Demographic, income, housing, and education data for 150,000+ places: states, counties, cities, ZIPs, and census tracts. Compare any two years. No spreadsheets.
See population, income, and demographics for any year from 1990 to today, boundary-harmonized so the data is honest.
Most places stop at the city level. We index every state, county, city, ZIP, and 85,000+ census tracts.
Every page opens with a written summary that tells you what the numbers mean: wealthier than average, growing fast, getting older.
Richmond has lower-than-average household income, with a median household income of $64,587. Population has grown 16% since 2000. 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Median home value has more than tripled since 2000, reaching $353,000. At a median age of 34.7, residents skew younger than the country as a whole.
Smith leads nationally, but ask group by group and the answer changes almost completely: Williams among Black Americans, Garcia among Hispanic Americans, Nguyen among Asian Americans. Census surname data shows which names belong most to one group.
New York is the densest big city in the country, but the densest places overall are small high-rise towns in Hudson County, New Jersey, sitting right across the river from Manhattan. Here's why the two answers differ.
Los Angeles homelessness rose after two years of decline, and officials blamed economic pressure. Census data shows 56.5 percent of L.A. renters are cost-burdened and the typical home costs 11.2 times the typical income.
Of 843 US cities with 50,000+ residents, 593 are richer in inflation-adjusted terms than in 1990. Fulshear, TX leads at $124,408 per household.
The CensusEasy Afford Score ranks US cities by the ratio of median home value to median household income. Berkeley, CA is the least affordable large city, where homes cost 13.1x the typical income.
The CensusEasy Gentrification Score ranks US cities by a decade of combined growth in real income, home values, and college degrees. Denver, CO leads the largest cities at 90.3 out of 100.
Darker tiles grew faster. Lighter tiles barely moved. The Sunbelt is doing most of the work; the Rust Belt is treading water. The top movers and laggards are listed below.
Port St. Lucie has roughly average household income, with a median household income of $80,648. The city has more than doubled in size since 2000, adding 143,722 residents. Median home value has more than tripled since 2000, reaching $369,200.
