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El Cajon, CA
103,291 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0621712 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, El Cajon ranked #231 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is El Cajon and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Vista CA, West Covina CA, Pasadena CA, Rialto CA, Downey CA, Costa Mesa CA, Pomona CA, Santa Maria CA, Norwalk CA, Jurupa Valley CA, Tempe AZ, Richmond CA, 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 | #231 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #206 | #199 | #145 | #228 | #142 | #317 | #181 | #262 | #207 | #292 | #200 | #247 | #167 | #297 | #283 | #203 | #285 | #257 | #231 | #260 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 96,550 | 96,374 | 96,853 | 97,880 | 98,714 | 99,823 | 100,795 | 101,537 | 102,303 | 102,789 | 103,230 | 103,527 | 103,468 | 103,041 | 102,708 | 106,087 | 105,095 | 104,184 | 103,522 | 103,291 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #265 of 340 cities · 8th 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 | #215 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 9 in its peer group with data | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #318 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 23.1% | 25.1% | 23.4% | 25.5% | 29.3% | 28.2% | 28.0% | 31.9% | 32.5% | 28.4% | 28.9% | 31.1% | 29.4% | 32.2% | 27.8% | — | 30.8% | 30.4% | 33.6% | 31.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #37 of 232 cities with data · 2nd of 3 in its peer group with data · 2021 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 1.9 | — | — | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #58 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 9 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42.8 | 26.9 | 23.2 | 19.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 38,209 | 39,011 | 40,058 | 39,056 | 37,793 | 37,383 | 38,795 | 36,566 | 37,398 | 37,669 | 39,746 | 40,909 | 42,770 | 42,714 | 42,419 | 40,578 | 40,110 | 43,317 | 45,031 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #51 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.8 | +0.6 | +3.0 | -4.1 | +1.4 | -4.2 | +2.2 | -5.4 | -0.2 | -1.9 | +3.3 | -0.6 | +2.7 | -2.2 | -1.4 | +1.4 | -2.1 | +0.0 | +2.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39,326 | 41,699 | 43,682 | 42,725 | 44,049 | 40,463 | 46,684 | 46,067 | 49,397 | — | 43,843 | 43,708 | 41,770 | 44,014 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #272 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.1% | 17.3% | 12.1% | 14.3% | 11.3% | 10.3% | 7.4% | 6.0% | 6.5% | — | 13.5% | 8.6% | 10.8% | 6.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #327 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 13% | 20% | 13% | -7% | 16% | 10% | 17% | 14% | 22% | — | — | — | 12% | — | — | — | — | -16% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #103 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $820 | $1,068 | $1,257 | $1,156 | $1,124 | $1,053 | $1,042 | $918 | $1,194 | — | — | — | $761 | — | — | — | — | $1,554 | — | — |
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 El Cajon. 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.