Guide · ACS 2020-2024
Where families with children live
Kiryas Joel, NY has the largest share of residents under 18 of any U.S. place with 10,000 or more people: 55.2%, against 22.0% for the United States (ACS 2020-2024). What makes a place good for a family is a judgment; this guide shows where children already live, with household size, home values and child poverty beside it.
Which places have the largest share of children?
| Place | Under 18 | Median home value |
|---|---|---|
| Kiryas Joel, NY | 55.2%±1.4 pts | $758,800 |
| Monsey, NY | 54.4%±2.1 pts | $921,000 |
| Lakewood, NJ | 51.2%±1.8 pts | $715,500 |
| Lakewood, NJ | 49.8%±1.3 pts | $466,700 |
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 43.4%±1.5 pts | $518,100 |
| Saratoga Springs, UT | 41.8%±1.7 pts | $605,500 |
| Chestnut Ridge, NY | 40.6%±3.6 pts | $720,100 |
| Ramapo, NY | 39.8%±0.6 pts | $653,100 |
| Donna, TX | 39.0%±4.2 pts | $86,100 |
| Sunnyside, WA | 39.0%±3.7 pts | $240,700 |
| Airmont, NY | 38.6%±4.3 pts | $710,700 |
| Clarkston, GA | 38.2%±5.1 pts | $302,600 |
| Santaquin, UT | 38.1%±1.9 pts | $465,100 |
| Smithfield, UT | 37.8%±2.0 pts | $450,200 |
| Roma, TX | 37.6%±3.4 pts | $94,400 |
| Highland, UT | 37.4%±2.4 pts | $928,300 |
| Grandview, WA | 36.9%±3.3 pts | $265,300 |
| Maili, HI | 36.5%±5.6 pts | $640,600 |
| Syracuse, UT | 36.3%±2.1 pts | $573,300 |
| Arvin, CA | 36.3%±2.7 pts | $262,700 |
| Spring Valley, NY | 36.0%±1.9 pts | $381,800 |
| Fort Bliss, TX | 36.0%±2.8 pts | not published |
| King City, CA | 35.8%±3.4 pts | $449,900 |
| Spanish Fork, UT | 35.7%±1.2 pts | $481,500 |
| Greenfield, CA | 35.7%±2.8 pts | $531,400 |
| McFarland, CA | 35.7%±3.3 pts | $272,700 |
| Alton, TX | 35.5%±3.1 pts | $156,300 |
| Bluffdale, UT | 35.4%±3.2 pts | $685,500 |
| Lehi, UT | 35.2%±1.1 pts | $612,100 |
| Hamtramck, MI | 35.2%±2.7 pts | $131,000 |
| Ladera Ranch, CA | 35.2%±1.8 pts | $1,151,000 |
| Camp Pendleton South, CA | 35.2%±4.8 pts | not published |
| Boaz, AL | 35.1%±5.2 pts | $199,200 |
| Parlier, CA | 35.0%±2.9 pts | $256,400 |
| Kaysville, UT | 34.9%±2.0 pts | $623,700 |
| Fulshear, TX | 34.8%±3.0 pts | $572,700 |
| Imperial, CA | 34.8%±4.0 pts | $360,900 |
| Lake Los Angeles, CA | 34.7%±3.6 pts | $322,300 |
| La Homa, TX | 34.7%±3.9 pts | $109,200 |
| Herriman, UT | 34.6%±1.4 pts | $590,700 |
Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (DP05, DP02, DP03, DP04), U.S. Census Bureau · Check it at data.census.gov
How was this list made?
The list starts from every city, town and census-designated place that counted 10,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census: 5,341 places whose share of residents under 18 the American Community Survey measures closely enough to rank (a coefficient of variation of 40% or less). It is sorted by the share of residents under 18, not the number of children, so a suburb of 15,000 and a city of a million are measured on the same scale. A place whose estimate is too uncertain to rank is left out of the table, not hidden from the site: its own page shows the figure with its margin.
Each share is a five-year estimate from a sample, so it carries a 90% margin of error, printed beside it. Two places whose ranges overlap may be in either order; the guide on reading a margin of error shows how to tell.
What do the places with the most children have in common?
Compared with all 5,341 ranked places, the 40 in the table have larger households (a median of 3.69 people against 2.52), a larger share of married-couple households (65.1% against 48.3%) and a smaller share of owner-occupied homes (62.5% against 68.0%). Their median home value is $474,100, against $339,600 for all ranked places, and their median household income $68,307, against $86,100.
The states with the most places in the table: Utah (11), California (9), New York (6). In all, 2,716 of the 5,341 ranked places have a larger share of children than the country as a whole.
How can a family compare two places?
Open both places in the comparison tool: it puts the same measures side by side with their margins and marks the differences the survey can tell apart. A city's figures average across neighborhoods that can differ a great deal, so look one level down as well: every county page lists its census tracts, about 4,000 residents each, and the tract lookup finds the tract of an address. The share of children, household size and child poverty are published for each tract in the same way.
What should a family check that this table cannot show?
Schools, safety and child care are not in these figures. For schools see the National Center for Education Statistics' school search, and for crime the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Commute times, the share of homes with broadband and the share of residents without health insurance are on each place's own page.