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Renton, WA
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105,317 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 7 indicators

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

Big shifts 3 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 29% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $77,739 to $100,432 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,644). 30 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 54% from 2014 to 2024 ($65,223 to $100,432).
$100,432
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%
Bend, OR $96,394 15th +47% 1st 8% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 16th +44% 2nd on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 22nd +42% 3rd 17% below peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 24th +39% 4th 23% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 12th +39% 5th 12% above peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 30th +39% 6th 37% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 13th +38% 7th 10% above peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 20th +37% 8th 10% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 26th +34% 9th 25% below peers
Inglewood, CA $72,750 23rd +34% 10th 18% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $104,340 7th +33% 11th 17% above peers
Hillsboro, OR $106,409 6th +29% 12th 20% above peers
Renton, WA $100,432 11th +29% 13th 13% above peers
Burbank, CA $97,082 14th +28% 14th 9% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $60,177 28th +27% 15th 32% below peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 5th +27% 16th 25% above peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 21st +26% 17th 14% below peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 17th +26% 18th 2% below peers
Goodyear, AZ $103,319 8th +23% 19th 16% above peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 1st +23% 20th 73% above peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 29th +22% 21st 33% below peers
El Cajon, CA $67,511 25th +22% 22nd 24% below peers
West Covina, CA $101,065 10th +22% 23rd 14% above peers
Dearborn, MI $65,324 27th +22% 24th 26% below peers
Davie, FL $87,250 18th +22% 25th 2% below peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 3rd +21% 26th 48% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 19th +21% 27th 3% below peers
Centennial, CO $131,928 2nd +21% 28th 48% above peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 4th +19% 29th 47% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 9th +14% 30th 15% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR $19,470 31st +12% 31st 78% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,956 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 0.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.9% in May 2026, up from 4.2% a year earlier.
4.9%
1990May 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
Boulder, CO 3.8% (May 26) 8th -0.6pp 1st 10% below peers
South Bend, IN 3.8% (May 26) 9th -0.5pp 2nd 10% below peers
Burbank, CA 6.5% (May 26) 29th -0.4pp 3rd 55% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.6% (May 26) 18th -0.4pp 4th 10% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.0% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 5th 29% below peers
Vacaville, CA 4.1% (May 26) 11th -0.3pp 6th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 5.0% (May 26) 24th -0.3pp 7th 19% above peers
El Cajon, CA 4.3% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 8th 2% above peers
San Mateo, CA 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 9th 24% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 10th 38% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 4.2% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 11th on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.2pp 12th 40% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.5% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 13th 17% below peers
Bend, OR 4.1% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 14th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 2.9% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 15th 31% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 4.7% (May 26) 20th +0.0pp 16th 12% above peers
El Monte, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th +0.1pp 17th 19% above peers
Inglewood, CA 5.9% (May 26) 28th +0.1pp 18th 40% above peers
West Covina, CA 4.9% (May 26) 21st +0.1pp 19th 17% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 3.5% (May 26) 7th +0.3pp 20th 17% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.1% (May 26) 27th +0.3pp 21st 21% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 3.9% (May 26) 10th +0.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.1% (May 26) 13th +0.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 4.2% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 24th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +0.5pp 25th 17% above peers
Dearborn, MI 5.0% (May 26) 26th +0.5pp 26th 19% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 4.6% (May 26) 19th +0.6pp 27th 10% above peers
Renton, WA 4.9% (May 26) 23rd +0.7pp 28th 17% above peers
Davie, FL 4.3% (May 26) 17th +1.2pp 29th 2% 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 (9.2% then, 8.1% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.4% to 8.1%).
8.1%
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%
Goodyear, AZ 5.0% 3rd -2.6pp 1st 54% below peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 19th -3.5pp 2nd 16% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 17th -2.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.5% 6th -1.5pp 4th 32% below peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 13th -1.5pp 5th 20% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.3% 5th -1.2pp 6th 33% below peers
Dearborn, MI 24.2% 29th -3.8pp 7th 122% above peers
Inglewood, CA 14.5% 23rd -2.2pp 8th 33% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 9th -1.2pp 9th 26% below peers
South Bend, IN 20.4% 28th -2.6pp 10th 87% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 8.4% 11th -1.0pp 11th 23% below peers
El Monte, CA 17.3% 25th -2.0pp 12th 58% above peers
Brockton, MA 13.3% 21st -1.3pp 13th 22% above peers
Davie, FL 10.9% 16th -1.0pp 14th on par with peers
Conroe, TX 11.1% 18th -0.9pp 15th 2% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 49.3% 31st -0.6pp 16th 352% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.3% 22nd -0.1pp 17th 31% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 15.7% 24th -0.0pp 18th 44% above peers
Burbank, CA 10.7% 15th +0.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.2% 1st +0.1pp 20th 70% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.7% 20th +0.5pp 21st 17% above peers
Boulder, CO 19.1% 26th +0.7pp 22nd 75% above peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 7th +0.3pp 23rd 31% below peers
El Cajon, CA 20.2% 27th +1.2pp 24th 85% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 10th +0.7pp 25th 25% below peers
Edinburg, TX 24.9% 30th +2.1pp 26th 128% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% 12th +0.9pp 27th 22% below peers
Vacaville, CA 7.7% 8th +0.9pp 28th 29% below peers
West Covina, CA 9.9% 14th +1.7pp 29th 9% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 4th +1.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 63% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.9% then, 8.6% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.0% to 8.6%).
8.6%
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%
Goodyear, AZ 5.9% 3rd -5.7pp 1st 49% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 4th -4.6pp 2nd 45% below peers
Brockton, MA 15.2% 20th -4.9pp 3rd 33% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 22nd -5.8pp 4th 59% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 19th -4.3pp 5th 32% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 6th -2.3pp 6th 25% below peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 18th -3.3pp 7th 23% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 11.4% 15th -2.6pp 8th on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 10.1% 10th -2.3pp 9th 11% below peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 11th -2.1pp 10th 9% below peers
Davie, FL 11.4% 16th -2.2pp 11th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 28th -4.8pp 12th 155% above peers
Dearborn, MI 34.5% 29th -5.3pp 13th 202% above peers
Inglewood, CA 20.3% 24th -2.9pp 14th 78% above peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 27th -3.7pp 15th 133% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 12th -1.0pp 16th 8% below peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 9th -0.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.9% 31st -4.2pp 18th 477% above peers
El Cajon, CA 26.5% 26th -0.3pp 19th 132% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 21st +0.2pp 20th 48% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 23rd +0.4pp 21st 76% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 22nd 74% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 7th +0.6pp 23rd 22% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 1st +0.2pp 24th 74% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 24.4% 25th +1.9pp 25th 114% above peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 30th +4.1pp 26th 216% above peers
Burbank, CA 10.8% 13th +1.6pp 27th 5% below peers
West Covina, CA 12.3% 17th +1.9pp 28th 7% above peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 14th +2.0pp 29th 5% below peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 8th +2.7pp 30th 21% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 5th +2.3pp 31st 34% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.6% to 94.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 28 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 7.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.0% to 94.4%).
94.4%
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%
Ponce zona urbana, PR 85.9% 31st +25.5pp 1st 9% below peers
South Bend, IN 89.1% 28th +17.3pp 2nd 6% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 22nd +14.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 29th +12.6pp 4th 6% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 26th +12.2pp 5th 5% below peers
Dearborn, MI 93.4% 20th +11.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 88.3% 30th +10.8pp 7th 6% below peers
Burbank, CA 95.0% 12th +10.4pp 8th 1% above peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 27th +9.1pp 9th 5% below peers
Inglewood, CA 92.2% 23rd +9.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 24th +8.9pp 11th 4% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 14th +8.2pp 12th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 13th +7.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 19th +6.3pp 14th 1% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 96.4% 5th +6.2pp 15th 2% above peers
West Covina, CA 94.2% 17th +5.9pp 16th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 93.6% 18th +5.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 25th +5.0pp 18th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 8th +5.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 1st +4.4pp 20th 3% above peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 9th +3.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 10th +3.6pp 22nd 1% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 95.2% 11th +3.4pp 23rd 1% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 96.7% 3rd +3.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 6th +3.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Davie, FL 94.6% 15th +2.9pp 26th on par with peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 21st +2.5pp 28th 1% below peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 7th +2.6pp 29th 2% above peers
Centennial, CO 96.9% 2nd +2.5pp 30th 3% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 4th -0.5pp 31st 2% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.43).
0.43
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
Conroe, TX 0.44 17th -0.029 1st on par with peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 5th -0.019 2nd 10% below peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 3rd -0.011 3rd 10% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 6th -0.007 4th 9% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 0.38 2nd -0.006 5th 15% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 22nd -0.006 6th 8% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 0.52 29th -0.006 7th 18% above peers
Davie, FL 0.49 27th -0.004 8th 10% above peers
Inglewood, CA 0.45 18th -0.001 9th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 4th -0.000 10th 10% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 20th +0.001 11th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 11th +0.002 12th 6% below peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 16th +0.003 13th on par with peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 0.58 31st +0.005 14th 30% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 15th 18% below peers
El Cajon, CA 0.45 19th +0.008 16th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 0.48 25th +0.010 17th 9% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 10th +0.009 18th 7% below peers
Renton, WA 0.43 13th +0.012 19th 3% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 0.48 24th +0.013 20th 8% above peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 15th +0.012 21st 1% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 14th +0.012 22nd 2% below peers
Bend, OR 0.47 21st +0.014 23rd 6% above peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 23rd +0.014 24th 8% above peers
Burbank, CA 0.50 28th +0.017 25th 12% above peers
Centennial, CO 0.41 9th +0.014 26th 8% below peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 8th +0.014 27th 9% below peers
West Covina, CA 0.43 12th +0.019 28th 4% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 26th +0.023 29th 9% above peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 30th +0.029 30th 27% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 0.40 7th +0.022 31st 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better 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 (11.4% then, 11.6% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.6% to 11.6%).
11.6%
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
Bend, OR 7.7% 10th -4.9pp 1st 29% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 9th -4.5pp 2nd 33% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 3.6% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 66% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 1st -0.5pp 4th 87% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 12.0% 20th -3.4pp 5th 11% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 17th -2.8pp 6th 1% above peers
Davie, FL 9.4% 15th -2.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 25th -4.0pp 8th 75% above peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 21st -2.0pp 9th 55% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 10.7% 16th -1.2pp 10th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 6th -0.3pp 11th 57% below peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 28th -1.7pp 12th 114% above peers
Dearborn, MI 21.6% 26th -1.3pp 13th 102% above peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 19th +0.3pp 14th 8% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 23rd +0.4pp 15th 61% above peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 13th +0.2pp 16th 18% below peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 12th +0.2pp 17th 25% below peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 30th +2.2pp 18th 193% above peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 22nd +1.5pp 19th 60% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 5th +0.4pp 20th 63% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 11th +1.2pp 21st 25% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 4th +0.6pp 22nd 64% below peers
El Cajon, CA 24.7% 29th +3.6pp 23rd 130% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 54.5% 31st +8.5pp 24th 408% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 7th +1.0pp 25th 52% below peers
Inglewood, CA 18.7% 24th +5.4pp 26th 74% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 27th +6.6pp 27th 105% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.5% 2nd +0.9pp 28th 76% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.5% 8th +2.0pp 29th 48% below peers
Burbank, CA 9.2% 14th +4.4pp 30th 14% below peers
West Covina, CA 11.4% 18th +6.1pp 31st 7% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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13 of 23 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
See all Economy data →
Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $752,310 in June 2026, down from $768,321 a year earlier.
$752,310
2000June 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 $603,303 (Jun 26) -0.6%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
South Bend, IN $202,069 (Jun 26) 28th +6.9% 1st 61% below peers
Green Bay, WI $289,378 (Jun 26) 25th +5.8% 2nd 44% below peers
Dearborn, MI $255,121 (Jun 26) 26th +4.6% 3rd 51% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $701,613 (Jun 26) 10th +2.9% 4th 35% above peers
Inglewood, CA $764,548 (Jun 26) 7th +2.4% 5th 47% above peers
San Mateo, CA $1,678,255 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 6th 222% above peers
Brockton, MA $516,482 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 7th 1% below peers
Fishers, IN $450,919 (Jun 26) 20th +1.7% 8th 13% below peers
Edinburg, TX $219,009 (Jun 26) 27th +1.6% 9th 58% below peers
El Monte, CA $766,805 (Jun 26) 6th +1.5% 10th 47% above peers
West Covina, CA $850,383 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 11th 63% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $178,137 (Jun 26) 29th +1.0% 12th 66% below peers
Rialto, CA $592,780 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 13th 14% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $677,991 (Jun 26) 11th +0.5% 14th 30% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $417,512 (Jun 26) 21st +0.3% 15th 20% below peers
Columbia, MD $518,039 (Jun 26) 17th +0.1% 16th 1% below peers
Boulder, CO $972,493 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.9% 17th 87% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $467,490 (Jun 26) 19th -1.0% 18th 10% below peers
Burbank, CA $1,192,558 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.0% 19th 129% above peers
Vacaville, CA $610,649 (Jun 26) 13th -1.2% 20th 17% above peers
El Cajon, CA $816,132 (Jun 26) 5th -1.4% 21st 57% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $395,294 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.5% 22nd 24% below peers
Conroe, TX $316,083 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 23rd 39% below peers
Bend, OR $737,350 (Jun 26) 9th -1.9% 24th 42% above peers
Renton, WA $752,310 (Jun 26) 8th -2.1% 25th 44% above peers
Centennial, CO $649,090 (Jun 26) 12th -2.3% 26th 25% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $351,340 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.4% 27th 33% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $520,911 (Jun 26) 15th -3.3% 28th on par with peers
Davie, FL $518,236 (Jun 26) 16th -3.4% 29th 1% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $528,314 in June 2026, down from $537,843 a year earlier.
$528,314
2000June 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 $396,406 (Jun 26) -0.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
South Bend, IN $120,695 (Jun 26) 28th +9.7% 1st 71% below peers
Green Bay, WI $224,073 (Jun 26) 25th +8.2% 2nd 46% below peers
Dearborn, MI $196,246 (Jun 26) 26th +6.2% 3rd 53% below peers
Edinburg, TX $143,142 (Jun 26) 27th +5.1% 4th 65% below peers
Brockton, MA $420,058 (Jun 26) 14th +3.1% 5th 1% above peers
Fishers, IN $344,182 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 6th 17% below peers
Inglewood, CA $581,208 (Jun 26) 6th +1.9% 7th 40% above peers
El Monte, CA $650,241 (Jun 26) 4th +1.7% 8th 57% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $336,165 (Jun 26) 20th +1.5% 9th 19% below peers
West Covina, CA $734,674 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 10th 77% above peers
Rialto, CA $530,452 (Jun 26) 9th +1.4% 11th 28% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $558,350 (Jun 26) 7th +0.4% 12th 35% above peers
San Mateo, CA $1,010,541 (Jun 26) 1st -0.4% 13th 144% above peers
Columbia, MD $366,672 (Jun 26) 17th -0.5% 14th 12% below peers
Burbank, CA $884,023 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.8% 15th 113% above peers
El Cajon, CA $585,285 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 16th 41% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $383,849 (Jun 26) 16th -1.2% 17th 7% below peers
Vacaville, CA $511,490 (Jun 26) 11th -1.6% 18th 23% above peers
Conroe, TX $228,370 (Jun 26) 24th -1.6% 19th 45% below peers
Bend, OR $534,004 (Jun 26) 8th -1.6% 20th 29% above peers
Renton, WA $528,314 (Jun 26) 10th -1.8% 21st 27% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $339,948 (Jun 26) 19th -2.0% 22nd 18% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $91,103 (Jun 26) 29th -2.0% 23rd 78% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $264,997 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.4% 24th 36% below peers
Centennial, CO $496,053 (Jun 26) 13th -2.7% 25th 20% above peers
Boulder, CO $503,240 (Jun 26) 12th -3.0% 26th 21% above peers
Hillsboro, OR $414,765 (Jun 26) 15th -4.1% 27th on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA $283,040 (Jun 26) 21st -4.1% 28th 32% below peers
Davie, FL $277,303 (Jun 26) 22nd -5.7% 29th 33% 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 (52.2% then, 54.4% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.2% to 54.4%).
54.4%
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 63.8% +0.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 43% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 8th +5.5pp 2nd 12% above peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 16th +3.0pp 3rd on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 12th +3.1pp 4th 8% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 50.2% 25th +2.2pp 5th 17% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 6th +3.1pp 6th 16% above peers
El Cajon, CA 41.5% 29th +1.8pp 7th 31% below peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 10th +2.7pp 8th 10% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 19th +2.3pp 9th 5% below peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 18th +2.3pp 10th 4% below peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 22nd +2.2pp 11th 10% below peers
Burbank, CA 43.3% 28th +1.4pp 12th 28% below peers
Dearborn, MI 68.4% 7th +2.0pp 13th 14% above peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 14th +1.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 21st +1.5pp 15th 9% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 17th +0.9pp 16th 3% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.4% 11th +0.9pp 17th 9% above peers
Inglewood, CA 36.2% 31st +0.4pp 18th 40% below peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 30th +0.2pp 19th 33% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 77.7% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 29% above peers
Davie, FL 67.1% 9th +0.2pp 21st 11% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 56.4% 20th +0.1pp 22nd 6% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 13th -0.7pp 23rd 8% above peers
Centennial, CO 80.6% 2nd -1.6pp 24th 34% above peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 4th -1.5pp 25th 27% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 27th -1.1pp 26th 22% below peers
West Covina, CA 60.3% 15th -2.3pp 27th on par with peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 23rd -2.5pp 28th 11% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 5th -3.8pp 29th 22% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 50.2% 24th -3.0pp 30th 17% below peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 26th -4.5pp 31st 17% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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13 of 23 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 ±1.8pp 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, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,191 in June 2026, up from $2,152 a year earlier.
$2,191
2015June 2026
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%
San Mateo, CA $3,667 (Jun 26) 1st +6.1% 1st 65% above peers
South Bend, IN $1,310 (Jun 26) 26th +5.6% 2nd 41% below peers
Rialto, CA $2,740 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.0% 3rd 23% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $1,279 (Jun 26) 27th +5.0% 4th 43% below peers
Dearborn, MI $1,705 (Jun 26) 21st +4.1% 5th 23% below peers
Bend, OR $2,300 (Jun 26) 13th +3.4% 6th 3% above peers
Fishers, IN $1,883 (Jun 26) 19th +2.9% 7th 15% below peers
Green Bay, WI $1,119 (Jun 26) 28th +2.9% 8th 50% below peers
Columbia, MD $2,304 (Jun 26) 12th +2.8% 9th 3% above peers
West Covina, CA $2,683 (Jun 26) 4th +2.8% 10th 20% above peers
Renton, WA $2,191 (Jun 26) 16th +1.8% 11th 2% below peers
Burbank, CA $2,765 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.7% 12th 24% above peers
Brockton, MA $2,406 (Jun 26) 10th +1.5% 13th 8% above peers
Vacaville, CA $2,562 (Jun 26) 6th +1.2% 14th 15% above peers
Davie, FL $2,450 (Jun 26) 8th +1.0% 15th 10% above peers
Boulder, CO $2,439 (Jun 26) 9th +0.8% 16th 9% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $1,706 (Jun 26) 20th +0.6% 17th 23% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $1,549 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 18th 30% below peers
Inglewood, CA $2,605 (Jun 26) 5th +0.5% 19th 17% above peers
Edinburg, TX $1,019 (Jun 26) 29th +0.2% 20th 54% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $2,556 (Jun 26) 7th +0.0% 21st 15% above peers
El Cajon, CA $2,277 (Jun 26) 14th +0.0% 22nd 2% above peers
Centennial, CO $2,228 (Jun 26) 15th -0.4% 23rd on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ $2,002 (Jun 26) 17th -0.5% 24th 10% below peers
Conroe, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.6% 25th 30% below peers
El Monte, CA $2,381 (Jun 26) 11th -0.7% 26th 7% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $1,697 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.7% 27th 24% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,563 (Jun 26) 24th -2.1% 28th 30% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $1,902 (Jun 26) 18th -3.1% 29th 15% 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 (37.6% then, 38.7% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.2% to 38.7%).
38.7%
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
Bend, OR 34.1% 15th -2.8pp 1st 2% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.1% 29th -3.9pp 2nd 38% above peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 23rd -2.6pp 3rd 17% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 30.1% 8th -1.9pp 4th 13% below peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 4th -1.4pp 5th 21% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 6th -0.7pp 6th 20% below peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 9th -0.5pp 7th 12% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 32.3% 11th -0.2pp 8th 7% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 21st -0.2pp 9th 12% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 16th -0.1pp 10th on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 18th -0.1pp 11th 11% above peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 14th +0.4pp 12th 3% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 29.3% 7th +0.8pp 13th 16% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.7% 24th +1.1pp 14th 17% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 19th +1.1pp 15th 11% above peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 25th +1.3pp 16th 25% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.7% 28th +2.1pp 17th 37% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 27th +2.3pp 18th 32% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 33.4% 13th +1.7pp 19th 4% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 5th +1.6pp 20th 21% below peers
Inglewood, CA 54.9% 30th +3.4pp 21st 58% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 20th +2.5pp 22nd 12% above peers
Dearborn, MI 39.2% 22nd +2.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 17th +3.7pp 24th 6% above peers
El Cajon, CA 55.4% 31st +5.6pp 25th 59% above peers
Davie, FL 43.6% 26th +4.6pp 26th 26% above peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 27th 42% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 30.9% 10th +4.3pp 28th 11% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 12th +5.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Centennial, CO 26.9% 3rd +4.6pp 30th 23% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 2nd +5.2pp 31st 23% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.8% to 8.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 1 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; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 8.4%).
8.4%
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
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 58% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 16.1% 30th -4.5pp 2nd 165% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 28th -2.0pp 3rd 62% above peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 10th -0.7pp 4th 28% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.1% 16th -0.9pp 5th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 8.1% 21st -1.0pp 6th 34% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 18th -0.5pp 7th 13% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 8th -0.3pp 8th 33% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 11th -0.3pp 9th 26% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 14th -0.2pp 10th 11% below peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 27th -0.2pp 11th 53% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 7.4% 20th -0.1pp 12th 22% above peers
Davie, FL 4.2% 9th -0.1pp 13th 30% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 7.2% 19th -0.1pp 14th 19% above peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 15th 20% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 7th -0.0pp 16th 36% below peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 15th +0.1pp 17th 4% below peers
Burbank, CA 8.3% 24th +0.2pp 18th 37% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 2.0% 1st +0.1pp 19th 68% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 6th +0.1pp 20th 42% below peers
Inglewood, CA 9.9% 29th +0.5pp 21st 62% above peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 22nd +0.4pp 22nd 35% above peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 31st +1.0pp 23rd 169% above peers
Dearborn, MI 8.3% 23rd +0.5pp 24th 37% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 26th +0.9pp 25th 50% above peers
West Covina, CA 5.4% 13th +0.7pp 26th 12% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 5th +0.4pp 27th 47% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 25th +1.6pp 28th 38% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 4th +0.7pp 29th 53% below peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 17th +1.8pp 30th 12% above peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 56% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp 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
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 (7.2% then, 7.6% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.9% to 7.6%).
7.6%
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
Vacaville, CA 2.4% 1st -1.5pp 1st 62% below peers
Burbank, CA 4.0% 5th -2.3pp 2nd 38% below peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 23rd -3.3pp 3rd 40% above peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 15th -1.9pp 4th 4% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 4.0% 6th -1.2pp 5th 38% below peers
Inglewood, CA 9.5% 24th -2.8pp 6th 49% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.7% 22nd -2.0pp 7th 36% above peers
El Cajon, CA 6.4% 16th -1.3pp 8th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 3.4% 3rd -0.7pp 9th 47% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.7% 12th -0.9pp 10th 12% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.5% 25th -1.6pp 11th 64% above peers
Dearborn, MI 5.3% 11th -0.8pp 12th 17% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 14th -0.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.6% 21st -1.0pp 14th 34% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.7% 26th -1.2pp 15th 83% above peers
Conroe, TX 18.4% 30th -1.8pp 16th 187% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.8% 27th -0.7pp 17th 101% above peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 7th -0.1pp 18th 37% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.9% 17th -0.1pp 19th 7% above peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 20th -0.1pp 20th 21% above peers
Edinburg, TX 23.1% 31st +0.6pp 21st 261% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.1% 13th +0.2pp 22nd 4% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 7.0% 18th +0.2pp 23rd 9% above peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 19th +0.4pp 24th 19% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.2pp 25th 50% below peers
Davie, FL 13.1% 28th +1.6pp 26th 104% above peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% 4th +0.5pp 27th 41% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 14.9% 29th +2.1pp 28th 133% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 9th +0.6pp 29th 28% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.8% 10th +0.7pp 30th 24% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.5% 8th +0.7pp 31st 29% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

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

24.4%
20202022
Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 31.1%
United States ref 33.4%
Boulder, CO 18.9% 1st 43% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 2nd 33% below peers
Centennial, CO 22.2% 3rd 33% below peers
West Covina, CA 23.7% 4th 28% below peers
Renton, WA 24.4% 5th 26% below peers
Burbank, CA 24.6% 6th 25% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 26.1% 7th 21% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.4% 8th 20% below peers
Bend, OR 27.5% 9th 16% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 10th 14% below peers
Davie, FL 28.9% 11th 12% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 12th 12% below peers
El Cajon, CA 29.6% 13th 10% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 31.6% 14th 4% below peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 15th 2% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 32.9% 16th on par with peers
Inglewood, CA 33.0% 17th on par with peers
Dearborn, MI 33.9% 18th 3% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 19th 3% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 34.9% 20th 6% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 35.1% 21st 7% above peers
Brockton, MA 35.2% 22nd 7% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 36.3% 23rd 10% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 24th 13% above peers
Rialto, CA 38.3% 25th 16% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 38.8% 26th 18% above peers
Green Bay, WI 38.9% 27th 18% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 28th 19% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 29th 28% above peers
Edinburg, TX 45.7% 30th 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.1% then, 2.4% now; margin ±1.2pp).

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 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 2.4%).
2.4%
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
Burbank, CA 1.7% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 53% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 1.7% 4th -1.0pp 2nd 52% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.2% 19th -1.8pp 3rd 13% above peers
Inglewood, CA 4.3% 20th -1.8pp 4th 18% above peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 5th -0.8pp 5th 46% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 6.7% 27th -1.8pp 6th 82% above peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 18th -1.0pp 7th 10% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 23rd -1.1pp 8th 49% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 2.7% 10th -0.5pp 9th 27% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 21st -0.8pp 10th 19% above peers
West Covina, CA 3.0% 12th -0.5pp 11th 17% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 26th -1.1pp 12th 78% above peers
El Cajon, CA 3.2% 13th -0.5pp 13th 14% below peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 15th -0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 25th +0.4pp 15th 72% above peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 7th +0.3pp 16th 35% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 10.4% 28th +1.6pp 17th 184% above peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 17th +0.6pp 18th 9% above peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 19th 54% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.4% 8th +0.5pp 20th 34% below peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 31st +3.4pp 21st 318% above peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 22nd 56% below peers
Dearborn, MI 3.7% 16th +0.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 14th +0.9pp 24th 8% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 9th +0.8pp 25th 29% below peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 30th +4.6pp 26th 306% above peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 24th +2.0pp 27th 55% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 22nd +1.7pp 28th 19% above peers
Davie, FL 11.7% 29th +5.2pp 29th 219% above peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 6th +1.0pp 30th 44% below peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 11th +1.6pp 31st 22% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.5% to 39.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 18 of the 29 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; 18 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.7% to 39.5%).
39.5%
20102024
Compare all 30 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
Conroe, TX 34.1% 16th +7.8pp 1st 2% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 25th +4.9pp 2nd 28% below peers
El Monte, CA 15.2% 28th +2.9pp 3rd 56% below peers
Bend, OR 52.9% 7th +8.9pp 4th 53% above peers
Brockton, MA 22.3% 27th +3.7pp 5th 35% below peers
Inglewood, CA 25.2% 24th +4.0pp 6th 27% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 20th +4.3pp 7th 19% below peers
Dearborn, MI 34.6% 15th +4.8pp 8th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 30th +1.6pp 9th 64% below peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 18th +3.6pp 10th 15% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 35.5% 14th +4.3pp 11th 3% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 22nd +3.1pp 12th 24% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 14.9% 29th +1.7pp 13th 57% below peers
Burbank, CA 47.1% 9th +4.8pp 14th 36% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 13th +3.8pp 15th 11% above peers
El Cajon, CA 23.0% 26th +2.1pp 16th 34% below peers
Centennial, CO 62.6% 5th +5.2pp 17th 81% above peers
Renton, WA 39.5% 12th +3.0pp 18th 14% above peers
Green Bay, WI 26.7% 21st +1.9pp 19th 23% below peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 6th +3.6pp 20th 67% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 25.4% 23rd +1.6pp 21st 27% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 69.2% 2nd +4.1pp 22nd 100% above peers
West Covina, CA 30.1% 17th +1.1pp 23rd 13% below peers
Davie, FL 40.0% 11th +1.3pp 24th 16% above peers
Edinburg, TX 28.4% 19th +0.7pp 25th 18% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 48.8% 8th +0.9pp 26th 41% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 4th +0.9pp 27th 84% above peers
Boulder, CO 76.8% 1st +0.8pp 28th 122% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 42.3% 10th +0.3pp 29th 22% above peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 3rd +0.0pp 30th 92% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 17.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.4% to 34.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 8 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.2% to 34.6%).
34.6%
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%
Edinburg, TX 37.6% 21st +13.3pp 1st 12% below peers
Dearborn, MI 51.3% 11th +14.5pp 2nd 20% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 68.2% 1st +18.3pp 3rd 60% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 16th +7.0pp 4th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 52.0% 10th +6.0pp 5th 22% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 4th +7.0pp 6th 43% above peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 23rd +3.5pp 7th 13% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 14th +4.4pp 8th 13% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 48.6% 13th +3.7pp 9th 14% above peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 12th +2.3pp 10th 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 22nd +1.3pp 11th 13% below peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 3rd +1.8pp 12th 48% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 45.8% 15th -0.8pp 13th 7% above peers
Davie, FL 56.9% 6th -1.5pp 14th 33% above peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 28th -2.1pp 15th 30% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 26th -2.4pp 16th 23% below peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 7th -4.3pp 17th 32% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 20th -5.6pp 18th 6% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 29th -4.1pp 19th 38% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 56.0% 8th -12.8pp 20th 31% above peers
Centennial, CO 59.5% 5th -14.5pp 21st 39% above peers
Inglewood, CA 41.6% 17th -10.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 18th -11.2pp 23rd 3% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.9% 19th -12.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 2nd -21.3pp 25th 52% above peers
Burbank, CA 53.0% 9th -21.8pp 26th 24% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 27th -14.3pp 27th 23% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 24th -15.9pp 28th 17% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 25th -17.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 19.5% 31st -13.6pp 30th 54% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 30th -18.5pp 31st 41% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 (3.5% then, 8.4% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 8.4%).
8.4%
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
Goodyear, AZ 3.9% 4th -7.7pp 1st 45% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.2% 2nd -1.9pp 2nd 68% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 15th -4.4pp 3rd 2% below peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 16th -2.5pp 4th on par with peers
Hillsboro, OR 7.6% 19th -2.5pp 5th 9% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 22nd -2.7pp 6th 26% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.3% 5th -1.3pp 7th 38% below peers
El Cajon, CA 4.9% 6th -1.2pp 8th 30% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6.7% 14th -1.4pp 9th 4% below peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 9th -0.9pp 10th 26% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 7th -0.5pp 11th 30% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 11.7% 25th -0.2pp 12th 67% above peers
Davie, FL 2.8% 3rd +0.1pp 13th 60% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 26th +1.9pp 14th 72% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 24th +1.9pp 15th 60% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 21st +1.6pp 16th 21% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 28th +2.6pp 17th 84% above peers
Burbank, CA 5.0% 8th +1.3pp 18th 28% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 11th +1.7pp 19th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 10th +1.9pp 20th 19% below peers
Dearborn, MI 7.3% 17th +2.7pp 21st 5% above peers
West Covina, CA 6.5% 12th +2.7pp 22nd 7% below peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 13th +3.0pp 23rd 4% below peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 1st +1.0pp 24th 71% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 18th +3.5pp 25th 6% above peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 23rd +5.7pp 26th 60% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 27th 118% above peers
Inglewood, CA 12.4% 27th +6.7pp 28th 78% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 30th +7.8pp 29th 106% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 20th +4.8pp 30th 20% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 29th +7.8pp 31st 87% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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12 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.1pp 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 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 101,484 to 105,317 - more than the combined survey margin (±99). 21 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (95,479 to 105,317).
105,317
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
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 16th +50% 1st on par with peers
Goodyear, AZ 107,645 5th +34% 2nd 3% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 17th +32% 3rd on par with peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 30th +21% 4th 2% below peers
Dearborn, MI 107,423 6th +13% 5th 2% above peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 31st +13% 6th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 14th +10% 7th on par with peers
Bend, OR 103,390 25th +10% 8th 1% below peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 19th +9% 9th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 11th +9% 10th 1% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 24th +7% 11th 1% below peers
Davie, FL 108,346 1st +4% 12th 3% above peers
Renton, WA 105,317 15th +4% 13th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 28th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 108,231 2nd +2% 15th 3% above peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 12th +1% 16th 1% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 9th +1% 17th 2% above peers
El Cajon, CA 104,449 21st +1% 18th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 23rd +1% 19th 1% below peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 27th +1% 20th 2% below peers
Burbank, CA 104,546 20th +1% 21st on par with peers
West Covina, CA 107,037 8th +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 22nd +0% 23rd 1% below peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 10th +0% 24th 1% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 107,087 7th +0% 25th 2% above peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 26th -1% 26th 2% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 102,581 29th -2% 27th 2% below peers
Centennial, CO 108,201 3rd -2% 28th 3% above peers
Inglewood, CA 104,569 18th -5% 29th on par with peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 107,805 4th -5% 30th 3% above peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 13th -8% 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±65 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 (22.1% then, 20.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.6% to 20.8%).
20.8%
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
Burbank, CA 19.1% 28th +1.0pp 1st 14% below peers
Davie, FL 22.4% 15th +0.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Wichita Falls, TX 22.3% 16th +0.3pp 3rd on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 25.6% 6th +0.3pp 4th 15% above peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 9th +0.3pp 5th 14% above peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 11th -0.1pp 6th 7% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 14th -0.2pp 7th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 28.7% 1st -0.6pp 8th 29% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 22% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 18th -0.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 7th -0.9pp 11th 15% above peers
West Covina, CA 20.2% 24th -0.8pp 12th 10% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 20th -0.9pp 13th 5% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 12th -1.1pp 14th 6% above peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 4th -1.3pp 15th 20% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 21st -1.1pp 16th 6% below peers
Centennial, CO 21.9% 19th -1.3pp 17th 2% below peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 22nd -1.3pp 18th 7% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 19th 47% below peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 8th -1.7pp 20th 14% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 25th -1.3pp 21st 12% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 13th -1.7pp 22nd 5% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 18.4% 29th -1.4pp 23rd 17% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 5th -2.9pp 24th 20% above peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 2nd -3.0pp 25th 24% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 22.0% 17th -2.5pp 26th 2% below peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 27th -2.8pp 27th 14% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 10th -3.6pp 28th 9% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 17.2% 30th -2.7pp 29th 23% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 20.4% 23rd -3.8pp 30th 8% below peers
Inglewood, CA 19.4% 26th -4.2pp 31st 13% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 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 →
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
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 (29.8% then, 30.8% now; margin ±6.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.6% to 30.8%).
30.8%
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 25.3% -0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 23rd +6.8pp 1st 19% below peers
Boulder, CO 27.9% 19th +7.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 30.3% 14th +7.8pp 3rd 5% above peers
West Covina, CA 34.0% 10th +8.6pp 4th 18% above peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 4th +9.4pp 5th 53% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 17th +6.0pp 6th 1% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 43.8% 5th +9.0pp 7th 51% above peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 11th +6.7pp 8th 15% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 23.3% 24th +4.5pp 9th 20% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 12th +4.8pp 10th 12% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 3rd +6.1pp 11th 60% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 8th +5.3pp 12th 42% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 27.1% 20th +3.2pp 13th 6% below peers
Burbank, CA 22.5% 26th +2.7pp 14th 22% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 25th +2.6pp 15th 20% below peers
El Cajon, CA 28.9% 16th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 21st +1.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 13th +1.0pp 18th 6% above peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 18th +0.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 28th +0.1pp 20th 30% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 67% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 68.5% 1st -0.4pp 22nd 137% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 9th -0.4pp 23rd 18% above peers
Davie, FL 30.0% 15th -1.9pp 24th 4% above peers
Inglewood, CA 41.7% 7th -3.9pp 25th 44% above peers
Centennial, CO 15.7% 29th -1.6pp 26th 46% below peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 22nd -4.0pp 27th 15% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 6th -9.3pp 28th 48% above peers
Dearborn, MI 13.4% 30th -3.4pp 29th 54% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 31st -3.8pp 30th 58% below peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 27th -9.6pp 31st 23% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.2pp 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 9.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59.3% to 68.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.2pp). 2 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; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.1% to 68.5%).
68.5%
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 62.8% +2.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Ponce zona urbana, PR 57.4% 29th +11.7pp 1st 15% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 69.0% 12th +13.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 72.2% 6th +10.4pp 3rd 7% above peers
Dearborn, MI 37.9% 31st +5.3pp 4th 44% below peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 15th +9.2pp 5th 2% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 23rd +7.2pp 6th 8% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 68.8% 13th +5.6pp 7th 2% above peers
El Cajon, CA 54.3% 30th +3.8pp 8th 19% below peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 19th +4.4pp 9th 4% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 25th +3.8pp 10th 11% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 3rd +4.8pp 11th 15% above peers
Davie, FL 73.2% 5th +3.7pp 12th 9% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 7th +3.0pp 13th 7% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 64.3% 20th +2.5pp 14th 5% below peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 2nd +2.9pp 15th 16% above peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 21st +1.8pp 16th 6% below peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 4th +2.0pp 17th 13% above peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 24th +1.5pp 18th 10% below peers
Centennial, CO 71.5% 8th +1.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 20th 20% above peers
West Covina, CA 70.0% 10th -1.0pp 21st 4% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 14th -1.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 27th -1.4pp 23rd 13% below peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 18th -2.0pp 24th 4% below peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 26th -3.8pp 25th 12% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 11th -5.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 17th -4.9pp 27th 1% below peers
Burbank, CA 62.6% 22nd -4.7pp 28th 7% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 9th -5.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Inglewood, CA 67.4% 16th -6.8pp 30th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 28th -8.4pp 31st 15% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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13 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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