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166,923 people (2024) 100k-250k

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Bayamón zona urbana, PR shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.7%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
4.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$31,750
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
$26,632 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
85.1%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
76.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
6.7%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
7.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.7%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
33.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
69.4%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
67.1% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
59.3%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
63.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Bayamón zona urbana, PR shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
36.0%
2019-23
▲ 27%
relative change
28.3% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
13.7%
2020-24
▲ 39%
relative change
9.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
34.2%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
33.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
51.8%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
49.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
12.3%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
13.3% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
15.5%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
18.3% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
60.3%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
70.5% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
63.2%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
55.9% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Population
166,923
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
161,034 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 19% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $26,632 to $31,750 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,330).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bayamón zona urbana started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 28% from 2014 to 2024 ($24,789 to $31,750).
Bright spot $31,750
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Salinas, CA $91,908 14th +49% 1st 8% above peers
Lancaster, CA $81,511 19th +48% 2nd 4% below peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 11th +40% 3rd 14% above peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 4th 95% above peers
Kansas City, KS $62,401 24th +37% 5th 27% below peers
Paterson, NJ $55,997 26th +35% 6th 34% below peers
Charleston, SC $92,414 12th +35% 7th 9% above peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 15th +35% 8th 6% above peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 10th +34% 9th 15% above peers
Roseville, CA $119,288 5th +34% 10th 40% above peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 29th +34% 11th 42% below peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 27th +34% 12th 38% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 13th +33% 13th 8% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 14th 119% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 9th +31% 15th 16% above peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 6th +31% 16th 33% above peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 23rd +31% 17th 22% below peers
Corona, CA $109,242 8th +30% 18th 28% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 18th +30% 19th 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 20th +29% 20th 6% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 17th +29% 21st on par with peers
Denton, TX $76,019 21st +27% 22nd 11% below peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 30th +25% 23rd 43% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 28th +24% 24th 40% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 22nd +24% 25th 21% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 16th +24% 26th on par with peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 27th 82% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 7th +23% 28th 31% above peers
Killeen, TX $60,977 25th +23% 29th 28% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR $31,750 31st +19% 30th 63% below peers
Alexandria, VA $119,681 4th +19% 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$958 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (33.9% then, 34.2% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.7% to 34.2%).
Needs attention 34.2%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 12.4%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 10th -5.8pp 1st 29% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.9% 3rd -2.5pp 2nd 52% below peers
Lancaster, CA 15.6% 19th -6.2pp 3rd 26% above peers
Alexandria, VA 7.9% 5th -2.4pp 4th 36% below peers
Paterson, NJ 21.2% 27th -5.4pp 5th 72% above peers
Springfield, MO 18.4% 25th -4.5pp 6th 49% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 7th -2.0pp 7th 33% below peers
Kansas City, KS 15.9% 23rd -3.8pp 8th 29% above peers
Salinas, CA 13.6% 17th -3.2pp 9th 11% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.3% 16th -1.7pp 10th on par with peers
Corona, CA 8.7% 9th -1.1pp 11th 29% below peers
Shreveport, LA 23.5% 28th -2.1pp 12th 91% above peers
Charleston, SC 12.3% 15th -0.9pp 13th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 19.0% 26th -1.3pp 14th 54% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% 13th -0.6pp 15th 21% below peers
Springfield, MA 25.8% 30th -1.1pp 16th 109% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.8% 21st -0.5pp 17th 28% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.7% 29th -0.2pp 18th 101% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.2% 11th +0.1pp 19th 26% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 6th +0.1pp 20th 35% below peers
Denton, TX 15.8% 22nd +0.2pp 21st 28% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 34.2% 31st +0.3pp 22nd 178% above peers
Palmdale, CA 15.7% 20th +0.2pp 23rd 27% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 24th 64% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 53% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 14th +0.6pp 26th 19% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 4th +0.6pp 27th 41% below peers
Hayward, CA 9.6% 12th +1.3pp 28th 22% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.7% 18th +2.1pp 29th 19% above peers
Surprise, AZ 8.6% 8th +1.2pp 30th 30% below peers
Killeen, TX 17.4% 24th +2.7pp 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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 57 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 (49.3% then, 51.8% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.1% to 51.8%).
Needs attention 51.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 16.1%
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 2nd -11.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 7th -6.2pp 2nd 39% below peers
Alexandria, VA 11.5% 14th -7.3pp 3rd 19% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.5% 3rd -3.0pp 4th 61% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 5th 75% below peers
Salinas, CA 17.8% 20th -7.8pp 6th 25% above peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 23rd -8.1pp 7th 43% above peers
Kansas City, KS 21.7% 24th -7.0pp 8th 52% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 16th -4.5pp 9th on par with peers
Paterson, NJ 29.4% 27th -8.2pp 10th 107% above peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 28th -8.4pp 11th 114% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 18th -4.0pp 12th 9% above peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 22nd -4.8pp 13th 36% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 12th -2.3pp 14th 20% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 6th -1.7pp 15th 39% below peers
Corona, CA 10.2% 9th -1.6pp 16th 28% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 5th -0.9pp 17th 48% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 30th -3.3pp 18th 154% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 29th -2.0pp 19th 150% above peers
Denton, TX 14.5% 17th +0.1pp 20th 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 25th +0.5pp 21st 56% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 22nd 264% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 10th +0.6pp 23rd 25% below peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 15th +1.2pp 24th 8% below peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 13th +1.3pp 25th 19% below peers
Charleston, SC 16.9% 19th +2.2pp 26th 19% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 21st +2.6pp 27th 35% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 11th +1.9pp 28th 23% below peers
Killeen, TX 26.0% 26th +6.1pp 29th 83% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 4th +1.5pp 30th 60% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 8th +3.6pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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 57 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 76.0% to 85.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bayamón zona urbana started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 18.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (66.8% to 85.1%).
Bright spot 85.1%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 91.1%
Paterson, NJ 89.3% 25th +20.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 29th +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 27th +14.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Kansas City, KS 88.8% 26th +13.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Charleston, SC 92.9% 17th +13.6pp 5th on par with peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 21st +12.9pp 6th 1% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 7th 10% below peers
Salinas, CA 94.4% 10th +11.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 28th +10.4pp 9th 8% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +9.1pp 10th 9% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 13th +7.3pp 11th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 22nd +5.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 15th +5.9pp 13th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 7th +5.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 16th +5.7pp 15th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 19th +5.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Killeen, TX 91.4% 23rd +5.0pp 17th 2% below peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 5th +5.1pp 18th 3% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 9th +5.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 14th +4.6pp 20th on par with peers
Corona, CA 94.3% 11th +4.5pp 21st 1% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 24th +4.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Denton, TX 92.2% 20th +4.1pp 23rd 1% below peers
Roseville, CA 95.5% 6th +4.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 25th 4% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 4th +3.6pp 26th 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 94.1% 12th +2.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 18th +2.4pp 28th 1% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 8th +2.4pp 29th 2% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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 57 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.49 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.51).
Needs attention 0.51
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lancaster, CA 0.43 13th -0.034 1st 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 4th -0.021 2nd 8% below peers
Corona, CA 0.41 3rd -0.010 3rd 8% below peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 22nd -0.008 4th 4% above peers
Charleston, SC 0.49 27th -0.008 5th 9% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 6th -0.006 6th 7% below peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 24th -0.006 7th 6% above peers
Roseville, CA 0.42 5th -0.004 8th 7% below peers
Paterson, NJ 0.47 23rd -0.004 9th 5% above peers
Kansas City, KS 0.43 10th -0.001 10th 5% below peers
Salinas, CA 0.41 2nd -0.001 11th 9% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 9th +0.000 12th 5% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 30th +0.002 13th 16% above peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 28th +0.002 14th 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 20th +0.002 15th 2% above peers
Denton, TX 0.46 19th +0.003 16th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 16th +0.003 17th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 11th +0.003 18th 5% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 26th +0.005 19th 8% above peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 20th 19% above peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 14th +0.006 21st 3% below peers
Alexandria, VA 0.46 18th +0.009 22nd 1% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 29th +0.015 23rd 13% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 7th +0.016 24th 7% below peers
Killeen, TX 0.42 8th +0.017 25th 6% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 21st +0.020 26th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 25th +0.022 27th 7% above peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 1st +0.018 28th 13% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 12th +0.020 29th 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 17th +0.022 30th 1% above peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 15th +0.031 31st 1% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 7.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 28.3% to 36.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 8.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (27.8% to 36.0%).
Needs attention 36.0%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Murfreesboro, TN 7.0% 10th -3.1pp 1st 34% below peers
Charleston, SC 5.2% 6th -2.0pp 2nd 50% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 4th -1.5pp 3rd 53% below peers
Denton, TX 6.7% 8th -1.7pp 4th 36% below peers
Kansas City, KS 13.2% 19th -2.8pp 5th 26% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 2nd -0.8pp 6th 60% below peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 24th -1.9pp 7th 60% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 22nd -1.6pp 8th 38% above peers
Paterson, NJ 34.1% 29th -3.1pp 9th 225% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 9th -0.4pp 10th 35% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 11th 246% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 11th +0.0pp 12th 32% below peers
Killeen, TX 15.9% 23rd +0.2pp 13th 52% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 17th +0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Corona, CA 7.6% 13th +0.3pp 15th 27% below peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 21st +0.8pp 16th 38% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 27th +1.6pp 17th 105% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 28th +1.8pp 18th 111% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 12th +0.6pp 19th 31% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 16th +1.0pp 20th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 15th +0.9pp 21st 13% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 20th +1.8pp 22nd 32% above peers
Alexandria, VA 5.2% 5th +0.8pp 23rd 51% below peers
Salinas, CA 11.0% 18th +1.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 30th +7.7pp 25th 244% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 1st +0.7pp 26th 72% below peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 26th +4.9pp 27th 81% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 14th +2.4pp 28th 19% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.6% 7th +1.6pp 29th 46% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 3rd +1.8pp 30th 54% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 25th +8.6pp 31st 67% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% 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

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 67.1% to 69.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.0% to 69.5%).
Bright spot 69.4%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 65.2%
Lancaster, CA 60.4% 10th +7.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Killeen, TX 49.5% 25th +5.7pp 2nd 11% below peers
Hayward, CA 58.0% 14th +5.2pp 3rd 4% above peers
Kansas City, KS 60.9% 9th +4.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 24th +3.0pp 5th 11% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 15th +2.7pp 6th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 47.0% 27th +2.2pp 7th 15% below peers
Roseville, CA 68.8% 5th +3.1pp 8th 24% above peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 9th 42% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 11th +2.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 28th +1.6pp 11th 21% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 4th +2.4pp 12th 25% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.9% 31st +0.8pp 13th 52% below peers
Denton, TX 50.0% 23rd +1.3pp 14th 10% below peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 6th +0.9pp 15th 19% above peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 26th +0.6pp 16th 14% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 8th +0.8pp 17th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 12th +0.7pp 18th 5% above peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 17th +0.5pp 19th 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 19th +0.1pp 20th 6% below peers
Charleston, SC 55.6% 16th +0.0pp 21st on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 18th -0.1pp 22nd 5% below peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 13th -0.2pp 23rd 5% above peers
Corona, CA 63.8% 7th -0.3pp 24th 15% above peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 2nd -0.8pp 25th 35% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 22nd -0.9pp 26th 8% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 3rd -1.4pp 27th 25% above peers
Alexandria, VA 42.1% 30th -1.1pp 28th 24% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 21st -1.8pp 29th 7% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 29th -1.6pp 30th 21% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 20th -2.1pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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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
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.8% to 31.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Bayamón zona urbana started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.8% to 31.7%).
Bright spot 31.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Salinas, CA 41.2% 18th -5.9pp 1st 3% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 5th -2.1pp 2nd 21% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 13th -2.4pp 3rd 8% below peers
Kansas City, KS 33.0% 6th -1.5pp 4th 18% below peers
Corona, CA 41.7% 21st -1.4pp 5th 4% above peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 16th -1.2pp 6th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 27th -1.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 4th -0.7pp 8th 27% below peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 26th -1.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 1st -0.6pp 10th 39% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 28th -0.8pp 11th 15% above peers
Paterson, NJ 56.6% 31st -0.7pp 12th 41% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 23rd -0.2pp 13th 7% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 27% below peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 25th -0.0pp 15th 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 15th +0.2pp 16th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 9th +0.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Roseville, CA 36.2% 10th +0.5pp 18th 10% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 20th +0.9pp 19th 3% above peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 29th +1.4pp 20th 16% above peers
Charleston, SC 36.6% 11th +1.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 12th +1.9pp 22nd 8% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 14th +2.2pp 23rd 5% below peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 2nd +1.7pp 24th 29% below peers
Alexandria, VA 35.3% 8th +2.2pp 25th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 22nd +2.7pp 26th 5% above peers
Denton, TX 41.3% 19th +3.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 24th +3.7pp 28th 9% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 7th +3.1pp 29th 14% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 30th +4.5pp 30th 25% above peers
Killeen, TX 40.2% 17th +4.6pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal)
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 (13.3% then, 12.3% now; margin ±1.2pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.3% to 12.3%).
Needs attention 12.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Kansas City, KS 7.3% 21st -2.4pp 1st 11% above peers
Killeen, TX 5.0% 9th -1.5pp 2nd 24% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 6th -1.0pp 3rd 38% below peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 30th -3.7pp 4th 176% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.1% 31st -5.2pp 5th 296% above peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 8th -0.9pp 6th 28% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 23rd -0.9pp 7th 36% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 7th -0.5pp 8th 32% below peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 25th -1.0pp 9th 54% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 26th -1.1pp 10th 67% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 2nd -0.3pp 11th 47% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 29th -1.0pp 12th 86% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 27th -0.6pp 13th 71% above peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 14th -0.2pp 14th 8% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 5th -0.1pp 15th 42% below peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 17th -0.2pp 16th 5% above peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 22nd -0.2pp 17th 24% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 12th -0.1pp 18th 14% below peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 10th +0.0pp 19th 21% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 15th +0.0pp 20th 5% below peers
Charleston, SC 7.2% 20th +0.3pp 21st 10% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 16th +1.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 19th +1.1pp 23rd 6% above peers
Alexandria, VA 11.4% 28th +2.0pp 24th 73% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 24th +1.7pp 25th 39% above peers
Corona, CA 3.7% 4th +0.8pp 26th 44% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.7% 13th +1.4pp 27th 14% below peers
Denton, TX 5.4% 11th +1.4pp 28th 17% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 18th +1.9pp 29th 6% above peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 1st +0.9pp 30th 50% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 0.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.5% to 6.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Bayamón zona urbana started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 6.7%).
Bright spot 6.7%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Charleston, SC 6.0% 10th -2.1pp 1st 21% below peers
Roseville, CA 3.1% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 59% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.2% 8th -1.6pp 3rd 32% below peers
Alexandria, VA 8.8% 21st -2.2pp 4th 16% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 5th 61% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 13th -1.3pp 6th 18% below peers
Shreveport, LA 8.0% 17th -1.6pp 7th 6% above peers
Lancaster, CA 4.5% 6th -0.8pp 8th 40% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.7% 14th -0.8pp 9th 11% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.4% 9th -0.6pp 10th 28% below peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 11th 68% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 19th -0.9pp 12th 10% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 15th -0.7pp 13th 2% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.5% 29th -1.4pp 14th 105% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 15th 44% below peers
Corona, CA 8.4% 20th -0.7pp 16th 11% above peers
Salinas, CA 12.3% 24th -0.8pp 17th 63% above peers
Springfield, MO 12.6% 25th -0.8pp 18th 67% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 23rd -0.6pp 19th 21% above peers
Kansas City, KS 17.8% 30th -1.0pp 20th 136% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 4th -0.2pp 21st 49% below peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 16th -0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 6.1% 11th -0.2pp 23rd 19% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 22nd +0.1pp 24th 17% above peers
Denton, TX 15.5% 28th +0.4pp 25th 105% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 18th +0.3pp 26th 8% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 5.0% 7th +0.2pp 27th 34% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.6% 26th +0.6pp 28th 80% above peers
Paterson, NJ 19.5% 31st +1.6pp 29th 158% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.3% 27th +3.0pp 30th 103% above peers
Hayward, CA 6.2% 12th +1.4pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.0% to 2.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Bayamón zona urbana started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.8% to 2.7%).
Bright spot 2.7%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 12th -2.0pp 1st 31% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 11th -1.8pp 2nd 34% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 5th -1.1pp 3rd 52% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 9th -1.2pp 4th 41% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 6th -1.0pp 5th 51% below peers
Alexandria, VA 4.8% 19th -1.9pp 6th 3% above peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 8th -0.7pp 7th 44% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 27th -1.9pp 8th 51% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 24th -1.7pp 9th 36% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 18th -0.7pp 10th 2% above peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 1st -0.1pp 11th 63% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 28th -0.3pp 12th 55% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 21st -0.1pp 13th 4% above peers
Kansas City, KS 9.3% 30th +0.3pp 14th 100% above peers
Corona, CA 4.7% 16th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 13th +0.3pp 16th 27% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 25th +0.5pp 17th 40% above peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% 23rd +0.7pp 18th 30% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 15th +0.6pp 19th 1% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 26th +1.2pp 20th 47% above peers
Denton, TX 11.7% 31st +2.2pp 21st 152% above peers
Roseville, CA 2.5% 7th +0.5pp 22nd 47% below peers
Paterson, NJ 9.0% 29th +1.8pp 23rd 93% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 10th +0.7pp 24th 37% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 3rd +0.6pp 25th 55% below peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 4th +0.6pp 26th 54% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 14th +1.7pp 27th 2% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 17th +1.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 20th +1.9pp 29th 3% above peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 22nd +2.3pp 30th 12% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 2 indicators
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.1% then, 59.3% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.1% to 59.3%).
Bright spot 59.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 45.5%
Lancaster, CA 41.1% 22nd +9.6pp 1st 15% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 13th +8.7pp 2nd 6% above peers
Charleston, SC 64.9% 2nd +8.3pp 3rd 35% above peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 4th +7.7pp 4th 30% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 17th +4.7pp 5th 6% below peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 25th +3.3pp 6th 21% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 8th +3.2pp 7th 19% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 16th +1.5pp 8th on par with peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 5th +1.9pp 9th 27% above peers
Oceanside, CA 43.6% 20th -1.0pp 10th 9% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 1st -2.2pp 11th 38% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 19th -1.7pp 12th 7% below peers
Kansas City, KS 40.7% 23rd -2.0pp 13th 16% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 6th -3.8pp 14th 23% above peers
Alexandria, VA 51.3% 12th -4.2pp 15th 6% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 21st -3.8pp 16th 14% below peers
Denton, TX 51.9% 11th -4.8pp 17th 8% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 3rd -6.5pp 18th 33% above peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 15th -5.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 14th -6.8pp 20th 4% above peers
Paterson, NJ 58.2% 7th -10.9pp 21st 21% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 10th -12.0pp 22nd 10% above peers
Killeen, TX 26.2% 31st -7.3pp 23rd 46% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 28th -9.6pp 24th 38% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 18th -14.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Salinas, CA 26.9% 30th -8.9pp 26th 44% below peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 26th -12.8pp 27th 23% below peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 9th -19.0pp 28th 13% above peers
Roseville, CA 39.2% 24th -17.6pp 29th 19% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 27th -15.7pp 30th 28% below peers
Corona, CA 27.5% 29th -12.9pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.7pp 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 (9.9% then, 13.7% now; margin ±4.6pp). 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
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.8% to 13.7%).
Needs attention 13.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Kansas City, KS 6.3% 13th -4.9pp 2nd 10% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 5th -1.6pp 3rd 50% below peers
Alexandria, VA 5.1% 8th -1.7pp 4th 26% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 3rd -0.6pp 5th 67% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 22nd -1.9pp 6th 25% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 10th -0.9pp 7th 19% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 72% below peers
Paterson, NJ 6.8% 15th -0.5pp 9th 2% below peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 18th -0.5pp 10th 4% above peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 24th -0.5pp 11th 30% above peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 20th -0.4pp 12th 17% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 14th +0.0pp 13th 7% below peers
Salinas, CA 8.4% 21st +0.0pp 14th 20% above peers
Corona, CA 7.0% 16th +0.6pp 15th on par with peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 9th +0.6pp 16th 25% below peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 28th +2.3pp 17th 85% above peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 17th +1.3pp 18th 1% above peers
Killeen, TX 11.9% 27th +2.3pp 19th 72% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 20th 111% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 19th +1.7pp 21st 15% above peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 12th +1.4pp 22nd 14% below peers
Denton, TX 4.8% 7th +1.1pp 23rd 31% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 30th +3.8pp 24th 98% above peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 29th +3.9pp 25th 93% above peers
Roseville, CA 8.8% 23rd +3.2pp 26th 27% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 26th +4.0pp 27th 53% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 11th +2.5pp 28th 14% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 25th +4.3pp 29th 35% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 6th +1.9pp 30th 45% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 4th +1.7pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 161,034 to 166,923 - more than the combined survey margin (±1,690). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 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
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (181,542 to 166,923).
Big move 166,923
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Murfreesboro, TN 161,445 14th +18% 1st 2% above peers
Roseville, CA 155,955 22nd +15% 2nd 2% below peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 25th +14% 3rd 2% below peers
Charleston, SC 154,338 27th +14% 4th 3% below peers
Denton, TX 152,866 29th +12% 5th 4% below peers
Paterson, NJ 158,735 17th +9% 6th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 158,159 18th +9% 7th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 2nd +7% 8th 13% above peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 10th +6% 9th 7% above peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 12th +5% 10th 4% above peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 30th +5% 11th 4% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 11th +4% 12th 5% above peers
Salinas, CA 161,761 13th +4% 13th 2% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 170,229 8th +3% 14th 7% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 21st +2% 15th 1% below peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 31st +2% 16th 5% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 5th +2% 17th 9% above peers
Springfield, MO 169,954 9th +2% 18th 7% above peers
Kansas City, KS 155,135 23rd +2% 19th 2% below peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 24th +2% 20th 2% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 28th +1% 21st 3% below peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 20th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 26th +0% 23rd 3% below peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 16th -0% 24th on par with peers
Alexandria, VA 156,976 19th -0% 25th 1% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 4th -1% 26th 10% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 7th -1% 27th 8% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 3rd -1% 28th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 6th -2% 29th 8% above peers
Corona, CA 159,670 15th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 1st -6% 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.3% to 15.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 4.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.5% to 15.5%).
Big move 15.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Charleston, SC 17.3% 27th +0.6pp 1st 17% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 11th +0.3pp 2nd 11% above peers
Paterson, NJ 27.6% 4th +0.4pp 3rd 32% above peers
Alexandria, VA 18.1% 25th -0.0pp 4th 13% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 8th -0.2pp 5th 17% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 9th -0.2pp 6th 16% above peers
Kansas City, KS 27.6% 5th -0.2pp 7th 32% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 26th -0.2pp 8th 15% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 1st -0.5pp 9th 41% above peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 7th -0.6pp 10th 19% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 10th -0.6pp 11th 16% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 16th -0.5pp 12th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 29.3% 3rd -1.0pp 13th 40% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 22nd -0.7pp 14th 9% below peers
Roseville, CA 22.6% 14th -1.1pp 15th 8% above peers
Salinas, CA 29.4% 2nd -1.6pp 16th 41% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 15th -1.2pp 17th 8% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 20th -1.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 13th -1.3pp 19th 10% above peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 17th -1.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Denton, TX 18.2% 24th -1.3pp 21st 13% below peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 6th -2.0pp 22nd 28% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 18th -1.5pp 23rd 4% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 21st -1.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 23rd -1.5pp 25th 10% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 26th 24% below peers
Corona, CA 23.2% 12th -2.1pp 27th 11% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 19th -1.9pp 28th 6% below peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 29th -2.1pp 29th 22% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 28th -2.3pp 30th 21% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 31st -2.7pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent rose 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55.9% to 63.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.7% to 63.2%).
Big move 63.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 29th +3.8pp 1st 45% below peers
Salinas, CA 43.8% 7th +9.2pp 2nd 53% above peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 11th +5.8pp 3rd 29% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 13th +4.6pp 4th 21% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 3rd +7.4pp 5th 106% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 2nd +7.3pp 6th 121% above peers
Killeen, TX 43.1% 8th +4.5pp 7th 51% above peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 21st +2.1pp 8th 10% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 16th +2.3pp 9th on par with peers
Denton, TX 26.2% 19th +1.4pp 10th 8% below peers
Kansas City, KS 44.8% 6th +2.3pp 11th 57% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 4th +2.2pp 12th 90% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 13th 51% below peers
Corona, CA 22.5% 26th +0.3pp 14th 21% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 17th -0.1pp 15th 5% below peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 14th -0.1pp 16th 19% above peers
Paterson, NJ 54.0% 5th -0.6pp 17th 89% above peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 15th -0.6pp 18th 16% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 19th 122% above peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 9th -1.1pp 20th 34% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 27th -0.6pp 21st 22% below peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 10th -1.3pp 22nd 33% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 23rd 54% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 25th -1.7pp 24th 19% below peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 20th -2.0pp 25th 10% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 18th -2.3pp 26th 5% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 23rd -2.1pp 27th 14% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 12th -4.2pp 28th 23% above peers
Alexandria, VA 24.6% 24th -3.9pp 29th 14% below peers
Roseville, CA 17.8% 28th -4.0pp 30th 38% below peers
Charleston, SC 24.8% 22nd -6.3pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents fell 10.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 70.5% to 60.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.0pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents fell 9.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.0% to 60.3%).
Big move 60.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Alexandria, VA 79.8% 1st +14.0pp 1st 19% above peers
Lancaster, CA 61.8% 27th +9.5pp 2nd 8% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 19th +9.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 5th +9.3pp 4th 10% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 4th +9.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Salinas, CA 59.9% 30th +6.0pp 6th 11% below peers
Corona, CA 67.8% 15th +5.9pp 7th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 7th +6.0pp 8th 5% above peers
Killeen, TX 67.2% 16th +5.7pp 9th on par with peers
Charleston, SC 79.5% 2nd +6.5pp 10th 18% above peers
Paterson, NJ 64.4% 20th +3.7pp 11th 4% below peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 10th +4.0pp 12th 3% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 9th +3.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 26th +3.5pp 14th 7% below peers
Roseville, CA 64.3% 22nd +3.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Kansas City, KS 68.5% 12th +2.8pp 16th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 13th +2.7pp 17th 1% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 18th +1.9pp 18th 1% below peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 8th +1.8pp 19th 4% above peers
Denton, TX 69.2% 11th +1.7pp 20th 3% above peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 23rd +0.8pp 21st 5% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 3rd +0.8pp 22nd 14% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 17th +0.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 24th 23% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 21st -2.2pp 25th 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 6th -3.4pp 26th 8% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 25th -3.2pp 27th 6% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 24th -3.9pp 28th 6% below peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 28th -4.4pp 29th 9% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 14th -6.3pp 30th 1% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 29th -10.2pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 57 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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3 of 57 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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