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Victorville, CA
140,721 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0682590 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (20 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Victorville ranked #285 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Victorville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Hesperia CA, Denton TX, Jurupa Valley CA, Palmdale CA, Menifee CA, Lancaster CA, Killeen TX, Norman OK, Santa Maria CA, Murfreesboro TN, High Point NC, Fayetteville AR, 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 | #285 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #237 | #200 | #196 | #245 | #314 | #275 | #247 | #291 | #298 | #230 | #316 | #290 | #327 | #315 | #281 | #268 | #206 | #290 | #285 | #268 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 94,365 | 99,592 | 104,145 | 108,248 | 112,215 | 116,278 | 117,891 | 119,831 | 120,697 | 121,087 | 121,442 | 121,725 | 121,988 | 121,952 | 122,385 | 134,721 | 136,123 | 137,515 | 139,111 | 140,721 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #168 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | +1.1 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.7 | — | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #127 of 271 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 25.2 | — | 14.9 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | — | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | — | 3.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #256 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 22.2% | 24.9% | 23.4% | 26.1% | 24.6% | 22.3% | 28.6% | 28.1% | 29.7% | 32.1% | 29.6% | 30.6% | 27.1% | 30.0% | 24.5% | — | 24.5% | 29.1% | 28.4% | 26.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #191 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data | 12.7 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 11.5 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 14.1 | — | 12.4 | — | 7.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 25,035 | 26,925 | 27,139 | 26,284 | 24,047 | 24,042 | 25,735 | 25,246 | 26,453 | 28,533 | 28,359 | 29,916 | 30,257 | 29,995 | 30,133 | 29,074 | 30,299 | 32,947 | 33,412 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #126 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.6 | +2.9 | +1.1 | -2.0 | -2.7 | -4.3 | +5.8 | -0.8 | +1.4 | +3.3 | -4.9 | +0.8 | -2.3 | -4.2 | -1.0 | -1.0 | +1.0 | +1.2 | +0.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36,262 | 37,282 | 38,554 | 39,617 | 40,385 | 42,207 | 43,091 | 41,645 | 41,348 | — | 50,735 | 48,460 | 53,894 | 54,524 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #329 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.0% | 18.2% | 12.7% | 16.4% | 16.7% | 13.5% | 14.0% | 7.9% | 12.0% | — | 13.1% | 10.9% | 12.7% | 9.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #50 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | 7% | — | -13% | -3% | 8% | -0% | 11% | — | — | — | -40% | — | -30% | 27% | 26% | 23% | 48% | 37% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #237 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | $5,971 | — | $4,979 | $4,721 | $4,453 | $4,229 | $3,629 | — | — | — | $4,325 | — | $7,120 | $6,244 | $5,808 | $4,891 | $4,549 | $4,280 |
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 Victorville. 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.