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The Connectivity Gap
This is our own calculation: a city's household broadband subscription rate minus the rate for its whole state. A gap of −15 means the city is 15 points below its state. The list below is the widest gaps in the country — how it works.
CityCityStateGap
Kiryas Joel · NY22.6%90.8%-68.2Monsey · NY47.1%90.8%-43.7Greenville · MS49.6%84.1%-34.5Lakewood · NJ58.4%92.8%-34.4Cullowhee · NC57.4%90.1%-32.7Tuba City · AZ59%91.5%-32.5Isabela zona urbana · PR50.7%80.6%-29.9Stanford · CA63.6%93.5%-29.9Baxley · GA65.4%91%-25.6Guánica zona urbana · PR56.2%80.6%-24.4Caño Martin Peña comunidad · PR56.3%80.6%-24.3Roma · TX68.2%91.4%-23.2Minden · LA63.5%86.6%-23.1Fort Pierce North · FL68.7%91.6%-22.9Dos Palos · CA71.1%93.5%-22.4Socorro · NM64.6%86.5%-21.9Ville Platte · LA65.2%86.6%-21.4Delta · CO72.3%93.5%-21.2San Germán zona urbana · PR59.7%80.6%-20.9Fort Meade · FL70.9%91.6%-20.7Manatí zona urbana · PR60%80.6%-20.6Belle Glade · FL71.6%91.6%-20Rexburg · ID72%91.9%-19.9Sabana Grande zona urbana · PR61%80.6%-19.6Shiprock · NM66.9%86.5%-19.6Opelousas · LA67.4%86.6%-19.2Darlington · SC70.1%88.8%-18.7Mineola · TX72.7%91.4%-18.7Jonesboro · GA72.4%91%-18.6Ecorse · MI72.2%90.5%-18.3Jackson · CA75.3%93.5%-18.2Sylvester · GA72.9%91%-18.1Palermo · CA75.5%93.5%-18Smithville · TN71.4%89.2%-17.8Alice · TX73.7%91.4%-17.7Marion · SC71.2%88.8%-17.6Bastrop · LA69%86.6%-17.6Highland Park · MI73%90.5%-17.5South Boston · VA73.5%91%-17.5Lindsay · CA76.1%93.5%-17.4St. Martinville · LA69.2%86.6%-17.4Black Mountain · NC72.8%90.1%-17.3Brownsville · FL74.3%91.6%-17.3Viola · NY73.5%90.8%-17.3La Feria · TX74.2%91.4%-17.2Luray · VA73.9%91%-17.1Vinita · OK71.8%88.9%-17.1Vinton · VA74.1%91%-16.9Albion · NY74%90.8%-16.8Sanford · NC73.5%90.1%-16.6Built from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (table B28002). Cities with fewer than 2,000 households are excluded. A gap is a description of a difference, not its cause — income, age, rural geography and housing all feed into it. 6,712 cities ranked.