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Spokane Valley, WA
108,267 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5367167 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (40 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Spokane Valley ranked #30 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Spokane Valley and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Gresham OR, Green Bay WI, Peoria IL, Greeley CO, Davenport IA, Fayetteville AR, Salem OR, Norman OK, Nampa ID, West Valley City UT, Fort Collins CO, Independence MO, Waterbury CT · 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 | #30 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #13 | #32 | #11 | #29 | #22 | #9 | #73 | #48 | #30 | #36 | #118 | #36 | #15 | #7 | #26 | #10 | #43 | #51 | #30 | #21 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 84,466 | 85,733 | 87,227 | 88,306 | 89,319 | 90,047 | 90,665 | 90,659 | 91,240 | 92,569 | 94,163 | 95,652 | 97,570 | 99,308 | 101,060 | 103,647 | 105,443 | 106,768 | 107,665 | 108,267 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #77 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +0.7 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +0.7 | +0.7 | — | -0.2 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #105 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 15.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 1.4 | — | — | — | — | 8.4 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 4.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #208 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 19.8% | 18.6% | 18.8% | 16.8% | 19.5% | 20.1% | 18.2% | 19.6% | 20.0% | 21.7% | 23.3% | 19.8% | 20.8% | 21.7% | 20.6% | — | 23.3% | 22.0% | 21.3% | 25.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #21 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 1.2 | 1.2 | — | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 | — | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 | — | 5.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #38 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.4 | 31.2 | 18.8 | 28.0 | 30.3 | 39.3 | 36.2 | 17.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 48,205 | 49,427 | 51,735 | 49,870 | 46,872 | 49,056 | 52,519 | 47,782 | 49,259 | 50,936 | 48,426 | 51,628 | 54,381 | 56,541 | 56,051 | 55,386 | 54,616 | 57,355 | 57,006 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #262 of 329 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.2 | -0.9 | +2.2 | -4.0 | -2.7 | +2.7 | +6.9 | -2.5 | -0.4 | +3.6 | -6.9 | +0.8 | +2.4 | +3.9 | -1.2 | +1.2 | -0.1 | -3.9 | -1.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37,136 | 41,085 | 42,088 | 41,104 | 41,776 | 46,596 | 50,262 | 48,637 | 45,253 | — | 53,370 | 53,336 | 57,784 | 50,949 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #79 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.7% | 10.8% | 6.7% | 4.7% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 3.1% | 6.7% | — | 4.9% | 6.3% | 4.5% | 3.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #87 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 47% | 52% | 43% | 36% | 41% | 44% | 25% | 26% | 23% | 24% | 26% | 33% | 29% | 33% | 43% | 36% | 36% | 42% | 40% | 32% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #8 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | $177 | $166 | $152 | $145 | $140 | $134 | $125 | $120 | $113 | $106 | $99 | $93 | $263 | $245 | $204 | $185 | $168 | $128 | $125 | $113 |
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 Spokane Valley. 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.