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Independence, MO
121,629 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2935000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Independence ranked #213 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Independence and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Hampton VA, Mesquite TX, Lakewood CO, Green Bay WI, Davenport IA, West Valley City UT, Jurupa Valley CA, Peoria IL, Clarksville TN, Norman OK, Clearwater FL, Elgin IL, Killeen TX · 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 | #213 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #152 | #62 | #164 | #224 | #98 | #288 | #149 | #254 | #251 | #201 | #283 | #265 | #221 | #241 | #202 | #316 | #174 | #267 | #213 | #187 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 114,102 | 114,448 | 114,876 | 115,303 | 116,236 | 116,891 | 116,917 | 117,318 | 117,281 | 117,505 | 117,260 | 117,268 | 117,197 | 117,017 | 116,672 | 122,845 | 122,149 | 120,981 | 121,060 | 121,629 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #73 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.1 | — | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.1 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #250 of 271 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.6 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #159 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 18.9% | 19.6% | 18.6% | 17.2% | 19.7% | 20.9% | 21.3% | 20.9% | 21.7% | 20.1% | 23.1% | 19.9% | 20.2% | 18.8% | 20.0% | — | 20.2% | 23.4% | 20.6% | 24.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #215 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 5.3 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 11.6 | 9.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #224 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 144.9 | 131.0 | 129.8 | 47.9 | 131.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 43,475 | 43,831 | 44,779 | 44,971 | 43,856 | 43,343 | 42,673 | 43,172 | 43,259 | 44,123 | 41,736 | 40,454 | 40,877 | 40,925 | 40,984 | 37,270 | 39,037 | 39,552 | 39,406 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #311 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.2 | +0.0 | -1.1 | -0.2 | +1.7 | -1.2 | -3.8 | -0.4 | -1.2 | -1.1 | -7.4 | -5.1 | -0.3 | -1.3 | -0.4 | -4.8 | +3.6 | -2.2 | -3.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50,798 | 51,948 | 54,844 | 53,410 | 53,831 | 56,048 | 53,634 | 58,806 | 56,173 | — | 54,309 | 58,290 | 56,686 | 57,781 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #55 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.7% | 10.2% | 7.8% | 7.2% | 6.8% | 5.2% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.0% | — | 5.9% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #135 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | 17% | 37% | 33% | 14% | 19% | 4% | 16% | -22% | 1% | -3% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 9% | 25% | 26% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #205 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | $3,311 | $2,529 | $2,682 | $4,238 | $5,956 | $5,187 | $5,191 | $4,979 | $5,383 | $5,692 | $5,772 | $5,440 | $5,075 | $4,713 | $4,398 | $3,896 | $3,522 | $3,086 | $3,826 | $3,545 |
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 Independence. 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.