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Santa Clarita, CA
229,159 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0669088 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (40 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Santa Clarita ranked #78 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Santa Clarita and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Rancho Cucamonga CA, Orange CA, Simi Valley CA, Plano TX, Huntington Beach CA, Carlsbad CA, Centennial CO, Torrance CA, Irvine CA, Overland Park KS, Cary NC, Olathe KS, Elk Grove 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 | #78 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #97 | #108 | #108 | #244 | #216 | #205 | #207 | #110 | #122 | #226 | #237 | #282 | #129 | #224 | #134 | #156 | #237 | #205 | #78 | #159 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 167,712 | 168,564 | 169,584 | 171,882 | 174,496 | 208,822 | 209,843 | 210,672 | 211,376 | 212,283 | 213,184 | 213,526 | 213,734 | 213,549 | 212,979 | 232,422 | 229,779 | 229,847 | 229,802 | 229,159 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #290 of 340 cities · 13th 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 | #213 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 1.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #201 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 21.1% | 21.2% | 21.4% | 20.4% | 21.7% | 23.2% | 22.1% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 24.9% | 23.3% | 22.3% | 24.1% | 22.6% | 25.1% | — | 24.1% | 24.8% | 26.3% | 25.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 62,701 | 64,870 | 66,594 | 65,897 | 61,384 | 59,511 | 60,350 | 62,422 | 65,359 | 68,590 | 70,167 | 70,699 | 72,894 | 74,582 | 75,869 | 70,328 | 68,659 | 73,174 | 77,436 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #18 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +4.1 | +2.3 | +1.4 | -1.7 | -3.7 | -4.6 | +0.3 | +3.4 | +2.1 | +2.7 | +0.3 | -2.6 | +2.3 | +0.6 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -2.3 | -0.8 | +4.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83,717 | 87,478 | 85,621 | 86,308 | 92,814 | 93,654 | 105,074 | 104,395 | 103,951 | — | 109,404 | 115,285 | 113,986 | 117,237 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #165 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 9.2% | 10.9% | 7.2% | 6.4% | 5.8% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 3.6% | — | 7.5% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 4.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #8 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data | 57% | 65% | 55% | 19% | 33% | 41% | 12% | 27% | 31% | — | — | — | 22% | — | 31% | 18% | 28% | 53% | 48% | 50% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #53 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | $415 | $388 | $470 | $881 | $864 | $734 | $649 | $611 | $481 | — | — | — | $344 | — | $928 | $816 | $1,065 | $846 | $959 | $903 |
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 Santa Clarita. 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.