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Waterbury, CT
115,908 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0980000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Waterbury ranked #305 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Waterbury and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: High Point NC, Peoria IL, Grand Rapids MI, New Bedford MA, Lakewood NJ, Dearborn MI, Charleston SC, Columbia SC, Bridgeport CT, Green Bay WI, Kansas City KS, Rockford IL, Worcester MA · 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 | #305 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #218 | #317 | #129 | #206 | #219 | #316 | #297 | #309 | #280 | #317 | #297 | #335 | #315 | #310 | #314 | #333 | #264 | #335 | #305 | #302 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 109,248 | 109,457 | 109,721 | 109,938 | 110,174 | 110,350 | 110,074 | 110,019 | 109,733 | 109,524 | 108,993 | 108,453 | 108,277 | 108,123 | 107,568 | 113,889 | 114,588 | 114,734 | 115,288 | 115,908 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #69 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 | +0.5 | +0.0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #262 of 271 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #333 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 24.3% | 24.2% | 25.8% | 22.5% | 29.9% | 26.4% | 25.3% | 26.3% | 28.3% | 29.3% | 28.9% | 28.9% | 25.8% | 27.7% | 26.8% | — | 25.6% | 26.6% | 31.6% | 32.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #178 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 5.5 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 11.4 | 7.9 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 6.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #93 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52.6 | 43.5 | 29.7 | 53.6 | 32.3 | 73.2 | 49.4 | 29.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 43,813 | 38,881 | 42,962 | 42,488 | 41,298 | 40,793 | 41,504 | 35,275 | 41,380 | 42,417 | 41,594 | 41,614 | 41,287 | 43,216 | 42,200 | 38,617 | 38,069 | 36,491 | 39,184 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #19 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +2.1 | -9.6 | +7.1 | +0.2 | +3.3 | -1.6 | +0.9 | -13.5 | +12.3 | +0.5 | -0.3 | -1.7 | -0.1 | +2.3 | -1.2 | -2.1 | -0.5 | -7.6 | +4.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48,167 | 44,254 | 45,255 | 44,291 | 44,914 | 45,380 | 45,779 | 49,185 | 48,879 | — | 51,019 | 48,483 | 45,417 | 51,809 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #289 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.7% | 13.5% | 13.0% | 15.4% | 13.0% | 12.1% | 7.5% | 9.8% | 7.9% | — | 11.3% | 8.3% | 10.7% | 6.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #299 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -2% | 7% | -14% | -1% | -4% | 2% | -10% | -7% | 2% | -12% | 1% | -6% | -1% | -2% | -1% | 4% | 9% | -14% | -14% | -15% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #211 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $3,096 | $2,756 | $2,440 | $2,214 | $2,123 | $6,245 | $5,696 | $5,872 | $5,567 | $5,587 | $5,748 | $5,426 | $5,305 | $5,237 | $5,018 | $4,927 | $4,584 | $7,514 | $4,071 | $3,662 |
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 Waterbury. 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.