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Pomona, CA
147,966 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0658072 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Pomona ranked #263 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Pomona and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Ontario CA, Downey CA, Oxnard CA, Pasadena CA, Garland TX, El Cajon CA, Garden Grove CA, Tempe AZ, Vista CA, Escondido CA, Rialto CA, Jurupa Valley CA, West Covina 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 | #263 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #318 | #271 | #278 | #314 | #284 | #292 | #324 | #329 | #313 | #336 | #299 | #324 | #276 | #316 | #277 | #192 | #332 | #312 | #263 | #285 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 150,209 | 149,133 | 148,225 | 148,407 | 148,850 | 149,107 | 149,693 | 150,453 | 151,072 | 152,225 | 152,407 | 152,445 | 152,468 | 151,925 | 151,691 | 151,065 | 147,035 | 146,743 | 146,971 | 147,966 | ||
| 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 | #176 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #242 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 26.0% | 24.1% | 23.6% | 24.3% | 24.4% | 26.8% | 28.5% | 27.4% | 26.6% | 29.7% | 28.2% | 28.9% | 25.7% | 27.4% | 25.9% | — | 27.2% | 25.8% | 27.8% | 26.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #198 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | 14.0 | 12.7 | 18.2 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 11.3 | 19.2 | 11.8 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 7.9 | 8.6 | — | 12.3 | 10.9 | 8.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #169 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 98.7 | 75.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 44,366 | 45,825 | 47,270 | 46,595 | 47,987 | 50,212 | 48,949 | 43,391 | 43,698 | 44,007 | 45,123 | 45,020 | 46,367 | 47,401 | 48,850 | 48,026 | 48,478 | 51,257 | 53,989 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #21 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.6 | +2.1 | +1.9 | -2.1 | +6.2 | +3.1 | -3.6 | -11.4 | -1.9 | -1.5 | +0.5 | -3.5 | +2.2 | +0.5 | +1.3 | +4.9 | +1.0 | -1.6 | +4.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60,520 | 58,135 | 63,613 | 60,944 | 66,552 | 73,563 | 69,863 | 68,637 | 73,733 | — | 65,798 | 69,318 | 72,993 | 72,570 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #205 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.4% | 13.2% | 11.3% | 12.0% | 9.4% | 8.6% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 4.3% | — | 10.1% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 5.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #199 of 309 cities with data · 2nd of 6 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 20% | 24% | 13% | 20% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 18% | — | — | — | 17% | — | 14% | -7% | -74% | 15% | 17% | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #181 of 309 cities with data · 2nd of 6 in its peer group with data · 2023 | $3,490 | $3,524 | $2,967 | $2,949 | $4,287 | $4,052 | $3,889 | $3,733 | $3,500 | — | — | — | $2,313 | — | $2,329 | $2,224 | $3,851 | $3,554 | $3,284 | — |
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 Pomona. 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.