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Surprise, AZ
167,564 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0471510 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Surprise ranked #42 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Surprise and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Buckeye AZ, Frisco TX, Goodyear AZ, Murrieta CA, McKinney TX, Meridian ID, Gilbert AZ, Fishers IN, Temecula CA, North Las Vegas NV, Pearland TX, Bend OR, Allen 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 | #42 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #8 | #8 | #28 | #27 | #15 | #75 | #65 | #100 | #34 | #96 | #44 | #118 | #36 | #88 | #58 | #18 | #24 | #28 | #42 | #86 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 78,108 | 87,613 | 96,313 | 104,730 | 112,287 | 117,643 | 119,617 | 122,266 | 125,035 | 127,880 | 130,336 | 132,846 | 134,781 | 137,717 | 141,664 | 144,393 | 149,281 | 154,208 | 159,128 | 167,564 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #125 of 340 cities · 12th 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 | #8 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 87.0 | 25.7 | 17.7 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 13.7 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 19.6 | 17.4 | 20.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #177 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 22.7% | 21.1% | 20.9% | 22.9% | 25.9% | 24.6% | 25.4% | 24.0% | 23.6% | 24.4% | 21.7% | 25.2% | 23.1% | 24.5% | 23.9% | — | 25.9% | 25.6% | 28.3% | 24.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #184 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data | 1.3 | — | 6.2 | — | 0.9 | — | — | 2.5 | — | 3.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 7.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #48 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29.1 | 22.8 | 22.0 | 16.3 | 18.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 8,276 | 9,330 | 10,709 | 10,675 | 10,578 | 10,550 | 13,900 | 13,139 | 16,476 | 16,955 | 18,319 | 18,936 | 20,203 | 21,521 | 22,594 | 22,541 | 24,647 | 27,086 | 28,521 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #95 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +14.8 | +7.6 | +13.5 | +0.8 | +7.0 | +0.6 | +28.9 | -7.0 | +21.5 | +0.7 | +4.1 | +0.3 | +4.4 | +3.0 | +2.0 | +1.0 | +6.9 | +4.5 | +1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41,575 | 45,380 | 46,707 | 49,833 | 51,711 | 50,225 | 61,499 | 56,923 | 55,755 | — | 64,333 | 68,902 | 75,041 | 78,915 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #265 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 9.1% | 5.0% | 7.9% | 8.4% | 5.6% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 4.3% | — | 4.4% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 6.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #57 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 49% | 51% | 61% | 34% | 24% | 24% | 26% | 11% | 20% | 19% | 23% | 13% | 5% | 12% | 4% | -0% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 36% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #38 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $1,184 | $970 | $1,618 | $1,431 | $1,400 | $1,194 | $1,108 | $1,009 | $934 | $812 | $710 | $772 | $700 | $626 | $557 | $501 | $426 | $349 | $295 | $690 |
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 Surprise. 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.