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Side-by-side demographics for any two of the top 1,000 US Census places (by ACS 2023 5-yr population). Bookmarkable URL — share with your team.
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Universe: top 1,000 US Census places by ACS 20235-year total population. A "place" in Census terminology is a city, town, village, or CDP. We strip the suffix from display names but the underlying population denominator is the place geography (not the metro).
- Population — ACS B01003_001E
- Median HH income — ACS B19013_001E
- Median home value — ACS B25077_001E (owner-occupied)
- Median age — ACS B01002_001E
- % bachelor's degree or higher — ACS B15003 (sum of bachelor's, master's, professional, doctorate divided by total 25+ pop)
- % below poverty — ACS B17001 (below poverty / total for whom poverty status determined)
- Unemployment rate — ACS B23025 (unemployed / civilian labor force)
These figures are 5-year rolling averages centered on 2023. They smooth out year-over-year noise but lag the most recent year by ~12 months.