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El Monte, CA
104,639 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0622230 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, El Monte ranked #313 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is El Monte and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Inglewood CA, Elizabeth NJ, Pomona CA, Lynn MA, Salinas CA, Lowell MA, Santa Maria CA, Oxnard CA, Hialeah FL, Miami Gardens FL, Downey CA, Pasadena TX, Berkeley 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 | #313 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #287 | #243 | #251 | #284 | #266 | #283 | #244 | #246 | #232 | #216 | #291 | #243 | #196 | #317 | #278 | #239 | #319 | #288 | #313 | #275 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 116,040 | 114,833 | 113,767 | 113,563 | 113,567 | 113,677 | 114,101 | 114,843 | 115,414 | 115,627 | 115,824 | 115,550 | 115,514 | 115,308 | 115,487 | 109,119 | 106,783 | 105,392 | 104,688 | 104,639 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #288 of 340 cities · 6th 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 | #264 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2019 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | — | 0.7 | 0.4 | — | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | — | 0.8 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #314 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 29.6% | 29.4% | 28.8% | 25.8% | 29.2% | 30.2% | 36.8% | 30.5% | 39.2% | 33.5% | 33.1% | 29.5% | 28.4% | 32.2% | 32.7% | — | 31.6% | 32.6% | 30.9% | 30.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #158 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 5.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #85 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.4 | 22.9 | 26.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 32,589 | 33,058 | 33,587 | 34,334 | 31,549 | 30,134 | 27,713 | 28,977 | 29,103 | 29,647 | 30,241 | 31,083 | 33,930 | 34,788 | 32,557 | 30,543 | 30,193 | 31,204 | 30,399 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #318 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -4.2 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +1.6 | -5.0 | -6.0 | -9.1 | +4.5 | -2.2 | -0.3 | +0.0 | -0.5 | +8.4 | +0.8 | -8.2 | +0.4 | -1.1 | -4.0 | -3.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43,635 | 45,957 | 44,477 | 49,960 | 49,545 | 51,147 | 55,090 | 52,475 | 54,936 | — | 46,885 | 48,860 | 46,899 | 53,166 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #179 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18.1% | 16.8% | 11.1% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 9.4% | 5.4% | — | 8.4% | 4.1% | 7.2% | 5.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #239 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 7% | 10% | 10% | -5% | -8% | 9% | 18% | 14% | 26% | — | — | — | 14% | — | — | — | — | 12% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #134 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $1,632 | $1,620 | $1,664 | $1,715 | $1,724 | $1,708 | $1,849 | $2,010 | $1,011 | — | — | — | $805 | — | — | — | — | $1,957 | — | — |
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 Monte. 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.