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Suffolk, VA
103,105 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5176432 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (2 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Suffolk ranked #184 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Suffolk and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Broken Arrow OK, Olathe KS, Round Rock TX, Sandy Springs GA, Joliet IL, Lee's Summit MO, Westminster CO, Arvada CO, Richardson TX, Davie FL, Lewisville TX, Elgin IL, Manchester NH · 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 | #184 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #112 | #226 | #70 | #192 | #79 | #209 | #217 | #82 | #132 | #132 | #87 | #78 | #84 | #99 | #128 | #51 | #82 | #210 | #184 | #119 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 77,957 | 80,291 | 81,273 | 82,603 | 83,648 | 84,813 | 84,750 | 85,251 | 85,751 | 86,882 | 88,079 | 89,194 | 90,108 | 90,975 | 92,108 | 94,794 | 96,400 | 98,630 | 101,050 | 103,105 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #14 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | +2.2 | +2.1 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.8 | — | -0.6 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +1.5 | +1.9 | +1.9 | +1.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #58 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | 14.0 | 10.5 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 7.7 | 12.9 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #54 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 12.6% | 15.3% | 14.7% | 16.4% | 19.1% | 16.8% | 19.3% | 16.7% | 19.1% | 20.3% | 19.5% | 19.7% | 17.9% | 19.3% | 18.5% | — | 18.6% | 20.8% | 21.6% | 20.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #230 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | 11.5 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 10.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #223 of 295 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | 128.3 | 117.1 | 57.8 | 64.2 | 33.5 | 40.1 | 43.7 | 39.9 | 37.3 | 35.7 | 43.1 | 41.5 | 40.0 | 48.4 | 53.2 | 108.7 | 132.8 | 172.4 | 207.8 | 127.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 23,564 | 22,496 | 23,695 | 22,885 | 23,209 | 21,823 | 21,874 | 24,012 | 25,398 | 25,594 | 26,270 | 27,159 | 28,227 | 29,627 | 30,464 | 30,310 | 30,949 | 31,975 | 32,634 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #176 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +5.7 | -7.0 | +2.0 | -2.4 | +3.9 | -5.0 | -2.8 | +12.3 | +3.0 | +0.8 | +1.3 | +2.8 | +2.9 | +3.5 | +2.9 | +4.4 | +4.3 | -1.6 | -0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39,483 | 38,469 | 39,464 | 40,268 | 40,222 | 41,726 | 42,145 | 43,359 | 44,168 | — | 44,391 | 42,609 | 46,148 | 48,113 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #61 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.6% | 8.2% | 10.8% | 8.5% | 5.9% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 8.4% | 6.3% | — | 5.7% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 3.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #232 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 13% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 4% | 8% | 10% | 18% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 8% | 8% | 10% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #277 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $6,657 | $6,337 | $7,222 | $7,152 | $8,122 | $7,953 | $7,432 | $8,629 | $8,076 | $8,293 | $8,530 | $8,717 | $8,865 | $8,837 | $8,464 | $8,104 | $7,936 | $7,482 | $6,960 | $6,561 |
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 Suffolk. 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.