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Bellevue, WA
154,377 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5305210 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (8 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Bellevue ranked #43 of 340 cities and 3rd of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Bellevue and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Concord CA, Orange CA, Fairfield CA, Rancho Cucamonga CA, San Mateo CA, Torrance CA, Stamford CT, Centennial CO, Woodbridge NJ, Santa Clarita CA, Westminster CO, Antioch CA, Olathe KS · 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 | #43 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #45 | #27 | #14 | #16 | #76 | #115 | #22 | #29 | #11 | #35 | #14 | #15 | #25 | #33 | #25 | #147 | #22 | #53 | #43 | #29 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 114,800 | 116,328 | 117,688 | 119,208 | 121,278 | 128,357 | 130,196 | 132,074 | 133,688 | 136,275 | 139,757 | 141,758 | 145,273 | 147,064 | 148,164 | 151,786 | 149,406 | 151,398 | 152,354 | 154,377 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #212 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.6 | — | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -1.7 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #114 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 4.7 | 12.8 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 15.8 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 3.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #25 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 15.6% | 15.9% | 17.9% | 19.4% | 18.4% | 18.9% | 19.1% | 18.1% | 19.3% | 20.4% | 20.6% | 19.4% | 18.2% | 21.6% | 20.0% | — | 18.5% | 19.0% | 18.5% | 18.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #5 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 9 in its peer group with data | 1.7 | 2.6 | — | — | 1.6 | — | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | — | — | — | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | — | 0.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #37 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.3 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 16.5 | 11.8 | 17.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 107,338 | 114,036 | 123,180 | 126,711 | 118,470 | 115,446 | 124,977 | 124,938 | 129,676 | 133,179 | 145,913 | 152,207 | 153,097 | 157,037 | 158,221 | 150,049 | 152,984 | 155,089 | 158,121 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #216 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +6.3 | +0.8 | -4.3 | -1.9 | +5.0 | -1.6 | +1.2 | -0.5 | +7.1 | +0.3 | -1.6 | -0.7 | +1.7 | -4.7 | +2.7 | -4.9 | -0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63,862 | 66,429 | 66,092 | 71,567 | 73,633 | 72,968 | 75,186 | 77,425 | 80,975 | — | 74,682 | 84,609 | 82,049 | 86,771 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #139 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.4% | 5.5% | 7.1% | 5.9% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 2.8% | — | 5.8% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 4.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #36 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | 28% | 29% | 33% | 38% | 27% | 22% | 20% | 22% | 27% | 21% | 23% | 22% | 29% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 36% | 44% | 39% | 40% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #98 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | $2,338 | $2,378 | $2,402 | $1,940 | $2,151 | $1,941 | $1,954 | $1,830 | $1,759 | $2,168 | $2,036 | $2,706 | $2,507 | $2,322 | $2,177 | $2,060 | $2,256 | $2,520 | $2,402 | $1,761 |
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 Bellevue. 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.