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Murrieta, CA
112,539 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0650076 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (12 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Murrieta ranked #51 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Murrieta and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: McKinney TX, Temecula CA, Gilbert AZ, North Las Vegas NV, Roseville CA, Allen TX, Peoria AZ, Round Rock TX, Meridian ID, West Jordan UT, Fishers IN, Miramar FL, Henderson NV · 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 | #51 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #50 | #26 | #27 | #26 | #178 | #50 | #91 | #113 | #107 | #77 | #170 | #214 | #81 | #56 | #100 | #201 | #66 | #77 | #51 | #115 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 80,680 | 86,666 | 91,861 | 95,832 | 99,803 | 104,229 | 105,370 | 106,509 | 107,361 | 108,037 | 109,372 | 111,492 | 112,995 | 114,715 | 116,223 | 111,142 | 112,186 | 112,199 | 112,270 | 112,539 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #61 of 340 cities · 9th 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 | #221 of 271 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 4.2 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 1.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #199 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 23.4% | 19.1% | 20.1% | 21.5% | 21.9% | 21.4% | 29.4% | 29.3% | 25.4% | 23.5% | 25.6% | 22.2% | 25.2% | 23.3% | 22.8% | — | 24.6% | 24.9% | 27.6% | 25.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #18 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | — | — | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | — | 0.9 | 0.9 | — | 0.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #10 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.6 | 8.9 | 7.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 15,205 | 16,700 | 18,114 | 19,203 | 17,844 | 18,818 | 21,385 | 20,838 | 22,216 | 23,765 | 25,804 | 26,823 | 27,969 | 29,328 | 30,095 | 29,479 | 30,804 | 32,610 | 33,420 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #70 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +3.3 | +5.2 | +8.7 | +7.2 | -1.3 | +1.1 | +12.4 | -1.5 | +3.2 | +2.4 | +4.3 | -0.7 | +0.9 | +1.5 | +1.2 | +0.4 | +1.3 | -1.7 | +1.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44,266 | 46,120 | 45,479 | 45,152 | 45,239 | 48,061 | 45,899 | 52,660 | 52,425 | — | 47,060 | 53,331 | 54,035 | 51,990 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #239 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.6% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 11.7% | 11.4% | 8.9% | 8.6% | 5.1% | 5.5% | — | 9.7% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #236 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 55% | 47% | 40% | 34% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 30% | 16% | — | — | — | 10% | — | — | — | — | 15% | — | 9% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #35 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $3,700 | $3,409 | $1,218 | $1,588 | $1,508 | $1,400 | $1,310 | $1,165 | $905 | — | — | — | $590 | — | — | — | — | $831 | — | $657 |
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 Murrieta. 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.