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Sugar Land, TX
109,851 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4870808 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Sugar Land ranked #50 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Sugar Land and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Elk Grove CA, Edison NJ, Carlsbad CA, Thousand Oaks CA, Cary NC, Centennial CO, Simi Valley CA, Sandy Springs GA, Allen TX, San Mateo CA, Fremont CA, Naperville IL, Santa Clarita 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 | #50 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #34 | #96 | #105 | #6 | #2 | #47 | #2 | #17 | #3 | #9 | #11 | #32 | #116 | #69 | #59 | #39 | #34 | #5 | #50 | #32 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 70,488 | 72,610 | 74,351 | 76,164 | 77,954 | 108,403 | 109,854 | 111,277 | 113,490 | 116,807 | 118,405 | 118,784 | 118,967 | 118,777 | 118,488 | 110,844 | 109,683 | 110,001 | 109,801 | 109,851 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #23 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | +3.1 | +4.0 | +3.3 | +3.2 | +3.0 | — | +1.2 | +1.5 | +2.6 | +2.9 | +2.5 | +2.1 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +0.6 | +3.0 | +2.0 | +1.7 | +1.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #242 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 2.6 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | — | 1.4 | — | 1.8 | 0.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #36 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 14.9% | 14.3% | 16.1% | 15.0% | 15.4% | 16.4% | 16.5% | 16.5% | 17.7% | 16.5% | 17.5% | 17.9% | 18.1% | 17.4% | 16.7% | — | 16.7% | 16.2% | 19.0% | 19.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #20 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | 1.4 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9 | — | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | — | — | — | 2.5 | 3.6 | 0.9 | — | 2.7 | 0.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #44 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.0 | 16.4 | 20.9 | 13.7 | 18.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 44,000 | 44,478 | 38,747 | 51,763 | 52,263 | 52,726 | 58,273 | 59,449 | 64,097 | 67,036 | 70,938 | 72,662 | 71,378 | 75,614 | 78,797 | 77,026 | 77,019 | 81,556 | 84,851 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #207 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.8 | -3.3 | -16.8 | +29.6 | +2.7 | -0.7 | +6.3 | +0.3 | +4.1 | +0.7 | +2.5 | +2.4 | -1.9 | +3.9 | +1.5 | +0.2 | +1.5 | -0.4 | -0.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39,900 | 42,224 | 41,080 | 41,249 | 45,477 | 41,398 | 44,503 | 58,988 | 60,567 | — | 49,804 | 54,245 | 53,914 | 53,022 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #35 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.8% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 3.0% | 7.3% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 4.3% | — | 6.7% | 4.2% | 1.9% | 3.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #74 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 33% | 36% | 37% | 31% | 30% | 22% | 24% | 36% | 36% | 41% | 41% | 43% | 31% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 27% | 28% | 33% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #254 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | $3,513 | $3,524 | $3,962 | $3,415 | $3,650 | $2,382 | $3,209 | $4,460 | $4,317 | $3,778 | $3,378 | $2,986 | $5,053 | $4,394 | $3,554 | $2,938 | $2,048 | $1,164 | $4,808 | $5,032 |
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 Sugar Land. 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.