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Roanoke, VA
97,912 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5168000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Roanoke ranked #275 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 Roanoke and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Evansville IN, South Bend IN, North Charleston SC, Columbia SC, Lafayette LA, Lakeland FL, Davenport IA, Chattanooga TN, Greeley CO, Springfield MO, Charleston SC, Beaumont TX, Green Bay WI · 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 | #275 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #255 | #245 | #233 | #212 | #273 | #255 | #239 | #278 | #202 | #223 | #265 | #285 | #204 | #251 | #161 | #236 | #233 | #270 | #275 | #195 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 93,932 | 94,247 | 94,916 | 95,813 | 97,023 | 96,720 | 96,782 | 98,011 | 98,849 | 99,427 | 99,669 | 99,337 | 98,986 | 99,009 | 99,143 | 99,898 | 98,717 | 97,743 | 97,503 | 97,912 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #118 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.5 | — | -0.6 | +0.3 | +0.2 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.6 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #214 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 9 in its peer group with data | — | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #64 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 20.9% | 19.4% | 20.6% | 19.8% | 23.6% | 20.8% | 19.9% | 22.2% | 23.4% | 21.7% | 22.9% | 24.3% | 21.6% | 22.9% | 21.5% | — | 21.6% | 21.9% | 26.1% | 20.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #237 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 17.0 | 12.7 | 4.2 | 11.5 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 16.2 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 15.0 | 17.2 | 19.4 | 29.7 | 11.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #218 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 92.6 | 80.6 | 74.8 | 64.7 | 63.9 | 70.3 | 57.9 | 72.4 | 61.7 | 56.3 | 51.2 | 61.4 | 58.6 | 64.6 | 73.6 | 126.1 | 121.6 | 141.2 | 127.2 | 116.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 71,107 | 72,186 | 73,970 | 75,009 | 71,241 | 69,681 | 68,801 | 69,377 | 71,393 | 71,822 | 70,520 | 72,118 | 72,342 | 70,631 | 71,519 | 68,886 | 66,241 | 67,949 | 69,862 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #104 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.9 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -1.0 | +0.4 | +0.6 | -2.9 | +1.2 | -0.3 | -0.5 | +0.1 | +0.8 | -2.3 | +1.2 | +1.0 | -3.4 | +0.8 | +0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43,928 | 45,136 | 46,866 | 47,357 | 45,928 | 45,992 | 47,720 | 46,948 | 48,902 | — | 46,819 | 44,864 | 45,408 | 46,304 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #76 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.1% | 8.8% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 6.9% | 7.3% | 5.9% | 7.2% | 4.0% | — | 5.7% | 5.5% | 3.0% | 3.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #283 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 18% | 19% | 11% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 15% | 8% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 14% | -3% | -2% | -5% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #174 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $8,477 | $6,656 | $6,011 | $4,585 | $8,790 | $8,378 | $7,577 | $7,590 | $3,741 | $3,180 | $3,137 | $3,066 | $1,581 | $1,461 | $1,328 | $2,684 | $2,980 | $3,035 | $2,798 | $2,940 |
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 Roanoke. 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.