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West Covina, CA
106,920 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0684200 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (6 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, West Covina ranked #125 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is West Covina and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: El Cajon CA, Vista CA, Rialto CA, Pasadena CA, Vallejo CA, Norwalk CA, Moreno Valley CA, Escondido CA, Clovis CA, Fullerton CA, Richmond CA, Costa Mesa CA, Garden Grove 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 | #125 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #293 | #83 | #226 | #256 | #324 | #242 | #243 | #219 | #191 | #166 | #149 | #272 | #245 | #163 | #246 | #243 | #340 | #295 | #125 | #215 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 106,017 | 105,422 | 104,949 | 105,275 | 105,794 | 106,123 | 106,721 | 107,082 | 107,348 | 107,447 | 107,540 | 107,437 | 106,942 | 105,964 | 105,101 | 109,155 | 106,860 | 106,020 | 106,266 | 106,920 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #290 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -1.6 | -2.0 | -1.9 | -1.1 | -0.8 | — | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.3 | -2.0 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #255 of 303 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #269 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 26.7% | 20.1% | 21.3% | 24.9% | 24.0% | 23.6% | 24.3% | 26.8% | 25.8% | 25.0% | 22.7% | 25.4% | 24.1% | 24.5% | 25.5% | — | 27.7% | 29.7% | 26.6% | 27.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #95 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 11 in its peer group with data | 5.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 7.6 | — | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.7 | — | 0.9 | 5.7 | 0.9 | — | 2.8 | 0.9 | 2.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #24 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25.5 | 20.7 | 14.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 29,204 | 30,608 | 29,983 | 29,713 | 26,915 | 27,349 | 25,453 | 25,540 | 27,832 | 28,909 | 29,250 | 29,581 | 29,923 | 30,817 | 32,475 | 30,002 | 28,472 | 30,340 | 31,666 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #38 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.8 | +3.6 | -3.3 | -1.6 | -6.3 | +0.1 | -8.0 | +0.3 | +6.3 | +1.7 | -0.8 | -2.2 | +0.4 | +1.3 | +3.6 | -1.0 | -5.0 | -0.8 | +3.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45,167 | 47,235 | 50,009 | 49,205 | 53,799 | 51,518 | 53,175 | 51,201 | 54,393 | — | 49,730 | 48,294 | 54,774 | 51,546 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #186 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.2% | 14.2% | 13.2% | 9.1% | 7.1% | 5.5% | 6.4% | 5.6% | 4.3% | — | 9.5% | 6.2% | 4.9% | 5.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #246 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 16% | 25% | 21% | 17% | 11% | 6% | 8% | 24% | 5% | — | — | — | 20% | — | — | — | — | 12% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #267 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $1,838 | $1,758 | $1,902 | $2,660 | $2,687 | $2,605 | $2,450 | $2,321 | $1,385 | — | — | — | $978 | — | — | — | — | $4,926 | — | — |
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 West Covina. 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.