9th 128% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.5% 6th -0.7pp 10th 49% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 10.3% 25th -0.6pp 11th 48% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.3% 5th -0.0pp 12th 52% below peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 24th +0.6pp 13th 44% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 1st +0.1pp 14th 85% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 10th +0.5pp 15th 33% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 16th 34% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10.9% 26th +1.5pp 17th 57% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.2% 29th +2.2pp 18th 105% above peers
Berwyn, IL 7.6% 19th +1.3pp 19th 10% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 14th +1.5pp 20th 3% below peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 15th +1.8pp 21st 3% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 23rd +3.3pp 22nd 37% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 12.3% 28th +4.8pp 23rd 78% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.8% 11th +1.9pp 24th 30% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 17.0% 31st +7.9pp 25th 146% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 7th +1.8pp 26th 46% below peers
Arcadia, CA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 27th 77% below peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 12th +3.1pp 28th 17% below peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 27th +6.9pp 29th 59% above peers
Beaumont, CA 9.3% 22nd +6.4pp 30th 35% above peers
West Haven, CT 4.5% 8th +3.8pp 31st 34% 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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 ±6.3pp 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 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 51,534 to 55,951 - more than the combined survey margin (±68). 24 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 17% from 2014 to 2024 (47,847 to 55,951).
55,951
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Spring Hill, TN 55,765 17th +40% 1st on par with peers
Winter Haven, FL 55,200 29th +34% 2nd 1% below peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 11th +20% 3rd 1% above peers
Beaumont, CA 56,266 6th +19% 4th 1% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 55,180 30th +15% 5th 1% below peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 1st +14% 6th 2% above peers
Texas City, TX 55,364 24th +14% 7th 1% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 4th +12% 8th 1% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 55,236 28th +10% 9th 1% below peers
Olympia, WA 55,951 13th +9% 10th on par with peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55,855 15th +8% 11th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 56,211 10th +6% 12th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 7th +5% 13th 1% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 55,679 18th +5% 14th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 12th +5% 15th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 9th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Highland, CA 56,675 2nd +3% 17th 2% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 55,472 22nd +2% 18th 1% below peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 23rd +2% 19th 1% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 16th +1% 20th on par with peers
West Haven, CT 55,351 25th +1% 21st 1% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 5th +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 3rd +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 56,258 8th +0% 24th 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL 55,595 21st +0% 25th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 14th +0% 26th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 55,295 26th -0% 27th 1% below peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 27th -2% 28th 1% below peers
Arcadia, CA 55,170 31st -5% 29th 1% below peers
South Whittier, CA 55,650 20th -8% 30th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 55,665 19th -8% 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.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±43 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 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 (18.0% then, 17.8% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (18.1% to 17.8%).
17.8%
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 21.1% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Plainfield, NJ 28.9% 2nd +2.9pp 1st 34% above peers
West Haven, CT 20.2% 24th +0.5pp 2nd 6% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 22nd +0.4pp 3rd 5% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 6th +0.4pp 4th 27% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 24.9% 9th +0.3pp 5th 15% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 20th +0.2pp 6th 3% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 21.4% 18th +0.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Beaumont, CA 29.5% 1st -0.0pp 8th 36% above peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 8th -0.1pp 9th 16% above peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 13th -0.2pp 10th 5% above peers
Olympia, WA 17.8% 28th -0.2pp 11th 18% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 22.9% 10th -0.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 19.0% 27th -0.7pp 13th 12% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 16th -0.8pp 14th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 19.2% 26th -0.8pp 15th 11% below peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 7th -1.1pp 16th 18% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 19th -1.0pp 17th 2% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 17th -1.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Arcadia, CA 20.9% 21st -1.3pp 19th 4% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 27.6% 5th -1.7pp 20th 28% above peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 25th -1.3pp 21st 7% below peers
Texas City, TX 22.8% 12th -1.6pp 22nd 6% above peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 4th -2.7pp 23rd 29% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 28.9% 3rd -3.1pp 24th 34% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 15.5% 29th -1.7pp 25th 28% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 30th -1.6pp 26th 39% below peers
South Whittier, CA 22.9% 11th -2.8pp 27th 6% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 28th 50% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 22.6% 14th -4.4pp 29th 5% above peers
Berwyn, IL 22.4% 15th -4.8pp 30th 4% above peers
DeSoto, TX 20.6% 23rd -6.1pp 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: 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.0% then, 39.5% now; margin ±8.0pp).

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 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.7% to 39.5%).
39.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 25.3% -0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fountain Valley, CA 21.8% 26th +7.5pp 1st 39% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 17.2% 31st +5.8pp 2nd 52% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 20.9% 27th +4.5pp 3rd 42% below peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 9th +8.9pp 4th 25% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 7th +8.7pp 5th 34% above peers
Chicopee, MA 56.4% 2nd +9.4pp 6th 57% above peers
Olympia, WA 39.5% 13th +6.5pp 7th 10% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 30.0% 20th +4.3pp 8th 17% below peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 12th +4.9pp 9th 13% above peers
DeSoto, TX 43.7% 10th +5.2pp 10th 21% above peers
Arcadia, CA 21.9% 25th +2.5pp 11th 39% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 12th 68% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 55.8% 3rd +5.9pp 13th 55% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.1% 15th +3.4pp 14th 3% above peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 17th +2.3pp 15th 2% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 54.0% 4th +3.2pp 16th 50% above peers
Beaumont, CA 28.3% 22nd +1.3pp 17th 22% below peers
Berwyn, IL 37.5% 14th +1.5pp 18th 4% above peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 21st -0.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 5th -0.3pp 20th 45% above peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 24th -0.2pp 21st 34% below peers
West Haven, CT 41.1% 11th -1.0pp 22nd 14% above peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 6th -2.0pp 23rd 35% above peers
South Whittier, CA 20.9% 28th -1.3pp 24th 42% below peers
Texas City, TX 44.9% 8th -3.3pp 25th 25% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 32.8% 19th -3.0pp 26th 9% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 18th -3.5pp 27th 8% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 29th -2.6pp 28th 46% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 23rd -5.7pp 29th 29% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 36.0% 16th -8.9pp 30th on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 30th -7.3pp 31st 50% 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 ±5.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents rose 19.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.0% to 69.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±14.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 8 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.8% to 69.1%).
69.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 62.8% +2.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
New Brunswick, NJ 83.7% 1st +26.1pp 1st 18% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 70.4% 17th +21.6pp 2nd 1% below peers
Olympia, WA 69.1% 18th +19.1pp 3rd 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 74.1% 12th +18.5pp 4th 5% above peers
Arcadia, CA 70.7% 16th +17.6pp 5th on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 30th +13.6pp 6th 22% below peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 20th +14.8pp 7th 4% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 54.2% 31st +10.9pp 8th 23% below peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 4th +14.1pp 9th 14% above peers
Chicopee, MA 82.7% 2nd +14.5pp 10th 17% above peers
Texas City, TX 80.1% 5th +13.9pp 11th 13% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 15th +10.8pp 12th 1% above peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 10th +11.2pp 13th 6% above peers
Beaumont, CA 75.7% 7th +10.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 6th +10.6pp 15th 13% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 81.0% 3rd +9.5pp 16th 14% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 72.4% 13th +7.7pp 17th 2% above peers
South Whittier, CA 75.5% 8th +6.4pp 18th 7% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 72.3% 14th +5.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Berwyn, IL 74.5% 11th +1.2pp 20th 5% above peers
DeSoto, TX 75.2% 9th +0.9pp 21st 6% above peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 19th +0.6pp 22nd 4% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 26th -4.2pp 23rd 15% below peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 29th -4.2pp 24th 18% below peers
West Haven, CT 66.7% 22nd -5.7pp 25th 6% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 24th -7.0pp 26th 14% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 64.7% 23rd -7.8pp 27th 8% below peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 25th -7.9pp 28th 14% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 67.7% 21st -8.8pp 29th 4% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 58.0% 28th -10.5pp 30th 18% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 27th -19.8pp 31st 17% 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 ±11.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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