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Oceanside, CA
170,941 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0653322 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Oceanside ranked #134 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Oceanside and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Escondido CA, Fullerton CA, Concord CA, Chula Vista CA, Scottsdale AZ, Hayward CA, Carrollton TX, Pasadena CA, Santa Rosa CA, Lakewood CO, Costa Mesa CA, Mesquite TX, Westminster CO · 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 | #134 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #246 | #213 | #102 | #171 | #105 | #230 | #230 | #189 | #243 | #221 | #228 | #181 | #222 | #203 | #182 | #118 | #191 | #158 | #134 | #96 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 162,778 | 162,319 | 163,028 | 164,521 | 165,885 | 168,079 | 170,008 | 171,590 | 173,175 | 174,318 | 175,189 | 175,451 | 175,884 | 175,758 | 175,742 | 174,071 | 173,023 | 171,929 | 171,069 | 170,941 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #259 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -1.3 | -0.4 | +0.0 | -0.1 | — | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -1.2 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #182 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.3 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #266 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 23.6% | 24.7% | 22.6% | 24.1% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 30.0% | 27.5% | 32.0% | 29.2% | 29.7% | 31.9% | 29.4% | 29.3% | 28.2% | — | 29.7% | 29.8% | 27.8% | 27.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #99 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 4.3 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 2.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #49 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35.8 | 30.2 | 17.0 | 18.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 37,115 | 37,860 | 38,796 | 39,391 | 38,836 | 37,693 | 37,429 | 37,958 | 38,681 | 37,418 | 39,349 | 43,389 | 44,680 | 46,078 | 45,983 | 43,751 | 43,983 | 47,342 | 47,614 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #251 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.5 | +0.5 | +2.8 | -0.1 | +3.2 | -6.1 | -2.2 | +1.7 | -0.5 | -5.9 | +2.9 | +6.8 | +1.1 | +1.1 | -0.9 | +0.9 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -1.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73,441 | 74,740 | 70,975 | 76,532 | 81,977 | 82,856 | 84,399 | 89,845 | 88,303 | — | 79,498 | 85,194 | 89,601 | 89,539 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #60 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.3% | 8.6% | 9.0% | 5.4% | 7.7% | 5.0% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 4.5% | — | 9.4% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #91 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 8 in its peer group with data | 17% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 9% | 8% | 14% | 17% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 7% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 23% | 25% | 21% | 23% | 31% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #82 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 8 in its peer group with data | $3,152 | $3,255 | $2,911 | $2,549 | $2,283 | $2,005 | $1,716 | $1,596 | $1,381 | $1,324 | $1,211 | $1,286 | $1,248 | $1,074 | $942 | $1,315 | $1,652 | $1,617 | $1,485 | $1,467 |
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 Oceanside. 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.