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Escondido, CA
148,847 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0622804 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Escondido ranked #130 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Escondido and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Rialto CA, Oceanside CA, Fullerton CA, Pasadena CA, Hayward CA, Chula Vista CA, Mesquite TX, Costa Mesa CA, Ontario CA, Vista CA, Grand Prairie TX, Concord 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 | #130 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #126 | #139 | #223 | #242 | #254 | #212 | #133 | #245 | #263 | #197 | #252 | #156 | #124 | #183 | #211 | #141 | #108 | #160 | #130 | #164 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 137,910 | 138,019 | 139,097 | 140,898 | 142,519 | 144,440 | 146,099 | 147,570 | 148,794 | 149,708 | 150,683 | 151,204 | 151,220 | 151,793 | 151,625 | 151,045 | 150,214 | 149,411 | 148,862 | 148,847 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #259 of 340 cities · 7th 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 | #148 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 2.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #235 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 23.1% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 25.3% | 27.1% | 32.2% | 30.6% | 29.8% | 29.2% | 27.1% | 27.7% | 25.9% | 27.7% | 28.6% | 31.6% | — | 27.2% | 25.7% | 26.0% | 26.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #37 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #81 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29.3 | 26.8 | 21.5 | 26.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 48,042 | 48,448 | 46,790 | 46,236 | 42,118 | 43,276 | 44,604 | 43,240 | 44,098 | 44,503 | 45,814 | 48,833 | 50,822 | 51,795 | 51,923 | 49,287 | 51,486 | 53,753 | 54,325 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #211 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -3.1 | -2.8 | -4.3 | -0.4 | +1.5 | -2.7 | -0.5 | -1.7 | +0.7 | +3.1 | +2.2 | -0.1 | -0.5 | +0.6 | +3.5 | -3.6 | -0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60,335 | 61,305 | 65,092 | 67,898 | 72,466 | 75,229 | 76,688 | 74,053 | 72,179 | — | 71,386 | 79,292 | 73,845 | 73,841 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #207 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 7.7% | 9.5% | 6.0% | 8.1% | 5.9% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3.0% | — | 5.9% | 2.4% | 4.6% | 5.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #241 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 29% | 28% | 31% | 10% | 4% | -1% | 19% | 13% | -4% | -2% | 7% | 17% | 8% | 12% | — | — | — | 12% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #129 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $2,571 | $2,162 | $3,047 | $2,813 | $2,699 | $2,497 | $1,896 | $2,899 | $2,787 | $2,620 | $2,308 | $2,382 | $2,055 | $2,503 | — | — | — | $1,908 | — | — |
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 Escondido. 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.