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317,995 people (2024) 250k-1m

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where San Juan 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
75.7%
2020-24
▲ 33%
relative change
56.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$28,562
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$22,552 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
20.4%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
25.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.4%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
9.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
36.6%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
39.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
37.8%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
40.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where San Juan 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
58.5%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
74.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
34.6%
2019-23
▲ 21%
relative change
28.6% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
58.6%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
60.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.61
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.62 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
12.1%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
10.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
52.5%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
53.3% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Big shifts 3 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
15.3%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
18.1% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
317,995
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
323,279 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
68.2%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
64.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $22,552 to $28,562 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,262). 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 29% from 2014 to 2024 ($22,189 to $28,562).
$28,562
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%
Newark, NJ $52,060 28th +48% 1st 35% below peers
Stockton, CA $79,907 15th +46% 2nd on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA $93,999 9th +42% 3rd 18% above peers
Orlando, FL $72,336 19th +40% 4th 9% below peers
Durham, NC $81,619 13th +39% 5th 3% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $97,710 7th +38% 6th 23% above peers
Reno, NV $80,760 14th +37% 7th 2% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $65,742 23rd +35% 8th 17% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 29th +34% 9th 37% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 16th +33% 10th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 5th +33% 11th 36% above peers
Anaheim, CA $95,227 8th +33% 12th 20% above peers
Cleveland, OH $40,801 30th +32% 13th 49% below peers
Riverside, CA $91,045 10th +32% 14th 14% above peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 4th +30% 15th 36% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $52,909 27th +30% 16th 33% below peers
Irvine, CA $136,719 1st +30% 17th 72% above peers
St. Louis, MO $56,160 26th +28% 18th 29% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $73,394 18th +27% 19th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR $28,562 31st +27% 20th 64% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $122,551 2nd +27% 21st 54% above peers
Greensboro, NC $61,515 24th +26% 22nd 23% below peers
Lincoln, NE $71,867 20th +24% 23rd 10% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 25th +24% 24th 23% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $103,284 6th +22% 25th 30% above peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 11th +22% 26th 13% above peers
Lexington, KY $69,479 21st +21% 27th 13% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $86,504 12th +21% 28th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $67,394 22nd +20% 29th 15% below peers
Madison, WI $78,050 17th +19% 30th 2% below peers
Plano, TX $112,253 3rd +17% 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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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13 of 129 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 9 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (250k-1m) 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, FL up about 60% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,044 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.6% to 37.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 15 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; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.6% to 37.8%).
37.8%
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%
Santa Ana, CA 10.7% 8th -4.8pp 1st 26% below peers
Durham, NC 11.3% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 22% below peers
Irvine, CA 10.3% 7th -2.6pp 3rd 28% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.2% 18th -3.2pp 4th 6% above peers
Anaheim, CA 12.3% 14th -2.3pp 5th 14% below peers
Orlando, FL 14.5% 17th -2.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Newark, NJ 22.6% 27th -3.7pp 7th 57% above peers
Stockton, CA 15.3% 19th -2.3pp 8th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 25.3% 29th -3.8pp 9th 76% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.7% 11th -1.6pp 10th 19% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.0% 12th -1.6pp 11th 16% below peers
Lexington, KY 14.4% 16th -1.8pp 12th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.7% 4th -0.9pp 13th 39% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 15.5% 20th -1.5pp 14th 8% above peers
Greensboro, NC 16.1% 23rd -1.5pp 15th 12% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 37.8% 31st -2.8pp 16th 163% above peers
Reno, NV 12.4% 15th -0.9pp 17th 14% below peers
Cleveland, OH 29.7% 30th -2.0pp 18th 107% above peers
Lincoln, NE 12.2% 13th -0.7pp 19th 15% below peers
St. Louis, MO 20.0% 26th -1.2pp 20th 39% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 24.5% 28th -0.8pp 21st 70% above peers
Madison, WI 15.7% 21st -0.4pp 22nd 9% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 18.5% 25th -0.5pp 23rd 29% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.2% 1st -0.1pp 24th 64% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 5th -0.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Plano, TX 6.7% 2nd -0.0pp 26th 53% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 15.7% 22nd +0.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 3rd +0.3pp 28th 45% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 24th +1.0pp 29th 17% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 11.6% 10th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Henderson, NV 8.9% 6th +1.0pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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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12 of 129 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 9 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Laredo, TX down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.5% then, 58.6% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.0% to 58.6%).
58.6%
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%
Santa Ana, CA 14.6% 10th -8.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Durham, NC 16.6% 16th -7.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 15.3% 14th -6.9pp 3rd 8% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 15th -5.2pp 4th 7% below peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 28th -10.4pp 5th 114% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 22.0% 20th -5.6pp 6th 33% above peers
Riverside, CA 14.8% 11th -3.2pp 7th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 10.8% 7th -2.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Newark, NJ 31.2% 27th -6.6pp 9th 88% above peers
Orlando, FL 20.6% 18th -3.8pp 10th 24% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 19th -3.3pp 11th 26% above peers
Lexington, KY 17.9% 17th -2.6pp 12th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 29.7% 25th -4.2pp 13th 79% above peers
Greensboro, NC 23.5% 22nd -3.2pp 14th 42% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 5th -1.2pp 15th 40% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.0% 1st -0.4pp 16th 70% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 22.9% 21st -1.9pp 17th 38% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 36.2% 29th -2.7pp 18th 119% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 30th -3.3pp 19th 171% above peers
Plano, TX 7.9% 2nd -0.5pp 20th 52% below peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 13th -0.8pp 21st 10% below peers
Lincoln, NE 13.6% 8th -0.6pp 22nd 18% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.6% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 254% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 23rd -0.3pp 24th 44% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 4th +0.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 25.0% 24th +2.0pp 26th 50% above peers
Irvine, CA 8.6% 3rd +0.7pp 27th 48% below peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 6th +1.1pp 28th 36% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 30.8% 26th +3.7pp 29th 86% above peers
Madison, WI 13.9% 9th +2.1pp 30th 16% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 14.9% 12th +2.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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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13 of 129 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 9 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Atlanta, GA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 18.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56.8% to 75.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 29 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 23.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (52.6% to 75.7%).
75.7%
20172024
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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 91.1%
San Juan zona urbana, PR 75.7% 31st +18.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Greensboro, NC 91.0% 20th +17.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 86.5% 29th +16.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Cleveland, OH 84.8% 30th +16.1pp 4th 8% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 27th +13.7pp 5th 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 86.9% 28th +12.5pp 6th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 91.8% 17th +12.5pp 7th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 89.3% 26th +9.6pp 8th 3% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 90.6% 22nd +8.8pp 9th 2% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 10th +8.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 92.2% 16th +7.9pp 11th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 89.6% 24th +7.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 21st +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 92.6% 14th +6.8pp 14th on par with peers
Durham, NC 93.7% 9th +6.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 94.4% 8th +6.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 93.2% 11th +6.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 91.8% 18th +6.2pp 18th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 89.3% 25th +5.9pp 19th 3% below peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 23rd +5.8pp 20th 3% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 5th +6.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Lexington, KY 92.6% 15th +5.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 6th +5.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lincoln, NE 92.9% 13th +5.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 94.6% 7th +4.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA 93.1% 12th +3.7pp 26th 1% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 4th +3.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Madison, WI 91.5% 19th +2.8pp 28th 1% below peers
Plano, TX 96.7% 2nd +2.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA 95.8% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 97.0% 1st +1.1pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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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12 of 129 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 9 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Detroit, MI up 21.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Laredo, TX up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL up 17.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.62 then, 0.61 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.60 to 0.61).
0.61
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
Stockton, CA 0.44 8th -0.031 1st 5% below peers
Irvine, CA 0.46 13th -0.011 2nd on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 0.51 27th -0.010 3rd 10% above peers
Orlando, FL 0.49 21st -0.008 4th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 0.42 4th -0.007 5th 9% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 0.61 31st -0.009 6th 32% above peers
Newark, NJ 0.50 24th -0.007 7th 7% above peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 25th -0.007 8th 9% above peers
Greensboro, NC 0.49 22nd -0.005 9th 6% above peers
Cleveland, OH 0.51 28th -0.005 10th 10% above peers
Durham, NC 0.46 14th -0.003 11th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 0.40 3rd -0.001 12th 13% below peers
St. Louis, MO 0.50 26th -0.001 13th 9% above peers
Plano, TX 0.45 10th -0.001 14th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 5th -0.001 15th 9% below peers
Lexington, KY 0.49 23rd -0.001 16th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 0.48 19th -0.000 17th 4% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 9th +0.001 18th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 0.52 29th +0.001 19th 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 0.43 7th +0.001 20th 7% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 0.54 30th +0.003 21st 17% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 6th +0.003 22nd 8% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 0.46 15th +0.003 23rd on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 0.45 12th +0.003 24th 3% below peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 16th +0.006 25th on par with peers
Madison, WI 0.47 17th +0.007 26th 1% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 2nd +0.008 27th 13% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 18th +0.011 28th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 0.48 20th +0.011 29th 5% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 0.39 1st +0.013 30th 15% below peers
Anaheim, CA 0.45 11th +0.015 31st 4% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 5.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 28.6% to 34.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 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, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 7.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (26.9% to 34.6%).
34.6%
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
Santa Ana, CA 11.3% 14th -4.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Durham, NC 9.3% 10th -2.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.4% 15th -2.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lexington, KY 8.5% 6th -1.9pp 4th 30% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 14.0% 18th -2.9pp 5th 14% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.0% 20th -2.9pp 6th 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.4% 1st -0.6pp 7th 72% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.0% 25th -3.3pp 8th 47% above peers
Orlando, FL 15.0% 19th -2.3pp 9th 23% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 18.3% 26th -2.6pp 10th 50% above peers
Newark, NJ 23.7% 28th -3.3pp 11th 93% above peers
Buffalo, NY 29.9% 29th -3.9pp 12th 145% above peers
Cleveland, OH 31.5% 30th -3.1pp 13th 157% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.1% 21st -1.2pp 14th 23% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 16.5% 22nd -0.7pp 15th 35% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.3% 4th -0.2pp 16th 57% below peers
Lincoln, NE 8.9% 8th -0.0pp 17th 27% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 7th +0.1pp 18th 28% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 23rd +0.3pp 19th 37% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 27th +0.8pp 20th 70% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.1% 13th +0.5pp 21st 9% below peers
Reno, NV 12.2% 16th +0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 10.8% 12th +1.0pp 23rd 12% below peers
Greensboro, NC 17.4% 24th +1.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Madison, WI 9.2% 9th +1.0pp 25th 24% below peers
Plano, TX 3.4% 2nd +0.5pp 26th 72% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 34.6% 31st +5.9pp 27th 183% above peers
Henderson, NV 7.7% 5th +1.4pp 28th 37% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.6% 11th +2.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Anaheim, CA 14.0% 17th +2.7pp 30th 14% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.9% 3rd +2.3pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Tampa, FL down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Miami, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp 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)
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Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (53.3% then, 52.5% now; margin ±1.4pp). 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; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.6% to 52.5%).
52.5%
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%
Orlando, FL 39.5% 29th +4.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 53.9% 12th +5.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Newark, NJ 24.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 53% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 5th +5.5pp 4th 22% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 48.9% 19th +4.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 26th +2.3pp 6th 18% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 39.8% 28th +2.1pp 7th 24% below peers
Riverside, CA 56.8% 10th +2.8pp 8th 9% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 52.9% 14th +2.5pp 9th 1% above peers
Durham, NC 52.3% 16th +2.1pp 10th on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 63.9% 4th +2.6pp 11th 22% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 18th +1.9pp 12th 5% below peers
St. Louis, MO 45.3% 23rd +1.6pp 13th 13% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 2nd +2.0pp 14th 26% above peers
Anaheim, CA 46.2% 21st +1.4pp 15th 12% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 57.9% 8th +1.2pp 16th 11% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 7th +0.7pp 17th 14% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 47.7% 20th +0.5pp 18th 9% below peers
Greensboro, NC 50.5% 17th +0.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Cleveland, OH 41.7% 27th +0.2pp 20th 20% below peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 3rd +0.1pp 21st 24% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 6th -0.1pp 22nd 18% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 73.1% 1st -0.7pp 23rd 40% above peers
Lexington, KY 53.8% 13th -0.7pp 24th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 52.5% 15th -0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 56.1% 11th -0.9pp 26th 7% above peers
Madison, WI 46.0% 22nd -1.0pp 27th 12% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 44.6% 24th -1.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Plano, TX 56.9% 9th -2.2pp 29th 9% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 27.9% 30th -1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Irvine, CA 44.5% 25th -2.4pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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 ±1.1pp 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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Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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Cost burden fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.5% to 36.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.6% to 36.6%).
36.6%
20102024
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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 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Ana, CA 42.6% 26th -4.5pp 1st 15% above peers
St. Louis, MO 34.2% 10th -3.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Newark, NJ 53.8% 31st -4.6pp 3rd 46% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 36.6% 15th -2.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.0% 22nd -2.2pp 5th 11% above peers
Durham, NC 31.9% 7th -1.6pp 6th 13% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.1% 6th -0.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 18th -0.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 41.7% 23rd -0.8pp 9th 13% above peers
Irvine, CA 42.5% 24th -0.4pp 10th 15% above peers
Anaheim, CA 47.3% 30th -0.3pp 11th 28% above peers
Cleveland, OH 40.7% 21st +0.2pp 12th 10% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 43.6% 27th +0.4pp 13th 18% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.9% 19th +0.4pp 14th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% 9th +0.4pp 15th 9% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 28th +1.0pp 16th 22% above peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 2nd +0.7pp 17th 26% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 25.3% 1st +0.6pp 18th 31% below peers
Riverside, CA 42.5% 25th +1.5pp 19th 15% above peers
Madison, WI 36.4% 14th +1.4pp 20th 1% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 35.7% 13th +1.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 46.0% 29th +2.0pp 22nd 25% above peers
Lexington, KY 32.1% 8th +1.6pp 23rd 13% below peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 17th +1.8pp 24th on par with peers
Greensboro, NC 36.9% 16th +2.0pp 25th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 30.3% 4th +1.9pp 26th 18% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 20th +2.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 35.1% 12th +2.6pp 28th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 3rd +2.2pp 29th 25% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 11th +3.6pp 30th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 30.5% 5th +3.4pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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 (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis, MO down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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No vehicle fell 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.3% to 20.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 7 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.9% to 20.4%).
20.4%
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 8.3% -0.3pp
Stockton, CA 7.2% 14th -2.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.5% 5th -1.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 29th -5.3pp 3rd 213% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 20.4% 26th -4.8pp 4th 183% above peers
Durham, NC 7.2% 16th -1.4pp 5th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 17.1% 24th -2.8pp 6th 136% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.6% 27th -2.7pp 7th 185% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 2nd -0.4pp 8th 54% below peers
Newark, NJ 34.3% 30th -4.1pp 9th 375% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 15th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 20th -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Orlando, FL 7.4% 17th -0.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 7.0% 13th -0.5pp 13th 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.5% 25th -1.2pp 14th 156% above peers
Cleveland, OH 22.1% 28th -1.0pp 15th 205% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 7th -0.2pp 16th 28% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 5.8% 10th -0.2pp 17th 19% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 6th -0.1pp 18th 37% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 13.0% 22nd -0.3pp 19th 81% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.6% 23rd +0.0pp 20th 130% above peers
Anaheim, CA 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 40.3% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 458% above peers
Madison, WI 12.2% 21st +0.8pp 23rd 69% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.2% 19th +0.6pp 24th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 4th +0.3pp 25th 41% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.0% 11th +0.5pp 26th 17% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.3% 8th +0.5pp 27th 27% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.7% 12th +0.8pp 28th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 3.7% 3rd +0.5pp 29th 48% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 18th +1.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 2.3% 1st +0.6pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Buffalo, NY down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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Uninsured fell 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.5% to 8.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.6% to 8.4%).
8.4%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Jersey City, NJ 8.5% 18th -2.8pp 1st 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 12.1% 27th -3.4pp 2nd 46% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.3% 16th -1.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 9.9% 23rd -2.1pp 4th 19% above peers
Lincoln, NE 6.2% 7th -1.3pp 5th 25% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.2% 6th -1.1pp 6th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 10.7% 26th -1.8pp 7th 28% above peers
St. Louis, MO 9.2% 20th -1.5pp 8th 11% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 9.4% 22nd -1.4pp 9th 13% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.0% 2nd -0.6pp 10th 52% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 8.4% 17th -1.1pp 11th 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 3rd -0.5pp 12th 51% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 9th -0.7pp 13th 21% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.4% 1st -0.4pp 14th 59% below peers
Orlando, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 15th 65% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.8% 5th -0.4pp 16th 43% below peers
Riverside, CA 8.9% 19th -0.5pp 17th 6% above peers
Plano, TX 10.6% 25th -0.5pp 18th 28% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.1% 28th -0.1pp 19th 58% above peers
Stockton, CA 6.9% 12th +0.1pp 20th 17% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.6% 10th +0.1pp 21st 21% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 20% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.5% 30th +0.5pp 23rd 110% above peers
Cleveland, OH 8.0% 15th +0.4pp 24th 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.3% 21st +0.5pp 25th 12% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.1% 13th +0.4pp 26th 14% below peers
Madison, WI 4.2% 4th +0.3pp 27th 49% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.7% 14th +0.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Reno, NV 10.5% 24th +0.8pp 29th 26% above peers
Newark, NJ 19.2% 31st +2.4pp 30th 131% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.3% 8th +1.0pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Oakland, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 5.1% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 5.1%).
5.1%
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 5.5% +0.4pp
Lexington, KY 3.0% 6th -1.3pp 1st 38% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 3.9% 12th -1.6pp 2nd 20% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 11th -1.4pp 3rd 23% below peers
Irvine, CA 2.2% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 54% below peers
Greensboro, NC 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 5th 28% below peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% 8th -0.8pp 6th 28% below peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 23rd -1.2pp 7th 41% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 20th -0.9pp 8th 10% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 8.1% 28th -1.1pp 9th 66% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 7.3% 25th -0.8pp 10th 51% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.2% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 54% below peers
St. Louis, MO 4.9% 16th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 26th -0.1pp 13th 61% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.4% 14th -0.0pp 14th 10% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 10th -0.0pp 15th 25% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 7th +0.2pp 16th 29% below peers
Riverside, CA 3.9% 13th +0.3pp 17th 20% below peers
Durham, NC 8.0% 27th +0.6pp 18th 64% above peers
Plano, TX 9.1% 29th +0.8pp 19th 87% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.1% 17th +0.4pp 20th 6% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 5.2% 19th +0.5pp 21st 7% above peers
Stockton, CA 2.9% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 40% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 22nd +1.0pp 23rd 33% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 5.1% 18th +0.8pp 24th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 1st +0.3pp 25th 60% below peers
Madison, WI 2.8% 4th +0.5pp 26th 43% below peers
Orlando, FL 9.7% 30th +2.1pp 27th 99% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 24th +1.7pp 28th 50% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 5.8% 21st +1.4pp 29th 20% above peers
Newark, NJ 11.3% 31st +3.2pp 30th 133% above peers
Cleveland, OH 4.4% 15th +1.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 15.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.0% to 58.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 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; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 10.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.2% to 58.5%).
58.5%
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%
Corpus Christi, TX 47.8% 12th +8.0pp 1st 7% above peers
Anaheim, CA 51.3% 8th +7.1pp 2nd 14% above peers
Riverside, CA 41.0% 21st +4.8pp 3rd 8% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 9th +4.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 18th +3.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Madison, WI 51.4% 7th +2.1pp 6th 15% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 23rd +1.1pp 7th 11% below peers
St. Louis, MO 53.8% 6th +1.0pp 8th 20% above peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 15th +0.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 17th -0.1pp 10th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 47.6% 14th -0.2pp 11th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 50.9% 10th -0.4pp 12th 14% above peers
Plano, TX 47.7% 13th -2.1pp 13th 6% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 73.2% 1st -3.6pp 14th 63% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 36.2% 28th -1.8pp 15th 19% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 43.0% 19th -2.8pp 16th 4% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 34.2% 29th -2.4pp 17th 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 39.5% 25th -2.8pp 18th 12% below peers
Newark, NJ 67.5% 2nd -5.8pp 19th 51% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.4% 20th -3.9pp 20th 8% below peers
Orlando, FL 55.1% 5th -6.2pp 21st 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 50.1% 11th -6.6pp 22nd 12% above peers
Greensboro, NC 37.0% 26th -4.9pp 23rd 18% below peers
Lexington, KY 41.0% 22nd -7.3pp 24th 9% below peers
Durham, NC 39.8% 24th -7.2pp 25th 11% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 27th -7.2pp 26th 18% below peers
Irvine, CA 59.6% 3rd -12.5pp 27th 33% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 31st -6.6pp 28th 41% below peers
Cleveland, OH 33.7% 30th -8.7pp 29th 25% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.5% 4th -15.5pp 30th 31% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 44.8% 16th -14.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better 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 (10.6% then, 12.1% now; margin ±3.4pp).

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 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.0% to 12.1%).
12.1%
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 6.9% +0.3pp
Orlando, FL 4.3% 7th -4.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 6th -3.9pp 2nd 36% below peers
St. Louis, MO 6.7% 15th -3.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Irvine, CA 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 4th 80% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 20th -2.3pp 5th 7% above peers
Durham, NC 4.5% 8th -1.2pp 6th 32% below peers
Greensboro, NC 5.1% 10th -1.3pp 7th 24% below peers
Newark, NJ 9.8% 25th -1.8pp 8th 47% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% 21st -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Madison, WI 2.2% 2nd -0.1pp 10th 67% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 12th -0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 7.9% 22nd -0.2pp 12th 19% above peers
Cleveland, OH 10.4% 28th -0.2pp 13th 55% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 9th -0.1pp 14th 26% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.4% 24th +0.1pp 15th 26% above peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 16th +0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% 4th +0.2pp 17th 44% below peers
Riverside, CA 6.3% 11th +0.3pp 18th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 10.1% 27th +1.0pp 19th 51% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.2% 5th +0.5pp 20th 37% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 12.1% 29th +1.5pp 21st 81% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.8% 18th +0.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 6.5% 14th +1.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 3rd +0.7pp 24th 48% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 25th 97% above peers
Anaheim, CA 8.2% 23rd +2.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.7% 17th +1.9pp 27th on par with peers
Plano, TX 7.1% 19th +2.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 26th +3.1pp 29th 49% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.5% 13th +2.1pp 30th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 31st +5.0pp 31st 111% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Orlando, FL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kansas City, MO down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tulsa, OK down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 323,279 to 317,995 - more than the combined survey margin (±2,034). 6 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 13% from 2014 to 2024 (366,726 to 317,995).
317,995
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 26th +15% 1st 9% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 280,262 24th +15% 2nd 8% below peers
Irvine, CA 311,690 12th +14% 3rd 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 319,758 7th +14% 4th 5% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 294,078 19th +12% 5th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 25th +11% 6th 8% below peers
Reno, NV 273,212 30th +11% 7th 10% below peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 4th +11% 8th 9% above peers
Newark, NJ 310,178 14th +10% 9th 2% above peers
Madison, WI 278,001 27th +9% 10th 9% below peers
Durham, NC 291,467 20th +8% 11th 4% below peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 28th +8% 12th 9% below peers
Stockton, CA 322,326 6th +4% 13th 6% above peers
Lincoln, NE 294,856 18th +4% 14th 3% below peers
Greensboro, NC 301,198 17th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 311,224 13th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 29th +3% 17th 9% below peers
Plano, TX 290,594 21st +1% 18th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 31st +1% 19th 12% below peers
Lexington, KY 323,725 5th +1% 20th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 307,284 15th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 304,759 16th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 345,482 2nd -1% 23rd 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 288,976 22nd -2% 24th 5% below peers
Anaheim, CA 344,521 3rd -2% 25th 13% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 317,995 9th -2% 26th 4% above peers
Riverside, CA 319,069 8th -2% 27th 5% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 317,419 10th -3% 28th 4% above peers
Cleveland, OH 366,097 1st -5% 29th 20% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 312,534 11th -6% 30th 3% above peers
St. Louis, MO 288,512 23rd -6% 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.1% to 15.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.2pp). 19 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; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.4% to 15.3%).
15.3%
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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
Orlando, FL 21.4% 18th +0.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.8% 4th +0.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Lexington, KY 21.0% 20th +0.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Greensboro, NC 21.7% 16th -0.1pp 4th on par with peers
Madison, WI 16.1% 29th -0.2pp 5th 26% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 13th -0.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Irvine, CA 21.7% 17th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 22nd -0.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Lincoln, NE 21.9% 15th -0.7pp 9th 1% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 14.6% 31st -0.5pp 10th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 23.1% 10th -0.8pp 11th 6% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 5th -0.8pp 12th 13% above peers
Stockton, CA 26.7% 2nd -1.0pp 13th 23% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 6th -1.0pp 14th 12% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.5% 28th -0.7pp 15th 24% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 23.5% 7th -1.0pp 16th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.9pp 17th 9% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 23.4% 9th -1.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Cleveland, OH 21.0% 19th -1.1pp 19th 3% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.3% 27th -1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 20.7% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 23.5% 8th -1.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 28.1% 1st -1.8pp 23rd 30% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 25th -1.4pp 24th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 20.9% 21st -1.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Durham, NC 20.1% 24th -1.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Anaheim, CA 22.2% 14th -1.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 12th -2.4pp 28th 5% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 3rd -3.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 22.9% 11th -4.0pp 30th 5% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -2.9pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.9% then, 68.2% now; margin ±3.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 5 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: single-parent rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.1% to 68.2%).
68.2%
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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
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 25th +5.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Irvine, CA 17.7% 31st +3.2pp 2nd 52% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 19.9% 29th +3.5pp 3rd 46% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 27.7% 26th +3.9pp 4th 25% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.6% 19th +4.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Madison, WI 31.3% 20th +3.5pp 6th 16% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 24th +2.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 22nd +2.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.2% 9th +3.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 13th +2.6pp 10th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 68.2% 2nd +3.3pp 11th 84% above peers
Plano, TX 19.4% 30th +0.7pp 12th 47% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.5% 23rd +0.9pp 13th 20% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 39.6% 11th +1.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Lincoln, NE 26.7% 27th +0.8pp 15th 28% below peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 1st +1.9pp 16th 94% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 10th +0.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 37.0% 16th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 15th +0.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Newark, NJ 58.1% 3rd -0.2pp 20th 57% above peers
Riverside, CA 30.1% 21st -0.6pp 21st 19% below peers
Greensboro, NC 42.9% 7th -1.1pp 22nd 16% above peers
Lexington, KY 31.7% 17th -1.2pp 23rd 14% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 42.6% 8th -2.1pp 24th 15% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 5th -3.6pp 25th 41% above peers
St. Louis, MO 52.2% 6th -4.0pp 26th 41% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 56.2% 4th -6.5pp 27th 52% above peers
Orlando, FL 38.9% 12th -5.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 28th -3.3pp 29th 36% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 31.6% 18th -4.9pp 30th 15% below peers
Durham, NC 37.4% 14th -5.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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 ±3.0pp 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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.0% then, 65.5% now; margin ±7.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.5% to 65.5%).
65.5%
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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 68.1% +1.9pp
Gilbert, AZ 70.7% 11th +15.2pp 1st 4% above peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 20th +7.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 13th +8.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Irvine, CA 61.7% 28th +6.5pp 4th 10% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 68.2% 16th +6.0pp 5th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 67.2% 19th +5.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 10th +5.5pp 7th 5% above peers
Anaheim, CA 68.2% 17th +4.6pp 8th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 65.3% 22nd +4.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 18th +4.2pp 10th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 63.5% 25th +3.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 59.9% 31st +3.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 68.5% 15th +3.2pp 13th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 62.8% 26th +2.4pp 14th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 65.5% 21st +1.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 72.3% 7th +1.5pp 16th 6% above peers
Lexington, KY 74.2% 5th +1.1pp 17th 9% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Durham, NC 74.5% 4th -0.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Madison, WI 75.9% 1st -0.7pp 20th 11% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 69.1% 14th -0.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 69.6% 12th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 60.9% 30th -0.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 8th -1.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Orlando, FL 71.5% 9th -1.8pp 25th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 73.5% 6th -1.9pp 26th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 74.5% 3rd -2.2pp 27th 9% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 29th -3.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 64.9% 23rd -6.9pp 29th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 64.5% 24th -7.3pp 30th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 27th -8.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 129 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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22 of 129 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 10 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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