How serious are America’s mayors? · Incorporated city
San Antonio, TX
1,526,656 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4865000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, San Antonio ranked #256 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 San Antonio and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Austin TX, Phoenix AZ, Houston TX, Jacksonville FL, Indianapolis IN, Dallas TX, Columbus OH, Memphis TN, Oklahoma City OK, Tucson AZ, Nashville TN, Albuquerque NM, Charlotte NC · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #256 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #136 | #184 | #184 | #166 | #176 | #175 | #176 | #178 | #161 | #228 | #203 | #242 | #203 | #245 | #205 | #251 | #235 | #255 | #256 | #263 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 1,217,575 | 1,245,274 | 1,270,187 | 1,291,232 | 1,310,266 | 1,332,299 | 1,357,120 | 1,383,075 | 1,408,339 | 1,435,456 | 1,464,043 | 1,487,843 | 1,511,154 | 1,530,016 | 1,547,253 | 1,439,340 | 1,454,238 | 1,475,931 | 1,502,711 | 1,526,656 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #91 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | +0.5 | +1.3 | +1.2 | +0.8 | +0.7 | — | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #109 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 9 in its peer group with data | 12.5 | 10.0 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | — | 5.9 | — | 7.7 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 4.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #197 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 19.4% | 20.0% | 20.1% | 20.9% | 21.3% | 21.1% | 22.2% | 21.1% | 21.9% | 23.1% | 22.1% | 22.5% | 22.2% | 23.8% | 23.0% | — | 24.5% | 25.2% | 24.7% | 25.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #206 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 7.1 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 8.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #235 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 223.9 | 256.2 | 177.7 | 150.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 563,370 | 589,206 | 606,321 | 624,231 | 620,580 | 623,153 | 650,300 | 658,198 | 674,121 | 682,073 | 712,513 | 728,092 | 739,766 | 759,462 | 770,625 | 743,736 | 756,094 | 797,782 | 826,947 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #250 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -0.3 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -1.5 | -0.5 | -1.5 | -0.2 | +0.2 | -0.2 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -1.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 594,072 | 623,921 | 639,833 | 659,562 | 670,584 | 690,390 | 706,348 | 716,405 | 745,940 | — | 679,129 | 715,233 | 732,544 | 739,326 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #234 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.1% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 6.1% | 6.0% | 5.1% | 5.9% | 4.8% | — | 7.2% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #209 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 19% | 16% | 14% | 20% | 18% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 29% | 16% | 19% | 13% | 18% | 14% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 14% | 16% | 16% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #297 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $7,000 | $7,378 | $7,220 | $7,248 | $7,655 | $8,449 | $9,048 | $8,595 | $9,132 | $9,548 | $9,563 | $9,909 | $9,614 | $9,561 | $9,467 | $10,102 | $9,876 | $8,201 | $8,903 | $9,127 |
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 San Antonio. 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.