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Rio Rancho, NM
112,524 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3563460 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Rio Rancho ranked #10 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 Rio Rancho and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: League City TX, Palm Bay FL, Warren MI, Everett WA, Renton WA, South Fulton GA, Edinburg TX, Hillsboro OR, Springfield IL, Vallejo CA, Peoria AZ, Denton TX, Thornton 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 | #10 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #67 | #16 | #43 | #68 | #49 | #93 | #27 | #49 | #178 | #63 | #88 | #41 | #49 | #106 | #36 | #85 | #18 | #41 | #10 | #20 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 67,598 | 72,857 | 77,757 | 81,906 | 85,169 | 87,977 | 89,499 | 90,444 | 91,334 | 91,963 | 93,116 | 94,511 | 96,285 | 97,982 | 99,178 | 104,441 | 106,309 | 108,685 | 110,656 | 112,524 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #27 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | +3.6 | +5.0 | +4.1 | +3.0 | +1.9 | — | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +1.6 | +1.0 | +0.3 | +1.6 | +1.4 | +1.4 | +1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #26 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.5 | 6.9 | 11.3 | 11.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #20 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 21.6% | 19.1% | 17.6% | 19.7% | 19.4% | 23.2% | 21.1% | 20.4% | 22.6% | 19.6% | 23.7% | 21.0% | 23.1% | 21.3% | 21.6% | — | 19.3% | 20.9% | 21.1% | 18.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #182 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 4.4 | — | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | — | — | 2.2 | — | 1.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 3.0 | — | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 7.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #172 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79.1 | 82.2 | 78.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 19,948 | 21,850 | 22,216 | 19,522 | 17,886 | 18,109 | 22,755 | 23,462 | 22,890 | 19,523 | 22,210 | 22,806 | 23,337 | 22,882 | 24,528 | 23,575 | 24,048 | 24,341 | 25,520 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #54 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +3.6 | +8.8 | -2.9 | -11.8 | -3.7 | +1.3 | +23.3 | +1.5 | -2.9 | -13.9 | +10.6 | +0.5 | +2.3 | -3.4 | +6.6 | -0.7 | +2.8 | -3.7 | +2.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37,149 | 39,301 | 39,805 | 45,188 | 43,155 | 43,646 | 40,221 | 44,118 | 48,726 | — | 47,272 | 52,584 | 52,450 | 57,507 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #66 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.5% | 7.0% | 8.8% | 6.7% | 7.6% | 9.2% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 4.7% | — | 7.8% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 3.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #16 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | 47% | 42% | 51% | 41% | 28% | 32% | 34% | 24% | 23% | 17% | 22% | 47% | 32% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 31% | 38% | 42% | 45% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #72 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | $4,356 | $3,914 | $4,114 | $3,622 | $4,079 | $3,873 | $3,704 | $3,572 | $3,514 | $2,395 | $1,338 | $2,911 | $3,042 | $2,436 | $1,736 | $1,610 | $1,900 | $1,895 | $1,570 | $1,316 |
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 Rio Rancho. 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.