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Chula Vista, CA
278,546 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0613392 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Chula Vista ranked #152 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Chula Vista and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Escondido CA, Fullerton CA, Oceanside CA, Fontana CA, Chandler AZ, Moreno Valley CA, Garden Grove CA, Anaheim CA, Pasadena CA, Hayward CA, Riverside CA, Grand Prairie TX, Ontario 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 | #152 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #103 | #192 | #168 | #178 | #120 | #27 | #205 | #177 | #105 | #176 | #125 | #148 | #138 | #134 | #180 | #106 | #209 | #181 | #152 | #132 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 208,937 | 214,455 | 221,478 | 229,624 | 237,618 | 244,648 | 248,318 | 252,379 | 256,691 | 259,885 | 264,206 | 266,238 | 269,046 | 270,819 | 274,492 | 275,808 | 275,745 | 275,516 | 276,181 | 278,546 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #259 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -1.3 | -0.4 | +0.0 | -0.1 | — | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -1.2 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #104 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 7.8 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #249 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 21.9% | 22.4% | 21.5% | 21.1% | 24.3% | 22.9% | 24.0% | 22.7% | 24.0% | 24.6% | 24.4% | 24.7% | 24.9% | 23.4% | 23.4% | — | 24.7% | 23.8% | 24.5% | 26.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #29 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #31 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33.4 | 25.4 | 18.1 | 15.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 53,010 | 54,226 | 55,018 | 55,767 | 55,038 | 59,678 | 58,709 | 58,505 | 60,433 | 60,211 | 62,863 | 64,577 | 65,819 | 67,971 | 67,610 | 64,468 | 65,447 | 70,328 | 72,444 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #86 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +4.6 | +0.8 | +1.8 | -0.3 | +3.3 | +5.3 | -3.2 | -0.0 | +0.9 | -3.0 | +2.2 | -0.8 | +0.1 | +1.2 | -1.3 | +1.1 | +0.6 | -0.5 | +1.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107,180 | 104,093 | 107,573 | 112,748 | 119,492 | 119,630 | 118,928 | 126,543 | 126,447 | — | 128,931 | 128,876 | 127,543 | 128,033 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #158 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.3% | 13.3% | 9.4% | 9.9% | 6.9% | 10.1% | 10.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% | — | 9.7% | 6.7% | 7.6% | 4.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #146 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 10 in its peer group with data | 17% | 12% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 9% | -6% | 5% | 7% | 17% | 16% | 10% | 22% | 22% | 26% | 30% | -62% | 18% | 17% | 25% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #222 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | $6,209 | $6,396 | $5,812 | $4,916 | $4,261 | $3,640 | $2,923 | $2,776 | $2,530 | $2,429 | $2,096 | $2,266 | $3,183 | $7,308 | $6,264 | $6,039 | $6,076 | $3,577 | $3,816 | $3,842 |
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 Chula Vista. 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.