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Temecula, CA
112,431 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0678120 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (40 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Temecula ranked #27 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 5 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Temecula and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: McKinney TX, Roseville CA, Murrieta CA, Round Rock TX, Allen TX, Peoria AZ, West Jordan UT, Olathe KS, Thornton CO, Carlsbad CA, Antioch CA, Henderson NV, Cary NC · 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 | #27 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #24 | #35 | #107 | #219 | #140 | #206 | #98 | #58 | #94 | #84 | #263 | #146 | #290 | #196 | #154 | #278 | #231 | #110 | #27 | #118 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 86,803 | 90,806 | 93,956 | 95,907 | 97,904 | 100,703 | 102,640 | 104,295 | 106,073 | 108,671 | 111,140 | 112,402 | 113,987 | 114,614 | 114,761 | 110,084 | 110,948 | 110,952 | 111,413 | 112,431 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #61 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +2.7 | +2.8 | +1.8 | +0.4 | +0.6 | — | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #124 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 15.6 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 11.6 | 3.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #213 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 23.8% | 21.5% | 21.8% | 21.5% | 23.0% | 21.4% | 25.9% | 23.6% | 23.2% | 22.8% | 24.3% | 23.4% | 25.1% | 23.3% | 23.7% | — | 23.3% | 23.1% | 22.5% | 25.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 48,136 | 52,320 | 49,056 | 46,334 | 41,566 | 42,174 | 45,427 | 45,814 | 46,875 | 50,690 | 51,200 | 54,554 | 53,046 | 54,299 | 55,680 | 52,992 | 52,042 | 55,974 | 56,961 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #106 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +9.5 | +4.0 | -6.0 | -4.4 | -4.5 | -2.9 | +6.5 | +1.9 | -1.1 | +3.6 | -3.2 | +1.9 | -6.2 | -1.0 | +1.1 | -2.4 | -5.0 | -0.0 | +0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38,577 | 45,437 | 45,525 | 48,829 | 51,444 | 52,267 | 52,424 | 49,506 | 53,421 | — | 46,035 | 52,732 | 55,347 | 56,048 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #105 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.3% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 9.7% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 6.2% | 4.3% | 4.4% | — | 10.8% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #239 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | 39% | — | 20% | -3% | 16% | 26% | 24% | — | — | — | -1% | — | — | — | — | 13% | — | 9% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #113 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | $1,232 | — | $1,301 | $1,400 | $1,408 | $1,265 | $1,193 | — | — | — | $1,699 | — | — | — | — | $2,013 | — | $2,030 |
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 Temecula. 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.