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Norfolk, VA
231,105 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5157000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Norfolk ranked #311 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Norfolk and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Richmond VA, Greensboro NC, Akron OH, Tampa FL, Orlando FL, Worcester MA, Little Rock AR, St. Louis MO, St. Petersburg FL, Winston-Salem NC, Cincinnati OH, Kansas City MO, St. Paul MN · 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 | #311 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #332 | #247 | #292 | #302 | #288 | #328 | #310 | #305 | #314 | #315 | #320 | #317 | #319 | #337 | #311 | #319 | #265 | #305 | #311 | #287 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 239,650 | 243,406 | 241,248 | 241,201 | 241,725 | 242,999 | 243,655 | 246,149 | 245,468 | 246,576 | 246,457 | 245,680 | 244,543 | 243,585 | 242,742 | 237,813 | 234,920 | 232,766 | 231,378 | 231,105 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #306 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -2.8 | -0.9 | -2.0 | -1.7 | -1.5 | — | -0.7 | -0.6 | -1.4 | -0.7 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.2 | -1.7 | -1.7 | -1.5 | -1.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #179 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data | 4.9 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 2.6 | — | 3.4 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 1.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #227 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 22.7% | 22.4% | 22.9% | 23.3% | 24.2% | 25.8% | 26.4% | 26.1% | 26.1% | 26.4% | 25.8% | 25.5% | 24.0% | 25.1% | 23.1% | — | 22.7% | 24.0% | 25.3% | 25.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #268 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 24.2 | 11.5 | 21.1 | 12.0 | 17.4 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 21.4 | 27.2 | 26.6 | 18.6 | 15.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #211 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | 148.1 | 108.0 | 127.3 | 112.4 | 111.3 | 91.8 | 82.1 | 75.6 | 86.0 | 92.5 | 107.9 | 151.0 | 114.9 | 90.3 | 118.6 | 187.1 | 243.9 | 216.1 | 146.5 | 108.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 115,579 | 125,639 | 137,906 | 136,967 | 135,045 | 131,705 | 133,100 | 133,312 | 130,802 | 129,696 | 129,347 | 129,779 | 130,697 | 129,457 | 128,807 | 119,613 | 116,660 | 128,373 | 130,869 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #193 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -15.1 | +6.3 | +6.4 | +0.3 | +1.1 | -1.5 | -2.0 | +2.7 | -4.7 | -0.8 | -1.7 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -2.4 | -0.5 | -2.3 | -0.3 | +5.1 | -0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103,274 | 100,260 | 99,868 | 103,553 | 101,051 | 106,813 | 106,118 | 103,783 | 105,766 | — | 101,338 | 103,535 | 105,260 | 106,005 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #74 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.0% | 12.8% | 9.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% | 8.0% | 7.3% | 7.6% | 6.0% | — | 4.6% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 3.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #235 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 12% | 12% | 6% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 11% | 10% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #287 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $9,694 | $8,963 | $9,311 | $9,340 | $9,275 | $10,127 | $9,626 | $9,726 | $7,428 | $7,310 | $7,089 | $7,694 | $7,948 | $7,747 | $7,667 | $7,066 | $8,507 | $8,492 | $7,922 | $7,385 |
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 Norfolk. 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.