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Vallejo, CA
123,475 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0681666 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Vallejo ranked #299 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Vallejo and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Moreno Valley CA, West Covina CA, Clovis CA, Palmdale CA, Escondido CA, Sparks NV, Antioch CA, Sterling Heights MI, Rialto CA, Lakewood CO, Hesperia CA, Fullerton CA, Vista 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 | #299 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #261 | #229 | #266 | #263 | #192 | #287 | #290 | #287 | #279 | #310 | #324 | #303 | #295 | #225 | #289 | #337 | #338 | #325 | #299 | #321 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 117,350 | 116,749 | 116,072 | 115,634 | 115,541 | 116,137 | 116,709 | 117,599 | 118,550 | 119,602 | 120,477 | 120,949 | 121,546 | 121,677 | 121,692 | 125,930 | 124,810 | 123,934 | 123,292 | 123,475 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #103 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.7 | — | -0.2 | +0.0 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.4 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #246 of 271 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.6 | — | 1.0 | 0.1 | — | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | — | 0.4 | — | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | — | 0.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #321 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 23.4% | 21.8% | 21.7% | 24.6% | 22.8% | 23.4% | 25.9% | 26.4% | 25.1% | 24.7% | 25.8% | 25.5% | 25.7% | 23.9% | 28.3% | — | 25.7% | 27.2% | 25.9% | 31.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #286 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | 5.1 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 21.1 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 21.4 | — | 17.8 | 15.4 | 21.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #219 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 168.7 | 118.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 28,773 | 28,930 | 28,900 | 30,199 | 30,118 | 30,926 | 30,067 | 29,808 | 30,888 | 31,691 | 31,240 | 31,556 | 31,433 | 32,314 | 32,855 | 30,248 | 27,591 | 29,076 | 29,706 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #112 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -1.1 | -0.5 | +4.1 | +2.9 | +2.9 | -1.2 | -2.0 | -0.6 | +1.6 | -0.5 | -15.0 | -0.9 | -1.8 | -0.1 | +10.1 | -2.6 | -7.4 | +1.1 | +0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50,284 | 48,905 | 51,738 | 54,297 | 53,924 | 56,367 | 56,320 | 60,125 | 60,224 | — | 56,850 | 59,238 | 59,889 | 59,622 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #313 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.6% | 19.3% | 14.8% | 11.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 9.5% | 7.6% | 5.9% | — | 9.9% | 6.2% | 7.5% | 7.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #253 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 6 in its peer group with data | 29% | 20% | 4% | 23% | 16% | 30% | 43% | 29% | 25% | — | — | — | 18% | — | — | — | — | -7% | — | 7% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #57 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 6 in its peer group with data | $4,814 | $4,837 | $4,609 | $3,719 | $3,352 | $2,684 | $2,456 | $2,233 | $1,928 | — | — | — | $1,328 | — | — | — | — | $1,331 | — | $1,074 |
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 Vallejo. 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.