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107,805 people (2024) 100k-250k

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Ponce zona urbana, PR shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
85.9%
2020-24
▲ 42%
relative change
60.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.0%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
16.1%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
20.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$19,470
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
$17,419 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
65.9%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
70.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.7%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
2.8% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
29.3%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
28.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Ponce zona urbana, PR shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
56.0%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
68.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
54.5%
2019-23
▲ 18%
relative change
46.1% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
49.3%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
49.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.58
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.57 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
11.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
11.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
65.4%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
64.5% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
57.4%
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
45.7% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.3%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
19.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
107,805
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
113,401 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
68.5%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
68.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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Household income rose about 12% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $17,419 to $19,470 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,047). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 15% from 2014 to 2024 ($16,915 to $19,470).
$19,470
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%
Nampa, ID $74,279 24th +52% 1st 17% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 25th +42% 2nd 17% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $96,713 13th +42% 3rd 8% above peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 27th +39% 4th 24% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 11th +39% 5th 11% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 12th +38% 6th 9% above peers
Sparks, NV $89,056 17th +38% 7th 1% below peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 23rd +37% 8th 11% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 29th +34% 9th 26% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM $89,596 16th +34% 10th on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA $84,746 21st +34% 11th 5% below peers
Menifee, CA $93,454 14th +33% 12th 4% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $104,340 6th +33% 13th 16% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA $111,505 4th +33% 14th 24% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $103,069 8th +31% 15th 15% above peers
Hillsboro, OR $106,409 5th +29% 16th 19% above peers
Renton, WA $100,432 10th +29% 17th 12% above peers
Concord, NC $86,921 20th +28% 18th 3% below peers
Tyler, TX $67,486 28th +27% 19th 25% below peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 18th +26% 20th 2% below peers
South Fulton, GA $82,324 22nd +25% 21st 8% below peers
Allen, TX $130,901 3rd +24% 22nd 46% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $103,319 7th +23% 23rd 15% above peers
West Covina, CA $101,065 9th +22% 24th 13% above peers
Dearborn, MI $65,324 30th +22% 25th 27% below peers
Davie, FL $87,250 19th +22% 26th 3% below peers
Greeley, CO $69,881 26th +21% 27th 22% below peers
Centennial, CO $131,928 2nd +21% 28th 47% above peers
Downey, CA $90,699 15th +20% 29th 1% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $136,217 1st +12% 30th 52% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR $19,470 31st +12% 31st 78% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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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1 of 37 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 ±$736 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 →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.9% then, 49.3% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.1% to 49.3%).
49.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 12.0%
Goodyear, AZ 5.0% 2nd -2.6pp 1st 47% below peers
Tyler, TX 11.8% 22nd -5.0pp 2nd 25% above peers
Nampa, ID 11.2% 21st -3.5pp 3rd 18% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.1% 13th -2.6pp 4th 4% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 7.4% 5th -2.1pp 5th 22% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 20th -2.9pp 6th 15% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.5% 6th -1.5pp 7th 21% below peers
Dearborn, MI 24.2% 30th -3.8pp 8th 155% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 8th -1.2pp 9th 15% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 8.4% 9th -1.0pp 10th 12% below peers
El Monte, CA 17.3% 28th -2.0pp 11th 82% above peers
Sparks, NV 8.4% 10th -0.9pp 12th 11% below peers
Concord, NC 9.5% 15th -1.0pp 13th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 13.3% 24th -1.3pp 14th 40% above peers
Davie, FL 10.9% 19th -1.0pp 15th 15% above peers
Greeley, CO 14.4% 26th -0.8pp 16th 52% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 49.3% 31st -0.6pp 17th 419% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.3% 25th -0.1pp 18th 51% above peers
Menifee, CA 9.5% 16th +0.0pp 19th on par with peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.0% 7th +0.0pp 20th 16% below peers
South Fulton, GA 9.1% 14th +0.0pp 21st 4% below peers
Downey, CA 8.9% 12th +0.1pp 22nd 6% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.2% 1st +0.1pp 23rd 66% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.7% 23rd +0.5pp 24th 34% above peers
Boulder, CO 19.1% 29th +0.7pp 25th 101% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% 11th +0.9pp 26th 11% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 10.3% 18th +1.5pp 27th 8% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 17.1% 27th +2.8pp 28th 80% above peers
West Covina, CA 9.9% 17th +1.7pp 29th 4% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.5% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 42% below peers
Allen, TX 6.1% 4th +1.5pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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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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 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 70.1% to 65.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.4% to 65.9%).
65.9%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 16.1%
Goodyear, AZ 5.9% 2nd -5.7pp 1st 51% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 7.7% 4th -5.2pp 2nd 35% below peers
Tyler, TX 18.0% 25th -6.4pp 3rd 51% above peers
Brockton, MA 15.2% 23rd -4.9pp 4th 27% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 22nd -4.3pp 5th 26% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.2% 19th -3.8pp 6th 11% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 5th -2.3pp 7th 28% below peers
Sparks, NV 10.6% 11th -2.7pp 8th 11% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 11.4% 14th -2.6pp 9th 5% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 10.1% 9th -2.3pp 10th 16% below peers
Davie, FL 11.4% 15th -2.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Menifee, CA 9.6% 8th -1.7pp 12th 20% below peers
Dearborn, MI 34.5% 30th -5.3pp 13th 188% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 12.2% 17th -1.9pp 14th 2% above peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 29th -3.7pp 15th 122% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 10th -1.0pp 16th 12% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.9% 31st -4.2pp 17th 450% above peers
Greeley, CO 18.8% 26th -0.8pp 18th 57% above peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 13th -0.4pp 19th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 24th +0.2pp 20th 41% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 27th +0.4pp 21st 68% above peers
Concord, NC 13.9% 21st +0.5pp 22nd 16% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 1st +0.2pp 23rd 75% below peers
South Fulton, GA 13.3% 20th +1.3pp 24th 11% above peers
West Covina, CA 12.3% 18th +1.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 24.2% 28th +3.7pp 26th 102% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 10.9% 12th +2.7pp 27th 9% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 6.0% 3rd +1.6pp 28th 50% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 12.0% 16th +3.6pp 29th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 7th +2.7pp 30th 24% below peers
Allen, TX 8.9% 6th +3.6pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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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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 98% 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 →

Broadband rose 25.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60.4% to 85.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 37.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (48.9% to 85.9%).
85.9%
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%
Ponce zona urbana, PR 85.9% 31st +25.5pp 1st 9% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 28th +12.2pp 2nd 5% below peers
Nampa, ID 95.1% 12th +12.8pp 3rd 1% above peers
Dearborn, MI 93.4% 20th +11.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Tyler, TX 90.9% 25th +10.2pp 5th 4% below peers
South Fulton, GA 95.7% 9th +9.7pp 6th 1% above peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 29th +9.1pp 7th 5% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 26th +8.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Greeley, CO 91.2% 24th +8.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 19th +6.3pp 10th 1% below peers
Downey, CA 93.1% 21st +6.2pp 11th 1% below peers
Sparks, NV 93.1% 22nd +6.1pp 12th 1% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 96.4% 7th +6.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 94.8% 13th +6.0pp 14th on par with peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 94.7% 14th +6.0pp 15th on par with peers
West Covina, CA 94.2% 17th +5.9pp 16th on par with peers
Concord, NC 94.0% 18th +5.8pp 17th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 27th +5.0pp 18th 4% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 96.1% 8th +4.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 4th +4.4pp 20th 3% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 97.0% 3rd +4.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 89.8% 30th +3.4pp 22nd 5% below peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 10th +3.6pp 23rd 1% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 95.2% 11th +3.4pp 24th 1% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 96.7% 6th +3.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Menifee, CA 92.0% 23rd +2.9pp 26th 3% below peers
Davie, FL 94.6% 15th +2.9pp 27th on par with peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 16th +2.8pp 28th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 97.6% 1st +2.5pp 29th 3% above peers
Centennial, CO 96.9% 5th +2.5pp 30th 3% above peers
Allen, TX 97.3% 2nd +1.2pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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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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
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Paterson, NJ up 20.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.57 then, 0.58 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.58 to 0.58).
0.58
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
Tyler, TX 0.46 26th -0.036 1st 7% above peers
Sparks, NV 0.40 7th -0.006 2nd 6% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 0.38 3rd -0.006 3rd 13% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 0.52 29th -0.006 4th 21% above peers
Davie, FL 0.49 28th -0.004 5th 13% above peers
South Fulton, GA 0.41 9th -0.001 6th 5% below peers
Menifee, CA 0.42 13th -0.000 7th 3% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 25th +0.001 8th 7% above peers
Concord, NC 0.44 20th +0.001 9th 2% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 12th +0.002 10th 4% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 0.39 5th +0.003 11th 9% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 0.43 18th +0.003 12th 1% above peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 22nd +0.003 13th 3% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 0.58 31st +0.005 14th 34% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 2nd +0.004 15th 15% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 0.36 1st +0.004 16th 16% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 0.44 23rd +0.005 17th 3% above peers
Nampa, ID 0.38 4th +0.005 18th 12% below peers
Greeley, CO 0.44 21st +0.005 19th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 0.48 27th +0.010 20th 12% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 11th +0.009 21st 4% below peers
Allen, TX 0.41 10th +0.010 22nd 5% below peers
Renton, WA 0.43 16th +0.012 23rd on par with peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 19th +0.012 24th 2% above peers
Centennial, CO 0.41 8th +0.014 25th 6% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 0.46 24th +0.016 26th 6% above peers
West Covina, CA 0.43 15th +0.019 27th 2% below peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 30th +0.029 28th 30% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 0.40 6th +0.022 29th 6% below peers
Downey, CA 0.43 17th +0.028 30th on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA 0.42 14th +0.032 31st 3% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 8.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 46.1% to 54.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 12.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (42.4% to 54.5%).
54.5%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Allen, TX 2.1% 1st -1.6pp 1st 80% below peers
Nampa, ID 9.9% 14th -6.4pp 2nd 8% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 7th -4.5pp 3rd 33% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 3.6% 3rd -1.3pp 4th 66% below peers
Tyler, TX 9.7% 13th -2.8pp 5th 10% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 18th -2.8pp 6th 2% above peers
Davie, FL 9.4% 12th -2.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 10.7% 17th -1.2pp 8th on par with peers
Dearborn, MI 21.6% 28th -1.3pp 9th 102% above peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 21st +0.3pp 10th 9% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 26th +0.4pp 11th 62% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.6% 9th +0.3pp 12th 20% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 15.5% 24th +0.8pp 13th 45% above peers
Sparks, NV 10.3% 15th +0.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 30th +2.2pp 15th 193% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 8.7% 11th +0.6pp 16th 19% below peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 25th +1.5pp 17th 60% above peers
Greeley, CO 13.6% 23rd +1.3pp 18th 27% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 54.5% 31st +8.5pp 19th 409% above peers
Menifee, CA 8.6% 10th +1.6pp 20th 19% below peers
Concord, NC 10.7% 16th +2.0pp 21st on par with peers
Rio Rancho, NM 11.8% 22nd +2.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 5th +1.0pp 23rd 52% below peers
South Fulton, GA 18.9% 27th +4.7pp 24th 76% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 7.7% 8th +2.0pp 25th 28% below peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 29th +6.6pp 26th 106% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.5% 2nd +0.9pp 27th 76% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.5% 6th +2.0pp 28th 48% below peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 19th +4.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 3.7% 4th +1.8pp 30th 65% below peers
West Covina, CA 11.4% 20th +6.1pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
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Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.5% then, 65.4% now; margin ±1.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.5% to 65.4%).
65.4%
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%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 41% above peers
Nampa, ID 70.2% 9th +6.1pp 2nd 15% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 82.2% 2nd +4.7pp 3rd 35% above peers
South Fulton, GA 71.5% 8th +4.1pp 4th 17% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 82.2% 3rd +3.9pp 5th 35% above peers
Tyler, TX 55.4% 23rd +2.5pp 6th 9% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 50.2% 28th +2.2pp 7th 18% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 10th +3.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 21st +2.3pp 9th 6% below peers
Menifee, CA 80.2% 6th +3.2pp 10th 32% above peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 20th +2.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 24th +2.2pp 12th 11% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 55.9% 22nd +1.8pp 13th 8% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 39.5% 31st +1.2pp 14th 35% below peers
Dearborn, MI 68.4% 12th +2.0pp 15th 12% above peers
Downey, CA 51.1% 25th +1.2pp 16th 16% below peers
Greeley, CO 60.9% 16th +1.3pp 17th on par with peers
Sparks, NV 59.8% 18th +1.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 19th +0.9pp 19th 4% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.4% 14th +0.9pp 20th 7% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 50.2% 27th +0.5pp 21st 18% below peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 30th +0.2pp 22nd 34% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 77.7% 7th +0.3pp 23rd 28% above peers
Davie, FL 67.1% 13th +0.2pp 24th 10% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 80.3% 5th -1.1pp 25th 32% above peers
Centennial, CO 80.6% 4th -1.6pp 26th 32% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 29th -1.1pp 27th 22% below peers
West Covina, CA 60.3% 17th -2.3pp 28th 1% below peers
Concord, NC 65.2% 15th -2.5pp 29th 7% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 50.2% 26th -3.0pp 30th 18% below peers
Allen, TX 69.4% 11th -4.7pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.5% then, 29.3% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.1% to 29.3%).
29.3%
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 32.2% +0.4pp
Rio Rancho, NM 24.4% 1st -5.9pp 1st 30% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 27.2% 4th -2.2pp 2nd 22% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.1% 31st -3.9pp 3rd 38% above peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 5th -1.4pp 4th 21% below peers
Nampa, ID 29.9% 8th -0.8pp 5th 14% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 43.3% 24th -0.9pp 6th 25% above peers
Tyler, TX 32.4% 14th -0.6pp 7th 7% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 40.3% 21st -0.7pp 8th 16% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 32.3% 12th -0.2pp 9th 7% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 19th -0.2pp 10th 12% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 16th -0.1pp 11th on par with peers
Sparks, NV 32.4% 13th -0.1pp 12th 7% below peers
Downey, CA 44.9% 29th +0.1pp 13th 29% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 29.3% 7th +0.8pp 14th 16% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.7% 23rd +1.1pp 15th 17% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 18th +1.1pp 16th 11% above peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 25th +1.3pp 17th 25% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 30th +2.3pp 18th 32% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 33.4% 15th +1.7pp 19th 4% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 44.5% 28th +2.5pp 20th 28% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 6th +1.6pp 21st 21% below peers
Dearborn, MI 39.2% 20th +2.8pp 22nd 13% above peers
South Fulton, GA 36.2% 17th +3.3pp 23rd 4% above peers
Menifee, CA 43.8% 27th +4.2pp 24th 26% above peers
Davie, FL 43.6% 26th +4.6pp 25th 26% above peers
Concord, NC 31.2% 10th +3.6pp 26th 10% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 30.9% 9th +4.3pp 27th 11% below peers
Allen, TX 31.4% 11th +4.8pp 28th 10% below peers
Greeley, CO 40.4% 22nd +6.2pp 29th 16% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 26.9% 3rd +4.3pp 30th 23% below peers
Centennial, CO 26.9% 2nd +4.6pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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

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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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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No vehicle fell 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.6% to 16.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.5% to 16.1%).
16.1%
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
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.3% 17th -1.5pp 1st 1% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 16.1% 30th -4.5pp 2nd 206% above peers
Sparks, NV 4.7% 13th -1.1pp 3rd 11% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 2.1% 2nd -0.5pp 4th 60% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 2.1% 3rd -0.4pp 5th 60% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.1% 20th -0.9pp 6th 15% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 23rd -0.5pp 7th 31% above peers
Nampa, ID 3.8% 8th -0.2pp 8th 28% below peers
Concord, NC 4.5% 12th -0.2pp 9th 14% below peers
South Fulton, GA 3.9% 10th -0.1pp 10th 26% below peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 29th -0.2pp 11th 76% above peers
Davie, FL 4.2% 11th -0.1pp 12th 20% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 7.2% 24th -0.1pp 13th 38% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 9th -0.0pp 14th 27% below peers
Greeley, CO 5.6% 19th +0.0pp 15th 6% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 2.0% 1st +0.1pp 16th 63% below peers
Tyler, TX 6.3% 21st +0.3pp 17th 20% above peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 25th +0.4pp 18th 56% above peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 31st +1.0pp 19th 210% above peers
Dearborn, MI 8.3% 26th +0.5pp 20th 58% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 28th +0.9pp 21st 74% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 2.7% 4th +0.3pp 22nd 49% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.4% 18th +0.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 4.8% 14th +0.7pp 24th 8% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 7th +0.4pp 25th 39% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 27th +1.6pp 26th 60% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 6.3% 22nd +1.4pp 27th 20% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 5th +0.7pp 28th 45% below peers
Allen, TX 3.2% 6th +0.9pp 29th 40% below peers
Menifee, CA 5.2% 15th +1.5pp 30th 2% below peers
Downey, CA 5.3% 16th +1.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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 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 100% 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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Uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.2% to 4.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 4.0%).
4.0%
20122024
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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 8.2% -0.4pp
Downey, CA 7.0% 14th -3.2pp 1st 9% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 4.0% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 48% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.1% 5th -1.4pp 3rd 34% below peers
Nampa, ID 10.5% 26th -2.7pp 4th 35% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.5% 21st -2.3pp 5th 23% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 14.8% 30th -3.5pp 6th 91% above peers
Boulder, CO 3.4% 1st -0.7pp 7th 56% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.7% 9th -0.9pp 8th 27% below peers
South Fulton, GA 10.0% 23rd -1.6pp 9th 28% above peers
Dearborn, MI 5.3% 6th -0.8pp 10th 31% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 11th -0.8pp 11th 21% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.6% 20th -1.0pp 12th 11% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.7% 27th -1.2pp 13th 51% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.8% 28th -0.7pp 14th 66% above peers
Menifee, CA 5.6% 8th -0.2pp 15th 27% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.9% 12th -0.1pp 16th 11% below peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 16th -0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Concord, NC 8.5% 19th +0.0pp 18th 10% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.1% 10th +0.2pp 19th 21% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 7.0% 13th +0.2pp 20th 10% below peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 15th +0.4pp 21st 2% below peers
Sparks, NV 10.1% 24th +0.8pp 22nd 31% above peers
Tyler, TX 17.6% 31st +1.5pp 23rd 127% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.6% 22nd +0.9pp 24th 23% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.6% 7th +0.5pp 25th 28% below peers
Davie, FL 13.1% 29th +1.6pp 26th 68% above peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% 2nd +0.5pp 27th 51% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 4th +0.6pp 28th 41% below peers
Allen, TX 8.3% 18th +1.2pp 29th 8% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.3% 17th +1.4pp 30th 7% above peers
Greeley, CO 10.1% 25th +1.8pp 31st 31% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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 (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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% 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
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.8% then, 1.7% now; margin ±1.1pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.6% to 1.7%).
1.7%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Costa Mesa, CA 2.7% 6th -4.3pp 1st 36% below peers
Downey, CA 3.0% 10th -3.9pp 2nd 27% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 1.7% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 58% below peers
South Fulton, GA 4.3% 17th -2.2pp 4th 4% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.2% 15th -1.8pp 5th on par with peers
Goodyear, AZ 6.7% 26th -1.8pp 6th 61% above peers
Sparks, NV 5.2% 18th -1.2pp 7th 26% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 20th -1.1pp 8th 31% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 2.7% 7th -0.5pp 9th 35% below peers
West Covina, CA 3.0% 9th -0.5pp 10th 27% below peers
Concord, NC 3.8% 13th -0.4pp 11th 10% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 25th +0.4pp 12th 52% above peers
Menifee, CA 4.2% 16th +0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.8% 23rd +0.4pp 14th 40% above peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 3rd +0.3pp 15th 43% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.0% 29th +1.5pp 16th 116% above peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 14th +0.6pp 17th 4% below peers
Greeley, CO 5.4% 19th +1.1pp 18th 30% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 3.4% 11th +0.7pp 19th 17% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.4% 4th +0.5pp 20th 42% below peers
Tyler, TX 10.6% 30th +2.3pp 21st 155% above peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 22nd 61% below peers
Dearborn, MI 3.7% 12th +0.9pp 23rd 12% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 5th +0.8pp 24th 37% below peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 22nd +2.0pp 25th 37% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.1% 28th +2.9pp 26th 95% above peers
Allen, TX 6.1% 24th +2.3pp 27th 47% above peers
Davie, FL 11.7% 31st +5.2pp 28th 181% above peers
Nampa, ID 7.7% 27th +4.1pp 29th 87% above peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 8th +1.6pp 30th 32% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.6% 21st +3.6pp 31st 34% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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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  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *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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Education
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
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Preschool enrollment fell 12.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 68.8% to 56.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.3% to 56.0%).
56.0%
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 45.5%
Nampa, ID 33.9% 24th +14.9pp 1st 17% below peers
Dearborn, MI 51.3% 9th +14.5pp 2nd 25% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 68.2% 1st +18.3pp 3rd 67% above peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 13th +4.4pp 4th 18% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 48.6% 12th +3.7pp 5th 19% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 64.8% 4th +2.7pp 6th 58% above peers
Concord, NC 51.2% 10th +2.0pp 7th 25% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 36.2% 21st +0.0pp 8th 12% below peers
Greeley, CO 38.3% 20th -0.8pp 9th 6% below peers
Davie, FL 56.9% 7th -1.5pp 10th 39% above peers
South Fulton, GA 65.8% 2nd -2.0pp 11th 61% above peers
Sparks, NV 38.8% 19th -2.6pp 12th 5% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 26.0% 30th -1.8pp 13th 37% below peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 26th -2.1pp 14th 27% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 25th -2.4pp 15th 19% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 58.2% 6th -4.4pp 16th 42% above peers
Downey, CA 45.0% 14th -6.3pp 17th 10% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 17th -5.6pp 18th 2% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 29th -4.1pp 19th 36% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 29.2% 27th -5.1pp 20th 29% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 56.0% 8th -12.8pp 21st 37% above peers
Centennial, CO 59.5% 5th -14.5pp 22nd 46% above peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 15th -11.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Allen, TX 51.0% 11th -14.5pp 24th 25% above peers
West Covina, CA 40.9% 16th -12.2pp 25th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 3rd -21.3pp 26th 59% above peers
Menifee, CA 27.9% 28th -10.6pp 27th 32% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 39.1% 18th -18.1pp 28th 4% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 23rd -17.8pp 29th 15% below peers
Tyler, TX 34.8% 22nd -19.3pp 30th 15% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 19.5% 31st -13.6pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.9% then, 11.7% now; margin ±4.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.2% to 11.7%).
11.7%
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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
Goodyear, AZ 3.9% 4th -7.7pp 1st 47% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.3% 9th -5.8pp 2nd 26% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.2% 2nd -1.9pp 3rd 69% below peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 15th -2.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 7.6% 18th -2.5pp 5th 4% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.3% 5th -1.3pp 6th 40% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.8% 6th -1.2pp 7th 34% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 5.6% 10th -1.0pp 8th 23% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.7% 23rd -1.6pp 9th 33% above peers
Menifee, CA 7.3% 16th -0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Concord, NC 6.4% 12th -0.7pp 11th 12% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 7th -0.5pp 12th 33% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 11.7% 28th -0.2pp 13th 61% above peers
Davie, FL 2.8% 3rd +0.1pp 14th 61% below peers
Downey, CA 6.6% 14th +0.7pp 15th 10% below peers
Tyler, TX 8.4% 21st +1.1pp 16th 16% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 29th +1.9pp 17th 65% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 27th +1.9pp 18th 54% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 30th +2.6pp 19th 77% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.1% 31st +3.9pp 20th 80% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.1% 8th +1.9pp 21st 29% below peers
Dearborn, MI 7.3% 17th +2.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Greeley, CO 7.9% 19th +2.9pp 23rd 9% above peers
West Covina, CA 6.5% 13th +2.7pp 24th 11% below peers
Allen, TX 5.8% 11th +2.6pp 25th 21% below peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 1st +1.0pp 26th 72% below peers
Sparks, NV 9.4% 22nd +4.8pp 27th 29% above peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 26th +5.7pp 28th 53% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 20th +4.8pp 29th 15% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 10.7% 25th +6.4pp 30th 47% above peers
South Fulton, GA 10.5% 24th +8.7pp 31st 45% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Manchester, NH down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 113,401 to 107,805 - more than the combined survey margin (±2,517). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 17% from 2014 to 2024 (129,504 to 107,805).
107,805
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 31st +50% 1st 3% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 107,645 20th +34% 2nd 1% below peers
Menifee, CA 110,305 7th +22% 3rd 2% above peers
Concord, NC 108,719 14th +18% 4th on par with peers
Nampa, ID 110,319 6th +17% 5th 2% above peers
South Fulton, GA 110,471 3rd +15% 6th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 107,423 21st +13% 7th 1% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 109,189 13th +13% 8th 1% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 108,515 15th +13% 9th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 29th +10% 10th 3% below peers
Sparks, NV 110,024 9th +9% 11th 2% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 26th +9% 12th 2% below peers
Allen, TX 110,265 8th +8% 13th 2% above peers
Greeley, CO 110,806 2nd +5% 14th 2% above peers
Tyler, TX 109,215 12th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 110,462 4th +4% 16th 2% above peers
Davie, FL 108,346 16th +4% 17th on par with peers
Renton, WA 105,317 30th +4% 18th 3% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 108,231 17th +2% 19th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 27th +1% 20th 2% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 24th +1% 21st 1% below peers
West Covina, CA 107,037 23rd +0% 22nd 1% below peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 25th +0% 23rd 2% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 107,087 22nd +0% 24th 1% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 109,857 11th -0% 25th 1% above peers
Downey, CA 110,939 1st -1% 26th 2% above peers
Centennial, CO 108,201 18th -2% 27th on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 110,330 5th -3% 28th 2% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 107,805 19th -5% 29th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 110,016 10th -7% 30th 2% above peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 28th -8% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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.
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.9% to 17.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.5% to 17.2%).
17.3%
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 21.6% -0.7pp
South Fulton, GA 26.5% 6th +1.7pp 1st 16% above peers
Davie, FL 22.4% 18th +0.9pp 2nd 2% below peers
Concord, NC 26.8% 4th +0.7pp 3rd 18% above peers
Tyler, TX 23.3% 14th +0.3pp 4th 2% above peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 8th +0.3pp 5th 11% above peers
Greeley, CO 25.0% 10th +0.2pp 6th 10% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 22.9% 15th +0.2pp 7th on par with peers
Menifee, CA 25.0% 11th -0.0pp 8th 10% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 17th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA 30.9% 1st -0.6pp 10th 35% above peers
Dearborn, MI 28.7% 2nd -0.6pp 11th 26% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 3rd -0.8pp 12th 19% above peers
West Covina, CA 20.2% 26th -0.8pp 13th 12% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 23rd -0.9pp 14th 7% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 13th -1.1pp 15th 4% above peers
Centennial, CO 21.9% 21st -1.3pp 16th 4% below peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 24th -1.3pp 17th 9% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 18th 48% below peers
Sparks, NV 22.1% 19th -1.4pp 19th 3% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 22.8% 16th -1.6pp 20th on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 18.4% 29th -1.4pp 21st 19% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 19.7% 27th -1.6pp 22nd 14% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 18.5% 28th -1.8pp 23rd 19% below peers
Downey, CA 21.3% 22nd -2.4pp 24th 6% below peers
Allen, TX 25.4% 7th -2.9pp 25th 11% above peers
Nampa, ID 25.2% 9th -2.9pp 26th 10% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 22.0% 20th -2.5pp 27th 4% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 12th -3.6pp 28th 7% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 17.2% 30th -2.7pp 29th 24% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 26.8% 5th -4.4pp 30th 17% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 20.4% 25th -3.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.9% then, 68.5% now; margin ±5.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.1% to 68.5%).
68.5%
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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
Boulder, CO 27.9% 19th +7.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 30.3% 16th +7.8pp 2nd on par with peers
West Covina, CA 34.0% 9th +8.6pp 3rd 12% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 18th +6.0pp 4th 5% below peers
Concord, NC 33.0% 10th +6.6pp 5th 9% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 23.3% 24th +4.5pp 6th 23% below peers
Greeley, CO 34.7% 8th +6.4pp 7th 15% above peers
Sparks, NV 32.7% 11th +5.3pp 8th 8% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 21.6% 25th +3.5pp 9th 29% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 12th +4.8pp 10th 7% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 42.6% 4th +5.7pp 11th 41% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 2nd +6.1pp 12th 53% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 5th +5.3pp 13th 36% above peers
Allen, TX 15.2% 29th +1.9pp 14th 50% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 27.1% 20th +3.2pp 15th 11% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 10.7% 31st +1.3pp 16th 65% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 30.3% 15th +2.3pp 17th on par with peers
Downey, CA 36.3% 7th +2.1pp 18th 20% above peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 13th +1.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 27th +0.1pp 20th 33% below peers
Tyler, TX 30.7% 14th -0.1pp 21st 1% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 68.5% 1st -0.4pp 22nd 126% above peers
South Fulton, GA 40.7% 6th -0.4pp 23rd 34% above peers
Davie, FL 30.0% 17th -1.9pp 24th 1% below peers
Menifee, CA 20.4% 26th -1.3pp 25th 33% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.0% 22nd -1.8pp 26th 18% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 24.6% 23rd -2.0pp 27th 19% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 26.9% 21st -2.3pp 28th 11% below peers
Centennial, CO 15.7% 28th -1.6pp 29th 48% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 3rd -9.3pp 30th 41% above peers
Dearborn, MI 13.4% 30th -3.4pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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 ±4.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents rose 11.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45.7% to 57.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.5% to 57.4%).
57.4%
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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
Ponce zona urbana, PR 57.4% 28th +11.7pp 1st 15% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 69.0% 14th +13.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 72.2% 7th +10.4pp 3rd 7% above peers
Nampa, ID 66.2% 18th +9.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Dearborn, MI 37.9% 31st +5.3pp 5th 44% below peers
Greeley, CO 63.8% 21st +8.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 15th +9.2pp 7th 2% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.6% 22nd +8.2pp 8th 6% below peers
South Fulton, GA 84.7% 1st +10.5pp 9th 26% above peers
Sparks, NV 75.0% 4th +9.2pp 10th 11% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 25th +7.2pp 11th 8% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 76.7% 3rd +8.0pp 12th 14% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 64.6% 19th +6.1pp 13th 4% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 56.6% 29th +4.0pp 14th 16% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 26th +3.8pp 15th 11% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 71.0% 9th +4.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Tyler, TX 69.5% 13th +4.1pp 17th 3% above peers
Davie, FL 73.2% 6th +3.7pp 18th 9% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 64.3% 20th +2.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Downey, CA 70.6% 11th +2.3pp 20th 5% above peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 23rd +1.8pp 21st 6% below peers
Centennial, CO 71.5% 8th +1.2pp 22nd 6% above peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 2nd +0.4pp 23rd 20% above peers
Concord, NC 73.8% 5th -0.3pp 24th 9% above peers
Allen, TX 63.0% 24th -0.5pp 25th 7% below peers
West Covina, CA 70.0% 12th -1.0pp 26th 4% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 17th -4.9pp 27th 1% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 10th -5.6pp 28th 5% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 67.5% 16th -6.8pp 29th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 27th -8.4pp 30th 15% below peers
Menifee, CA 48.0% 30th -8.8pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 37 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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1 of 37 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 ±8.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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