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Palm Bay, FL
142,023 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1254000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Palm Bay ranked #83 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Palm Bay and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: League City TX, Rio Rancho NM, Warren MI, Springfield IL, South Fulton GA, Ann Arbor MI, Lansing MI, Everett WA, Rochester MN, Denton TX, Edinburg TX, High Point NC, Newport News VA · 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 | #83 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #69 | #15 | #157 | #83 | #238 | #232 | #142 | #218 | #150 | #244 | #130 | #87 | #163 | #140 | #174 | #27 | #58 | #82 | #83 | #144 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 95,263 | 97,437 | 99,428 | 101,066 | 102,125 | 104,138 | 104,131 | 104,819 | 105,329 | 106,237 | 108,160 | 110,289 | 112,217 | 113,854 | 115,552 | 120,168 | 122,994 | 129,405 | 136,084 | 142,023 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #11 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +2.0 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.3 | -0.0 | — | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +1.9 | +2.0 | +2.0 | +1.5 | +1.4 | +0.5 | +2.1 | +2.4 | +2.2 | +1.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #5 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 10 in its peer group with data | 35.2 | 18.2 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 10.6 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 21.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #254 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 23.5% | 22.2% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 27.2% | 25.5% | 24.9% | 29.6% | 25.0% | 27.2% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 26.9% | 26.0% | 25.0% | — | 28.6% | 24.1% | 30.4% | 26.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #217 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 2.1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 9.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #136 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55.8 | 49.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 19,096 | 20,607 | 20,501 | 19,953 | 19,148 | 17,677 | 17,979 | 17,532 | 17,591 | 15,875 | 16,512 | 30,424 | 20,933 | 34,186 | 34,283 | 33,508 | 33,979 | 33,770 | 35,744 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #61 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.4 | +9.2 | -0.7 | +1.3 | -2.0 | -8.6 | -0.4 | -1.1 | +0.8 | -11.4 | +0.4 | +81.2 | -33.9 | +60.4 | -3.2 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -6.1 | +1.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39,551 | 41,420 | 46,431 | 44,150 | 42,491 | 47,935 | 53,197 | 47,684 | 49,755 | — | 57,017 | 59,041 | 64,568 | 63,272 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #302 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.5% | 15.2% | 9.7% | 9.3% | 6.6% | 6.9% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 7.4% | — | 5.0% | 5.1% | 6.6% | 7.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #56 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 15% | 27% | 22% | 19% | 16% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 9% | — | — | — | 20% | — | 30% | 34% | 34% | 32% | 34% | 36% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #99 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | $2,161 | $1,957 | $2,141 | $2,442 | $2,890 | $2,755 | $2,558 | $2,057 | $1,927 | — | — | — | $1,534 | — | $1,300 | $1,656 | $1,522 | $1,765 | $1,568 | $1,792 |
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 Palm Bay. 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.