How serious are America’s mayors? · Incorporated city
San Jose, CA
997,368 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0668000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, San Jose ranked #162 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is San Jose and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: San Diego CA, Virginia Beach VA, Anaheim CA, Las Vegas NV, Seattle WA, Honolulu HI, Plano TX, San Francisco CA, Charlotte NC, Riverside CA, Arlington TX, Huntington Beach CA, Sacramento 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #162 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #171 | #174 | #228 | #197 | #116 | #145 | #186 | #161 | #180 | #148 | #158 | #198 | #166 | #136 | #177 | #242 | #216 | #163 | #162 | #189 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 894,293 | 901,656 | 911,744 | 926,098 | 937,929 | 954,940 | 970,369 | 983,530 | 1,001,279 | 1,014,273 | 1,025,980 | 1,030,242 | 1,032,335 | 1,028,020 | 1,021,795 | 1,009,686 | 981,446 | 978,451 | 983,734 | 997,368 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #308 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -1.3 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.3 | — | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -1.5 | -0.6 | -3.0 | -1.8 | -1.6 | -1.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #172 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 10 in its peer group with data | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #81 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 19.5% | 19.4% | 19.5% | 19.6% | 21.4% | 21.4% | 21.7% | 22.0% | 22.4% | 22.9% | 23.1% | 22.6% | 24.2% | 22.9% | 23.0% | — | 22.1% | 21.6% | 22.7% | 21.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #83 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | — | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #117 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 346,633 | 355,947 | 361,422 | 352,476 | 355,032 | 357,507 | 368,271 | 375,347 | 389,677 | 400,154 | 414,485 | 424,716 | 432,822 | 445,124 | 448,650 | 423,562 | 427,996 | 449,810 | 453,982 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #204 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.3 | +0.1 | -1.1 | -2.6 | +3.9 | -0.8 | +1.7 | -0.6 | -2.3 | -1.1 | +0.5 | -1.7 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -1.1 | -0.6 | +1.1 | -1.0 | -0.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 459,994 | 466,598 | 481,809 | 512,413 | 515,360 | 528,044 | 543,752 | 544,945 | 542,373 | — | 503,384 | 520,637 | 523,066 | 529,412 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #214 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.6% | 9.8% | 9.3% | 6.7% | 6.1% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 3.6% | — | 6.6% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 5.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #136 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 18% | 18% | 10% | 23% | 22% | 10% | 16% | 26% | 34% | 35% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 36% | 38% | 44% | 32% | 29% | 29% | 26% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #215 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | $7,732 | $7,537 | $7,403 | $8,319 | $8,448 | $8,158 | $7,743 | $8,230 | $7,738 | $7,170 | $6,845 | $6,445 | $5,910 | $5,841 | $5,829 | $6,557 | $5,299 | $4,178 | $4,125 | $3,761 |
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 San Jose. 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.