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Daly City, CA
101,418 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0617918 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (0 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Daly City ranked #144 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Daly City and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Norwalk CA, Garden Grove CA, West Covina CA, Santa Clara CA, Fullerton CA, Sunnyvale CA, Torrance CA, Downey CA, Vallejo CA, Costa Mesa CA, Alexandria VA, Carrollton TX, San Mateo 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 | #144 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #182 | #170 | #290 | #143 | #64 | #125 | #163 | #248 | #242 | #151 | #286 | #190 | #284 | #227 | #292 | — | #303 | #142 | #144 | #109 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 98,966 | 98,584 | 98,714 | 99,748 | 100,740 | 101,262 | 102,460 | 103,915 | 104,980 | 105,887 | 106,538 | 106,882 | 106,733 | 106,869 | 106,280 | 104,945 | 101,893 | 100,785 | 100,761 | 101,418 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #273 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -1.4 | -0.8 | +0.1 | +0.2 | — | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -0.3 | -3.5 | -2.5 | -1.5 | -0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #268 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 12 in its peer group with data | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | 0.5 | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | — | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #248 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 24.9% | 21.2% | 23.1% | 25.8% | 23.2% | 23.8% | 25.3% | 28.2% | 24.5% | 25.5% | 28.5% | 27.0% | 28.4% | 31.4% | 27.9% | — | 28.2% | 27.5% | 27.6% | 26.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #27 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | 2.0 | 3.0 | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | 1.9 | — | 0.9 | — | 2.8 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #21 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18.9 | 12.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 18,206 | 18,637 | 18,761 | 18,999 | 18,694 | 19,186 | 18,729 | 19,345 | 19,404 | 20,035 | 19,271 | 19,399 | 19,237 | 19,353 | 19,616 | 17,099 | 17,685 | 19,430 | 20,560 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #14 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.2 | +1.0 | -2.0 | -0.1 | +2.3 | +1.4 | -5.5 | +0.9 | -3.3 | -0.2 | -8.4 | -2.6 | -2.1 | -1.9 | +0.4 | -5.9 | +4.3 | +2.5 | +5.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53,144 | 53,690 | 57,456 | 56,245 | 58,473 | 59,348 | 58,228 | 62,176 | 61,135 | — | 54,751 | 56,438 | 56,733 | 58,002 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #45 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.3% | 10.7% | 5.6% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 5.8% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 3.1% | — | 8.8% | 4.7% | 3.2% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #220 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 12% | 6% | 12% | 5% | -1% | -2% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 12% | 11% | 19% | — | — | — | 15% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #7 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $982 | $911 | $860 | $820 | $733 | $695 | $676 | $595 | $553 | $499 | $463 | $420 | $350 | $325 | — | — | — | $128 | — | — |
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 Daly City. 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.