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Moreno Valley, CA
213,919 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0649270 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (27 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Moreno Valley ranked #220 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Moreno Valley and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Vallejo CA, Fontana CA, Chula Vista CA, West Covina CA, Grand Prairie TX, Palmdale CA, Glendale AZ, Escondido CA, Chandler AZ, Ontario CA, Pasadena CA, Fullerton CA, Clovis 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 | #220 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #60 | #51 | #62 | #209 | #228 | #153 | #229 | #216 | #278 | #269 | #241 | #207 | #287 | #156 | #296 | #52 | #164 | #170 | #220 | #253 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 173,609 | 180,128 | 184,960 | 187,428 | 190,044 | 194,240 | 196,590 | 198,214 | 200,195 | 201,831 | 202,919 | 204,711 | 206,741 | 208,889 | 213,055 | 208,862 | 210,924 | 211,851 | 212,770 | 213,919 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #61 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +2.7 | +2.8 | +1.8 | +0.4 | +0.6 | — | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #150 of 271 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 10.8 | 11.7 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #289 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 22.7% | 24.4% | 26.2% | 28.2% | 26.8% | 31.1% | 26.4% | 28.5% | 28.7% | 28.6% | 27.0% | 24.6% | 27.8% | 27.7% | 30.0% | — | 26.9% | 26.9% | 27.4% | 28.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 21,811 | 22,897 | 23,441 | 23,049 | 21,673 | 25,862 | 26,870 | 28,550 | 27,705 | 30,149 | 35,483 | 43,395 | 44,369 | 47,700 | 47,132 | 49,541 | 57,794 | 62,408 | 61,863 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #270 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.6 | +0.3 | +2.6 | -0.5 | -0.2 | +15.0 | +2.7 | +7.3 | -6.4 | +4.3 | +13.5 | +17.6 | -1.2 | +4.1 | -2.6 | +7.6 | +13.5 | +0.4 | -1.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70,978 | 79,619 | 84,000 | 80,238 | 88,405 | 88,571 | 90,395 | 91,951 | 94,075 | — | 92,346 | 102,380 | 99,724 | 103,876 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #290 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.6% | 13.6% | 13.9% | 14.7% | 10.2% | 9.2% | 9.0% | 8.3% | 6.4% | — | 8.3% | 5.6% | 6.4% | 6.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #308 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data | 37% | 39% | 24% | 18% | -11% | -9% | 4% | 8% | 18% | — | — | — | -18% | — | -1% | 27% | 11% | 28% | -3% | -25% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #21 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 10 in its peer group with data | $368 | $739 | $551 | $1,015 | $990 | $944 | $676 | $632 | $848 | — | — | — | $894 | — | $696 | $673 | $617 | $544 | $492 | $442 |
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 Moreno Valley. 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.