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Wichita Falls, TX
102,372 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4879000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Wichita Falls ranked #86 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Wichita Falls and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Midland TX, Topeka KS, Odessa TX, Evansville IN, Abilene TX, Macon-Bibb County GA, Lafayette LA, Columbia MO, Greeley CO, Amarillo TX, Huntsville AL, Clarksville TN, Rockford IL · 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 | #86 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #184 | #278 | #113 | #180 | #186 | #123 | #111 | #122 | #201 | #82 | #80 | #220 | #188 | #182 | #145 | #253 | #169 | #120 | #86 | #172 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 103,789 | 104,297 | 103,694 | 103,544 | 104,071 | 104,790 | 103,966 | 104,628 | 104,948 | 105,208 | 103,892 | 104,075 | 104,325 | 104,356 | 104,683 | 102,482 | 102,831 | 102,661 | 102,633 | 102,372 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #211 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -0.9 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -0.7 | — | -1.3 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -2.0 | -0.3 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +0.0 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.1 | -0.4 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #220 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data | 4.5 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #52 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 20.0% | 21.1% | 20.9% | 19.2% | 20.3% | 21.9% | 18.7% | 19.1% | 20.8% | 20.5% | 20.0% | 21.0% | 21.2% | 19.6% | 18.9% | — | 20.9% | 20.6% | 19.3% | 20.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #214 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 5.8 | 8.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 10.6 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 8.6 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 13.6 | 3.9 | 8.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #156 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 122.5 | 81.8 | 94.5 | 66.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 44,660 | 45,426 | 45,255 | 45,150 | 44,990 | 45,152 | 44,387 | 44,365 | 43,835 | 43,407 | 44,440 | 43,769 | 44,720 | 44,687 | 44,018 | 41,604 | 42,146 | 42,939 | 43,765 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #139 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.2 | -1.1 | +0.3 | -1.2 | +0.6 | +2.4 | -1.3 | -0.3 | -0.9 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +0.4 | -0.5 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -0.6 | -1.5 | -0.1 | +0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41,381 | 42,734 | 43,504 | 42,779 | 42,841 | 42,565 | 43,741 | 44,009 | 45,578 | — | 44,248 | 44,873 | 47,031 | 45,506 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #250 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.1% | 6.0% | 7.2% | 6.0% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 6.4% | 4.4% | — | 4.0% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 5.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #1 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 18% | 11% | 21% | 24% | 20% | 13% | 7% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 22% | 11% | 4% | 1% | 7% | 10% | 6% | 21% | 27% | 95% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #74 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | $2,871 | $2,660 | $2,484 | $2,607 | $2,492 | $2,479 | $2,368 | $2,199 | $2,085 | $1,874 | $1,721 | $2,477 | $2,293 | $2,075 | $2,077 | $1,855 | $1,538 | $1,214 | $1,623 | $1,337 |
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 Wichita Falls. 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.