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Cambridge, MA
121,186 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2511000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Cambridge ranked #182 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 Cambridge and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Yonkers NY, Alexandria VA, Jersey City NJ, Elizabeth NJ, Norwalk CA, Lowell MA, Berkeley CA, Daly City CA, Garden Grove CA, Quincy MA, Costa Mesa CA, Brockton MA, Bridgeport CT · 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 | #182 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #198 | #251 | #199 | #223 | #230 | #250 | #192 | #85 | #182 | #98 | #132 | #211 | #157 | #148 | #101 | #57 | #131 | #137 | #182 | #85 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 101,440 | 101,876 | 102,313 | 103,298 | 104,665 | 105,008 | 105,884 | 107,886 | 112,036 | 112,993 | 113,471 | 115,685 | 116,869 | 118,151 | 118,927 | 118,204 | 117,215 | 117,973 | 119,315 | 121,186 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #226 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -0.9 | -0.5 | +0.1 | +0.3 | — | +0.0 | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #111 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 9 in its peer group with data | 9.8 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3.6 | — | 2.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 4.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #118 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 25.4% | 29.7% | 27.2% | 24.8% | 25.1% | 27.2% | 28.0% | 24.8% | 26.2% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 27.3% | 25.9% | 26.5% | 23.6% | — | 26.5% | 26.5% | 26.2% | 23.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #12 of 309 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1.9 | 1.9 | — | 4.7 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | — | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | — | 0.8 | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #52 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | 18.6 | 10.6 | 19.1 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 23.9 | 21.2 | 15.9 | 19.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 106,789 | 110,227 | 112,537 | 116,068 | 121,884 | 126,439 | 129,225 | 133,381 | 143,662 | 139,383 | 143,420 | 159,166 | 158,496 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #298 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +1.6 | -0.1 | +1.0 | +2.7 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +1.8 | +6.5 | +4.2 | +1.4 | +5.7 | -2.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61,130 | 61,696 | 61,118 | 63,957 | 69,237 | 63,901 | 65,873 | 70,988 | 72,255 | — | 70,983 | 71,346 | 71,114 | 75,799 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #41 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.5% | 4.8% | 7.0% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 6.0% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.3% | — | 3.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 3.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #242 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 10 in its peer group with data | 11% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 10% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 13% | 9% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #256 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | $4,381 | $4,318 | $4,142 | $4,469 | $4,573 | $4,349 | $4,252 | $4,310 | $4,412 | $4,225 | $4,733 | $4,634 | $4,622 | $4,839 | $5,059 | $4,920 | $4,873 | $4,656 | $4,573 | $5,139 |
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 Cambridge. 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.