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Evansville, IN
115,395 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1822000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Evansville ranked #226 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Evansville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Topeka KS, Springfield MO, Wichita Falls TX, Roanoke VA, Chattanooga TN, Lafayette LA, Amarillo TX, Odessa TX, Rockford IL, Midland TX, Billings MT, Abilene TX, Little Rock AR · 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 | #226 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #147 | #148 | #149 | #195 | #115 | #150 | #159 | #192 | #204 | #214 | #159 | #233 | #296 | #267 | #268 | #167 | #93 | #234 | #226 | #304 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 119,243 | 119,021 | 118,727 | 117,965 | 117,659 | 120,091 | 120,216 | 120,266 | 120,295 | 120,153 | 119,487 | 119,004 | 118,331 | 118,060 | 117,979 | 117,377 | 116,627 | 115,751 | 115,421 | 115,395 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #106 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | +0.0 | -0.1 | -0.4 | +0.0 | — | +0.0 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.0 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.3 | +0.0 | +0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #193 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | 1.4 | — | — | — | — | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | — | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #130 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 18.9% | 21.2% | 21.4% | 21.9% | 22.4% | 23.5% | 22.8% | 23.3% | 25.8% | 24.6% | 23.6% | 22.8% | 23.3% | 22.4% | 22.7% | — | 21.9% | 22.5% | 21.1% | 23.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #227 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 6.7 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 16.9 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 16.3 | 21.6 | 8.7 | 10.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #250 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 116.6 | 114.0 | 173.3 | 180.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 100,126 | 101,471 | 98,923 | 95,760 | 93,166 | 95,316 | 91,923 | 94,390 | 93,056 | 90,783 | 93,091 | 93,715 | 95,088 | 95,565 | 94,947 | 89,112 | 90,372 | 92,986 | 93,246 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #240 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.2 | -0.1 | -1.0 | -1.1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -1.8 | +0.1 | -0.8 | +0.6 | -0.5 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -0.6 | +1.1 | -0.3 | -1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55,099 | 57,120 | 50,305 | 55,035 | 56,565 | 57,295 | 54,893 | 55,789 | 56,856 | — | 55,671 | 58,428 | 54,258 | 54,991 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #279 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.8% | 8.3% | 9.0% | 7.2% | 4.0% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 8.0% | 5.7% | — | 5.5% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 6.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #292 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 24% | -11% | 16% | 14% | 23% | 13% | 24% | 30% | 31% | 29% | 23% | 26% | 33% | 29% | 50% | 61% | 29% | 34% | -11% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #286 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $2,703 | $2,507 | $2,438 | $1,932 | $2,618 | $2,737 | $2,723 | $3,113 | $3,051 | $3,694 | $6,201 | $5,609 | $8,061 | $8,258 | $9,931 | $137 | $159 | $7,344 | $7,358 | $7,156 |
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 Evansville. 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.