How serious are America’s mayors? · Incorporated city
Santa Maria, CA
111,346 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0669196 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Santa Maria ranked #289 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Santa Maria and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Vista CA, Victorville CA, Salinas CA, El Cajon CA, Hesperia CA, Visalia CA, West Covina CA, Palmdale CA, Ontario CA, Menifee CA, Richmond CA, Rialto CA, Dearborn MI · 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 | #289 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #83 | #183 | #182 | #211 | #163 | #90 | #267 | #204 | #124 | #205 | #238 | #245 | #115 | #264 | #247 | #24 | #331 | #139 | #289 | #276 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 87,824 | 89,592 | 91,949 | 94,617 | 97,418 | 99,689 | 100,293 | 101,116 | 102,057 | 103,021 | 104,462 | 105,811 | 106,298 | 107,218 | 107,263 | 109,782 | 110,072 | 110,385 | 110,641 | 111,346 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #303 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -1.7 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -0.4 | — | -0.6 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -2.8 | +0.8 | -1.6 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #189 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data | 3.6 | — | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 4.6 | — | — | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #328 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 23.2% | 26.7% | 24.4% | 24.4% | 25.5% | 26.0% | 26.1% | 30.3% | 30.4% | 26.4% | 27.2% | 28.9% | 26.5% | 27.0% | 23.7% | — | 28.9% | 26.5% | 27.9% | 32.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #113 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 9.5 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 7.0 | — | 2.9 | 2.9 | 12.4 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 5.6 | — | 1.8 | — | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #157 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 8 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100.6 | 82.2 | 66.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 38,363 | 38,661 | 38,041 | 38,800 | 38,382 | 38,489 | 36,432 | 38,213 | 40,394 | 40,097 | 43,347 | 44,001 | 44,110 | 45,447 | 43,708 | 43,447 | 43,553 | 45,770 | 45,769 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #87 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +4.6 | -0.7 | -2.2 | +0.3 | +1.5 | +0.2 | -4.7 | +2.5 | +3.5 | -2.5 | +4.7 | +0.8 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -3.6 | +3.4 | +0.1 | -1.7 | +1.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43,267 | 42,928 | 44,050 | 43,918 | 47,280 | 49,965 | 49,097 | 47,609 | 47,955 | — | 47,480 | 50,296 | 49,775 | 48,093 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #314 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 10.9% | 5.1% | 8.6% | 6.4% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 5.5% | 4.7% | — | 7.3% | 5.4% | 6.2% | 7.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #159 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 7 in its peer group with data | 39% | 41% | 26% | 37% | 31% | 25% | 23% | 21% | 18% | — | — | — | 20% | — | — | — | — | 31% | — | 23% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #27 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 7 in its peer group with data | $1,352 | $1,682 | $1,557 | $1,419 | $1,233 | $1,146 | $1,029 | $901 | $1,266 | — | — | — | $646 | — | — | — | — | $674 | — | $539 |
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 Maria. 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.