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Killeen, TX
160,616 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4839148 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Killeen ranked #224 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Killeen and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Charleston SC, Norman OK, Murfreesboro TN, High Point NC, Victorville CA, Lakeland FL, Jurupa Valley CA, Denton TX, Fayetteville AR, Clearwater FL, Wilmington NC, Clarksville TN, Columbia SC · 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 | #224 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #56 | #109 | #128 | #220 | #235 | #190 | #254 | #199 | #216 | #189 | #249 | #196 | #251 | #105 | #148 | #74 | #146 | #217 | #224 | #222 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 105,875 | 109,808 | 116,408 | 121,431 | 123,490 | 129,024 | 130,838 | 134,240 | 136,294 | 137,589 | 140,147 | 142,854 | 145,149 | 148,683 | 151,666 | 153,758 | 157,075 | 159,374 | 159,953 | 160,616 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #89 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | +0.9 | -0.3 | +2.6 | +0.8 | -1.4 | — | -0.7 | +0.8 | -1.2 | -0.8 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.2 | +1.4 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #52 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 17.6 | 24.1 | 14.6 | — | 9.6 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 7.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #172 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 20.1% | 22.0% | 20.9% | 20.8% | 24.9% | 19.9% | 24.2% | 22.6% | 21.1% | 20.4% | 23.7% | 21.9% | 23.5% | 21.8% | 21.8% | — | 22.3% | 24.1% | 25.6% | 24.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #243 of 304 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 7.6 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 16.9 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 6.9 | 11.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #237 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 220.9 | 189.5 | 153.2 | 151.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 27,849 | 27,749 | 28,265 | 27,861 | 26,255 | 25,190 | 25,492 | 24,205 | 23,772 | 23,898 | 24,216 | 24,300 | 24,013 | 24,721 | 28,152 | 29,368 | 29,875 | 30,658 | 30,009 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #326 of 329 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.1 | +0.3 | -2.2 | -5.4 | -5.3 | -7.6 | -0.3 | -7.3 | -2.8 | -0.4 | -2.2 | -0.2 | -1.4 | +1.0 | +12.3 | +4.5 | +0.9 | -1.2 | -6.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47,095 | 44,703 | 52,339 | 59,639 | 51,173 | 56,341 | 60,020 | 61,414 | 58,852 | — | 58,577 | 62,788 | 66,299 | 65,246 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #315 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18.6% | 14.1% | 12.6% | 7.8% | 12.0% | 10.8% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 12.1% | — | 10.1% | 8.4% | 6.8% | 7.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #129 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 33% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 10% | 14% | 18% | 20% | -0% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 20% | 27% | 28% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #84 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | $1,190 | $1,623 | $1,898 | $1,669 | $2,296 | $2,300 | $2,093 | $2,431 | $2,613 | $2,598 | $1,857 | $1,130 | $2,230 | $2,007 | $1,811 | $1,651 | $1,437 | $1,401 | $1,366 | $1,517 |
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 Killeen. 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.