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Casper, WY
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58,771 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 11 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 moves & big gaps 2 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 →

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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Casper started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 22% from 2014 to 2024 ($57,511 to $70,218).
Bright spot $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%
Bozeman, MT $85,747 13th +54% 1st 14% above peers
Gardena, CA $84,803 15th +45% 2nd 13% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 18th +42% 3rd 4% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 10th +40% 4th 30% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 23rd +40% 5th 15% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 213% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 6th +36% 7th 65% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 19th +34% 8th 4% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 5th +34% 9th 65% above peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 11th +34% 10th 21% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 11th 77% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 21st +31% 12th 6% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $88,201 12th +30% 13th 18% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 8th +30% 14th 51% above peers
San Rafael, CA $119,435 7th +30% 15th 59% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 25th +30% 16th 19% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 17th +30% 17th 4% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 26th +30% 18th 19% below peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 24th +27% 19th 18% below peers
Severn, MD $134,423 4th +25% 20th 79% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 3rd +25% 21st 89% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 22nd 141% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 14th +22% 23rd 14% above peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 22nd +21% 24th 12% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 28th +20% 25th 37% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 26th 54% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 16th +19% 27th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 28th 43% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 27th +15% 29th 23% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 9th +14% 30th 35% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 20th +13% 31st 6% 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 99% 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
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Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.2 percentage points lower than in 2022 (3.6% then, 3.4% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 2.9% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2.5% in July 2026, down from 2.9% a year earlier.
Bright spot 2.5%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wyoming ref 3.0% (Jul 26) -0.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Springfield, OH 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -1.5pp 1st on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 24th -1.1pp 2nd 28% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th -1.0pp 3rd 16% above peers
Youngstown, OH 6.3% (Jul 26) 25th -0.9pp 4th 47% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.8pp 5th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.7pp 6th 2% above peers
San Rafael, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.6pp 7th 12% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.5% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.6pp 8th 42% below peers
Casper, WY 2.5% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 9th 42% below peers
Santee, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 10th 7% above peers
Carson City, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Bozeman, MT 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 12th 49% below peers
Dubuque, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 13th 14% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 14th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 15th 2% below peers
Lancaster, PA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 17th 23% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
Bowie, MD 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.3pp 19th 5% above peers
Decatur, AL 3.1% (Jul 26) 4th +0.4pp 20th 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.5pp 21st 9% above peers
Bradenton, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 22nd 21% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Sarasota, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 24th 16% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd +1.2pp 25th 16% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 6.4% (Jul 26) 26th +1.5pp 26th 49% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.0% then, 10.8% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 10.8%).
Bright spot 10.8%
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 10.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 12.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.2% 9th -5.7pp 1st 23% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.1% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 66% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.0% 6th -2.4pp 3rd 49% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 67% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.1% 20th -4.5pp 5th 11% above peers
Bozeman, MT 13.7% 21st -4.1pp 6th 15% above peers
Dubuque, IA 12.7% 19th -3.2pp 7th 7% above peers
Pocatello, ID 14.8% 23rd -3.7pp 8th 25% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.5% 4th -0.8pp 9th 62% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.3% 27th -3.6pp 10th 72% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.8% 16th -1.9pp 11th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.8% 7th -0.9pp 12th 34% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.3% 10th -1.0pp 13th 13% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 29th -1.7pp 14th 108% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 25th -0.7pp 15th 27% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 24th -0.7pp 16th 25% above peers
San Rafael, CA 11.7% 15th -0.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 54.7% 31st -0.4pp 18th 362% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.1% 28th -0.1pp 19th 95% above peers
Towson, MD 12.1% 18th +0.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Youngstown, OH 37.3% 30th +2.1pp 21st 215% above peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 12th +0.7pp 22nd 9% below peers
Santee, CA 7.9% 8th +0.7pp 23rd 33% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.1% 17th +1.2pp 24th 2% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 25th 52% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.5% 26th +1.7pp 26th 39% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.6% 14th +1.5pp 27th 2% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 10.3% 11th +1.5pp 28th 13% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.8% 1st +0.6pp 29th 68% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.0% 13th +2.5pp 30th 7% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.1% 22nd +3.7pp 31st 19% 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.
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 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 ±1.8pp 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 11th -11.0pp 1st 40% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 7th -3.2pp 2nd 56% below peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 20th -8.3pp 3rd 18% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 4th -1.6pp 4th 74% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 5th -2.4pp 5th 60% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 16th -6.1pp 6th on par with peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 6th -2.2pp 7th 60% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 3rd -1.3pp 8th 74% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 23rd -6.9pp 9th 38% above peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 13th -3.6pp 10th 14% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 11th 81% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 27th -7.4pp 12th 81% above peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 8th -1.4pp 13th 54% below peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 17th -2.9pp 14th 5% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 28th -3.4pp 15th 88% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 19th -1.9pp 16th 17% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 26th -2.3pp 17th 77% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 18th 243% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 29th -0.1pp 19th 112% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 10th +0.1pp 20th 41% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 21st 382% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 25th +0.9pp 22nd 53% above peers
San Rafael, CA 18.6% 22nd +1.0pp 23rd 21% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 12.3% 12th +1.4pp 24th 20% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 25th 82% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 14th +2.3pp 26th 8% below peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 18th +4.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 15th +5.0pp 28th 8% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 21st +6.5pp 29th 20% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 9th +3.1pp 30th 52% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 24th +11.5pp 31st 45% 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.
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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Casper started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.2% to 92.4%).
Bright spot 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
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 22nd +14.7pp 2nd 2% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 28th +12.6pp 4th 6% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 12th +12.6pp 5th 2% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 91.3% 20th +11.3pp 6th 1% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 2nd +11.7pp 7th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 19th +10.8pp 8th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 10th +10.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 16th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 25th +8.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 26th +8.7pp 12th 4% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 18th +9.0pp 13th on par with peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 15th +8.0pp 14th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 24th +7.6pp 15th 3% below peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 23rd +6.9pp 16th 2% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 21st +6.2pp 17th 2% below peers
San Rafael, CA 94.7% 9th +5.6pp 18th 3% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 13th +5.4pp 19th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 11th +4.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 3rd +4.3pp 21st 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 8th +4.2pp 22nd 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 1st +4.3pp 23rd 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 7th +3.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 27th +3.1pp 25th 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 17th +3.1pp 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 4th +2.4pp 29th 6% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 14th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 6th +2.0pp 31st 4% 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.
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 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

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.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.46).
Needs attention 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
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 4th -0.041 1st 15% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 6th -0.023 2nd 10% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 17th -0.025 3rd on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 4th 36% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 10th -0.015 5th 5% below peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 24th -0.015 6th 5% above peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 9th -0.012 7th 5% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 14th -0.010 8th 1% below peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 3rd -0.005 9th 16% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 19th -0.001 10th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 12th +0.003 11th 2% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 23rd +0.003 12th 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 5th +0.003 13th 13% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 18th +0.006 14th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 26th +0.006 15th 7% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 16th +0.007 16th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 8th +0.007 17th 7% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 20th +0.008 18th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 0.51 28th +0.010 19th 13% above peers
San Rafael, CA 0.51 27th +0.012 20th 13% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 21st 18% below peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 25th +0.013 22nd 7% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 23rd 18% below peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 15th +0.020 24th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 21st +0.021 25th 2% above peers
Casper, WY 0.46 22nd +0.030 26th 3% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 13th +0.031 27th 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 30th +0.044 28th 29% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 7th +0.035 29th 9% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 0.44 11th +0.038 30th 3% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 29th +0.098 31st 14% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.6% to 6.6%).
Bright spot 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
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 15th -5.8pp 1st 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 19th -6.0pp 2nd 19% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 12th -2.6pp 3rd 20% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 4th -1.5pp 4th 48% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 17th -2.9pp 5th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 20th -3.1pp 6th 26% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 16th -2.4pp 7th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 18th -2.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 23rd -3.0pp 9th 48% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 11th -1.1pp 10th 21% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.4% 2nd -0.5pp 11th 63% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 6th -0.6pp 12th 35% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 26th -1.3pp 13th 86% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 13th -0.6pp 14th 6% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 15th 299% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 8th -0.3pp 16th 28% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 28th -0.1pp 17th 197% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 3rd +0.0pp 18th 50% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 5th +0.0pp 19th 37% below peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 29th +0.9pp 20th 215% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 27th +0.7pp 21st 89% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 10th +0.3pp 22nd 26% below peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 25th +1.4pp 23rd 68% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 22nd +1.2pp 24th 33% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 25th 477% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.5% 7th +1.7pp 26th 29% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 14.3% 24th +5.1pp 27th 57% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 21st +4.4pp 28th 31% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 14th +3.4pp 29th 6% below peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 9th +2.7pp 30th 26% below peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 81% 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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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 →
  • 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $313,856 in August 2026, up from $308,347 a year earlier.
$313,856
2011August 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 $371,854 (Aug 26) +1.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Youngstown, OH $73,589 (Aug 26) 27th +7.4% 1st 84% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $358,473 (Aug 26) 17th +6.9% 2nd 24% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,427 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.5% 3rd 86% above peers
Dubuque, IA $250,358 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.5% 4th 47% below peers
Springfield, OH $189,587 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 5th 60% below peers
Cupertino, CA $2,965,725 (Aug 26) 1st +3.3% 6th 525% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $607,048 (Aug 26) 8th +3.1% 7th 28% above peers
Towson, MD $474,404 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 8th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA $1,298,041 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 9th 174% above peers
Gardena, CA $779,150 (Aug 26) 5th +2.3% 10th 64% above peers
Casper, WY $313,856 (Aug 26) 20th +1.8% 11th 34% below peers
Pocatello, ID $343,159 (Aug 26) 19th +1.6% 12th 28% below peers
Severn, MD $517,542 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 13th 9% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $162,375 (Aug 26) 26th +1.0% 14th 66% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $747,422 (Aug 26) 6th +1.0% 15th 58% above peers
Midwest City, OK $170,640 (Aug 26) 25th +0.7% 16th 64% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $462,037 (Aug 26) 15th +0.4% 17th 3% below peers
Bozeman, MT $725,769 (Aug 26) 7th +0.4% 18th 53% above peers
Lacey, WA $509,747 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 19th 7% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $534,688 (Aug 26) 9th -0.2% 20th 13% above peers
Bowie, MD $520,578 (Aug 26) 10th -0.4% 21st 10% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $507,240 (Aug 26) 13th -1.0% 22nd 7% above peers
Decatur, AL $223,248 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.1% 23rd 53% below peers
Santee, CA $795,470 (Aug 26) 4th -1.5% 24th 68% above peers
Sarasota, FL $409,878 (Aug 26) 16th -2.7% 25th 14% below peers
Bradenton, FL $352,501 (Aug 26) 18th -3.2% 26th 26% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $278,815 (Aug 26) 21st -6.4% 27th 41% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $224,668 in August 2026, up from $218,887 a year earlier.
$224,668
2011August 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 $238,154 (Aug 26) +3.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Youngstown, OH $43,239 (Aug 26) 27th +12.8% 1st 87% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $596,747 (Aug 26) 6th +8.4% 2nd 78% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,871 (Aug 26) 18th +4.0% 3rd 27% below peers
Springfield, OH $104,091 (Aug 26) 25th +3.9% 4th 69% below peers
Pocatello, ID $259,905 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 5th 23% below peers
Dubuque, IA $169,835 (Aug 26) 21st +3.0% 6th 49% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $449,366 (Aug 26) 8th +2.9% 7th 34% above peers
Casper, WY $224,668 (Aug 26) 19th +2.6% 8th 33% below peers
Gardena, CA $642,831 (Aug 26) 4th +1.9% 9th 91% above peers
Midwest City, OK $123,280 (Aug 26) 24th +1.9% 10th 63% below peers
San Rafael, CA $798,125 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.7% 11th 138% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA $676,538 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.6% 12th 102% above peers
Severn, MD $384,636 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 13th 15% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $335,700 (Aug 26) 14th +1.2% 14th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA $1,732,125 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 15th 416% above peers
Lacey, WA $433,708 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 16th 29% above peers
Towson, MD $310,817 (Aug 26) 15th +0.7% 17th 7% below peers
Bowie, MD $418,752 (Aug 26) 10th +0.2% 18th 25% above peers
Santee, CA $612,274 (Aug 26) 5th -0.3% 19th 82% above peers
Decatur, AL $139,417 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.9% 20th 58% below peers
Bozeman, MT $489,422 (Aug 26) 7th -1.4% 21st 46% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $357,564 (Aug 26) 12th -1.8% 22nd 7% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $348,285 (Aug 26) 13th -2.4% 23rd 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $93,084 (Aug 26) 26th -3.0% 24th 72% below peers
Sarasota, FL $259,750 (Aug 26) 17th -4.1% 25th 23% below peers
Bradenton, FL $206,790 (Aug 26) 20th -5.4% 26th 38% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,596 (Aug 26) 22nd -8.2% 27th 50% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.2% to 69.8%).
Bright spot 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%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 17th +7.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 28th +5.1pp 2nd 20% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 15th +5.6pp 3rd 3% above peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 9th +5.5pp 4th 15% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 25th +3.7pp 5th 14% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 14th +4.0pp 6th 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA 53.0% 24th +3.0pp 7th 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 2nd +4.1pp 8th 35% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 5th +2.8pp 9th 21% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 4th +2.6pp 10th 22% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 30th +1.6pp 11th 26% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 3rd +2.7pp 12th 29% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 70.5% 8th +2.3pp 13th 16% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 12th +1.9pp 14th 6% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 15th 44% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 18th +1.6pp 16th 4% below peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 10th +1.7pp 17th 9% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 20th +1.2pp 18th 7% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 27th +0.9pp 19th 19% below peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 1st +1.3pp 20th 38% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 22nd +0.6pp 21st 8% below peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 6th +0.6pp 22nd 19% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 16th +0.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 7th +0.3pp 24th 17% above peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 19th -0.1pp 25th 5% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 11th -0.3pp 26th 7% above peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 13th -0.4pp 27th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 26th -0.5pp 28th 14% below peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 21st -1.6pp 29th 8% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 23rd -1.8pp 30th 8% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 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: 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 · 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 →
What changed

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,393 in August 2026, up from $1,372 a year earlier.
$1,393
2016August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Youngstown, OH $1,059 (Aug 26) 27th +8.4% 1st 49% below peers
Springfield, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 22nd +8.3% 2nd 39% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +8.0% 3rd 113% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,058 (Aug 26) 14th +5.6% 4th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA $3,182 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.4% 5th 55% above peers
Gardena, CA $2,354 (Aug 26) 8th +4.3% 6th 14% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,989 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.1% 7th 94% above peers
Lancaster, PA $1,547 (Aug 26) 20th +3.9% 8th 25% below peers
Bozeman, MT $2,149 (Aug 26) 12th +3.8% 9th 4% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $1,823 (Aug 26) 17th +3.6% 10th 11% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $1,861 (Aug 26) 16th +3.5% 11th 10% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $996 (Aug 26) 28th +3.3% 12th 52% below peers
Dubuque, IA $1,076 (Aug 26) 25th +3.1% 13th 48% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,694 (Aug 26) 19th +3.0% 14th 18% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $2,266 (Aug 26) 10th +2.7% 15th 10% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,392 (Aug 26) 7th +2.3% 16th 16% above peers
Santee, CA $2,850 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 17th 38% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,202 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 18th 42% below peers
Decatur, AL $1,118 (Aug 26) 24th +1.8% 19th 46% below peers
Towson, MD $1,872 (Aug 26) 15th +1.6% 20th 9% below peers
Casper, WY $1,393 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 21st 32% below peers
Lacey, WA $2,137 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 22nd 4% above peers
Pocatello, ID $1,074 (Aug 26) 26th +0.8% 23rd 48% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,522 (Aug 26) 5th +0.5% 24th 23% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,484 (Aug 26) 6th +0.5% 25th 21% above peers
Severn, MD $2,336 (Aug 26) 9th +0.2% 26th 14% above peers
Sarasota, FL $2,175 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 27th 6% above peers
Bradenton, FL $1,782 (Aug 26) 18th -1.9% 28th 13% below peers
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ Strong performer
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 (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.*

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.6% to 26.7%).
Bright spot 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% 8th -5.9pp 1st 20% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 4th -2.1pp 2nd 23% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 11th -1.6pp 3rd 18% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 6th -1.4pp 4th 21% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 22nd -1.9pp 5th 12% above peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 29th -2.0pp 6th 27% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 2nd -1.0pp 7th 35% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 15th -0.7pp 8th 8% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 3rd -0.2pp 9th 23% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 1st +0.0pp 10th 36% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 17th +0.5pp 11th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 18th +0.5pp 12th 4% above peers
San Rafael, CA 43.9% 27th +0.7pp 13th 26% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 12th +0.5pp 14th 10% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 41.2% 25th +0.8pp 15th 18% above peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 9th +0.6pp 16th 19% below peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 14th +0.8pp 17th 9% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 19th +1.4pp 18th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 21st +1.6pp 19th 12% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 31st +2.2pp 20th 39% above peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 7th +1.3pp 21st 20% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 23rd +2.5pp 22nd 13% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 10th +1.9pp 23rd 18% below peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 26th +2.9pp 24th 25% above peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 13th +2.6pp 25th 9% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 20th +3.3pp 26th 8% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 5th +2.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 24th +3.7pp 28th 14% above peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 16th +3.6pp 29th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 28th +5.6pp 30th 27% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 30th +6.8pp 31st 37% 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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▸

Peers worth a call

2
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 *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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 5.2%).
Bright spot 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
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 8th -2.2pp 1st 26% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 58% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 28th -5.8pp 3rd 156% above peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 19th -2.2pp 4th 15% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 10th -1.6pp 5th 11% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 12th -1.3pp 6th 9% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 6th -0.9pp 7th 33% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 8th 36% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 30th -4.0pp 9th 226% above peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 17th -1.0pp 10th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 20th -1.1pp 11th 15% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 26th -1.2pp 12th 83% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 13th 482% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 18th -0.3pp 14th 3% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 23rd -0.3pp 15th 39% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 14th -0.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 15th -0.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 18th 115% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 29th -0.1pp 19th 188% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 7th -0.0pp 20th 32% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 13th -0.0pp 21st 7% below peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 25th +0.6pp 22nd 54% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 9th +0.3pp 23rd 26% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 16th +0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 2nd +0.4pp 25th 46% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 11th +0.8pp 26th 10% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 21st +1.1pp 27th 17% above peers
San Rafael, CA 8.7% 24th +1.8pp 28th 49% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 7.4% 22nd +1.6pp 29th 27% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 30th 37% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 39% 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

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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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.5% to 10.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Casper started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.9% to 10.9%).
Bright spot 10.9%
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 11.3% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.5% 6th -2.1pp 1st 53% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 21st -5.0pp 2nd 20% above peers
Santee, CA 3.1% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 57% below peers
Pocatello, ID 6.9% 14th -2.5pp 4th 6% below peers
Bozeman, MT 6.3% 11th -2.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 66% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.4% 25th -2.8pp 7th 41% above peers
Gardena, CA 8.5% 19th -2.2pp 8th 16% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.9% 7th -1.0pp 9th 47% below peers
Casper, WY 10.9% 27th -2.6pp 10th 49% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 11th 75% below peers
Midwest City, OK 10.4% 26th -1.9pp 12th 42% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 23rd -1.1pp 13th 27% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 31st -1.6pp 14th 113% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.3% 16th -0.7pp 15th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.1% 17th -0.8pp 16th 10% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 20th -0.8pp 17th 17% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.1pp 18th 65% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 8.9% 22nd -0.3pp 19th 21% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.7% 13th -0.1pp 20th 8% below peers
Bradenton, FL 15.2% 30th +0.0pp 21st 107% above peers
Youngstown, OH 6.9% 15th +0.2pp 22nd 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 8th +0.2pp 23rd 47% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.2% 28th +0.6pp 24th 52% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.6% 24th +0.7pp 25th 31% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.3% 18th +0.6pp 26th 13% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 9th +0.7pp 27th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.2% 29th +2.5pp 28th 81% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 5th +1.0pp 29th 56% below peers
Lacey, WA 5.8% 10th +1.8pp 30th 22% below peers
Severn, MD 6.6% 12th +2.9pp 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: 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 7.8pp 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 99% 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 →
What changed

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 54% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 2nd 29% below peers
San Rafael, CA 25.7% 3rd 24% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 4th 24% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 5th 23% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 6th 23% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 7th 23% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 8th 17% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 9th 15% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 29.9% 10th 12% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 11th 12% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 12th 8% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 13th 8% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 14th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 15th 3% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 16th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 17th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 18th 3% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 19th 3% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 21st 6% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 22nd 9% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 23rd 9% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 24th 20% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 25th 20% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 26th 20% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 22% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 28th 26% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 29th 34% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 41% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 6.1%).
Needs attention 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 82% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 15th -5.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 4th -2.2pp 3rd 48% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 13th -3.7pp 4th 11% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 3rd -1.6pp 5th 55% below peers
San Rafael, CA 1.8% 6th -1.0pp 6th 45% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 23rd -3.0pp 7th 92% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 20th -2.1pp 8th 55% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 5th -0.7pp 9th 48% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 30th -3.1pp 10th 179% above peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 26th -1.1pp 12th 132% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 27th -0.7pp 13th 139% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 11th +0.0pp 14th 16% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 2.6% 9th +0.0pp 15th 19% below peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 29th +0.6pp 16th 170% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 22nd +0.4pp 17th 68% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 14th +0.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 7th +0.3pp 19th 32% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 21st +0.8pp 20th 59% above peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 24th +1.9pp 21st 119% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 25th +2.2pp 22nd 131% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 12th +0.8pp 23rd 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 24th 421% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 28th +3.1pp 25th 152% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 17th +1.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 8th +1.0pp 27th 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 19th +2.1pp 28th 46% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 10th +1.4pp 29th 19% below peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 18th +1.9pp 30th 5% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 71% 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

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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 →
  • 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 99% 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 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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).

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Casper started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.9% to 30.5%).
Bright spot 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
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 20th +6.5pp 1st 14% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 16.4% 29th +3.4pp 2nd 52% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 19th +5.4pp 3rd 11% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 14th +5.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 22nd +4.3pp 5th 17% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 27th +2.8pp 6th 46% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 10th +5.3pp 7th 22% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 18th +3.9pp 8th 8% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 21st +3.5pp 9th 15% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 8th +6.0pp 10th 45% above peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 11th 55% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 12th +4.3pp 12th 14% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 28th +1.8pp 13th 51% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 14th 30% below peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 4th +6.4pp 15th 91% above peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 16th +2.9pp 16th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 5th +4.9pp 17th 75% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 23rd +1.9pp 18th 28% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 17th +2.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 20th 30% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 21st 103% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 9th +2.6pp 22nd 35% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 6th +2.2pp 23rd 48% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 24th 141% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 13th +1.5pp 25th 11% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 26th 142% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 11th +0.8pp 27th 14% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 15th +0.3pp 28th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA 49.7% 7th -2.5pp 29th 46% above peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 26th -2.3pp 30th 34% 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

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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 →
  • 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Casper started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.7% to 55.5%).
Bright spot 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% 4th +33.2pp 1st 33% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 7th +26.4pp 2nd 19% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 8th +20.3pp 3rd 17% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 10th +16.8pp 4th 11% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 49.9% 17th +15.1pp 5th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 21st +7.7pp 6th 15% below peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 25th +6.6pp 7th 23% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 9th +9.5pp 8th 14% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 12th +8.1pp 9th 3% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 22nd +5.7pp 10th 21% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 3rd +7.0pp 11th 37% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 12th 81% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 6th +3.4pp 13th 32% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 13th +1.4pp 14th 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA 65.8% 5th -0.2pp 15th 32% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 2nd -0.4pp 16th 39% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 19th -1.1pp 17th 12% below peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 14th -3.7pp 18th 2% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 16th -4.5pp 19th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 26th -4.8pp 20th 24% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 23rd -5.2pp 21st 22% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 11th -7.7pp 22nd 5% above peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 15th -12.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 29th -10.5pp 24th 32% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 24th -12.9pp 25th 22% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 27th -12.7pp 26th 25% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 28th -15.0pp 27th 25% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 18th -19.7pp 28th 5% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 30th -14.5pp 29th 36% 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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Peers worth a call

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

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.*

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.2% to 8.1%).
Needs attention 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 97% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 4.8% 10th -22.4pp 2nd 35% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 5th -3.7pp 3rd 56% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 6th -1.5pp 4th 50% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 8th -1.2pp 5th 39% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 16th -1.8pp 6th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 17th -1.4pp 7th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 11th -0.8pp 8th 30% below peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 24th -0.3pp 9th 28% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 10th 68% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 14th +0.2pp 11th 10% below peers
San Rafael, CA 7.8% 19th +0.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 2nd +0.1pp 13th 86% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 7th +0.3pp 14th 46% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 15th 120% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 27th +1.3pp 16th 54% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 15th +1.5pp 17th 10% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 29th +3.0pp 18th 65% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 13th +2.2pp 19th 13% below peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 22nd +3.1pp 20th 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 18th +2.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 25th +4.1pp 22nd 49% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 9th +1.8pp 23rd 37% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 23rd +3.5pp 24th 22% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 28th +4.6pp 25th 59% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 26th +4.4pp 26th 50% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 12th +2.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 30th +5.9pp 28th 65% above peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 20th +4.3pp 29th 9% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 21st +6.7pp 30th 10% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 3rd +2.1pp 31st 69% 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 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (57,815 to 58,839).
Big move 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
Wake Forest, NC 52,844 31st +25% 1st 9% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 21st +20% 2nd on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 30th +20% 3rd 4% below peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 23rd +17% 4th 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 15th +16% 5th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 29th +12% 6th 3% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 12th +10% 7th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 17th +7% 8th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 16th +7% 9th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 26th +5% 10th 2% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 25th +4% 11th 1% below peers
San Rafael, CA 60,433 1st +3% 12th 4% above peers
Santee, CA 59,332 4th +3% 13th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 19th +2% 14th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 6th +2% 15th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 58,679 11th +1% 16th 1% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 7th +1% 17th 1% above peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 27th +1% 18th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 58,839 9th +1% 19th 1% above peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 28th +0% 20th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 3rd -0% 21st 2% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 22nd -1% 22nd 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 20th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 13th -3% 24th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 24th -3% 25th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 18th -4% 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 14th -4% 27th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 8th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 60,272 2nd -4% 29th 3% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 10th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 5th -8% 31st 2% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.8% to 24.2%).
Big move 24.2%
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 22.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 27th +1.5pp 1st 25% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 20th +1.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 19th +1.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 10th +1.1pp 5th 10% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 2nd +1.2pp 6th 23% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 8th +0.9pp 7th 11% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 5th +0.8pp 8th 15% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 12th +0.6pp 9th 5% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 25th +0.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 26th +0.1pp 11th 15% below peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 4th +0.0pp 12th 16% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 18% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 7th -0.3pp 14th 13% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 9th -0.4pp 15th 11% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 6th -0.4pp 16th 14% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 18th -0.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 24th -0.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 21st -0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 30th -0.4pp 20th 31% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 22nd -0.7pp 21st 4% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 14th -0.8pp 22nd 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 13th -1.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 15th -1.6pp 24th 1% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 20.8% 16th -1.9pp 25th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA 19.7% 23rd -2.3pp 26th 5% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 17th -2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 31st -1.6pp 28th 36% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 11th -3.1pp 29th 9% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 1st -4.0pp 30th 27% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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
Bowie, MD 32.0% 15th +11.9pp 1st 4% above peers
Gardena, CA 43.4% 9th +14.6pp 2nd 41% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 13th +8.6pp 3rd 18% above peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 11th +8.2pp 4th 22% above peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 22nd +3.6pp 5th 23% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 12th +4.6pp 6th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 7th +4.8pp 7th 48% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 8th 66% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 10th +3.7pp 9th 41% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 18th +2.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 28.9% 19th +1.6pp 11th 6% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 8th +1.3pp 12th 43% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 13th 138% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 5th +1.0pp 14th 64% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 26th -0.0pp 15th 35% below peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 16th -1.0pp 16th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 17th 136% above peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 3rd -4.8pp 18th 81% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 20th -2.8pp 19th 8% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 25th -2.7pp 20th 31% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 14th -4.6pp 21st 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 6th -8.6pp 22nd 49% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 27th -3.6pp 23rd 40% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 17th -5.9pp 24th 2% below peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 28th -3.8pp 25th 41% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 23rd -5.0pp 26th 24% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 21st -5.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 28th 80% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 30th -4.5pp 29th 43% below peers
San Rafael, CA 22.4% 24th -7.5pp 30th 27% below peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 29th -7.3pp 31st 41% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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% 3rd +22.1pp 1st 23% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 26th +13.9pp 2nd 9% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 6th +16.0pp 3rd 18% above peers
San Rafael, CA 75.6% 9th +12.3pp 4th 12% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 12th +10.8pp 5th 6% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 15th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 4th +11.4pp 7th 22% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 7th +10.7pp 8th 16% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 9th 28% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 8th +6.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 25th +2.3pp 11th 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 17th +2.2pp 12th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 5th +0.8pp 13th 19% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 27th +0.5pp 14th 13% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 15th 28% above peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 11th -1.1pp 16th 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 10th -1.7pp 17th 8% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 20th -1.7pp 18th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 19th -2.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 16th -3.4pp 20th on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 30th -4.2pp 21st 14% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 14th -5.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 67.2% 18th -5.9pp 23rd 1% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 29th -6.1pp 24th 14% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 25th 19% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 21st -8.9pp 26th 3% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 28th -8.7pp 27th 14% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 22nd -9.7pp 28th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 13th -14.6pp 29th 4% above peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 23rd -16.9pp 30th 7% below peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 24th -17.3pp 31st 7% 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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