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Pearland, TX
129,620 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4856348 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Pearland ranked #34 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Pearland and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Georgetown TX, Concord NC, Murfreesboro TN, Edinburg TX, Carmel IN, New Braunfels TX, Conroe TX, Victorville CA, Fishers IN, Killeen TX, Pompano Beach FL, Lewisville TX, Hesperia CA · 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 | #34 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #15 | #18 | #15 | #11 | #4 | #21 | #20 | #27 | #16 | #14 | #10 | #14 | #13 | #13 | #18 | #119 | #11 | #31 | #34 | #51 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 68,336 | 73,576 | 78,691 | 83,420 | 88,221 | 94,063 | 96,271 | 99,283 | 102,832 | 106,027 | 111,267 | 115,926 | 119,312 | 121,424 | 122,460 | 126,011 | 126,071 | 127,402 | 128,536 | 129,620 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #9 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | +1.2 | +2.4 | +1.9 | +1.5 | +1.5 | — | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.4 | +1.6 | +1.2 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +1.7 | +2.1 | +1.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #249 of 271 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | 42.5 | 32.0 | 27.4 | 15.2 | 16.9 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 9.3 | 19.6 | — | 10.4 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #8 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | 15.8% | 13.4% | 14.7% | 15.1% | 15.8% | 14.0% | 15.4% | 12.5% | 14.6% | 16.6% | 16.3% | 15.3% | 17.3% | 16.6% | — | 16.9% | 18.2% | 20.0% | 16.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #71 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 10 in its peer group with data | 1.5 | — | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #76 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 7.3 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 18.0 | 13.6 | 18.1 | 19.7 | 11.1 | 15.6 | 22.6 | 17.1 | 22.4 | 27.7 | 20.6 | 12.2 | 21.4 | 30.9 | 29.0 | 28.8 | 24.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 16,096 | 17,138 | 18,423 | 19,825 | 21,124 | 22,372 | 23,709 | 23,795 | 26,232 | 27,787 | 30,225 | 30,492 | 32,203 | 34,741 | 36,273 | 34,716 | 35,157 | 37,345 | 40,159 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #40 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.8 | +2.1 | +3.6 | +3.6 | +8.3 | +4.3 | +1.8 | -1.3 | +6.5 | +2.0 | +5.4 | +0.9 | +5.5 | +5.9 | +1.7 | -1.8 | +2.8 | -0.1 | +2.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47,924 | 49,487 | 55,385 | 52,181 | 59,998 | 58,758 | 65,188 | 61,992 | 68,150 | — | 60,621 | 66,333 | 65,439 | 70,027 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #69 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.5% | 7.0% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.1% | — | 3.1% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 3.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #120 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data | 27% | 31% | 27% | 17% | 22% | 17% | 24% | 22% | 23% | 27% | 27% | 30% | 32% | 29% | 32% | 31% | 51% | 31% | 28% | 28% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #196 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | $3,947 | $4,388 | $5,218 | $6,580 | $7,175 | $6,936 | $7,128 | $6,847 | $6,474 | $4,698 | $3,776 | $3,096 | $6,319 | $6,408 | $6,401 | $6,198 | $7,378 | $6,370 | $3,849 | $3,334 |
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 Pearland. 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.