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66,110 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Sammamish, WA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Household income
Median household income
$239,690
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
$174,003 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
99.2%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
98.2% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
23.2%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
20.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
77.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
75.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
2.5%
2019-23
▲ 74%
relative change
1.4% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
67.5%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
63.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
2.0%
2020-24
▼ 44%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Sammamish, WA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.1%
2020-24
▲ 239%
relative change
0.6% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
4.3%
2020-24
▲ 78%
relative change
2.4% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
4.9%
2020-24
▲ 66%
relative change
3.0% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.3%
2020-24
▲ 52%
relative change
1.5% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.2%
Jul 2026
▲ 18%
relative change
4.4% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
0.37 in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
82.6%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
85.7% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
1.6%
2020-24
▲ 87%
relative change
0.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 7 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$1,052,161
Aug 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
$1,113,713 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,516,014
Aug 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
$1,601,702 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
28.6%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
30.0% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,587
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$3,448 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
66,463
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
64,674 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
6.7%
2020-24
low
vs peers
9.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
60.3%
2020-24
low
vs peers
53.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 38% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $174,003 to $239,690 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$17,839).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Sammamish started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 66% from 2014 to 2024 ($144,775 to $239,690).
Bright spot $239,690
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%
Malden, MA $100,606 12th +52% 1st 6% above peers
Apopka, FL $96,884 14th +47% 2nd 2% above peers
Port Orange, FL $74,426 20th +43% 3rd 22% below peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 4th 151% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 26th +37% 5th 33% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $113,648 8th +36% 6th 19% above peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 24th +31% 7th 33% below peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 10th +31% 8th 18% above peers
Muncie, IN $44,471 31st +31% 9th 53% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 4th +31% 10th 49% above peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 16th +31% 11th on par with peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 21st +30% 12th 23% below peers
Shoreline, WA $112,751 9th +30% 13th 18% above peers
Davis, CA $90,045 17th +30% 14th 6% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 3rd +30% 15th 55% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 30th +29% 16th 50% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 29th +27% 17th 49% below peers
Westfield, IN $122,789 7th +25% 18th 29% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 22nd +24% 19th 29% below peers
Richland, WA $95,813 15th +23% 20th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 19th +22% 21st 17% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 13th +21% 22nd 3% above peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 27th +21% 23rd 40% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 2nd +21% 24th 65% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $52,707 28th +21% 25th 45% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 6th +20% 26th 40% above peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 11th +20% 27th 14% above peers
Burnsville, MN $87,024 18th +18% 28th 9% below peers
Union City, CA $133,715 5th +17% 29th 40% above peers
Kenner, LA $64,020 25th +16% 30th 33% below peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 23rd +16% 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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7 of 14 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

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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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$15,260 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 →
What changed

Unemployment rose 0.8 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.2% in July 2026, up from 4.4% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.2%
1999July 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 5.0% (Jul 26) +0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Lorain, OH 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -1.7pp 1st 7% below peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -1.3pp 2nd 2% above peers
Muncie, IN 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th -0.9pp 3rd 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.8pp 4th on par with peers
Davis, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.7pp 5th 4% above peers
Richland, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.7pp 6th 24% below peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (Jul 26) 24th -0.6pp 7th 7% above peers
Brentwood, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 27th -0.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Union City, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.4pp 9th on par with peers
Westfield, IN 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 10th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 12th 22% below peers
Malden, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 14th 42% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.6% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.2pp 15th 42% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th -0.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 17th 7% below peers
Victoria, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st +0.1pp 18th 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Janesville, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 20th 22% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th +0.3pp 21st 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (Jul 26) 25th +0.3pp 22nd 9% above peers
Port Orange, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.4pp 23rd 4% above peers
Eagan, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 24th 9% below peers
Burnsville, MN 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 25th 4% below peers
Apopka, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 26th 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.0% (Jul 26) 28th +0.7pp 27th 11% above peers
Sammamish, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 29th +0.8pp 28th 16% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 26th +0.8pp 29th 9% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.4% to 4.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 4.3%).
Needs attention 4.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 9.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 1st -3.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Westfield, IN 3.6% 2nd -2.3pp 2nd 62% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 9.6% 16th -4.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Malden, MA 11.4% 21st -4.1pp 4th 18% above peers
Port Orange, FL 11.0% 20th -3.9pp 5th 14% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 5th -1.4pp 6th 49% below peers
Janesville, WI 9.0% 15th -2.5pp 7th 6% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 10th -1.7pp 8th 15% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.7% 12th -1.6pp 9th 9% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.3% 26th -3.5pp 10th 111% above peers
Davis, CA 26.5% 29th -3.3pp 11th 176% above peers
Kenner, LA 15.4% 22nd -1.9pp 12th 61% above peers
Albany, GA 27.5% 30th -3.3pp 13th 187% above peers
Muncie, IN 29.2% 31st -1.8pp 14th 204% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.6% 23rd -0.9pp 15th 73% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.2% 28th +0.1pp 16th 163% above peers
Richland, WA 9.0% 14th +0.1pp 17th 6% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 6th +0.2pp 18th 42% below peers
Skokie, IL 9.7% 17th +0.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 18.4% 25th +0.9pp 20th 91% above peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 8th +0.3pp 21st 38% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 18th +0.9pp 22nd 7% above peers
Shoreline, WA 8.8% 13th +1.2pp 23rd 8% below peers
Union City, NJ 23.1% 27th +3.5pp 24th 141% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.4% 24th +2.8pp 25th 82% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 7th +1.3pp 26th 39% below peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 4th +1.2pp 27th 54% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 11th +2.5pp 28th 13% below peers
Burnsville, MN 10.8% 19th +3.3pp 29th 13% above peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 9th +2.2pp 30th 25% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 3rd +1.9pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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7 of 14 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

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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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
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
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.0% to 4.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 4.9%).
Needs attention 4.9%
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%
Westfield, IN 2.2% 1st -6.7pp 1st 81% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 3rd -6.2pp 2nd 70% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 4th -3.3pp 3rd 63% below peers
Port Orange, FL 12.7% 17th -6.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 19th -5.7pp 5th 13% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 12th -3.7pp 6th 23% below peers
Kenner, LA 20.1% 23rd -8.2pp 7th 71% above peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 18th -5.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 16th -4.6pp 9th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 21st -5.5pp 10th 22% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 27.8% 27th -8.5pp 11th 137% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 15th -3.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 10th -1.6pp 13th 40% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 7th -1.2pp 14th 47% below peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 6th -1.0pp 15th 49% below peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 24th -3.2pp 16th 92% above peers
Muncie, IN 30.3% 28th -4.3pp 17th 159% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 31st -5.1pp 18th 231% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 20th -1.2pp 19th 14% above peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 14th -0.8pp 20th 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 30th -0.9pp 21st 231% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 25th +0.2pp 22nd 103% above peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 2nd +0.2pp 23rd 71% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 29th +2.9pp 24th 160% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 9th +0.7pp 25th 41% below peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 13th +1.5pp 26th 17% below peers
Shoreline, WA 7.4% 11th +1.3pp 27th 37% below peers
Burnsville, MN 14.4% 22nd +2.6pp 28th 23% above peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 26th +5.7pp 29th 130% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 8th +2.5pp 30th 41% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 5th +2.0pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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7 of 14 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 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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Improving (small) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband rose 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 98.2% to 99.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 2.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (96.9% to 99.2%).
Bright spot 99.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 93.7% +5.0pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lorain, OH 83.4% 29th +14.2pp 1st 11% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 86.8% 27th +14.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Muncie, IN 87.7% 24th +11.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Kenner, LA 87.7% 25th +10.9pp 4th 7% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 30th +9.5pp 5th 13% below peers
Port Orange, FL 93.3% 18th +9.9pp 6th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 15th +9.8pp 7th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 26th +8.8pp 8th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 23rd +8.8pp 9th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 31st +7.9pp 10th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 22nd +8.6pp 11th 3% below peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 14th +8.6pp 12th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 20th +8.3pp 13th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 16th +7.1pp 14th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 95.4% 10th +7.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 21st +6.0pp 16th 3% below peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 8th +5.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 28th +4.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 98.4% 2nd +4.5pp 19th 4% above peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 19th +4.0pp 20th 1% below peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 4th +4.0pp 21st 4% above peers
Shoreline, WA 93.8% 17th +3.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 7th +3.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 11th +2.9pp 24th 1% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 12th +2.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Westfield, IN 97.3% 6th +2.7pp 26th 3% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 5th +2.3pp 27th 3% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 3rd +2.0pp 28th 4% above peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 13th +1.0pp 29th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 9th -0.0pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.37 to 0.41 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.38 to 0.41).
Needs attention 0.41
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 0.47 +0.012
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Victoria, TX 0.44 16th -0.044 1st on par with peers
Malden, MA 0.43 13th -0.040 2nd 2% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 0.47 26th -0.030 3rd 8% above peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 20th -0.024 4th 1% above peers
Muncie, IN 0.46 24th -0.024 5th 6% above peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 3rd -0.019 6th 10% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 10th -0.019 7th 5% below peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 22nd -0.018 8th 3% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 14th -0.016 9th 2% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 12th -0.016 10th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 4th -0.010 11th 9% below peers
Albany, GA 0.47 28th -0.010 12th 8% above peers
Port Orange, FL 0.42 11th -0.008 13th 4% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 9th -0.007 14th 5% below peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 27th -0.004 15th 8% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 16th 21% above peers
Burnsville, MN 0.40 5th +0.002 17th 9% below peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 17th +0.005 18th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 25th +0.015 19th 7% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 20th 11% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 21st +0.017 21st 2% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 8th +0.016 22nd 6% below peers
Kenner, LA 0.49 30th +0.022 23rd 12% above peers
Shoreline, WA 0.45 23rd +0.022 24th 4% above peers
Richland, WA 0.44 18th +0.023 25th 1% above peers
Parker, CO 0.38 2nd +0.026 26th 13% below peers
Westfield, IN 0.43 15th +0.032 27th 2% below peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 6th +0.035 28th 7% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 7th +0.051 29th 6% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.33 1st +0.046 30th 25% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 19th +0.066 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (1.4% then, 2.5% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (1.6% to 2.5%).
Bright spot 2.5%
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
Westfield, IN 2.4% 1st -1.1pp 1st 74% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 8th -2.2pp 2nd 49% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 4th -1.4pp 3rd 65% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.1% 9th -2.2pp 4th 46% below peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 21st -2.4pp 5th 36% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.7% 12th -1.4pp 6th 18% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 17th -1.7pp 7th 14% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 26th -2.1pp 8th 70% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.5% 23rd -1.4pp 9th 43% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 19th -1.0pp 10th 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 13.0% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 38% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 30th -1.1pp 12th 165% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 13th 141% above peers
Port Orange, FL 9.2% 15th -0.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 29th +1.6pp 15th 147% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 16th 238% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 24th +1.1pp 17th 55% above peers
Muncie, IN 20.5% 27th +1.8pp 18th 117% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 6th +0.4pp 19th 63% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 14th +1.1pp 20th 13% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 25th +2.3pp 21st 68% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 18th +1.7pp 22nd 22% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 20th +2.6pp 23rd 33% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.8% 10th +1.2pp 24th 39% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 3rd +0.9pp 25th 66% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 13th +2.4pp 26th 15% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 11th +2.1pp 27th 30% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 7th +1.4pp 28th 57% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 5th +1.3pp 29th 63% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 73% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 16th +5.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 19% higher than in 2021 ($1,278,774 then, $1,516,014 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,647,908 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,516,014 in August 2026, down from $1,601,702 a year earlier.
Big move $1,516,014
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref $591,879 (Aug 26) -0.3%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Skokie, IL $433,130 (Aug 26) 14th +7.7% 1st 8% above peers
Palatine, IL $393,104 (Aug 26) 18th +6.4% 2nd 2% below peers
Janesville, WI $298,166 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.6% 3rd 26% below peers
Union City, NJ $563,754 (Aug 26) 10th +5.3% 4th 40% above peers
Lorain, OH $156,898 (Aug 26) 29th +3.9% 5th 61% below peers
Kenner, LA $269,861 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.9% 6th 33% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $169,776 (Aug 26) 27th +3.7% 7th 58% below peers
Muncie, IN $158,233 (Aug 26) 28th +3.5% 8th 61% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $392,134 (Aug 26) 19th +3.5% 9th 2% below peers
Westfield, IN $473,286 (Aug 26) 12th +3.2% 10th 18% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,399,669 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.0% 11th 249% above peers
Burnsville, MN $368,875 (Aug 26) 20th +2.4% 12th 8% below peers
Albany, GA $133,518 (Aug 26) 31st +2.0% 13th 67% below peers
Malden, MA $674,568 (Aug 26) 9th +1.9% 14th 68% above peers
Eagan, MN $401,493 (Aug 26) 16th +1.8% 15th on par with peers
Victoria, TX $218,636 (Aug 26) 26th +0.9% 16th 46% below peers
Richland, WA $466,478 (Aug 26) 13th +0.3% 17th 16% above peers
Waterloo, IA $147,780 (Aug 26) 30th +0.2% 18th 63% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $504,093 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 19th 26% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $716,629 (Aug 26) 7th -0.2% 20th 78% above peers
Apopka, FL $394,175 (Aug 26) 17th -0.6% 21st 2% below peers
Davis, CA $837,982 (Aug 26) 4th -1.2% 22nd 109% above peers
Brentwood, CA $785,641 (Aug 26) 5th -1.3% 23rd 96% above peers
Marana, AZ $417,076 (Aug 26) 15th -1.4% 24th 4% above peers
Dundalk, MD $221,991 (Aug 26) 25th -1.5% 25th 45% below peers
Parker, CO $676,203 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 26th 68% above peers
Port Orange, FL $337,510 (Aug 26) 21st -2.4% 27th 16% below peers
Shoreline, WA $785,498 (Aug 26) 6th -2.4% 28th 96% above peers
Union City, CA $1,198,720 (Aug 26) 3rd -2.8% 29th 199% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $267,275 (Aug 26) 24th -4.6% 30th 33% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,516,014 (Aug 26) 1st -5.3% 31st 278% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 16% higher than in 2021 ($903,346 then, $1,052,161 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,139,927 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,052,161 in August 2026, down from $1,113,713 a year earlier.
Big move $1,052,161
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref $389,919 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Lorain, OH $108,986 (Aug 26) 27th +9.3% 1st 64% below peers
Kenner, LA $195,822 (Aug 26) 23rd +8.9% 2nd 35% below peers
Skokie, IL $308,412 (Aug 26) 15th +7.3% 3rd 2% above peers
Janesville, WI $222,300 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.4% 4th 27% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $303,416 (Aug 26) 16th +5.3% 5th on par with peers
Albany, GA $61,850 (Aug 26) 31st +4.8% 6th 80% below peers
Palatine, IL $245,481 (Aug 26) 21st +4.1% 7th 19% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $92,224 (Aug 26) 28th +3.1% 8th 70% below peers
Westfield, IN $347,187 (Aug 26) 13th +3.0% 9th 14% above peers
Union City, NJ $360,334 (Aug 26) 11th +2.4% 10th 19% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $987,175 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 11th 225% above peers
Muncie, IN $89,592 (Aug 26) 29th +2.1% 12th 70% below peers
Malden, MA $499,623 (Aug 26) 8th +1.6% 13th 65% above peers
Richland, WA $351,785 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 14th 16% above peers
Victoria, TX $122,022 (Aug 26) 26th +0.8% 15th 60% below peers
Eagan, MN $265,753 (Aug 26) 18th +0.5% 16th 12% below peers
Burnsville, MN $248,718 (Aug 26) 19th +0.1% 17th 18% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $413,350 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 18th 36% above peers
Davis, CA $631,759 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 19th 108% above peers
Waterloo, IA $82,150 (Aug 26) 30th -0.5% 20th 73% below peers
Apopka, FL $293,799 (Aug 26) 17th -1.1% 21st 3% below peers
Marana, AZ $314,133 (Aug 26) 14th -1.2% 22nd 4% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $474,353 (Aug 26) 9th -1.2% 23rd 56% above peers
Parker, CO $541,886 (Aug 26) 7th -1.5% 24th 79% above peers
Dundalk, MD $182,978 (Aug 26) 24th -1.6% 25th 40% below peers
Shoreline, WA $600,193 (Aug 26) 6th -1.7% 26th 98% above peers
Brentwood, CA $632,015 (Aug 26) 4th -2.0% 27th 108% above peers
Port Orange, FL $246,084 (Aug 26) 20th -2.1% 28th 19% below peers
Union City, CA $748,596 (Aug 26) 3rd -4.9% 29th 147% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,052,161 (Aug 26) 1st -5.5% 30th 247% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $179,507 (Aug 26) 25th -5.7% 31st 41% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Worsening ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.7% to 82.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (87.6% to 82.5%).
Needs attention 82.6%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 63.8% +0.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Kenner, LA 63.1% 22nd +5.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 3rd +7.4pp 2nd 25% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 8th +5.8pp 3rd 17% above peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 6th +5.1pp 4th 24% above peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 10th +4.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 2nd +4.3pp 6th 26% above peers
Muncie, IN 52.0% 26th +2.6pp 7th 21% below peers
Port Orange, FL 75.6% 9th +3.2pp 8th 14% above peers
Shoreline, WA 66.3% 16th +2.6pp 9th on par with peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 14th +1.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 23rd +1.2pp 11th 6% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 15th +1.2pp 12th 1% above peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 25th +1.0pp 13th 14% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 20th +0.8pp 14th 3% below peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 28th +0.4pp 15th 34% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 16th 38% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64.7% 19th +0.4pp 17th 2% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 4th +0.4pp 18th 25% above peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 21st -0.7pp 19th 3% below peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 18th -0.7pp 20th 2% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 17th -1.3pp 21st 2% below peers
Westfield, IN 79.5% 7th -1.8pp 22nd 20% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 13th -1.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 24th -1.6pp 24th 13% below peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 12th -2.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 84.7% 1st -2.8pp 26th 28% above peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 5th -3.1pp 27th 25% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 44.6% 27th -2.7pp 28th 33% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 11th -4.7pp 29th 8% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 30th 43% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 31st 71% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,587 in August 2026, up from $3,448 a year earlier.
Big move $3,587
2016August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Janesville, WI $1,211 (Aug 26) 25th +6.4% 1st 37% below peers
Union City, CA $2,945 (Aug 26) 4th +6.3% 2nd 53% above peers
Muncie, IN $1,002 (Aug 26) 30th +6.1% 3rd 48% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,361 (Aug 26) 8th +6.0% 4th 22% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $1,532 (Aug 26) 21st +5.8% 5th 21% below peers
Waterloo, IA $945 (Aug 26) 31st +5.1% 6th 51% below peers
Victoria, TX $1,193 (Aug 26) 26th +4.8% 7th 38% below peers
Westfield, IN $1,928 (Aug 26) 16th +4.3% 8th on par with peers
Union City, NJ $2,396 (Aug 26) 7th +4.2% 9th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA $3,587 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.0% 10th 86% above peers
Brentwood, CA $3,406 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.0% 11th 77% above peers
Lorain, OH $1,133 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 12th 41% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 11th +3.6% 13th 14% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $2,236 (Aug 26) 10th +2.9% 14th 16% above peers
Albany, GA $1,008 (Aug 26) 29th +2.5% 15th 48% below peers
Davis, CA $2,529 (Aug 26) 6th +2.5% 16th 31% above peers
Palatine, IL $1,953 (Aug 26) 15th +2.2% 17th 1% above peers
Eagan, MN $1,702 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 18th 12% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,118 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 19th 114% above peers
Shoreline, WA $2,003 (Aug 26) 13th +1.8% 20th 4% above peers
Malden, MA $2,895 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 21st 50% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $1,148 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 22nd 40% below peers
Burnsville, MN $1,486 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.9% 23rd 23% below peers
Dundalk, MD $1,485 (Aug 26) 24th +0.7% 24th 23% below peers
Port Orange, FL $1,745 (Aug 26) 18th +0.3% 25th 9% below peers
Kenner, LA $1,525 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.3% 26th 21% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,137 (Aug 26) 12th -0.1% 27th 11% above peers
Apopka, FL $2,003 (Aug 26) 14th -0.2% 28th 4% above peers
Richland, WA $1,731 (Aug 26) 19th -1.1% 29th 10% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,770 (Aug 26) 17th -2.0% 30th 8% below peers
Parker, CO $2,266 (Aug 26) 9th -2.9% 31st 18% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.6% then, 23.2% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.8% to 23.2%).
Bright spot 23.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 33.3% +0.9pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Muncie, IN 31.9% 12th -4.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 2nd 49% above peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 29th -3.6pp 3rd 20% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 21st -3.0pp 4th 3% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 20th -2.6pp 5th 2% above peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 26th -2.6pp 6th 12% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 5th -1.5pp 7th 24% below peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 8th -0.6pp 8th 17% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 28th -0.6pp 9th 17% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 23rd -0.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 19th -0.2pp 11th 2% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 34.6% 18th -0.1pp 12th 2% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 16th +0.7pp 13th on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 36.9% 25th +0.9pp 14th 9% above peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 14th +1.3pp 15th 3% below peers
Port Orange, FL 33.9% 17th +1.5pp 16th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 6th +1.1pp 17th 24% below peers
Kenner, LA 35.9% 24th +1.8pp 18th 6% above peers
Westfield, IN 24.4% 3rd +1.2pp 19th 28% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 22nd +1.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 28.1% 9th +1.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 15th +2.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 23rd 39% above peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 4th +2.1pp 24th 27% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 11th +3.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Burnsville, MN 32.0% 13th +3.2pp 26th 5% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 2nd +2.5pp 27th 31% below peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 28th 32% below peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 27th +5.5pp 29th 12% above peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 10th +5.3pp 30th 8% below peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 7th +4.8pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.9% then, 1.6% now; margin ±0.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.1% to 1.6%).
Needs attention 1.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 7.0% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 5th -2.0pp 1st 59% below peers
Port Orange, FL 2.9% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 50% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 22nd -3.1pp 3rd 32% above peers
Westfield, IN 1.9% 4th -0.7pp 4th 67% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 26th -2.6pp 5th 55% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 13th -1.4pp 6th 15% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 8.2% 23rd -2.0pp 7th 40% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.6% 14th -1.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 9th 198% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 24th -1.1pp 10th 40% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 11th 111% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 20th -0.9pp 12th 23% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 18th -0.7pp 13th 19% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 15th -0.4pp 14th 2% below peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 29th -0.8pp 15th 111% above peers
Muncie, IN 10.6% 27th -0.3pp 16th 80% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 17th -0.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 18th 605% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 11th -0.0pp 19th 28% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.7% 1st +0.0pp 20th 88% below peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 9th +0.1pp 21st 39% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 6th +0.1pp 22nd 54% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 16th +0.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 7.1% 19th +0.4pp 24th 21% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 10th +0.3pp 25th 37% below peers
Kenner, LA 8.3% 25th +0.7pp 26th 42% above peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 3rd +0.2pp 27th 71% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 12th +1.0pp 28th 19% below peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 7th +0.6pp 29th 53% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 73% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 21st +4.1pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 0.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.5% to 2.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.6% to 2.3%).
Needs attention 2.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 6.3% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Skokie, IL 5.1% 13th -3.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Shoreline, WA 3.8% 8th -1.8pp 2nd 44% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.8% 10th -1.7pp 3rd 28% below peers
Marana, AZ 3.7% 6th -1.2pp 4th 45% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 18th -2.3pp 5th 14% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.7% 16th -2.0pp 6th on par with peers
Albany, GA 13.6% 28th -3.2pp 7th 103% above peers
Port Orange, FL 8.3% 23rd -1.9pp 8th 24% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.4% 14th -1.0pp 9th 20% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 10th 56% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.8% 26th -1.6pp 11th 61% above peers
Muncie, IN 8.0% 20th -1.1pp 12th 19% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 63% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 12th -0.5pp 14th 26% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 1st -0.2pp 15th 68% below peers
Victoria, TX 17.6% 30th -1.0pp 16th 162% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 19th -0.3pp 17th 18% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.6% 27th -0.3pp 18th 89% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 7th +0.1pp 19th 44% below peers
Kenner, LA 14.6% 29th +0.3pp 20th 118% above peers
Union City, NJ 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 21st 258% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 10.5% 25th +0.7pp 22nd 57% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 15th +0.4pp 23rd 16% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 17th +0.6pp 24th 5% above peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 11th +0.6pp 25th 27% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.2% 22nd +1.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 9th +0.8pp 27th 34% below peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 4th +0.8pp 28th 56% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.5% 24th +2.8pp 29th 41% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 66% below peers
Burnsville, MN 8.0% 21st +4.1pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about half the peer median.

18.8%
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%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 51% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 42% below peers
Parker, CO 21.9% 3rd 33% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 4th 30% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 5th 28% below peers
Shoreline, WA 23.8% 6th 27% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 7th 26% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 8th 19% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 9th 18% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 10th 11% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 11th 11% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 12th 10% below peers
Westfield, IN 29.3% 13th 10% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 31.8% 14th 2% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 15th 1% below peers
Port Orange, FL 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 17th 3% above peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 18th 3% above peers
Burnsville, MN 35.3% 19th 9% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 20th 10% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 21st 13% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 22nd 13% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 23rd 14% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 24th 15% above peers
Kenner, LA 39.8% 25th 22% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 26th 25% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 27th 26% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 41.1% 28th 26% above peers
Muncie, IN 41.6% 29th 28% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 30th 38% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.6% to 2.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.7% to 2.1%).
Needs attention 2.1%
20122024
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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 3.2% +0.4pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Port Orange, FL 2.4% 8th -4.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 68% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 79% below peers
Shoreline, WA 1.6% 5th -0.9pp 4th 62% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 4th -0.8pp 5th 65% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 19th -1.9pp 6th 8% above peers
Muncie, IN 3.8% 15th -1.5pp 7th 8% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.6% 23rd -2.1pp 8th 36% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 78% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.2% 18th -1.5pp 10th 3% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 20th -1.4pp 11th 10% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 17th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 21st -0.8pp 13th 21% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 28th -1.1pp 14th 77% above peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 7th -0.2pp 15th 49% below peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 13th -0.4pp 16th 16% below peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 12th -0.1pp 17th 27% below peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 9th -0.0pp 18th 42% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 14th +0.0pp 19th 16% below peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 25th +0.0pp 20th 45% above peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 22nd +0.6pp 21st 24% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 22nd 251% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 38% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 5.8% 24th +1.4pp 24th 40% above peers
Kenner, LA 7.1% 27th +1.9pp 25th 71% above peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 29th +2.5pp 26th 122% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 11th +0.8pp 27th 35% below peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 16th +2.3pp 28th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 6th +1.5pp 29th 50% below peers
Burnsville, MN 6.8% 26th +5.0pp 30th 65% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 30th +8.1pp 31st 158% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±1.2pp 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 No measurable change ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (75.2% then, 77.1% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (72.5% to 77.1%).
Bright spot 77.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 39.6% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Apopka, FL 38.8% 17th +11.3pp 1st 1% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 23rd +6.8pp 2nd 28% below peers
Port Orange, FL 31.4% 20th +5.6pp 3rd 20% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 30th +2.8pp 4th 60% below peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 16th +6.2pp 5th on par with peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 31st +2.1pp 6th 62% below peers
Kenner, LA 29.1% 22nd +4.0pp 7th 26% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 24th +3.7pp 8th 31% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 14th +6.1pp 9th 15% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 37.8% 18th +4.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 8th +6.2pp 11th 37% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 13th +4.8pp 12th 15% above peers
Muncie, IN 26.1% 25th +2.6pp 13th 33% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 30.6% 21st +3.0pp 14th 22% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 28th +2.0pp 15th 47% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 19th +3.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 12th +3.6pp 17th 19% above peers
Shoreline, WA 52.8% 9th +3.9pp 18th 34% above peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 27th +1.3pp 19th 46% below peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 11th +2.8pp 20th 22% above peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 7th +2.9pp 21st 39% above peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 6th +2.8pp 22nd 42% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 2nd +2.9pp 23rd 95% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 5th +2.1pp 24th 43% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 1st +1.9pp 25th 96% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 10th +1.1pp 26th 30% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 3rd +1.5pp 27th 80% above peers
Westfield, IN 59.8% 4th +1.2pp 28th 52% above peers
Burnsville, MN 39.8% 15th +0.8pp 29th 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 29th -0.4pp 30th 48% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.4% then, 67.5% now; margin ±10.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.8% to 67.5%).
Bright spot 67.5%
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%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 12th +18.6pp 1st 13% above peers
Victoria, TX 52.8% 14th +16.8pp 2nd 8% above peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 1st +20.2pp 3rd 49% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 7th +16.7pp 4th 32% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 22nd +6.9pp 5th 14% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 19th +7.2pp 6th 9% below peers
Muncie, IN 47.4% 17th +7.4pp 7th 3% below peers
Westfield, IN 65.8% 6th +9.9pp 8th 34% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 3rd +9.5pp 9th 38% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 42.6% 21st +4.7pp 10th 13% below peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 10th +5.2pp 11th 15% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 4th +4.1pp 12th 38% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 8th +3.6pp 13th 26% above peers
Burnsville, MN 48.9% 16th +1.3pp 14th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 28.5% 29th +0.7pp 15th 42% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 53.6% 13th +1.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 5th +0.3pp 17th 35% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 18th -0.7pp 18th 5% below peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 2nd -3.4pp 19th 42% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 23rd -2.1pp 20th 22% below peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 11th -3.1pp 21st 14% above peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 28th -4.3pp 22nd 38% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 26th -4.9pp 23rd 35% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 25th -6.3pp 24th 31% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 24th -7.6pp 25th 22% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 9th -18.6pp 26th 19% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 15th -22.1pp 27th 1% above peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 20th -21.5pp 28th 9% below peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 29th 59% below peers
Kenner, LA 30.6% 27th -17.0pp 30th 38% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 30th -19.3pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.6% then, 2.0% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Bright spot 2.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 7.6% +1.1pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 2nd -6.6pp 1st 93% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 2nd 95% below peers
Parker, CO 0.6% 3rd -3.1pp 3rd 90% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 5th -6.2pp 4th 68% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 18th -7.1pp 5th 1% above peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 19th -5.2pp 6th 3% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 6th -1.6pp 7th 65% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 10th -2.1pp 8th 33% below peers
Port Orange, FL 5.9% 16th -3.1pp 9th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 3.1% 9th -0.9pp 10th 47% below peers
Kenner, LA 9.1% 25th -1.9pp 11th 54% above peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 24th -1.5pp 12th 41% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 22nd -0.6pp 13th 25% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.9% 30th -0.6pp 14th 137% above peers
Shoreline, WA 5.7% 15th -0.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 12th +0.1pp 16th 25% below peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 27th +1.2pp 18th 65% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 7.3% 21st +1.2pp 19th 24% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.3% 14th +1.3pp 20th 11% below peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 21st 181% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 13th +1.4pp 22nd 14% below peers
Westfield, IN 2.5% 7th +0.9pp 23rd 57% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 28th +3.8pp 24th 75% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 8th +1.0pp 25th 54% below peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 23rd +3.1pp 26th 34% above peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 11th +2.0pp 27th 26% below peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 4th +0.9pp 28th 71% below peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 20th +3.8pp 29th 19% above peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 26th +5.4pp 30th 63% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 29th +9.8pp 31st 101% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64,674 to 66,463 - more than the combined survey margin (±65).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 37% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 35% from 2014 to 2024 (49,077 to 66,463).
Big move 66,463
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 53,290 31st +64% 1st 19% below peers
Westfield, IN 54,677 30th +38% 2nd 17% below peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 29th +26% 3rd 13% below peers
Parker, CO 61,783 26th +14% 4th 6% below peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 28th +12% 5th 11% below peers
Richland, WA 62,753 25th +11% 6th 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 61,431 27th +9% 7th 6% below peers
Malden, MA 65,906 15th +8% 8th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 12th +6% 9th 1% above peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 19th +5% 10th 1% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64,463 24th +5% 11th 2% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 14th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 11th +4% 13th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 64,767 21st +3% 14th 1% below peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 13th +3% 15th 1% above peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 8th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 18th +3% 17th 1% below peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 17th +2% 18th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 1st +2% 19th 4% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 7th +2% 20th 2% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 4th -1% 21st 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 5th -1% 22nd 2% above peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 16th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Davis, CA 66,978 6th -2% 24th 2% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 64,538 23rd -2% 25th 2% below peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 9th -3% 26th 1% above peers
Kenner, LA 64,904 20th -3% 27th 1% below peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 10th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Muncie, IN 64,751 22nd -6% 29th 1% below peers
Albany, GA 67,224 3rd -9% 30th 2% above peers
Union City, CA 67,464 2nd -10% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±44 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.0% to 28.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (30.1% to 28.6%).
Big move 28.6%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 21.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 9th +1.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 10th +1.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 18th +0.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 8th +0.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 7th +0.5pp 5th 13% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 5th +0.1pp 6th 14% above peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 11th -0.1pp 7th 7% above peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 3rd -0.2pp 8th 17% above peers
Shoreline, WA 18.8% 25th -0.2pp 9th 16% below peers
Burnsville, MN 22.4% 17th -0.4pp 10th 1% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 20th -0.5pp 11th 2% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 16th -0.5pp 12th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 19th -0.6pp 13th 1% below peers
Kenner, LA 23.6% 13th -0.6pp 14th 5% above peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 15th -1.0pp 15th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 2nd -1.3pp 16th 27% above peers
Muncie, IN 15.8% 29th -0.9pp 17th 30% below peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 14th -1.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 26th -1.2pp 19th 19% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 21st -1.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 43.4% 1st -3.4pp 21st 93% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 23rd -1.7pp 22nd 8% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 30th -1.4pp 23rd 39% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 31st -1.4pp 24th 40% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 27th -1.9pp 25th 25% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 12th -2.7pp 26th 6% above peers
Port Orange, FL 16.5% 28th -2.1pp 27th 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 22nd -2.8pp 28th 7% below peers
Westfield, IN 25.9% 4th -4.0pp 29th 15% above peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 6th -4.4pp 30th 14% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.6% 24th -4.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.4% then, 6.7% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.0% to 6.7%).
Big move 6.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Washington ref 25.3% -0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Port Orange, FL 34.0% 10th +6.0pp 1st 26% above peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 4th +8.0pp 2nd 86% above peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 5th +7.5pp 3rd 86% above peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 2nd +5.2pp 4th 125% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 24th +1.4pp 5th 36% below peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 25th +1.2pp 6th 38% below peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 7th 39% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 16th +1.5pp 8th on par with peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 19th +1.2pp 9th 22% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 12th +1.0pp 10th 17% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 1st +1.8pp 11th 166% above peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 14th +0.5pp 12th 11% above peers
Kenner, LA 38.0% 8th +0.1pp 13th 41% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 11th +0.1pp 14th 26% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 52.3% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 94% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.5% 6th -0.4pp 16th 76% above peers
Shoreline, WA 19.4% 21st -0.4pp 17th 28% below peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 7th -1.3pp 18th 51% above peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 23rd -0.7pp 19th 33% below peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 9th -3.6pp 20th 31% above peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 20th -2.4pp 21st 23% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 15th -3.4pp 22nd 10% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 29th -1.6pp 23rd 54% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 22nd -3.4pp 24th 32% below peers
Burnsville, MN 30.4% 13th -6.9pp 25th 13% above peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 18th -5.2pp 26th 20% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 26th -4.5pp 27th 38% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 17th -7.5pp 28th 17% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 30th -2.7pp 29th 75% below peers
Westfield, IN 13.6% 28th -6.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.5% 31st -4.0pp 31st 76% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (53.7% then, 60.3% now; margin ±10.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 21.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.9% to 60.3%).
Big move 60.3%
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 62.8% +2.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marana, AZ 71.4% 14th +19.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 79.3% 2nd +20.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 3rd +14.3pp 3rd 12% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 74.0% 5th +13.2pp 4th 6% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 49.8% 31st +8.6pp 5th 29% below peers
Muncie, IN 71.6% 13th +10.7pp 6th 3% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 24th +7.9pp 7th 10% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 20th +7.8pp 8th 3% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 25th +6.6pp 9th 13% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 17th +6.5pp 10th 1% below peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 11th +6.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Port Orange, FL 65.9% 23rd +5.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 10th +5.4pp 13th 4% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 6th +5.3pp 14th 6% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 21st +4.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 1st +4.5pp 16th 15% above peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 16th +3.0pp 17th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 7th +1.3pp 18th 6% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 8th -1.5pp 19th 5% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 19th -1.5pp 20th 3% below peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 15th -1.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 29th -1.8pp 22nd 19% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 18th -2.7pp 23rd 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 12th -3.6pp 24th 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 27th -3.3pp 25th 14% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 22nd -4.9pp 26th 4% below peers
Burnsville, MN 76.1% 4th -6.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 9th -6.4pp 28th 5% above peers
Westfield, IN 60.2% 26th -11.2pp 29th 14% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 28th -11.3pp 30th 17% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±7.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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