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Visalia, CA
146,271 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0682954 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (16 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Visalia ranked #167 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Visalia and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Boulder CO, Lancaster CA, Fort Collins CO, West Valley City UT, Greeley CO, Killeen TX, Santa Maria CA, Salem OR, Gresham OR, Davenport IA, Tempe AZ, Jurupa Valley CA, Norman OK · 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 | #167 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #82 | #34 | #134 | #109 | #123 | #85 | #124 | #155 | #199 | #178 | #152 | #135 | #63 | #67 | #42 | #78 | #54 | #54 | #167 | #145 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 110,758 | 113,572 | 116,457 | 119,323 | 122,341 | 124,869 | 125,649 | 126,420 | 127,309 | 128,482 | 129,369 | 130,662 | 132,388 | 133,428 | 134,605 | 141,787 | 142,716 | 143,805 | 145,111 | 146,271 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #201 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | +0.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.0 | — | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #113 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | 14.0 | 15.4 | 10.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 3.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #121 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 18.8% | 18.0% | 20.6% | 19.4% | 22.8% | 20.8% | 20.9% | 22.2% | 23.3% | 21.1% | 21.3% | 20.6% | 18.0% | 20.5% | 23.0% | — | 22.6% | 21.9% | 23.1% | 23.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #134 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | 9.0 | 7.0 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 5.6 | — | 6.3 | 11.0 | 4.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #105 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60.5 | 44.8 | 32.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 47,074 | 49,513 | 50,021 | 51,169 | 48,876 | 49,665 | 51,908 | 50,198 | 51,390 | 52,800 | 53,620 | 55,372 | 56,080 | 57,693 | 59,809 | 59,628 | 60,729 | 66,315 | 67,811 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #217 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.4 | +4.9 | -1.7 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -1.3 | +1.9 | -4.4 | -0.7 | +1.0 | -0.2 | +0.3 | +0.9 | +3.3 | +3.0 | +0.6 | +3.4 | +2.7 | -0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53,444 | 54,547 | 50,854 | 50,931 | 50,558 | 52,425 | 60,738 | 54,744 | 59,773 | — | 59,639 | 68,139 | 65,520 | 70,990 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #317 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.7% | 11.2% | 11.9% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 4.8% | 6.4% | 3.1% | — | 8.4% | 4.1% | 5.6% | 7.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #76 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | 43% | 40% | 38% | 32% | 42% | 38% | 30% | 31% | 30% | — | — | — | 45% | — | 45% | 49% | 46% | 25% | 26% | 33% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #34 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | $784 | $742 | $719 | $662 | $610 | $600 | $441 | $337 | $210 | — | — | — | $262 | — | $1,114 | $1,001 | $908 | $794 | $717 | $652 |
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 Visalia. 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.