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Chandler, AZ
281,231 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0412000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Chandler ranked #23 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Chandler and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Henderson NV, Chula Vista CA, Peoria AZ, Scottsdale AZ, Fontana CA, Corona CA, Moreno Valley CA, Plano TX, Carrollton TX, Oceanside CA, Thornton CO, Roseville CA, Fullerton CA · 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 | #23 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #51 | #28 | #36 | #85 | #78 | #51 | #15 | #14 | #28 | #16 | #1 | #8 | #33 | #16 | #13 | #13 | #35 | #69 | #23 | #13 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 212,224 | 220,030 | 225,725 | 230,813 | 234,257 | 236,454 | 236,834 | 237,660 | 239,888 | 240,888 | 243,679 | 247,845 | 253,599 | 257,186 | 261,165 | 277,429 | 279,667 | 280,996 | 281,543 | 281,231 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #125 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | +2.4 | +1.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.1 | — | +0.3 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #119 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 16.2 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #83 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 17.6% | 17.3% | 18.0% | 18.1% | 17.6% | 17.1% | 17.6% | 18.9% | 18.6% | 18.6% | 18.3% | 19.3% | 19.6% | 18.5% | 19.7% | — | 20.5% | 22.1% | 22.5% | 21.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #8 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 0.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #64 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37.9 | 25.3 | 27.0 | 22.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 76,505 | 85,693 | 91,555 | 89,307 | 83,047 | 84,364 | 89,568 | 98,783 | 99,380 | 100,639 | 107,265 | 114,449 | 118,403 | 129,083 | 137,006 | 141,683 | 140,214 | 138,481 | 155,888 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #1 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.1 | +6.9 | +5.5 | -1.3 | +0.9 | +2.5 | +3.4 | +8.8 | -3.3 | -1.0 | +2.6 | +3.7 | +1.2 | +5.5 | +3.1 | +4.6 | -3.5 | -6.6 | +8.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125,031 | 127,482 | 126,614 | 133,636 | 135,571 | 133,540 | 132,467 | 137,551 | 137,863 | — | 153,265 | 155,960 | 153,340 | 156,886 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #32 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.9% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 5.1% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 3.2% | — | 3.3% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #102 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 13% | 29% | 22% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 15% | 33% | 33% | 39% | 41% | 29% | 9% | 14% | 24% | 37% | 32% | 31% | 30% | 30% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #56 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | $2,783 | $2,614 | $2,990 | $2,725 | $4,042 | $3,756 | $3,608 | $3,301 | $3,007 | $3,257 | $3,012 | $3,037 | $1,609 | $1,657 | $1,449 | $1,330 | $1,126 | $1,066 | $864 | $1,061 |
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 Chandler. 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.