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Casper, WY
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58,839 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

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

What needs attention 3 indicators

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

Big shifts 4 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 13% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $61,979 to $70,218 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,092). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 22% from 2014 to 2024 ($57,511 to $70,218).
$70,218
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
Wyoming ref $76,176 +19%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Gardena, CA $84,803 17th +45% 1st 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 14th +45% 2nd 6% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 23rd +42% 3rd 22% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 12th +40% 4th 14% above peers
Margate, FL $62,450 26th +37% 5th 27% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 174% above peers
Medford, MA $129,540 5th +34% 7th 51% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 18th +32% 8th 4% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 9th 80% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 4th +31% 10th 55% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 22nd +31% 11th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 15th +30% 12th 1% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 8th +30% 13th 32% above peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 20th +30% 14th 16% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 25th +27% 15th 26% below peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 7th +26% 16th 35% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 17th 57% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 18th 111% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 16th +22% 19th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 24th +21% 20th 23% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 10th +21% 21st 20% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 6th +21% 22nd 43% above peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 28th +21% 23rd 35% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 24th 60% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 19th +19% 25th 12% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 9th +19% 26th 21% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 27th 50% below peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 13th +16% 28th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 27th +15% 29th 33% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 11th +14% 30th 18% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 21st +13% 31st 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,487 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 85% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 2.6% in May 2026, down from 3.1% a year earlier.
2.6%
1990May 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wyoming ref 3.4% (May 26) +0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Kokomo, IN 5.0% (May 26) 23rd -1.4pp 1st 25% above peers
Youngstown, OH 5.3% (May 26) 27th -1.2pp 2nd 32% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 2.9% (May 26) 4th -0.7pp 4th 28% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.4% (May 26) 2nd -0.6pp 5th 40% below peers
Casper, WY 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.5pp 6th 35% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 7th 5% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.6% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 60% below peers
Santee, CA 3.7% (May 26) 10th -0.4pp 9th 7% below peers
National City, CA 4.6% (May 26) 20th -0.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 11th 2% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.3% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 12th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 13th 12% below peers
Carson City, NV 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 15th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Lenexa, KS 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 17th 18% below peers
Medford, MA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 18th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (May 26) 24th -0.1pp 19th 25% above peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 20th 20% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.8% (May 26) 22nd +0.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Hempstead, NY 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 23rd 30% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.6% (May 26) 21st +0.8pp 24th 15% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Margate, FL 4.3% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 26th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.2% (May 26) 26th +1.7pp 27th 30% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.8% then, 10.6% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.5% to 10.6%).
10.6%
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
Wyoming ref 10.2% -0.5pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 1st -1.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.9% 6th -2.4pp 2nd 44% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 25th -4.5pp 3rd 33% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 8th -1.8pp 4th 38% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.0% 19th -3.0pp 5th 12% above peers
National City, CA 13.6% 23rd -3.1pp 6th 27% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 14.4% 26th -2.9pp 7th 35% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.7% 18th -1.9pp 8th 9% above peers
Medford, MA 7.3% 9th -1.1pp 9th 31% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 10th -0.9pp 10th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 14th -1.0pp 11th 8% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 13th -0.8pp 12th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN 16.7% 28th -1.5pp 13th 57% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 29th -1.2pp 14th 105% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.3% 22nd -0.6pp 15th 16% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 7th -0.2pp 16th 39% below peers
Margate, FL 12.0% 20th -0.4pp 17th 13% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 53.6% 31st -0.8pp 18th 403% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 3rd +0.2pp 19th 50% below peers
Youngstown, OH 34.9% 30th +1.9pp 20th 228% above peers
Casper, WY 10.6% 15th +0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 16th +0.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 16.2% 27th +1.6pp 23rd 52% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.0% 21st +1.2pp 24th 13% above peers
Santee, CA 7.7% 12th +0.8pp 25th 27% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 26th 47% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 11th +1.7pp 27th 28% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.9% 17th +2.5pp 28th 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.0% 24th +3.7pp 29th 31% above peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 54% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.6% 4th +2.5pp 31st 47% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.8% then, 14.1% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.6% to 14.1%).
14.1%
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
Wyoming ref 11.7% -0.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 5th -6.7pp 1st 57% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 3rd -2.6pp 2nd 65% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 14th -5.9pp 3rd 23% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 8th -3.2pp 4th 48% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 23rd -8.3pp 5th 37% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 6th -2.4pp 6th 54% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 21st -6.1pp 7th 17% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 15th -4.4pp 8th 13% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 7th -2.2pp 9th 54% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 16th -3.6pp 10th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 1st -0.8pp 11th 78% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 25th -5.2pp 12th 67% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 28th -5.6pp 13th 83% above peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 22nd -2.9pp 14th 23% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 10th -1.3pp 15th 45% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 16th 119% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 17th -1.0pp 17th 7% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 18th 301% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 12th +0.1pp 19th 31% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 20th 463% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 21st 79% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 20th +1.1pp 22nd 10% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 9th +0.6pp 23rd 47% below peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 13th +1.1pp 24th 29% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 18th +2.3pp 25th 7% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 19th +5.0pp 26th 8% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 24th +6.5pp 27th 41% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 11th +3.1pp 28th 44% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 4th +2.8pp 29th 58% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 26th +11.5pp 30th 69% above peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 72% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.2pp 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 8.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.4% to 92.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.2% to 92.4%).
92.4%
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
Wyoming ref 89.7% +5.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 29th +18.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 26th +11.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 13th +12.6pp 4th 1% above peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 21st +11.4pp 5th 1% below peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 27th +10.9pp 6th 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 7th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 20th +10.8pp 8th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 11th +10.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 19th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 24th +8.3pp 11th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 17th +8.0pp 12th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 25th +7.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 9th +7.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 28th +6.8pp 15th 5% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 23rd +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 22nd +6.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 15th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 18th +4.7pp 19th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 3rd +4.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 4th +4.6pp 21st 5% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 22nd 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 8th +3.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 10th +3.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 7th +3.2pp 25th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 12th +3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 16th +2.3pp 29th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 6th +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 14th +1.1pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.44 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.03). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 7 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.46).
0.46
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
Wyoming ref 0.45 +0.018
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Margate, FL 0.43 11th -0.028 1st 3% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 5th -0.023 2nd 8% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 24th -0.018 3rd 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 4th 38% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 25th -0.015 5th 7% above peers
Medford, MA 0.44 12th -0.014 6th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 9th -0.012 7th 4% below peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 10th -0.008 8th 3% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 15th -0.007 9th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 10th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 20th -0.001 11th 2% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 17th +0.001 12th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 23rd +0.003 13th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 4th +0.003 14th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 28th +0.006 15th 9% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 19th +0.007 16th 2% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 8th +0.007 17th 5% below peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 7th +0.007 18th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 19th 15% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 2nd +0.011 20th 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 27th +0.019 21st 9% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 22nd 24% below peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 18th +0.020 23rd 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 21st +0.021 24th 4% above peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 26th +0.028 25th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 13th +0.027 26th 1% below peers
Casper, WY 0.46 22nd +0.030 27th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 14th +0.031 28th on par with peers
Santee, CA 0.41 6th +0.035 29th 8% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 16th +0.044 30th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households 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 (6.9% then, 6.6% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.6% to 6.6%).
6.6%
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
Wyoming ref 5.0% -0.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 83% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 22nd -6.0pp 2nd 27% above peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 72% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 12th -2.6pp 4th 15% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 13th -2.6pp 5th 15% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 6th 45% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 20th -2.9pp 7th 14% above peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 24th -3.1pp 8th 57% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 21st -2.3pp 9th 17% above peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 17th -2.0pp 10th 3% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 3rd -0.5pp 11th 75% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 8th -1.2pp 12th 22% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 11th -1.1pp 13th 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 27th -1.3pp 14th 97% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 14th -0.6pp 15th 1% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 16th 323% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 7th -0.3pp 17th 23% below peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 5th +0.0pp 18th 47% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 19th 144% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 9th +0.3pp 20th 22% below peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 25th +0.9pp 21st 68% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 18th +0.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 26th +1.4pp 23rd 79% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 28th +3.0pp 24th 125% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 25th 512% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 15th +1.7pp 26th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 10th +2.3pp 27th 20% below peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 23rd +4.4pp 28th 39% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 16th +3.4pp 29th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 19th +4.0pp 30th 10% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 2nd +1.5pp 31st 80% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $314,485 in June 2026, up from $309,827 a year earlier.
$314,485
2011June 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wyoming ref $372,526 (Jun 26) +1.5%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Youngstown, OH $72,648 (Jun 26) 27th +8.0% 1st 85% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $303,687 (Jun 26) 21st +7.6% 2nd 39% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $360,826 (Jun 26) 18th +6.1% 3rd 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA $253,886 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.5% 4th 49% below peers
Kokomo, IN $186,870 (Jun 26) 24th +5.1% 5th 63% below peers
Lenexa, KS $487,610 (Jun 26) 15th +4.4% 6th 2% below peers
Hempstead, NY $647,376 (Jun 26) 10th +4.0% 7th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA $3,065,443 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 8th 514% above peers
Towson, MD $483,869 (Jun 26) 16th +2.2% 9th 3% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,215 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 10th 77% above peers
Gardena, CA $793,575 (Jun 26) 8th +2.0% 11th 59% above peers
National City, CA $692,258 (Jun 26) 9th +1.7% 12th 39% above peers
Casper, WY $314,485 (Jun 26) 20th +1.5% 13th 37% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $928,283 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.4% 14th 86% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $499,305 (Jun 26) 14th +1.3% 15th on par with peers
Herriman, UT $609,118 (Jun 26) 11th +1.2% 16th 22% above peers
Severn, MD $522,552 (Jun 26) 13th +1.1% 17th 5% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $163,505 (Jun 26) 26th +0.6% 18th 67% below peers
Medford, MA $856,375 (Jun 26) 6th +0.5% 19th 72% above peers
Midwest City, OK $171,855 (Jun 26) 25th +0.3% 20th 66% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $468,522 (Jun 26) 17th -0.7% 21st 6% below peers
Gilroy, CA $1,068,039 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.9% 22nd 114% above peers
Petaluma, CA $913,233 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 23rd 83% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $538,248 (Jun 26) 12th -1.6% 24th 8% above peers
Santee, CA $799,400 (Jun 26) 7th -2.7% 25th 60% above peers
Margate, FL $321,338 (Jun 26) 19th -3.2% 26th 36% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $279,711 (Jun 26) 22nd -8.1% 27th 44% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $224,167 in June 2026, up from $219,129 a year earlier.
$224,167
2011June 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wyoming ref $238,083 (Jun 26) +2.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Youngstown, OH $42,153 (Jun 26) 27th +11.3% 1st 89% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $208,386 (Jun 26) 20th +8.6% 2nd 44% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $604,336 (Jun 26) 7th +5.7% 3rd 62% above peers
Lenexa, KS $372,576 (Jun 26) 14th +5.3% 4th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY $573,601 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 5th 54% above peers
Dubuque, IA $173,403 (Jun 26) 21st +4.7% 6th 53% below peers
Kokomo, IN $115,530 (Jun 26) 25th +4.6% 7th 69% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,882 (Jun 26) 18th +4.0% 8th 34% below peers
National City, CA $567,564 (Jun 26) 10th +3.7% 9th 52% above peers
Casper, WY $224,167 (Jun 26) 19th +2.3% 10th 40% below peers
Severn, MD $390,040 (Jun 26) 13th +1.6% 11th 5% above peers
Gardena, CA $656,383 (Jun 26) 5th +1.5% 12th 76% above peers
Midwest City, OK $124,965 (Jun 26) 24th +1.4% 13th 66% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $419,081 (Jun 26) 12th +1.4% 14th 12% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,783,632 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 15th 379% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $744,070 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.7% 16th 100% above peers
Towson, MD $316,196 (Jun 26) 17th +0.6% 17th 15% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $341,299 (Jun 26) 16th +0.2% 18th 8% below peers
Medford, MA $650,787 (Jun 26) 6th +0.2% 19th 75% above peers
Herriman, UT $449,054 (Jun 26) 11th -0.0% 20th 21% above peers
Gilroy, CA $860,108 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.1% 21st 131% above peers
Petaluma, CA $723,191 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 22nd 94% above peers
Santee, CA $588,223 (Jun 26) 8th -2.1% 23rd 58% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $350,114 (Jun 26) 15th -4.1% 24th 6% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $94,208 (Jun 26) 26th -5.0% 25th 75% below peers
Margate, FL $127,438 (Jun 26) 23rd -9.4% 26th 66% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,696 (Jun 26) 22nd -11.3% 27th 55% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership rose 5.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64.4% to 69.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.2% to 69.8%).
69.8%
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
Wyoming ref 71.8% +1.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 27th +6.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 4th +7.2pp 2nd 24% above peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 17th +5.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 9th +5.5pp 4th 12% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 15th +4.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 28th +2.8pp 6th 26% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 5th +2.8pp 7th 17% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 3rd +2.7pp 8th 26% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 9th 46% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 19th +1.6pp 10th 7% below peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 11th +1.7pp 11th 6% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 21st +1.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 26th +0.9pp 13th 22% below peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 16th +0.9pp 14th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 7th +1.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 6th +0.6pp 16th 16% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 18th +0.4pp 17th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 10th +0.4pp 18th 8% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 8th +0.3pp 19th 14% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 12th -0.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 14th -0.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 25th -0.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 24th -0.5pp 23rd 16% below peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 24th 44% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 13th -1.4pp 25th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 22nd -1.8pp 26th 11% below peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 1st -2.7pp 27th 27% above peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 23rd -2.1pp 28th 13% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 20th -4.1pp 29th 9% below peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 2nd -8.9pp 30th 26% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 27% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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2 of 13 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 ±1.9pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 80% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,363 in June 2026, up from $1,353 a year earlier.
$1,363
2016June 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Youngstown, OH $1,087 (Jun 26) 25th +9.3% 1st 50% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.9% 2nd 46% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,267 (Jun 26) 1st +7.5% 3rd 98% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,031 (Jun 26) 15th +5.5% 4th 6% below peers
Gardena, CA $2,362 (Jun 26) 11th +4.3% 5th 10% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $995 (Jun 26) 27th +4.3% 6th 54% below peers
Petaluma, CA $2,927 (Jun 26) 6th +3.9% 7th 36% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,753 (Jun 26) 18th +3.8% 8th 19% below peers
Dubuque, IA $1,110 (Jun 26) 24th +3.8% 9th 48% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,941 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 10th 83% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,242 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.7% 11th 42% below peers
Kokomo, IN $1,009 (Jun 26) 26th +3.4% 12th 53% below peers
Medford, MA $3,419 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.1% 13th 59% above peers
Gilroy, CA $3,082 (Jun 26) 5th +3.1% 14th 43% above peers
Towson, MD $1,932 (Jun 26) 16th +2.8% 15th 10% below peers
Lenexa, KS $1,685 (Jun 26) 19th +2.8% 16th 22% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,545 (Jun 26) 8th +2.7% 17th 18% above peers
Santee, CA $2,790 (Jun 26) 7th +2.2% 18th 30% above peers
Severn, MD $2,316 (Jun 26) 13th +2.1% 19th 8% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,329 (Jun 26) 12th +1.2% 20th 8% above peers
Casper, WY $1,363 (Jun 26) 21st +0.7% 21st 37% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,467 (Jun 26) 10th +0.6% 22nd 15% above peers
Margate, FL $2,154 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 23rd on par with peers
Herriman, UT $1,931 (Jun 26) 17th +0.0% 24th 10% below peers
National City, CA $2,472 (Jun 26) 9th -0.0% 25th 15% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,417 (Jun 26) 20th -0.7% 26th 34% below peers
Hempstead, NY 4th 56% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.8% then, 26.7% now; margin ±3.5pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.6% to 26.7%).
26.7%
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
Wyoming ref 26.4% +1.9pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 6th -5.9pp 1st 19% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 2nd 42% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 15th -2.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 10th -1.6pp 4th 16% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 5th -1.4pp 5th 20% below peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 25th -2.0pp 6th 29% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 14th -0.7pp 7th 7% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 3rd -0.2pp 8th 22% below peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 2nd +0.0pp 9th 25% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 10th 31% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 11th 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 18th +0.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 19th +0.5pp 13th 4% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 12th +0.5pp 14th 8% below peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 7th +0.6pp 15th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 11th +0.8pp 16th 14% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 21st +1.3pp 17th 13% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 28th +1.6pp 18th 40% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 20th +1.4pp 19th 7% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 22nd +1.6pp 20th 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 21st 41% above peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 8th +1.6pp 22nd 17% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 24th +2.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 9th +1.9pp 24th 16% below peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 16th +2.3pp 25th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 13th +2.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 4th +2.3pp 27th 22% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 23rd +3.7pp 28th 15% above peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 1st +2.3pp 29th 33% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 17th +3.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 27th +6.8pp 31st 39% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.5% then, 5.2% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 5.2%).
5.2%
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
Wyoming ref 4.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Gardena, CA 5.2% 11th -1.6pp 1st 11% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 2nd 36% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 3rd 226% above peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 18th -1.1pp 4th 18% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 24th -1.2pp 5th 83% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 9th -0.3pp 6th 23% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 10th -0.3pp 7th 21% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 8th 482% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 20th -0.3pp 9th 39% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 15th -0.2pp 10th 3% below peers
National City, CA 10.9% 25th -0.3pp 11th 87% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 28th -0.1pp 12th 188% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 6th -0.0pp 13th 32% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 14th -0.0pp 14th 7% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 15th 306% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 7th +0.0pp 16th 28% below peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 12th +0.1pp 17th 10% below peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 27th +0.6pp 18th 99% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 22nd +0.6pp 19th 54% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 8th +0.3pp 20th 26% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 16th +0.5pp 21st on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 23rd +1.3pp 22nd 64% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 2nd +0.5pp 23rd 48% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 13th +0.8pp 24th 10% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 17th +1.1pp 25th 17% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 26th +1.9pp 26th 96% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 21st +1.5pp 27th 41% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 19th +1.5pp 28th 33% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 29th 37% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 30th 39% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 1st +2.5pp 31st 51% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • 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
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.4% to 10.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% to 10.8%).
10.8%
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
Wyoming ref 11.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 9th -3.1pp 1st 43% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 54% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.4% 8th -2.0pp 3rd 44% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 22nd -5.1pp 4th 45% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 12th -2.4pp 5th 30% below peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 26th -5.3pp 6th 74% above peers
Santee, CA 3.0% 5th -1.2pp 7th 50% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.8% 14th -1.7pp 8th 20% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 11th -1.3pp 9th 37% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.3% 25th -2.8pp 10th 70% above peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 29th -2.8pp 11th 78% above peers
Gardena, CA 8.4% 20th -2.1pp 12th 38% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.8% 10th -1.0pp 13th 38% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 14th 62% below peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 28th -2.5pp 15th 78% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 16th 71% below peers
Midwest City, OK 10.2% 24th -1.9pp 17th 69% above peers
Kokomo, IN 6.1% 16th -1.1pp 18th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.0% 19th -0.8pp 19th 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 21st -0.8pp 20th 41% above peers
National City, CA 11.2% 30th -0.3pp 21st 85% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.0pp 22nd 59% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.0% 15th -0.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 6.7% 18th +0.2pp 24th 10% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 27th +0.4pp 25th 75% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 31st +0.8pp 26th 96% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 23rd +0.7pp 27th 49% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 13th +0.3pp 28th 30% below peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 29th 45% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 30th 47% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 17th +2.9pp 31st 6% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.9%
20202022
Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Wyoming ref 34.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 52% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 2nd 42% below peers
Medford, MA 23.8% 3rd 26% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 4th 19% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 5th 19% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 6th 19% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 7th 14% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 8th 12% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 9th 11% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 10th 11% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 11th 10% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 12th 10% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 13th 7% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 14th 3% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 15th 3% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 16th on par with peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 17th 1% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 18th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 19th 6% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 20th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 21st 10% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 22nd 12% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 23rd 15% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 24th 16% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 25th 17% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 26th 27% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 28% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 28th 32% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 29th 34% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 49% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.1% then, 6.1% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 6.1%).
6.1%
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
Wyoming ref 9.1% +0.6pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 78% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 6th -5.3pp 2nd 49% below peers
Herriman, UT 1.6% 9th -4.9pp 3rd 36% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 4th 53% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 7th -1.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 10th -2.2pp 6th 35% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 18th -3.7pp 7th 11% above peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 8th -1.6pp 8th 43% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 29th -8.0pp 9th 216% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 12th -1.4pp 10th 18% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 24th -3.0pp 11th 139% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 22nd -2.1pp 12th 93% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 11th -0.7pp 13th 35% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 30th -3.1pp 14th 248% above peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 14th -0.5pp 15th 11% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 23rd -1.2pp 16th 130% above peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 16th -0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 26th -1.1pp 18th 189% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 27th -0.7pp 19th 198% above peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 20th +0.1pp 20th 55% above peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 15th +0.1pp 21st 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 22nd 62% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 13th +0.3pp 23rd 15% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 31st +2.3pp 24th 298% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 25th +2.2pp 25th 188% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 28th +3.1pp 26th 214% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 21st +2.1pp 27th 82% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 28th 61% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 17th +1.4pp 29th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 19th +1.9pp 30th 31% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 64% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.3pp 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 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.1% to 30.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 16 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; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.9% to 30.5%).
30.5%
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
Wyoming ref 30.6% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 1st 50% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 21st +4.4pp 2nd 32% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 18th +5.4pp 3rd 16% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 9th +7.4pp 4th 18% above peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 16th +5.5pp 5th 3% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 27th +2.8pp 6th 49% below peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 26th +3.2pp 7th 41% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 20th +3.5pp 8th 20% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 15th +4.4pp 9th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 10th 57% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 13th +4.3pp 11th 7% above peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 4th +6.0pp 12th 65% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 13th 34% below peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 17th +2.9pp 14th 6% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 8th +3.6pp 15th 18% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 32% below peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 7th +3.4pp 17th 21% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 10th +2.9pp 18th 10% above peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 19th 35% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 20th 91% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 6th +2.6pp 21st 27% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 19th +1.6pp 22nd 19% below peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 23rd 127% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 14th +1.5pp 24th 5% above peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 5th +2.2pp 25th 59% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 26th 128% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 12th +0.8pp 27th 7% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 11th +0.3pp 28th 8% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 23rd -0.3pp 29th 33% below peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 28th -0.3pp 30th 50% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment rose 16.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.6% to 55.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.4pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.7% to 55.5%).
55.5%
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
Wyoming ref 47.6% +5.8pp
United States ref 45.5%
Severn, MD 66.5% 6th +33.2pp 1st 33% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 11th +16.8pp 2nd 11% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 3rd +14.8pp 3rd 46% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 2nd +15.4pp 4th 59% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 10th +9.5pp 5th 14% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 23rd +6.0pp 6th 18% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 24th +5.7pp 7th 21% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 8th 38% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 8th +7.8pp 9th 31% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 5th +7.0pp 10th 37% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 11th 81% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 7th +3.4pp 12th 32% above peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 13th +1.4pp 13th 7% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 4th -0.4pp 14th 39% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 17th -2.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 9th -4.2pp 16th 18% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 16th -4.5pp 17th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 12th -6.3pp 18th 7% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 22nd -5.0pp 19th 17% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 25th -5.2pp 20th 22% below peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 21st -8.3pp 21st 16% below peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 14th -10.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 19th -10.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 15th -12.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 29th -10.5pp 25th 32% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 26th -12.9pp 26th 22% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 27th -15.0pp 27th 25% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 18th -19.7pp 28th 5% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 28th -15.1pp 29th 30% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 20th -20.7pp 30th 15% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 46% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.7% then, 8.1% now; margin ±5.1pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.2% to 8.1%).
8.1%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wyoming ref 6.5% -0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 95% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 7th -3.7pp 2nd 43% below peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 11th -2.3pp 3rd 28% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 13th -1.8pp 4th 21% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 9th -1.5pp 5th 34% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 24th -2.5pp 6th 48% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 5th -0.8pp 7th 50% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 14th -1.2pp 8th 21% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 43% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 6th -0.5pp 10th 44% below peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 26th -0.3pp 11th 67% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 12th 58% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 20th -0.1pp 13th 39% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 15th -0.0pp 14th 5% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 10th +0.3pp 15th 30% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 16th 186% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 29th +1.3pp 17th 100% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 8th +0.8pp 18th 40% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 30th +3.0pp 19th 114% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 18th +2.1pp 20th 27% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 17th +2.2pp 21st 13% above peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 23rd +3.1pp 22nd 47% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 19th +2.8pp 23rd 34% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 28th +4.4pp 24th 95% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 16th +2.4pp 25th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 12th +2.0pp 26th 22% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 21st +4.3pp 27th 41% above peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 27th +6.2pp 28th 95% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 25th +7.0pp 29th 64% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 67% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 3rd +2.1pp 31st 59% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58,446 to 58,839 - more than the combined survey margin (±48). 17 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 2% from 2014 to 2024 (57,815 to 58,839).
58,839
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
Herriman, UT 59,346 3rd +48% 1st 1% above peers
Severn, MD 58,402 26th +16% 2nd 1% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 22nd +10% 3rd on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 27th +8% 4th 1% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 29th +7% 5th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 28th +7% 6th 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 19th +6% 7th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 13th +4% 8th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 14th +4% 9th on par with peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 12th +3% 10th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 24th +3% 11th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 2nd +3% 12th 1% above peers
Santee, CA 59,332 4th +3% 13th 1% above peers
Margate, FL 59,198 7th +2% 14th 1% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 31st +2% 15th 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 8th +2% 16th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 11th +2% 17th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 20th +1% 18th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 9th +1% 19th on par with peers
Casper, WY 58,839 17th +1% 20th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 1st -0% 21st 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 10th -2% 22nd on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 21st -2% 23rd on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 6th -3% 24th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 23rd -3% 25th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 30th -4% 26th 1% below peers
National City, CA 58,893 16th -4% 27th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 25th -4% 28th 1% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 15th -4% 29th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 18th -4% 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 5th -8% 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 ±39 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 (24.2% then, 24.2% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.8% to 24.2%).
24.2%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wyoming ref 22.4% -1.1pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 6th +1.5pp 1st 13% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 18th +1.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 17th +1.1pp 4th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 9th +1.1pp 5th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 4th +1.2pp 6th 24% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 14th +1.0pp 7th 4% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 7th +0.9pp 8th 12% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 25th +0.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 12th +0.7pp 10th 9% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 13th +0.6pp 11th 5% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 21st +0.3pp 12th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 24th +0.1pp 13th 14% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 3rd +0.1pp 14th 27% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 5th +0.0pp 15th 17% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 8th -0.4pp 17th 11% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 16th -0.5pp 18th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 19th -0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 26th -0.5pp 20th 19% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 30th -0.4pp 21st 31% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 20th -0.7pp 22nd 4% below peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 15th -1.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 27th -1.5pp 24th 21% below peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 2nd -2.5pp 25th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 11th -3.1pp 26th 9% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 23rd -2.8pp 27th 12% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 29th 67% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 10th -3.8pp 30th 10% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 28th -3.1pp 31st 25% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 (31.8% then, 30.8% now; margin ±6.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.7% to 30.8%).
30.8%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wyoming ref 24.0% -0.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Gardena, CA 43.4% 8th +14.6pp 1st 51% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 13th +10.4pp 2nd 11% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 10th +8.6pp 3rd 26% above peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 20th +3.6pp 4th 18% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 9th +4.6pp 5th 28% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 6th +5.1pp 6th 57% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 5th +4.8pp 7th 58% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 8th 77% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 26th +1.8pp 9th 32% below peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 16th +2.4pp 10th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 11th 86% above peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 11th +2.5pp 12th 26% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 13th 154% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 25th -0.0pp 14th 31% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 30th -0.1pp 15th 72% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 7th -0.5pp 16th 52% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 14th -1.0pp 17th 7% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 19th -1.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 21st -1.0pp 19th 22% below peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 20th 152% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 21st 29% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 17th -2.8pp 22nd 2% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 22nd -2.7pp 23rd 27% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 27th -2.5pp 24th 37% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 12th -4.6pp 25th 13% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 23rd -3.9pp 26th 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 15th -5.9pp 27th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 28th -3.8pp 28th 37% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 18th -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 30th 78% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 31st 43% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.3% then, 66.7% now; margin ±14.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.4% to 66.7%).
66.7%
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
Wyoming ref 68.3% +4.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 5th +22.1pp 1st 18% above peers
National City, CA 69.4% 18th +13.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 15th +10.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 6th +11.4pp 4th 18% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 10th +10.7pp 5th 12% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 4th +8.8pp 6th 19% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 28th +6.3pp 7th 11% below peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 9th +7.6pp 8th 12% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 9th 23% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 13th +7.0pp 10th 7% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 11th +6.3pp 11th 11% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 19th +4.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 8th +3.3pp 13th 14% above peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 7th +3.0pp 14th 15% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 29th +2.3pp 15th 12% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 22nd +2.2pp 16th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 20th +1.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 30th +0.5pp 18th 16% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 19th 24% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 21% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 25th -1.7pp 21st 5% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 24th -2.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 21st -3.4pp 23rd 4% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 17th -5.4pp 24th 1% below peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 12th -7.0pp 25th 11% above peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 23rd -8.0pp 26th 4% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 31st -8.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 26th -9.7pp 28th 10% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 14th -12.7pp 29th 2% above peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 16th -14.6pp 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 27th -17.3pp 31st 10% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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