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Elizabeth, NJ
140,413 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3421000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Elizabeth ranked #271 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Elizabeth and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Bridgeport CT, Yonkers NY, Inglewood CA, El Monte CA, Lakewood NJ, Dearborn MI, Worcester MA, Allentown PA, New Bedford MA, Pomona CA, Newark NJ · 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 | #271 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #236 | #282 | #302 | #271 | #306 | #220 | #286 | #302 | #292 | #301 | #303 | #274 | #215 | #103 | #229 | #186 | #172 | #228 | #271 | #289 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 122,046 | 121,928 | 121,996 | 122,701 | 123,946 | 125,257 | 125,792 | 126,595 | 127,278 | 127,658 | 127,661 | 127,968 | 128,175 | 128,599 | 129,216 | 136,681 | 135,541 | 135,796 | 138,045 | 140,413 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #238 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -1.5 | -1.4 | -0.8 | -0.3 | — | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -1.5 | -0.9 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #238 of 303 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8 | — | — | 1.8 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #322 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 25.9% | 25.3% | 25.9% | 25.6% | 28.2% | 27.7% | 28.7% | 31.0% | 29.4% | 29.6% | 29.2% | 30.1% | 29.8% | 29.0% | 28.2% | — | 29.2% | 26.0% | 25.3% | 31.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #140 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 4.0 | 10.4 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 10.2 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 12.4 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 5.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #62 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35.4 | 33.9 | 52.2 | 22.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 44,838 | 45,277 | 45,435 | 45,743 | 40,902 | 47,684 | 50,595 | 51,497 | 50,707 | 51,229 | 46,177 | 46,739 | 49,846 | 51,606 | 50,542 | 46,863 | 49,191 | 52,495 | 51,512 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #319 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +4.0 | +0.0 | -1.5 | +0.7 | -11.5 | +14.6 | +4.9 | +1.0 | -3.2 | -1.2 | -11.7 | -1.4 | +5.4 | +1.9 | -3.3 | +2.1 | +3.7 | -0.4 | -4.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58,703 | 57,954 | 58,723 | 61,133 | 60,666 | 63,057 | 64,538 | 63,597 | 60,159 | — | 62,515 | 64,818 | 67,187 | 66,651 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #292 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.3% | 13.0% | 11.2% | 10.5% | 8.6% | 7.7% | 5.6% | 2.7% | 4.0% | — | 6.7% | 6.3% | 8.1% | 7.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #261 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | 13% | 14% | 8% | 14% | 6% | 7% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 20% | 25% | 20% | 15% | 23% | 9% | 16% | 2% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #65 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | $1,509 | $1,483 | $1,706 | $1,480 | $1,465 | $1,303 | $1,309 | $1,210 | $1,378 | $1,337 | $1,682 | $1,622 | $1,830 | $1,377 | $1,287 | $1,297 | $1,166 | $1,396 | $1,278 | $1,236 |
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 Elizabeth. 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.