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West Valley City, UT
138,144 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4983470 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, West Valley City ranked #180 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 West Valley City and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Tempe AZ, Vancouver WA, Gresham OR, Lakewood CO, Rialto CA, Jurupa Valley CA, Visalia CA, Kent WA, Independence MO, Pasadena CA, Vista CA, Ontario CA, Richmond 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 | #180 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #217 | #82 | #154 | #78 | #77 | #177 | #160 | #151 | #198 | #100 | #151 | #180 | #96 | #152 | #230 | #198 | #148 | #174 | #180 | #179 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 117,247 | 120,002 | 122,541 | 124,967 | 127,540 | 129,653 | 131,031 | 132,463 | 133,744 | 134,431 | 135,903 | 136,741 | 136,334 | 135,982 | 135,248 | 139,995 | 139,128 | 137,378 | 137,592 | 138,144 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #275 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | — | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.4 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #248 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data | 4.7 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | — | 2.8 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #43 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 18.9% | 19.0% | 18.8% | 18.0% | 18.8% | 19.8% | 22.5% | 21.6% | 22.1% | 20.6% | 20.0% | 20.2% | 19.2% | 21.6% | 19.8% | — | 20.8% | 19.6% | 21.8% | 20.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #168 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 8.5 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 6.5 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #140 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | 41.8 | 38.3 | 37.5 | 37.6 | 25.1 | 36.3 | 36.6 | 37.7 | 45.6 | 35.0 | 41.2 | 39.5 | 47.7 | 54.4 | 42.1 | 43.6 | 61.1 | 43.7 | 37.1 | 49.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 59,643 | 63,129 | 65,070 | 66,170 | 63,176 | 62,193 | 63,212 | 63,759 | 64,060 | 65,595 | 66,353 | 66,076 | 69,319 | 70,702 | 70,777 | 68,775 | 68,193 | 69,354 | 70,759 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #205 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.6 | +1.7 | -1.0 | +0.3 | +0.9 | -2.7 | -0.6 | -1.0 | -3.5 | -0.6 | -2.1 | -3.9 | +2.7 | -0.7 | -2.5 | -1.2 | -4.2 | -2.1 | -0.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63,596 | 58,449 | 59,715 | 65,167 | 68,097 | 68,778 | 71,476 | 70,988 | 68,054 | — | 73,419 | 67,542 | 73,114 | 70,243 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #127 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.2% | 11.4% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 5.5% | — | 4.1% | 2.0% | 5.7% | 4.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #233 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 10 in its peer group with data | -6% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 20% | 14% | 2% | 1% | -11% | 14% | 17% | -1% | 7% | -11% | -11% | -18% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 10% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #83 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | $2,172 | $1,561 | $1,424 | $1,271 | $1,338 | $1,323 | $1,300 | $1,537 | $1,491 | $1,440 | $1,339 | $1,212 | $715 | $668 | $2,316 | $2,028 | $1,231 | $1,838 | $1,662 | $1,512 |
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 West Valley City. 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.