United States · City profiles
Explore U.S. cities.
Discover 20 cities in the PlacesOut pilot. Browse by state or search for a city to explore its population, income, and housing using official U.S. Census Bureau data.
ACS five-year estimates · 2020–2024. This pilot is not a complete U.S. city directory.
Featured cities
Three editorial starting points for exploring the pilot, without rankings.
Photo credits · Austin
File:Austin, Texas Skyline 2018.jpg
Photo: Sk5893 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Austin, Texas Skyline 2018 by Sk5893, own work, via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Austin,_Texas_Skyline_2018.jpg. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Any City Hero adaptation retains CC BY-SA 4.0 and must indicate its modifications.
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Photo credits · Denver
File:Denver, Colorado skyline (cropped).jpg
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
File:Denver, Colorado skyline (cropped).jpg by Quintin Soloviev. Own work Via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denver,_Colorado_skyline_(cropped).jpg. Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modifications: center-cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
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Photo credits · Seattle
File:The Seattle Skyline (52802453072).jpg
Photo: Tony Webster · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
File:The Seattle Skyline (52802453072).jpg by Tony Webster. The Seattle Skyline Via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Seattle_Skyline_(52802453072).jpg. Licensed under CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/. Modifications: center-cropped, resized and converted to WebP.
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Four same-state comparisons using the same six Census indicators. No scores or winners.
The economic and housing picture
Six indicators. More context.
Each city profile includes these indicators, their reference period and source. Unavailable estimates are identified explicitly.
Population
The number of people who live in a city.
Median household income
The midpoint of annual household incomes, in U.S. dollars.
Median gross rent
The midpoint of monthly gross rents, including applicable utility costs.
Median home value
The midpoint of values for owner-occupied homes.
Rent burden ≥30%
The share of cash-rent households spending at least 30% of income on gross rent, among households with a computable ratio.
Severe rent burden ≥50%
The share of cash-rent households spending at least 50% of income on gross rent, among households with a computable ratio.