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Norwalk, CA
98,230 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0652526 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (12 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Norwalk ranked #294 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Norwalk and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Downey CA, Garden Grove CA, Costa Mesa CA, West Covina CA, Fullerton CA, El Cajon CA, Rialto CA, Pasadena CA, Vista CA, Escondido CA, Pomona CA, Oxnard CA, Richmond 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 | #294 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #225 | #225 | #236 | #289 | #289 | #156 | #211 | #261 | #266 | #267 | #325 | #313 | #227 | #291 | #316 | #96 | #312 | #132 | #294 | #225 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 105,787 | 105,136 | 104,606 | 104,860 | 105,303 | 105,544 | 105,903 | 105,976 | 106,122 | 106,189 | 106,237 | 105,844 | 105,466 | 104,798 | 103,949 | 102,413 | 100,423 | 99,341 | 98,588 | 98,230 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #290 of 340 cities · 10th 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 | #270 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #240 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 24.2% | 22.8% | 24.4% | 23.0% | 27.4% | 25.2% | 27.1% | 24.3% | 27.4% | 25.8% | 29.2% | 26.9% | 24.5% | 24.9% | 26.8% | — | 25.5% | 22.8% | 23.1% | 26.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #63 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 10.4 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 12.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | — | 3.0 | 7.1 | 2.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 20,545 | 21,008 | 21,506 | 21,084 | 20,707 | 21,284 | 23,629 | 25,094 | 24,191 | 26,285 | 26,033 | 26,061 | 25,867 | 27,590 | 26,971 | 25,651 | 26,269 | 28,164 | 27,900 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #285 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.7 | +1.1 | +1.1 | -2.6 | +1.4 | +1.2 | +9.9 | +6.2 | -6.3 | +6.5 | -2.9 | -3.2 | -1.5 | +5.0 | -4.0 | +1.7 | +2.5 | -0.1 | -2.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47,096 | 43,993 | 45,644 | 50,350 | 50,184 | 46,296 | 51,140 | 47,350 | 49,250 | — | 44,676 | 48,706 | 51,902 | 50,390 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #181 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.2% | 12.9% | 7.7% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.2% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 4.7% | — | 8.3% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 5.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #31 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 28% | 25% | 18% | 21% | 16% | 21% | 26% | 25% | 21% | — | — | — | 34% | — | — | — | — | 40% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #43 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $2,341 | $2,326 | $2,286 | $2,201 | $2,210 | $2,159 | $2,020 | $1,843 | $1,587 | — | — | — | $1,447 | — | — | — | — | $787 | — | — |
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 Norwalk. 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.