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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
49.6%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
50.2% 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 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 →
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
high
vs peers
68.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest 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 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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Ponce 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 15% from 2014 to 2024 ($16,915 to $19,470).
Bright spot $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%
Bend, OR $96,394 13th +47% 1st 8% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 16th +44% 2nd on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 28th +43% 3rd 29% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 22nd +42% 4th 17% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $96,713 12th +42% 5th 9% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 20th +42% 6th 13% below peers
Pueblo, CO $56,664 30th +40% 7th 36% below peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 23rd +39% 8th 23% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 11th +38% 9th 10% above peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 19th +37% 10th 10% below peers
Yuma, AZ $65,482 26th +36% 11th 26% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 25th +34% 12th 25% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $104,340 6th +33% 13th 17% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA $111,505 5th +33% 14th 25% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 21st +31% 15th 14% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $103,069 7th +31% 16th 16% above peers
Renton, WA $100,432 10th +29% 17th 13% above peers
Georgetown, TX $95,062 14th +29% 18th 7% above peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 17th +26% 19th 2% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 24th +26% 20th 25% below peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 1st +25% 21st 59% above peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 29th +22% 22nd 33% below peers
West Covina, CA $101,065 9th +22% 23rd 14% above peers
Dearborn, MI $65,324 27th +22% 24th 26% below peers
Davie, FL $87,250 18th +22% 25th 2% below peers
Centennial, CO $131,928 3rd +21% 26th 48% above peers
Downey, CA $90,699 15th +20% 27th 2% above peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 4th +19% 28th 47% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 8th +14% 29th 15% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $136,217 2nd +12% 30th 53% 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.2% then, 49.6% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.4% to 49.6%).
Needs attention 49.6%
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%
Pueblo, CO 17.5% 25th -6.0pp 1st 59% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.1% 12th -2.7pp 2nd 17% below peers
Rialto, CA 12.7% 19th -3.4pp 3rd 15% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.0% 16th -2.9pp 4th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 15.5% 23rd -2.7pp 5th 41% above peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 10th -1.5pp 6th 20% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.6% 15th -1.7pp 7th 4% below peers
Dearborn, MI 24.3% 29th -3.8pp 8th 121% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 18th -1.7pp 9th 3% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 8th -1.1pp 10th 26% below peers
El Monte, CA 17.4% 24th -2.0pp 11th 58% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.6% 26th -2.3pp 12th 87% above peers
Brockton, MA 13.5% 21st -1.3pp 13th 22% above peers
Davie, FL 11.2% 17th -0.9pp 14th 1% above peers
Chico, CA 22.7% 28th -0.5pp 15th 106% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 49.6% 31st -0.6pp 16th 350% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.7% 22nd -0.1pp 17th 33% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.0% 7th +0.0pp 18th 27% below peers
Downey, CA 9.0% 11th +0.1pp 19th 19% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.3% 1st +0.1pp 20th 70% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.9% 20th +0.6pp 21st 17% above peers
Boulder, CO 21.4% 27th +1.1pp 22nd 95% above peers
Edinburg, TX 26.0% 30th +2.1pp 23rd 136% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 2nd +0.4pp 24th 64% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% 9th +0.9pp 25th 23% below peers
Georgetown, TX 8.0% 6th +1.1pp 26th 27% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 10.4% 14th +1.5pp 27th 5% below peers
West Covina, CA 10.0% 13th +1.7pp 28th 9% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 5th +1.1pp 29th 48% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.5% 4th +1.3pp 30th 50% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 64% 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 7.3pp 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 ±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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Ponce 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
Child poverty fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.4% to 65.9%).
Bright spot 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%
Pueblo, CO 22.1% 26th -11.5pp 1st 80% above peers
Brockton, MA 15.2% 19th -4.9pp 2nd 24% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 22nd -5.8pp 3rd 48% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 18th -4.3pp 4th 23% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 7th -2.3pp 5th 30% below peers
Georgetown, TX 6.2% 5th -1.5pp 6th 49% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 10.1% 9th -2.3pp 7th 18% below peers
Yuma, AZ 21.8% 25th -4.8pp 8th 78% above peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 10th -2.1pp 9th 15% below peers
Davie, FL 11.4% 13th -2.2pp 10th 7% below peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 17th -2.4pp 11th 7% above peers
Dearborn, MI 34.5% 29th -5.3pp 12th 181% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 12.2% 15th -1.9pp 13th 1% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 28th -3.7pp 14th 117% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 20th -2.2pp 15th 38% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.9% 31st -4.2pp 16th 437% above peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 12th -0.4pp 17th 9% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 21st +0.2pp 18th 38% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 23rd +0.4pp 19th 64% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 20th 76% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 1st +0.2pp 21st 76% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 3rd +0.3pp 22nd 67% below peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 30th +4.1pp 23rd 194% above peers
West Covina, CA 12.3% 16th +1.9pp 24th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 24th +3.2pp 25th 70% above peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 27th +3.9pp 26th 81% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 10.9% 11th +2.7pp 27th 11% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 6.0% 4th +1.6pp 28th 51% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 12.0% 14th +3.6pp 29th 2% below peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 8th +2.7pp 30th 26% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 6th +2.3pp 31st 39% 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 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 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).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Ponce 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 37.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (48.9% to 85.9%).
Bright spot 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 8% below peers
Pueblo, CO 88.2% 30th +14.5pp 2nd 6% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 20th +14.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 29th +12.6pp 4th 5% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 26th +12.2pp 5th 4% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 28th +11.4pp 6th 5% below peers
Dearborn, MI 93.4% 17th +11.8pp 7th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 27th +9.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 90.4% 25th +9.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 23rd +8.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 21st +7.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 16th +6.3pp 12th on par with peers
Downey, CA 93.1% 19th +6.2pp 13th on par with peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 94.7% 11th +6.0pp 14th 1% above peers
West Covina, CA 94.2% 14th +5.9pp 15th 1% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 22nd +5.7pp 16th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 24th +5.0pp 17th 3% below peers
Georgetown, TX 95.1% 10th +5.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 7th +5.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 15th +5.1pp 20th on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 96.1% 6th +4.7pp 21st 3% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 97.0% 3rd +4.0pp 22nd 4% above peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 8th +3.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 95.2% 9th +3.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Davie, FL 94.6% 12th +2.9pp 25th 1% above peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 13th +2.8pp 26th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 18th +2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 97.6% 1st +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Centennial, CO 96.9% 4th +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 5th -0.5pp 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.58 to 0.58).
Needs attention 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
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 28th -0.028 1st 12% above peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 3rd -0.019 2nd 10% below peers
Chico, CA 0.48 26th -0.017 3rd 9% above peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 17th -0.012 4th 1% above peers
Pueblo, CO 0.46 22nd -0.011 5th 4% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 4th -0.007 6th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 14th -0.007 7th 1% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 0.52 29th -0.006 8th 17% above peers
Davie, FL 0.49 27th -0.004 9th 10% above peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 2nd -0.000 10th 10% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 21st +0.001 11th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 7th +0.002 12th 6% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 0.43 12th +0.003 13th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 15th +0.003 14th on par with peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 0.58 31st +0.005 15th 30% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 0.36 1st +0.004 16th 19% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 0.44 16th +0.005 17th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 0.43 9th +0.007 18th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 0.45 19th +0.008 19th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 0.48 25th +0.010 20th 9% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 6th +0.009 21st 7% below peers
Renton, WA 0.43 10th +0.012 22nd 3% below peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 13th +0.012 23rd 1% below peers
Bend, OR 0.47 23rd +0.014 24th 6% above peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 24th +0.014 25th 8% above peers
Centennial, CO 0.41 5th +0.014 26th 8% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 0.46 20th +0.016 27th 3% above peers
West Covina, CA 0.43 8th +0.019 28th 4% below peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 30th +0.029 29th 26% above peers
Downey, CA 0.43 11th +0.028 30th 3% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 18th +0.050 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

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). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 12.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (42.4% to 54.5%).
Needs attention 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
Bend, OR 7.7% 12th -4.9pp 1st 19% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 9th -3.1pp 2nd 41% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 3.6% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 62% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 1st -0.5pp 4th 85% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 17th -2.8pp 5th 16% above peers
Davie, FL 9.4% 16th -2.1pp 6th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 25th -4.0pp 7th 99% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 11th -1.2pp 8th 19% below peers
Yuma, AZ 15.7% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 66% above peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 28th -1.7pp 10th 144% above peers
Dearborn, MI 21.6% 26th -1.3pp 11th 130% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 2nd -0.1pp 12th 84% below peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 20th +0.3pp 13th 23% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 24th +0.4pp 14th 84% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 10th +0.2pp 15th 28% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.6% 14th +0.3pp 16th 9% below peers
Pueblo, CO 24.6% 29th +1.0pp 17th 161% above peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 30th +2.2pp 18th 233% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 8.7% 15th +0.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 23rd +1.5pp 20th 82% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 6th +0.4pp 21st 58% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 54.5% 31st +8.5pp 22nd 478% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 7th +1.0pp 23rd 46% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.3% 8th +1.1pp 24th 43% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 7.7% 13th +2.0pp 25th 18% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 21st +3.9pp 26th 57% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 27th +6.6pp 27th 134% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.5% 3rd +0.9pp 28th 73% below peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 18th +4.1pp 29th 19% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 3.7% 5th +1.8pp 30th 60% below peers
West Covina, CA 11.4% 19th +6.1pp 31st 21% 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

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.5% to 65.4%).
Needs attention 65.4%
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 65.2%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 29th +5.2pp 1st 32% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 2nd +7.6pp 2nd 33% above peers
Yuma, AZ 66.8% 12th +5.5pp 3rd 8% above peers
Pueblo, CO 61.4% 17th +4.8pp 4th on par with peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 82.2% 1st +3.9pp 5th 33% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 50.2% 26th +2.2pp 6th 19% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 8th +3.1pp 7th 14% above peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 14th +2.7pp 8th 7% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 21st +2.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 20th +2.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 23rd +2.2pp 11th 12% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 55.9% 22nd +1.8pp 12th 9% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 39.5% 31st +1.2pp 13th 36% below peers
Dearborn, MI 68.4% 10th +2.0pp 14th 11% above peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 16th +1.7pp 15th on par with peers
Downey, CA 51.1% 25th +1.2pp 16th 17% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 13th +1.1pp 17th 8% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 19th +0.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.4% 15th +0.9pp 19th 6% above peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 30th +0.2pp 20th 35% below peers
Davie, FL 67.1% 11th +0.2pp 21st 9% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 80.3% 4th -1.1pp 22nd 30% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 6th -1.3pp 23rd 20% above peers
Centennial, CO 80.6% 3rd -1.6pp 24th 31% above peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 5th -1.5pp 25th 24% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 27th -1.1pp 26th 23% below peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 28th -1.3pp 27th 30% below peers
West Covina, CA 60.3% 18th -2.3pp 28th 2% below peers
Georgetown, TX 69.5% 9th -2.8pp 29th 13% above peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 24th -2.5pp 30th 14% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 7th -3.8pp 31st 19% 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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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.5% then, 29.3% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.1% to 29.3%).
Bright spot 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
Bend, OR 34.1% 15th -2.8pp 1st 2% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 27.2% 6th -2.2pp 2nd 22% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.1% 31st -3.9pp 3rd 38% above peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 23rd -2.6pp 4th 17% above peers
Yuma, AZ 30.9% 9th -1.8pp 5th 11% below peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 7th -1.4pp 6th 21% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 17th -0.9pp 7th 2% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 43.3% 25th -0.9pp 8th 25% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 40.3% 22nd -0.7pp 9th 16% above peers
Pueblo, CO 37.0% 18th -0.6pp 10th 6% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 32.3% 11th -0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 20th -0.2pp 12th 12% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 16th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 10th -0.0pp 14th 8% below peers
Downey, CA 44.9% 29th +0.1pp 15th 29% above peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 14th +0.4pp 16th 3% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 12th +0.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 28th +1.1pp 18th 29% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 29.3% 8th +0.8pp 19th 16% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.7% 24th +1.1pp 20th 17% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 19th +1.1pp 21st 11% above peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 26th +1.3pp 22nd 25% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 30th +2.3pp 23rd 32% above peers
Dearborn, MI 39.2% 21st +2.8pp 24th 13% above peers
Davie, FL 43.6% 27th +4.6pp 25th 26% above peers
Georgetown, TX 33.4% 13th +3.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 2nd +2.5pp 27th 41% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 28th 42% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 26.9% 5th +4.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Centennial, CO 26.9% 4th +4.6pp 30th 23% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 3rd +5.2pp 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.
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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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Ponce 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
No vehicle fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.5% to 16.1%).
Bright spot 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
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 13th -2.5pp 1st 10% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.3% 17th -1.5pp 2nd 1% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 16.1% 30th -4.5pp 3rd 206% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 2.1% 1st -0.5pp 4th 60% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 2.1% 2nd -0.4pp 5th 60% below peers
Yuma, AZ 5.8% 20th -1.1pp 6th 10% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 3rd -0.4pp 7th 52% below peers
Pueblo, CO 8.6% 27th -1.2pp 8th 64% above peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 10th -0.6pp 9th 21% below peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 22nd -0.8pp 10th 34% above peers
Georgetown, TX 3.5% 6th -0.3pp 11th 34% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 21st -0.5pp 12th 31% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 12th -0.3pp 13th 14% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 19th -0.2pp 14th 2% above peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 29th -0.2pp 15th 76% above peers
Davie, FL 4.2% 11th -0.1pp 16th 20% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 7.2% 23rd -0.1pp 17th 38% above peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 15th -0.1pp 18th 8% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 8th -0.0pp 19th 27% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 20th 33% below peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 24th +0.4pp 21st 56% above peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 31st +1.0pp 22nd 210% above peers
Dearborn, MI 8.3% 25th +0.5pp 23rd 58% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 28th +0.9pp 24th 74% above peers
West Covina, CA 5.4% 18th +0.7pp 25th 2% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 4.8% 14th +0.7pp 26th 8% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 26th +1.6pp 27th 60% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 5th +0.7pp 28th 45% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 9th +1.1pp 29th 25% below peers
Downey, CA 5.3% 16th +1.5pp 30th on par with peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 4th +0.9pp 31st 49% 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.
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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 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 ±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 ★ National leader
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What changed

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).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Ponce zona urbana started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Downey, CA 7.1% 14th -3.2pp 1st 7% below peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 21st -3.3pp 2nd 18% above peers
Pueblo, CO 5.8% 11th -1.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 12th -1.9pp 4th 19% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 4.0% 5th -1.2pp 5th 47% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 25th -3.1pp 6th 41% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.2% 8th -1.4pp 7th 32% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.5% 22nd -2.3pp 8th 25% above peers
Boulder, CO 3.5% 3rd -0.7pp 9th 55% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.7% 10th -0.9pp 10th 26% below peers
Dearborn, MI 5.3% 9th -0.8pp 11th 30% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 13th -0.8pp 12th 19% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.6% 20th -1.0pp 13th 13% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.8% 28th -1.2pp 14th 54% above peers
St. George, UT 11.5% 27th -0.9pp 15th 51% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.9% 29th -0.7pp 16th 70% above peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 17th -0.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.3% 18th -0.0pp 18th 8% above peers
Yuma, AZ 11.3% 26th +0.0pp 19th 47% above peers
Edinburg, TX 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 20th 214% above peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 16th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 15th +0.4pp 22nd 6% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.3% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 57% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 1st +0.3pp 24th 58% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.6% 23rd +0.9pp 25th 25% above peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% 4th +0.5pp 26th 50% below peers
Davie, FL 13.1% 30th +1.7pp 27th 71% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 6th +0.6pp 28th 39% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.9% 7th +0.7pp 29th 36% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.3% 19th +1.4pp 30th 9% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9.8% 24th +2.7pp 31st 29% 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 1.6pp 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
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (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.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.6% to 1.7%).
Bright spot 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% 8th -4.3pp 1st 34% below peers
Downey, CA 3.0% 12th -3.9pp 2nd 24% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 1.7% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 56% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.2% 17th -1.8pp 4th 4% above peers
Pueblo, CO 2.0% 3rd -0.8pp 5th 51% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 4th -0.8pp 6th 50% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 28th -3.8pp 7th 185% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 18th -0.8pp 8th 9% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 29th -2.0pp 9th 186% above peers
West Covina, CA 3.0% 11th -0.5pp 10th 24% below peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 14th -0.4pp 11th 9% below peers
Yuma, AZ 7.7% 24th -0.7pp 12th 92% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 22nd +0.4pp 13th 58% above peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 5th +0.3pp 14th 41% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.0% 27th +1.5pp 15th 124% above peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 16th +0.6pp 16th on par with peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 3.4% 13th +0.7pp 17th 14% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.4% 6th +0.5pp 18th 40% below peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 19th 60% below peers
Dearborn, MI 3.7% 15th +0.9pp 20th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 20th +1.2pp 21st 17% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 7th +0.8pp 22nd 35% below peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 31st +4.6pp 23rd 272% above peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 21st +2.0pp 24th 42% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.1% 26th +2.9pp 25th 102% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 10th +1.1pp 26th 27% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 19th +1.7pp 27th 9% above peers
Davie, FL 11.7% 30th +5.2pp 28th 192% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 23rd +3.8pp 29th 86% above peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 9th +1.6pp 30th 29% below peers
Georgetown, TX 7.9% 25th +5.5pp 31st 98% 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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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 →
  • 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 2 indicators
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.3% to 56.0%).
Needs attention 56.0%
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 45.5%
Edinburg, TX 37.6% 21st +13.3pp 1st 9% below peers
Dearborn, MI 51.3% 10th +14.5pp 2nd 24% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 68.2% 2nd +18.3pp 3rd 65% above peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 1st +12.2pp 4th 75% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 5th +7.0pp 5th 48% above peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 12th +4.4pp 6th 17% above peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 15th +3.0pp 7th 8% above peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 11th +2.3pp 8th 23% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 64.8% 4th +2.7pp 9th 57% above peers
Georgetown, TX 45.6% 13th +0.1pp 10th 10% above peers
Davie, FL 56.9% 8th -1.5pp 11th 38% above peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 28th -2.1pp 12th 27% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 25th -2.4pp 13th 20% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 58.2% 7th -4.4pp 14th 41% above peers
Downey, CA 45.0% 14th -6.3pp 15th 9% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 18th -5.6pp 16th 3% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 29.2% 29th -5.1pp 17th 29% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 56.0% 9th -12.8pp 18th 36% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 23rd -8.3pp 19th 15% below peers
Centennial, CO 59.5% 6th -14.5pp 20th 44% above peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 16th -11.2pp 21st on par with peers
West Covina, CA 40.9% 17th -12.2pp 22nd 1% below peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 3rd -21.3pp 23rd 57% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 22nd -15.9pp 24th 14% below peers
Pueblo, CO 32.5% 26th -14.8pp 25th 21% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 39.1% 20th -18.1pp 26th 5% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 27th -15.7pp 27th 22% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 24th -17.8pp 28th 16% below peers
Yuma, AZ 28.6% 30th -15.4pp 29th 31% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 19th -29.2pp 30th 4% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 31st -18.5pp 31st 39% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.2% to 11.7%).
Needs attention 11.7%
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
Georgetown, TX 5.0% 9th -6.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.2% 2nd -1.9pp 2nd 65% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 18th -4.4pp 3rd 6% above peers
Pueblo, CO 11.8% 27th -4.8pp 4th 83% above peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 19th -2.5pp 5th 8% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.3% 6th -1.3pp 6th 33% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.8% 7th -1.2pp 7th 26% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 5.6% 12th -1.0pp 8th 13% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.7% 22nd -1.6pp 9th 50% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 8th -0.5pp 10th 24% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 11.7% 26th -0.2pp 11th 81% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 5th +0.0pp 12th 43% below peers
Davie, FL 2.8% 3rd +0.1pp 13th 57% below peers
Downey, CA 6.6% 17th +0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 4th +0.4pp 15th 49% below peers
Yuma, AZ 12.3% 29th +1.7pp 16th 91% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 28th +1.9pp 17th 86% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 25th +1.9pp 18th 73% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 15th +1.7pp 19th 7% below peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 13th +1.9pp 20th 13% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.1% 10th +1.9pp 21st 21% below peers
Dearborn, MI 7.3% 20th +2.7pp 22nd 13% above peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 14th +2.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
West Covina, CA 6.5% 16th +2.7pp 24th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 1st +1.0pp 25th 69% below peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 24th +5.7pp 26th 72% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 31st +7.8pp 27th 123% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 21st +4.8pp 28th 30% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 23rd +5.8pp 29th 53% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 30th +7.8pp 30th 102% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 11th +3.7pp 31st 20% 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.
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 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 73% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 17% from 2014 to 2024 (129,504 to 107,805).
Big move 107,805
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgetown, TX 85,999 31st +21% 1st 19% below peers
St. George, UT 101,995 26th +21% 2nd 4% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 29th +17% 3rd 7% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 30th +14% 4th 8% below peers
Dearborn, MI 107,423 10th +13% 5th 1% above peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 24th +13% 6th 4% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 109,189 6th +13% 7th 3% above peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 18th +10% 8th 1% below peers
Bend, OR 103,390 23rd +10% 9th 3% below peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 20th +9% 10th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 15th +9% 11th on par with peers
Chico, CA 102,188 25th +8% 12th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 22nd +7% 13th 2% below peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 27th +4% 14th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 100,139 28th +4% 15th 6% below peers
Davie, FL 108,346 7th +4% 16th 2% above peers
Renton, WA 105,317 19th +4% 17th 1% below peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 16th +1% 18th on par with peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 13th +1% 19th 1% above peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 21st +1% 20th 2% below peers
Pueblo, CO 111,561 1st +1% 21st 5% above peers
West Covina, CA 107,037 12th +0% 22nd 1% above peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 14th +0% 23rd on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 107,087 11th +0% 24th 1% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 109,857 5th -0% 25th 3% above peers
Downey, CA 110,939 2nd -1% 26th 4% above peers
Centennial, CO 108,201 8th -2% 27th 2% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 110,330 3rd -3% 28th 4% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 107,805 9th -5% 29th 1% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 110,016 4th -7% 30th 4% above peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 17th -8% 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: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1,945 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 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).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 4.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.5% to 17.2%).
Big move 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 21.9% -0.7pp
Georgetown, TX 19.8% 22nd +1.2pp 1st 9% below peers
Davie, FL 22.4% 15th +0.9pp 2nd 2% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 28th +0.3pp 3rd 18% below peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 8th +0.3pp 4th 16% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 22.9% 13th +0.2pp 5th 5% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 9th -0.1pp 6th 13% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 14th -0.2pp 7th 4% above peers
Dearborn, MI 28.7% 1st -0.6pp 8th 31% above peers
Pueblo, CO 21.6% 17th -0.8pp 9th 1% below peers
Yuma, AZ 25.5% 7th -0.9pp 10th 17% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 6th -0.9pp 11th 17% above peers
West Covina, CA 20.2% 21st -0.8pp 12th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 26th -0.8pp 13th 16% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 19th -0.9pp 14th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 12th -1.1pp 15th 8% above peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 4th -1.3pp 16th 22% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 30th -1.0pp 17th 22% below peers
Centennial, CO 21.9% 16th -1.3pp 18th on par with peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 20th -1.3pp 19th 5% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 20th 46% below peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 10th -1.8pp 21st 12% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 18.4% 27th -1.4pp 22nd 16% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 19.7% 23rd -1.6pp 23rd 10% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 18.5% 25th -1.8pp 24th 15% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 5th -2.9pp 25th 22% above peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 2nd -3.0pp 26th 27% above peers
Downey, CA 21.3% 18th -2.4pp 27th 2% below peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 24th -2.8pp 28th 12% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 11th -3.6pp 29th 12% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 17.2% 29th -2.7pp 30th 21% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 26.8% 3rd -4.4pp 31st 23% 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: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

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

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.1% to 68.5%).
Big move 68.5%
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
Boulder, CO 27.9% 19th +7.7pp 1st 7% below peers
West Covina, CA 34.0% 11th +8.6pp 2nd 13% above peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 4th +9.4pp 3rd 48% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 18th +6.0pp 4th 4% below peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 12th +6.7pp 5th 11% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 21.6% 25th +3.5pp 6th 28% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 13th +4.8pp 7th 8% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 2nd +6.1pp 8th 55% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 6th +5.3pp 9th 37% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 27.1% 20th +3.2pp 10th 10% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 10.7% 31st +1.3pp 11th 64% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 23rd +2.6pp 12th 23% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 8th +3.6pp 13th 20% above peers
Downey, CA 36.3% 7th +2.1pp 14th 21% above peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 15th +1.0pp 15th 3% above peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 28th +0.1pp 16th 55% below peers
Pueblo, CO 46.0% 3rd +0.1pp 17th 53% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 68.5% 1st -0.4pp 18th 128% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 10th -0.4pp 19th 14% above peers
Davie, FL 30.0% 16th -1.9pp 20th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 14th -2.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 24.6% 22nd -2.0pp 22nd 18% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 26.9% 21st -2.3pp 23rd 10% below peers
Yuma, AZ 36.0% 9th -3.6pp 24th 20% above peers
Centennial, CO 15.7% 27th -1.6pp 25th 48% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 17th -4.5pp 26th 2% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 26th -2.9pp 27th 42% below peers
Georgetown, TX 22.0% 24th -4.2pp 28th 27% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 5th -9.3pp 29th 43% above peers
Dearborn, MI 13.4% 29th -3.4pp 30th 55% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 30th -3.8pp 31st 59% 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 →
What changed

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.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.5% to 57.4%).
Big move 57.4%
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
Ponce zona urbana, PR 57.4% 28th +11.7pp 1st 15% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 72.2% 6th +10.4pp 2nd 7% above peers
Dearborn, MI 37.9% 31st +5.3pp 3rd 44% below peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 14th +9.2pp 4th 1% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.6% 21st +8.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 23rd +7.2pp 6th 9% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 12th +7.6pp 7th 3% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 76.7% 3rd +8.0pp 8th 13% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 56.6% 29th +4.0pp 9th 16% below peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 20th +4.4pp 10th 4% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 26th +3.8pp 11th 11% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 2nd +4.8pp 12th 14% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 71.0% 8th +4.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Pueblo, CO 67.7% 16th +4.0pp 14th on par with peers
Davie, FL 73.2% 4th +3.7pp 15th 8% above peers
Georgetown, TX 72.2% 5th +3.3pp 16th 7% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 18th +2.3pp 17th 2% below peers
Downey, CA 70.6% 10th +2.3pp 18th 4% above peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 22nd +1.8pp 19th 6% below peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 25th +1.5pp 20th 10% below peers
Centennial, CO 71.5% 7th +1.2pp 21st 6% above peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 22nd 19% above peers
West Covina, CA 70.0% 11th -1.0pp 23rd 4% above peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 15th -1.4pp 24th 1% above peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 19th -2.0pp 25th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 59.2% 27th -3.2pp 26th 13% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 13th -5.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 17th -4.9pp 28th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 9th -5.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 24th -6.0pp 30th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 30th -7.2pp 31st 32% 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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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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