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Lakewood, CO
156,868 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0843000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Lakewood ranked #153 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 Lakewood and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Mesquite TX, Elgin IL, Independence MO, Hampton VA, West Valley City UT, Tempe AZ, Grand Prairie TX, Pasadena CA, Broken Arrow OK, Joliet IL, Santa Rosa CA, Escondido CA, Jurupa Valley 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 | #153 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #110 | #202 | #92 | #79 | #53 | #33 | #103 | #98 | #67 | #41 | #91 | #102 | #117 | #102 | #132 | #68 | #165 | #167 | #153 | #111 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 140,583 | 140,782 | 141,328 | 142,089 | 142,543 | 142,759 | 144,087 | 145,396 | 146,878 | 149,434 | 152,052 | 154,039 | 154,966 | 156,682 | 157,935 | 156,281 | 157,119 | 156,256 | 156,358 | 156,868 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #162 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -0.8 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.1 | — | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.1 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #211 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 2.3 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.4 | — | 5.8 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #173 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 18.7% | 19.4% | 18.9% | 21.3% | 18.9% | 20.0% | 19.7% | 20.8% | 21.2% | 22.6% | 22.7% | 25.0% | 24.2% | 23.7% | 24.3% | — | 23.2% | 23.5% | 25.6% | 24.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #78 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.6 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.5 | — | 5.6 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 2.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #231 of 295 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | 40.5 | 58.2 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 33.7 | 35.0 | 42.3 | 55.7 | 49.7 | 58.2 | 59.2 | 59.1 | 85.8 | 76.0 | — | 66.5 | 95.5 | 154.2 | 142.0 | 139.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 84,568 | 82,811 | 84,125 | 85,243 | 85,134 | 94,185 | 95,937 | 79,480 | 81,708 | 94,895 | 98,368 | 98,377 | 99,066 | 99,036 | 98,761 | 94,485 | 93,028 | 93,708 | 96,160 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #155 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.9 | -3.4 | -0.9 | +0.9 | +3.7 | +7.8 | +0.2 | -19.9 | +0.1 | +12.8 | -0.9 | -2.7 | -1.1 | -3.5 | -1.3 | +0.1 | -1.7 | -7.1 | +0.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73,720 | 73,916 | 74,944 | 79,628 | 85,867 | 84,908 | 85,527 | 88,995 | 87,029 | — | 83,571 | 88,638 | 92,116 | 89,759 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #96 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.3% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.2% | — | 5.9% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 4.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #103 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 11 in its peer group with data | 15% | 11% | 25% | 18% | 20% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 24% | 39% | 37% | 30% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #7 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 11 in its peer group with data | $1,225 | $1,122 | $1,029 | $970 | $938 | $894 | $789 | $696 | $611 | $526 | $452 | $377 | $306 | $220 | $198 | $148 | $92 | $153 | $83 | $33 |
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 Lakewood. 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.