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Colorado Springs, CO
493,554 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0816000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Colorado Springs ranked #149 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Colorado Springs and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lincoln NE, Albuquerque NM, Wichita KS, Lexington KY, Omaha NE, Raleigh NC, Boise ID, Nashville TN, Reno NV, Fort Wayne IN, Bakersfield CA, Charlotte NC, Tulsa 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 | #149 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #81 | #116 | #104 | #87 | #130 | #160 | #156 | #156 | #153 | #175 | #140 | #141 | #162 | #121 | #149 | #205 | #136 | #171 | #149 | #210 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 385,411 | 393,578 | 396,538 | 402,569 | 407,876 | 420,685 | 427,434 | 432,782 | 438,146 | 442,361 | 449,572 | 458,714 | 465,167 | 472,567 | 478,221 | 481,713 | 484,837 | 488,136 | 491,301 | 493,554 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #117 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | +0.4 | +1.0 | -0.0 | +0.6 | +0.5 | — | +0.6 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #171 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 17.9% | 16.9% | 17.6% | 16.7% | 17.3% | 18.4% | 19.6% | 19.5% | 20.1% | 20.5% | 21.1% | 20.1% | 22.0% | 21.2% | 20.6% | — | 22.2% | 23.5% | 23.8% | 24.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #172 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 3.1 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 6.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #233 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 50.3 | 50.3 | 46.7 | 48.2 | 46.3 | 51.1 | 52.2 | 58.2 | 55.9 | 61.3 | 63.8 | 80.2 | 90.5 | 97.8 | 99.1 | 128.3 | 120.2 | 141.6 | 139.2 | 142.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 195,525 | 193,777 | 200,118 | 194,135 | 183,330 | 175,912 | 187,368 | 185,781 | 193,454 | 200,134 | 205,576 | 211,889 | 220,405 | 225,057 | 223,600 | 216,859 | 216,777 | 229,413 | 234,623 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #192 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +0.1 | -1.0 | +0.0 | +1.1 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.8 | +0.8 | +0.0 | +1.4 | -1.5 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.4 | +0.4 | -0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 189,557 | 198,868 | 201,461 | 209,064 | 215,997 | 223,158 | 218,925 | 232,357 | 239,319 | — | 237,254 | 246,184 | 248,755 | 243,241 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #197 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 9.4% | 9.2% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 4.3% | 5.4% | — | 6.3% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 5.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #60 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 27% | 25% | 26% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 18% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 22% | 23% | 34% | 35% | 35% | 32% | 38% | 40% | 41% | 35% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #264 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $7,731 | $7,720 | $7,607 | $7,385 | $10,176 | $7,537 | $8,829 | $8,346 | $7,462 | $9,469 | $9,543 | $7,070 | $6,827 | $6,543 | $6,715 | $6,336 | $5,925 | $5,558 | $5,355 | $5,531 |
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 Colorado Springs. 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.