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Modesto, CA
220,592 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0648354 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Modesto ranked #133 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Modesto and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Santa Rosa CA, Reno NV, Boise ID, Tempe AZ, Salem OR, Des Moines IA, Bakersfield CA, Fort Collins CO, Riverside CA, Glendale AZ, Ontario CA, Stockton CA, Madison WI · 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 | #133 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #158 | #145 | #255 | #262 | #304 | #263 | #266 | #293 | #282 | #215 | #269 | #255 | #240 | #260 | #256 | #199 | #171 | #199 | #133 | #254 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 202,515 | 202,830 | 202,581 | 201,562 | 201,096 | 203,301 | 204,017 | 205,040 | 206,075 | 207,652 | 209,245 | 211,231 | 213,000 | 214,389 | 215,196 | 218,717 | 218,657 | 218,578 | 219,432 | 220,592 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #191 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | +0.2 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -0.6 | — | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #231 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | — | — | — | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #278 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 23.1% | 21.4% | 24.0% | 21.8% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 26.8% | 26.2% | 24.9% | 22.9% | 23.7% | 23.8% | 24.4% | 24.0% | 25.0% | — | 24.2% | 24.8% | 24.5% | 27.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #92 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 11.9 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 7.3 | — | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #115 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51.7 | 41.0 | 38.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 80,725 | 79,818 | 75,161 | 74,163 | 70,168 | 69,821 | 71,897 | 71,878 | 74,029 | 75,885 | 78,120 | 78,822 | 80,453 | 81,293 | 81,631 | 77,508 | 78,549 | 82,960 | 83,000 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #127 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.9 | -0.3 | -5.1 | -1.8 | -1.5 | -1.2 | +1.6 | +0.1 | -0.9 | -0.3 | +0.1 | -1.4 | -0.4 | -1.1 | -0.1 | -1.5 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77,900 | 79,749 | 82,499 | 85,101 | 85,112 | 87,025 | 92,271 | 92,257 | 90,562 | — | 97,399 | 97,920 | 99,104 | 98,287 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #316 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.6% | 17.8% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 11.9% | 9.4% | 8.2% | 7.3% | 8.3% | — | 7.9% | 6.8% | 4.7% | 7.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #198 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 35% | 30% | 21% | 29% | 17% | 5% | 23% | 14% | 23% | 28% | 29% | 20% | 35% | 8% | 18% | 41% | 47% | 30% | 28% | 17% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #81 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | $1,459 | $1,650 | $1,850 | $1,782 | $2,105 | $2,080 | $2,840 | $2,939 | $2,359 | $2,415 | $2,522 | $2,451 | $3,103 | $2,580 | $2,416 | $2,248 | $2,058 | $1,790 | $1,609 | $1,463 |
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 Modesto. 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.