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New Braunfels, TX
116,477 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4850820 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, New Braunfels ranked #21 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is New Braunfels and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Conroe TX, Georgetown TX, Menifee CA, Concord NC, Edinburg TX, Fayetteville AR, Hesperia CA, Pearland TX, Murfreesboro TN, Victorville CA, Killeen TX, West Palm Beach FL, Carmel IN · 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 | #21 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #30 | #9 | #68 | #35 | #8 | — | #38 | #11 | #118 | #6 | #25 | #3 | #28 | #9 | #20 | #35 | #44 | #33 | #21 | #46 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 46,781 | 49,544 | 51,975 | 54,315 | 56,337 | 58,059 | 59,319 | 60,885 | 63,025 | 65,902 | 70,133 | 73,351 | 78,902 | 84,495 | 90,209 | 91,683 | 99,130 | 104,840 | 111,202 | 116,477 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #1 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | +3.5 | +5.1 | +4.1 | +3.7 | +3.1 | — | +2.2 | +2.0 | +2.8 | +3.2 | +3.8 | +3.7 | +4.2 | +4.8 | +4.9 | +1.5 | +6.9 | +5.0 | +4.5 | +3.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #7 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 23.6 | 23.5 | — | 8.6 | — | — | 8.3 | — | 15.8 | 22.9 | 14.3 | 30.8 | 28.5 | 22.9 | 19.3 | 30.4 | 24.1 | 25.4 | 18.8 | 20.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #99 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20.1% | 20.1% | 19.8% | 23.0% | 19.2% | 17.6% | — | 18.4% | 24.3% | 23.8% | 22.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #81 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | 1.9 | 7.4 | — | — | 3.4 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 1.0 | — | 0.9 | 2.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #86 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29.9 | 44.7 | 41.4 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 27.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 21,330 | 23,185 | 22,829 | 23,652 | 24,322 | 24,476 | 25,458 | 29,281 | 29,141 | 31,279 | 33,199 | 35,421 | 35,849 | 37,415 | 40,161 | 39,931 | 40,091 | 42,559 | 47,734 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #3 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.1 | +4.2 | -4.7 | +0.8 | +3.2 | +0.9 | -0.2 | +12.3 | -3.4 | +4.6 | +1.4 | +4.7 | -0.6 | +1.1 | +5.5 | +2.4 | -1.5 | +0.2 | +7.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31,561 | 33,863 | 34,911 | 39,107 | 37,691 | 46,626 | — | 50,319 | 52,364 | 61,147 | 60,310 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #90 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.8% | 3.8% | 2.4% | 4.4% | 3.4% | 2.3% | — | 4.4% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 4.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #188 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 11 in its peer group with data | 15% | 24% | 32% | 30% | 22% | 20% | 23% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 25% | 24% | 12% | 14% | 9% | 27% | 24% | 19% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #270 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 11 in its peer group with data | $1,234 | $2,047 | $1,808 | $2,348 | $2,510 | $2,620 | $2,609 | $2,749 | $2,954 | $2,652 | $2,369 | $2,124 | $1,830 | $1,574 | $4,574 | $4,415 | $3,873 | $6,220 | $5,842 | $6,030 |
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 New Braunfels. 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.