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Carmel, IN
103,606 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1810342 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Carmel ranked #15 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Carmel and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Murfreesboro TN, Concord NC, Nampa ID, Pearland TX, Fishers IN, New Braunfels TX, West Valley City UT, Conroe TX, Fayetteville AR, Wilmington NC, Killeen TX, Georgetown TX, Greeley 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 | #15 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #40 | #39 | #32 | #47 | #72 | #14 | #21 | #51 | #22 | #8 | #34 | #31 | #17 | #32 | #53 | #70 | #52 | #17 | #15 | #18 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 71,421 | 73,458 | 75,281 | 76,889 | 78,265 | 84,508 | 86,508 | 88,566 | 90,947 | 91,569 | 92,998 | 96,114 | 97,400 | 99,143 | 101,068 | 99,907 | 101,066 | 102,363 | 102,576 | 103,606 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #37 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | +3.0 | +2.9 | +2.5 | +2.1 | +1.8 | — | +1.3 | +1.1 | +1.4 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.4 | +1.4 | +1.4 | +1.5 | +0.3 | +1.9 | +1.3 | +0.7 | +0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #15 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | 12.0 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 17.7 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 12.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #2 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | 12.8% | 12.7% | 11.0% | 11.8% | 11.4% | 13.3% | 12.6% | 12.1% | 12.2% | 12.6% | 12.4% | 12.8% | — | 15.7% | 14.7% | 13.7% | 14.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #22 of 309 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | — | 1.3 | — | — | — | 1.2 | — | — | 1.1 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #36 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.9 | 4.9 | 11.7 | 17.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 47,659 | 50,771 | 53,957 | 55,762 | 51,393 | 55,164 | 59,282 | 58,708 | 59,600 | 61,781 | 64,851 | 70,078 | 71,830 | 73,009 | 73,615 | 72,112 | 69,790 | 75,846 | 80,510 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #29 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +6.0 | +6.2 | +4.1 | +2.7 | -3.2 | +5.2 | +4.2 | -3.5 | -0.0 | +1.9 | +1.7 | +5.1 | +1.1 | +0.1 | -0.4 | +1.3 | -4.8 | +3.5 | +3.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39,597 | 43,722 | 41,436 | 44,471 | 47,213 | 46,392 | 48,620 | 52,873 | 54,628 | — | 55,319 | 50,586 | 56,309 | 57,350 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #22 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.2% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.9% | — | 2.1% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 3.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #268 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 10% | 19% | -65% | -19% | 35% | 14% | 4% | 19% | 30% | 29% | 16% | 20% | 33% | 24% | 1% | 7% | -3% | 16% | 3% | 1% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #291 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $2,598 | $4,592 | $6,809 | $5,822 | $6,994 | $6,619 | $6,099 | $5,674 | $5,290 | $5,666 | $8,179 | $7,518 | $9,903 | $10,208 | $9,960 | $9,994 | $16,179 | $8,326 | $9,060 | $8,291 |
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 Carmel. 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.