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Lancaster, CA
167,426 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0640130 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lancaster ranked #276 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 5 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Lancaster and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Jurupa Valley CA, Victorville CA, Visalia CA, Norman OK, Ontario CA, Pasadena TX, Palmdale CA, Tempe AZ, Glendale AZ, West Valley City UT, Killeen TX, Hesperia CA, Kansas City KS · 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 | #276 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #101 | #159 | #193 | #309 | #309 | #151 | #318 | #298 | #303 | #283 | #281 | #277 | #279 | #303 | #335 | #174 | #293 | #297 | #276 | #261 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 140,005 | 142,788 | 145,658 | 149,534 | 153,658 | 156,824 | 158,078 | 158,253 | 159,055 | 159,634 | 159,813 | 159,633 | 159,434 | 158,622 | 157,601 | 173,192 | 170,036 | 167,893 | 167,293 | 167,426 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #290 of 340 cities · 13th 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 | #89 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data | 20.5 | 12.4 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #244 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 23.5% | 26.3% | 27.1% | 24.6% | 26.8% | 24.6% | 25.4% | 24.5% | 28.3% | 28.5% | 25.5% | 28.5% | 27.1% | 25.4% | 27.9% | — | 28.5% | 25.7% | 27.6% | 26.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 34,129 | 34,986 | 36,227 | 35,402 | 33,863 | 37,009 | 35,635 | 34,280 | 34,819 | 38,412 | 39,774 | 42,496 | 43,631 | 45,241 | 45,253 | 43,980 | 44,440 | 47,518 | 48,939 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #66 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +5.5 | +1.4 | +2.3 | -2.9 | -1.2 | +7.7 | -4.8 | -3.8 | -1.1 | +8.1 | +1.6 | +3.5 | +1.9 | +2.0 | -1.8 | +3.8 | +1.1 | -0.4 | +1.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55,258 | 54,112 | 57,071 | 52,549 | 56,402 | 57,749 | 60,240 | 54,926 | 59,532 | — | 64,031 | 67,810 | 63,397 | 73,091 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #297 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.0% | 12.1% | 9.2% | 10.1% | 7.1% | 6.5% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 5.3% | — | 9.1% | 9.0% | 6.7% | 7.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #192 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 35% | 37% | 22% | 22% | 5% | -8% | -2% | 15% | -0% | — | — | — | -3% | — | — | — | — | 25% | — | 18% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #60 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data | $5,542 | $5,217 | $4,528 | $4,474 | $4,339 | $4,300 | $3,904 | $3,727 | $3,188 | — | — | — | $1,876 | — | — | — | — | $1,245 | — | $1,121 |
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 Lancaster. 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.