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Downey, CA
109,368 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0619766 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (28 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Downey ranked #89 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Downey and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Pomona CA, Norwalk CA, El Cajon CA, Rialto CA, Vista CA, Costa Mesa CA, Pasadena CA, Garden Grove CA, Escondido CA, West Covina CA, Inglewood CA, Ontario CA, Tempe AZ · 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 | #89 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #244 | #152 | #172 | #241 | #247 | #240 | #213 | #244 | #193 | #239 | #261 | #111 | #147 | #212 | #285 | #189 | #323 | #298 | #89 | #240 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 110,936 | 110,478 | 110,141 | 110,637 | 111,337 | 111,785 | 112,215 | 112,582 | 112,858 | 113,091 | 113,260 | 112,896 | 112,426 | 111,915 | 111,126 | 113,966 | 111,568 | 110,244 | 109,553 | 109,368 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #290 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -1.6 | -2.0 | -1.9 | -1.1 | -0.8 | — | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.3 | -2.0 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #207 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | — | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #233 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 27.0% | 19.9% | 21.7% | 23.5% | 23.2% | 26.2% | 25.9% | 23.8% | 22.4% | 24.9% | 21.9% | 24.5% | 22.8% | 23.9% | 26.9% | — | 28.2% | 26.1% | 22.9% | 26.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #15 of 309 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.8 | — | 9.1 | 0.9 | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 38,950 | 39,065 | 39,495 | 38,811 | 36,674 | 37,491 | 37,889 | 39,398 | 41,186 | 39,548 | 37,156 | 43,734 | 45,717 | 47,472 | 47,773 | 45,080 | 44,710 | 46,616 | 47,884 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #78 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.1 | -2.4 | -2.3 | +0.7 | -0.0 | +4.0 | +1.9 | -6.2 | -8.0 | +14.4 | +3.8 | +2.1 | -1.2 | +1.0 | -0.7 | -3.1 | +1.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49,954 | 50,104 | 54,727 | 55,813 | 57,107 | 56,353 | 54,427 | 56,930 | 56,904 | — | 54,465 | 59,046 | 55,807 | 58,066 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #113 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.0% | 9.8% | 6.8% | 8.0% | 4.6% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 4.9% | 4.1% | — | 6.8% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #247 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 22% | 16% | 11% | 16% | 12% | 4% | 6% | -3% | 9% | — | — | — | 9% | — | — | — | — | 12% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #142 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $613 | $596 | $565 | $812 | $826 | $820 | $779 | $766 | $399 | — | — | — | $323 | — | — | — | — | $2,041 | — | — |
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 Downey. 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.