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Thornton, CO
146,689 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0877290 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Thornton ranked #25 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Thornton and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: West Jordan UT, Roseville CA, Antioch CA, Peoria AZ, Vacaville CA, Carrollton TX, Sterling Heights MI, Corona CA, Clovis CA, Westminster CO, Olathe KS, Round Rock TX, Arvada CO · 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 | #25 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #29 | #41 | #20 | #57 | #9 | #109 | #54 | #23 | #77 | #44 | #16 | #56 | #48 | #36 | #40 | #14 | #37 | #8 | #25 | #81 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 101,014 | 105,174 | 108,753 | 112,333 | 116,346 | 119,391 | 121,911 | 124,361 | 127,022 | 129,479 | 132,176 | 134,574 | 136,777 | 139,352 | 141,464 | 142,191 | 142,942 | 143,459 | 145,533 | 146,689 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #79 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | +1.0 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.1 | — | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #190 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 13.6 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 1.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #178 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 17.0% | 19.7% | 16.6% | 16.0% | 19.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% | 21.1% | 21.0% | 21.4% | 22.2% | 20.8% | 22.2% | 23.5% | 23.8% | — | 21.7% | 20.7% | 22.6% | 24.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #38 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 12 in its peer group with data | 1.0 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 4.2 | — | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #39 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25.7 | 25.2 | 24.7 | 28.0 | 53.5 | 55.6 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 16.1 | 20.9 | 13.1 | 17.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 20,207 | 20,796 | 21,525 | 21,474 | 20,920 | 21,137 | 21,459 | 22,051 | 21,627 | 22,688 | 24,981 | 24,294 | 25,241 | 25,590 | 29,294 | 29,989 | 30,848 | 38,865 | 39,563 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #224 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.5 | +1.6 | +1.0 | -0.6 | +1.3 | -1.8 | -0.1 | +0.1 | -4.6 | +1.6 | +5.5 | -5.5 | +2.1 | -2.1 | +13.4 | +6.8 | +2.7 | +18.1 | -0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59,716 | 62,425 | 63,019 | 66,549 | 70,776 | 73,959 | 72,599 | 73,843 | 73,356 | — | 75,575 | 83,657 | 80,564 | 80,515 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #223 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.1% | 3.5% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 5.5% | — | 6.6% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 5.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #45 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data | 40% | 44% | 44% | 44% | 37% | 29% | 33% | 26% | 32% | 34% | 36% | 36% | 32% | 33% | 19% | 49% | 45% | 41% | 48% | 37% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #86 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | $3,759 | $3,320 | $2,947 | $3,296 | $3,005 | $2,695 | $2,371 | $2,101 | $1,860 | $1,631 | $1,441 | $1,246 | $1,055 | $872 | $1,293 | $1,554 | $2,441 | $1,871 | $1,683 | $1,555 |
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 Thornton. 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.