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Cary, NC

182,659 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3710740 · Census profile · mayors: being verified

Overall in 2023, Cary ranked #2 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 Cary and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Centennial CO, Carlsbad CA, Edison NJ, Lee's Summit MO, Simi Valley CA, Olathe KS, Sandy Springs GA, Rancho Cucamonga CA, Santa Clarita CA, Woodbridge NJ, Overland Park KS, Allen TX, Stamford CT · on the map, and why

Topline	Latest rank	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year	#2 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023	#14	#14	#2	#5	#58	#1	#1	#2	#1	#21	#22	#7	#24	#3	#10	#21	#19	#2	#2	#5
people · size, not ranked		112,928	118,397	123,785	128,874	132,764	137,086	142,209	146,154	151,328	155,439	159,712	162,477	165,927	168,042	170,282	174,803	176,928	180,376	181,205	182,659
net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better	#32 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group	+2.5	+3.3	+3.1	+2.7	+1.8	—	+1.2	+1.2	+1.1	+1.2	+1.3	+1.4	+1.1	+0.9	+1.0	-0.0	+1.2	+0.7	+1.0	+0.8
new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better	#76 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data	15.0	25.2	24.9	18.7	8.9	9.9	6.8	17.1	11.0	10.8	6.6	10.1	7.9	9.3	8.9	8.7	13.0	8.1	7.0	5.8
rent as % of income · lower is better	#7 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group	11.9%	11.9%	11.8%	11.9%	12.4%	12.1%	12.9%	13.9%	13.8%	13.7%	13.7%	14.1%	14.6%	15.7%	14.7%	—	13.8%	14.8%	16.4%	16.2%
per 100,000 residents · lower is better	#48 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 9 in its peer group with data	1.8	—	0.8	2.3	—	0.7	0.7	—	0.7	1.9	3.1	0.6	—	—	0.6	0.6	2.3	—	1.1	1.6
per 100,000 residents · lower is better	#23 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 10 in its peer group with data	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.4	11.4	18.1	17.2	16.0	13.7
jobs · size, not ranked		58,442	63,742	67,927	70,591	62,232	69,826	73,942	76,195	78,535	83,269	86,980	88,332	89,233	95,536	94,846	93,176	93,722	101,384	106,145	—
points ahead of the metro · higher is better	#13 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023	+1.5	+0.6	+3.4	+3.2	-16.6	+7.6	+1.0	+0.2	+4.5	-1.5	+1.4	-1.4	-1.2	+3.9	-2.5	+0.3	-2.6	+2.4	+5.1	—
people · size, not ranked		—	—	—	—	—	—	69,572	76,284	82,279	81,549	87,451	83,848	87,862	91,990	90,195	—	92,735	100,719	94,804	95,732
% of workforce · lower is better	#64 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.3%	3.8%	4.6%	4.3%	3.5%	3.9%	2.5%	3.3%	2.9%	—	5.3%	1.6%	3.5%	3.6%
% of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
surplus as % of revenue · higher is better	#73 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data	39%	43%	49%	41%	34%	27%	29%	33%	34%	27%	40%	45%	44%	45%	47%	44%	43%	30%	33%	33%
dollars per resident · lower is better	#128 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data	$2,903	$2,521	$3,216	$2,828	$2,799	$2,542	$2,557	$2,279	$2,770	$3,129	$3,471	$3,209	$3,146	$3,061	$2,848	$2,674	$2,201	$2,598	$2,464	$2,219

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 Cary. 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.