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Murfreesboro, TN
168,387 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4751560 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Murfreesboro ranked #112 of 340 cities and 9th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Murfreesboro and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Concord NC, Norman OK, Killeen TX, Fayetteville AR, Carmel IN, Charleston SC, High Point NC, Victorville CA, Wilmington NC, Nampa ID, Denton TX, Pearland TX, West Palm Beach FL · 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 | #112 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #42 | #197 | #59 | #127 | #74 | #46 | #70 | #127 | #51 | #122 | #74 | #85 | #42 | #153 | #72 | #84 | #40 | #89 | #112 | #136 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 88,782 | 94,273 | 99,292 | 103,492 | 106,849 | 109,572 | 111,901 | 114,141 | 117,042 | 120,808 | 125,958 | 131,409 | 136,217 | 141,442 | 146,900 | 153,816 | 156,473 | 162,595 | 166,023 | 168,387 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #38 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +3.1 | +3.9 | +3.1 | +2.1 | +1.4 | — | +1.1 | +1.0 | +1.5 | +1.7 | +2.2 | +2.1 | +2.1 | +1.7 | +1.5 | +0.4 | +1.8 | +2.0 | +0.9 | +0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #60 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 11 in its peer group with data | 31.5 | 20.7 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 18.3 | 12.5 | 17.1 | 19.4 | 14.7 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 6.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #147 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 20.0% | 21.8% | 19.0% | 18.8% | 20.4% | 21.2% | 20.2% | 19.7% | 19.8% | 22.5% | 20.9% | 22.5% | 17.9% | 22.8% | 19.5% | — | 18.7% | 22.5% | 23.6% | 23.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #112 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 2.3 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 9.0 | 3.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #179 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 93.5 | 97.6 | 94.7 | 87.0 | 69.3 | 69.4 | 76.9 | 65.7 | 64.1 | 65.4 | 73.0 | 95.1 | 83.7 | 75.6 | 72.8 | 109.9 | 104.8 | 124.9 | 104.8 | 83.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 48,017 | 48,949 | 51,417 | 51,772 | 49,256 | 54,223 | 57,492 | 57,042 | 59,374 | 59,479 | 62,155 | 65,485 | 69,770 | 71,463 | 69,417 | 67,077 | 68,968 | 73,444 | 74,767 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #283 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +3.0 | -2.0 | +4.7 | -1.2 | +1.4 | +9.9 | +2.2 | -4.0 | +1.7 | -3.3 | +1.3 | +0.9 | +3.7 | -0.7 | -6.2 | +0.0 | +0.7 | -0.8 | -2.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56,218 | 56,553 | 59,157 | 61,333 | 66,257 | 71,842 | 73,199 | 76,076 | 81,103 | — | 90,017 | 93,494 | 93,596 | 94,673 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #267 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.6% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 6.3% | 2.5% | — | 4.2% | 2.1% | 2.9% | 6.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #163 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 31% | 15% | 13% | 19% | 24% | 21% | 16% | 5% | 24% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 23% | 27% | 20% | 19% | 23% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #109 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | $3,647 | $3,986 | $4,393 | $4,664 | $4,694 | $4,235 | $4,368 | $3,810 | $3,813 | $3,684 | $3,360 | $3,855 | $3,465 | $3,602 | $3,406 | $2,883 | $2,955 | $2,733 | $2,309 | $1,949 |
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 Murfreesboro. 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.