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Chesapeake, VA
254,997 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5116000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Chesapeake ranked #104 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 Chesapeake and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Overland Park KS, Scottsdale AZ, Virginia Beach VA, Olathe KS, Joliet IL, Arvada CO, Plano TX, Westminster CO, Oceanside CA, Stamford CT, Lakewood CO, Broken Arrow OK, Richardson TX · 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 | #104 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #72 | #107 | #224 | #214 | #71 | #64 | #112 | #95 | #146 | #135 | #112 | #121 | #114 | #80 | #91 | #124 | #127 | #152 | #104 | #166 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 215,128 | 217,271 | 217,450 | 218,458 | 220,176 | 223,556 | 225,361 | 228,091 | 230,327 | 233,360 | 235,111 | 237,464 | 240,143 | 242,359 | 244,835 | 249,726 | 251,732 | 252,493 | 253,967 | 254,997 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #152 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | +0.9 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.2 | +0.3 | — | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.6 | -0.0 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +0.4 | -0.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #160 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 9.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #88 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 15.5% | 16.6% | 18.3% | 17.1% | 19.1% | 19.1% | 20.6% | 20.1% | 20.8% | 19.5% | 21.7% | 19.5% | 19.1% | 18.7% | 18.9% | — | 17.5% | 19.6% | 21.1% | 21.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #131 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data | 6.5 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 3.5 | 4.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #190 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 69.3 | 52.0 | 52.4 | 49.0 | 61.3 | 52.3 | 47.5 | 55.2 | 39.9 | 58.3 | 46.4 | 54.3 | 59.5 | 67.3 | 68.6 | 92.5 | 119.6 | 101.0 | 110.6 | 91.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 95,861 | 99,669 | 100,043 | 94,082 | 97,548 | 97,774 | 100,917 | 98,052 | 98,098 | 98,015 | 100,939 | 101,416 | 102,789 | 105,589 | 107,404 | 104,639 | 99,674 | 106,546 | 110,716 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #67 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +14.1 | +1.5 | -3.0 | -5.0 | +6.2 | +1.2 | +0.2 | -0.3 | -2.7 | -0.0 | +1.6 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +2.3 | -2.5 | +2.0 | +1.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103,197 | 105,922 | 103,311 | 105,623 | 108,081 | 114,255 | 110,188 | 113,366 | 110,788 | — | 120,362 | 121,215 | 120,634 | 116,838 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #148 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.3% | 7.8% | 8.5% | 7.2% | 5.3% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 5.2% | — | 4.6% | 4.3% | 3.1% | 4.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #254 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 13% | 13% | 18% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 17% | 19% | 15% | 12% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 17% | 4% | 6% | 7% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #161 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $4,129 | $3,927 | $3,725 | $3,393 | $3,498 | $3,454 | $3,399 | $3,165 | $3,757 | $3,494 | $2,991 | $2,976 | $2,920 | $2,865 | $2,113 | $3,295 | $2,955 | $3,291 | $3,018 | $2,790 |
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 Chesapeake. 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.