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Durham, NC
301,870 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3719000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Durham ranked #122 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Durham and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Huntsville AL, Winston-Salem NC, Fayetteville NC, Newport News VA, Rockford IL, Clarksville TN, Little Rock AR, Fort Wayne IN, Lexington KY, Fort Collins CO, Peoria IL, Macon-Bibb County GA, Grand Rapids MI · 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 | #122 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #232 | #98 | #30 | #146 | #85 | #226 | #157 | #87 | #83 | #108 | #106 | #150 | #86 | #112 | #117 | #127 | #89 | #95 | #122 | #143 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 205,167 | 209,826 | 215,097 | 220,897 | 226,231 | 230,727 | 235,341 | 241,117 | 246,992 | 253,290 | 258,647 | 265,499 | 269,844 | 274,557 | 278,993 | 281,679 | 286,652 | 290,982 | 296,382 | 301,870 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #181 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | +0.0 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.9 | — | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | -0.7 | +0.5 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #23 of 303 cities with data · 2nd of 11 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 11.4 | — | — | 6.0 | 6.9 | 5.1 | — | 10.8 | 15.2 | 6.0 | 11.2 | — | — | — | 13.7 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 15.0 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #161 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 20.5% | 20.4% | 19.0% | 19.7% | 19.8% | 20.7% | 21.6% | 20.2% | 20.8% | 22.2% | 21.4% | 21.8% | 21.6% | 22.9% | 20.6% | — | 19.9% | 21.3% | 23.8% | 24.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #244 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 17.1 | 6.2 | — | 10.9 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 13.1 | 11.7 | 8.5 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 15.9 | 11.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #236 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 147.0 | 218.3 | 200.2 | 162.2 | 147.8 | 151.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 132,337 | 141,069 | 155,824 | 154,148 | 152,904 | 141,671 | 142,886 | 149,128 | 158,159 | 161,059 | 160,193 | 169,178 | 174,316 | 183,321 | 182,753 | 182,800 | 191,054 | 197,142 | 207,612 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #153 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -3.4 | +2.1 | +4.5 | -1.3 | +1.5 | -7.9 | -2.0 | +4.1 | +2.1 | +0.0 | +0.5 | -1.7 | +3.2 | +1.3 | -1.0 | +1.4 | +0.6 | -2.1 | +0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115,097 | 119,140 | 126,708 | 126,432 | 136,862 | 140,790 | 139,685 | 150,131 | 148,858 | — | 148,622 | 164,797 | 167,052 | 169,038 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #27 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.4% | 8.3% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 4.9% | 3.3% | 3.3% | — | 5.2% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 3.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #92 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 29% | 21% | 22% | 20% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 10% | 21% | 26% | 29% | 29% | 30% | 32% | 30% | 23% | 27% | 28% | 31% | 31% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #172 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $2,513 | $2,367 | $2,764 | $2,302 | $2,638 | $2,848 | $2,734 | $2,257 | $2,261 | $2,427 | $2,172 | $1,929 | $1,576 | $2,010 | $2,949 | $2,734 | $2,407 | $969 | $823 | $2,927 |
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 Durham. 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.