How serious are America’s mayors? · Incorporated city
Hesperia, CA
101,836 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0633434 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (39 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Hesperia ranked #307 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 5 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Hesperia and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Victorville CA, Menifee CA, Vista CA, Clovis CA, Rialto CA, Palmdale CA, Jurupa Valley CA, Santa Maria CA, El Cajon CA, Grand Prairie TX, Richmond CA, Concord NC, Lancaster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #307 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #19 | #188 | #176 | #304 | #336 | #309 | #306 | #310 | #333 | #265 | #329 | #271 | #242 | #283 | #245 | #59 | #295 | #206 | #307 | #318 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 79,728 | 82,363 | 84,525 | 86,440 | 88,236 | 90,279 | 91,168 | 91,568 | 91,777 | 92,071 | 92,653 | 93,251 | 94,473 | 95,013 | 95,750 | 99,966 | 100,463 | 100,608 | 100,984 | 101,836 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #168 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | +1.1 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.7 | — | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #132 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 24.9 | 14.1 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 3.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #292 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 20.6% | 25.3% | 26.6% | 24.3% | 29.3% | 26.4% | 27.9% | 31.3% | 29.7% | 25.3% | 27.4% | 26.9% | 24.9% | 24.2% | 31.3% | — | 27.3% | 22.9% | 32.3% | 28.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 11,985 | 12,477 | 12,475 | 12,085 | 11,045 | 11,122 | 11,476 | 11,570 | 11,770 | 12,615 | 12,915 | 13,522 | 14,292 | 14,430 | 14,857 | 15,304 | 15,648 | 16,870 | 17,447 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #48 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +3.5 | -0.5 | +0.3 | -2.0 | -2.8 | -3.6 | +2.0 | +1.9 | -1.7 | +2.6 | -1.9 | +0.0 | +2.3 | -2.4 | +1.5 | +5.5 | -1.0 | +0.2 | +2.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29,573 | 28,603 | 30,711 | 34,297 | 33,061 | 35,034 | 32,492 | 36,602 | 36,191 | — | 39,934 | 39,468 | 42,405 | 38,986 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #325 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21.6% | 16.6% | 14.4% | 12.7% | 16.1% | 9.0% | 13.1% | 8.3% | 7.8% | — | 11.1% | 8.3% | 8.4% | 8.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #214 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | — | — | 17% | — | 13% | 16% | -9% | 4% | 3% | — | — | — | 0% | — | — | — | — | 16% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #151 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | — | — | $1,689 | — | $3,894 | $3,739 | $2,641 | $2,517 | $3,192 | — | — | — | $2,509 | — | — | — | — | $2,269 | — | — |
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 Hesperia. 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.