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Tempe, AZ
190,114 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0473000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Tempe ranked #199 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Tempe and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Pasadena CA, Ontario CA, West Valley City UT, Irving TX, Jurupa Valley CA, Mesquite TX, Garland TX, Glendale AZ, Modesto CA, Lakewood CO, Santa Rosa CA, Escondido CA, Riverside 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 | #199 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #80 | #146 | #75 | #72 | #150 | #94 | #102 | #180 | #57 | #76 | #119 | #35 | #95 | #82 | #82 | #41 | #139 | #196 | #199 | #257 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 163,682 | 165,245 | 165,253 | 164,816 | 163,289 | 162,323 | 164,477 | 168,549 | 170,740 | 175,636 | 179,114 | 184,877 | 185,792 | 191,746 | 195,805 | 185,313 | 184,654 | 189,589 | 190,651 | 190,114 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #122 of 340 cities · 3rd 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 | #134 of 279 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2017 | — | 8.6 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 1.6 | — | 2.8 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 12.1 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 3.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #282 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 19.4% | 22.2% | 21.2% | 20.5% | 21.9% | 22.1% | 23.3% | 24.0% | 22.9% | 25.2% | 22.6% | 23.3% | 27.3% | 23.0% | 22.4% | — | 25.0% | 26.1% | 23.6% | 28.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #86 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 2.4 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | — | 4.2 | 6.3 | 2.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #192 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 121.3 | 100.2 | 93.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 181,393 | 182,896 | 190,315 | 188,972 | 169,625 | 175,732 | 185,192 | 181,424 | 186,995 | 194,047 | 194,834 | 209,378 | 222,669 | 227,598 | 236,517 | 235,603 | 233,933 | 249,593 | 248,305 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #322 of 329 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.9 | -4.3 | +2.7 | +0.5 | -2.3 | +4.5 | +2.6 | -3.5 | -0.8 | +1.5 | -3.5 | +4.4 | +4.1 | -1.3 | +0.9 | +0.8 | -3.1 | +1.4 | -4.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82,006 | 89,373 | 93,425 | 98,785 | 98,488 | 105,631 | 103,321 | 110,673 | 113,292 | — | 108,362 | 113,477 | 119,222 | 118,140 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #240 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.5% | 8.3% | 5.5% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 4.7% | 5.5% | — | 6.5% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 5.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #145 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | 34% | 37% | 37% | 29% | 12% | 30% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 25% | 24% | 29% | 22% | 27% | 22% | 21% | 28% | 16% | 30% | 25% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #252 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data | $3,317 | $4,727 | $5,530 | $6,170 | $6,652 | $6,772 | $6,506 | $6,000 | $5,387 | $4,700 | $4,836 | $4,357 | $3,072 | $1,797 | $661 | $0 | $0 | $5,794 | $5,506 | $4,967 |
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 Tempe. 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.