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Huntsville, AL
230,402 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0137000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Huntsville ranked #26 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Huntsville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Macon-Bibb County GA, Durham NC, Clarksville TN, Topeka KS, Montgomery AL, Little Rock AR, Wichita Falls TX, Sioux Falls SD, Peoria IL, Midland TX, Fort Collins CO, Lexington KY, Amarillo TX · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #26 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #143 | #128 | #87 | #77 | #63 | #126 | #137 | #136 | #210 | #142 | #177 | #126 | #120 | #154 | #43 | #73 | #12 | #88 | #26 | #58 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 167,029 | 170,140 | 172,693 | 175,833 | 178,769 | 180,941 | 182,327 | 183,748 | 186,001 | 187,834 | 190,333 | 192,412 | 195,420 | 198,125 | 200,574 | 216,379 | 218,725 | 222,299 | 226,228 | 230,402 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #13 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +1.1 | +1.6 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +1.4 | — | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +0.6 | +1.5 | +1.4 | +1.7 | +1.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #61 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 9 in its peer group with data | 5.9 | 9.9 | 15.9 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 12.9 | 5.1 | 11.5 | 6.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #17 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 15.1% | 14.8% | 16.8% | 16.2% | 16.3% | 17.9% | 18.7% | 17.5% | 17.7% | 17.4% | 19.1% | 17.7% | 18.4% | 18.5% | 18.7% | — | 16.7% | 18.7% | 19.8% | 17.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #205 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 13.2 | 9.4 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 12.9 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 14.1 | — | — | 1.4 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 8.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #245 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115.2 | — | 167.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 130,106 | 131,986 | 139,104 | 141,529 | 139,282 | 139,331 | 137,068 | 137,428 | 138,867 | 139,542 | 145,322 | 150,186 | 152,658 | 156,870 | 161,222 | 157,651 | 166,368 | 172,683 | 183,418 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #108 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.3 | -0.3 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +1.3 | -0.7 | -2.3 | +0.0 | -0.8 | -0.2 | +1.8 | -1.0 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.7 | +0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86,325 | 84,412 | 85,452 | 86,182 | 87,806 | 93,852 | 93,166 | 94,380 | 100,282 | — | 105,337 | 113,793 | 117,321 | 121,370 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #37 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.4% | 10.1% | 11.3% | 8.1% | 6.7% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 4.0% | — | 3.9% | 4.3% | 3.5% | 3.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #10 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 26% | 28% | 35% | 34% | 25% | 20% | 25% | 18% | 19% | 21% | -7% | 30% | 34% | 30% | 32% | 34% | 34% | 44% | 51% | 47% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #246 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $5,841 | $5,349 | $5,992 | $6,179 | $5,311 | $6,168 | $5,722 | $5,761 | $6,895 | $5,838 | $6,049 | $6,556 | $6,440 | $6,625 | $6,735 | $6,454 | $5,895 | $5,210 | $4,472 | $4,703 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Huntsville. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.