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Santa Rosa, CA
177,524 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0670098 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (35 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Santa Rosa ranked #77 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Santa Rosa and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Modesto CA, Boise ID, Tempe AZ, Lakewood CO, Escondido CA, Fairfield CA, Hayward CA, West Valley City UT, Pasadena CA, Oceanside CA, Reno NV, Ontario CA, Rialto 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 | #77 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #162 | #203 | #125 | #265 | #88 | #146 | #140 | #133 | #96 | #125 | #144 | #174 | #193 | #119 | #94 | #109 | #116 | #135 | #77 | #129 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 157,007 | 157,734 | 159,447 | 162,385 | 165,558 | 175,238 | 176,243 | 177,093 | 178,684 | 180,585 | 181,485 | 181,909 | 181,596 | 176,750 | 176,753 | 177,972 | 177,338 | 176,196 | 176,440 | 177,524 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #133 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.4 | +0.3 | +0.4 | — | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +0.0 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #194 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 7.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | — | — | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 1.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #215 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 23.9% | 22.8% | 24.5% | 23.9% | 21.6% | 25.9% | 23.7% | 25.2% | 26.9% | 25.2% | 26.5% | 26.2% | 24.5% | 26.6% | 26.4% | — | 26.9% | 23.7% | 26.7% | 25.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #31 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | 1.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 | — | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #27 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21.5 | 14.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 73,183 | 71,934 | 73,276 | 71,627 | 68,651 | 67,264 | 68,922 | 63,687 | 69,552 | 66,807 | 73,508 | 74,475 | 74,770 | 75,049 | 75,567 | 70,585 | 69,688 | 72,755 | 73,982 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #65 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.9 | -0.6 | +0.8 | -2.5 | +0.6 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -3.4 | +2.2 | -6.0 | +3.2 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -0.7 | +0.1 | +0.0 | +1.0 | -2.5 | +1.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76,946 | 80,558 | 82,894 | 83,902 | 86,425 | 88,975 | 87,878 | 91,478 | 92,443 | — | 86,808 | 93,328 | 93,292 | 89,896 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #218 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.5% | 9.6% | 8.8% | 6.1% | 6.0% | 5.0% | 4.2% | 4.8% | 3.2% | — | 7.4% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 5.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #108 of 309 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 27% | 25% | 22% | 21% | 14% | 13% | 20% | 24% | 20% | — | — | — | 13% | — | 20% | 26% | 50% | 24% | 29% | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #91 of 309 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | $5,487 | $5,176 | $4,834 | $4,440 | $5,119 | $4,370 | $3,997 | $3,727 | $3,261 | — | — | — | $2,853 | — | $2,103 | $2,002 | $2,234 | $1,939 | $1,725 | — |
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 Rosa. 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.